Call For Art
Call for Artists, Pathways 2026: The Carlos Malamud Prize
The Rollins Museum of Art and the UCF Art Gallery invite submissions for Pathways 2026: The Carlos Malamud Prize. Pathways is a biennial, juried art competition and exhibition for emerging professional artists living in Florida. This edition will consist of a juried selection process resulting in a Summer 2026 group exhibition for the competition’s finalists. All exhibited artists will receive support and networking through a series of events and direct engagement with curators, museum and gallery professionals, faculty, and community to expand their connections in the art community. Participating artists will arrive at Pathways: The Carlos Malamud Prize from a variety of places within the state of Florida, with diverse professional experience, and have dynamic creative research and practice.
Deadline: October 26, 2025
Deadline: October 26, 2025
Submission Fee: Free
Eligibility: The exhibition and competition is open to all emerging artists (age 18 or older) who are residents of Florida and NOT currently enrolled as an undergraduate student. We are defining an emerging artist as one who has never had a solo exhibition in a gallery, arts center, or museum (solo BFA or MFA exhibitions at a college or university are acceptable). All work must be original, completed within the last two years, and not previously exhibited at any of the participating venues.
About the call: The Rollins Museum of Art and the UCF Art Gallery invite submissions for Pathways 2026: The Carlos Malamud Prize. Pathways is a biennial, juried art competition and exhibition for emerging professional artists living in Florida. This edition will consist of a juried selection process resulting in a Summer 2026 group exhibition for the competition’s finalists. All exhibited artists will receive support and networking through a series of events and direct engagement with curators, museum and gallery professionals, faculty, and community to expand their connections in the art community. Participating artists will arrive at Pathways: The Carlos Malamud Prize from a variety of places within the state of Florida, with diverse professional experience, and have dynamic creative research and practice.
Apply for the Royal Academy Schools Post-Graduate Programme
The RA Schools provides a postgraduate education in contemporary art practice. Committed to wide access to art education; we charge no fees. We seek candidates who demonstrate merit and the potential for growth. We provide the practical and intellectual territory for art making underpinned with generous and productive criticality. The school’s place within the Royal Academy of Arts provides exceptional conditions to flourish.
Deadline: December 8, 2025
Deadline: 08 December 2025S
Submission fee: Free
About the call: The RA Schools provides a postgraduate education in contemporary art practice. Committed to wide access to art education; we charge no fees. We seek candidates who demonstrate merit and the potential for growth. We provide the practical and intellectual territory for art making underpinned with generous and productive criticality. The school’s place within the Royal Academy of Arts provides exceptional conditions to flourish.
Eligibility:
This is a post-graduate programme. We do not accept applications from students with an existing Masters degree in Fine Art / MFA degree.
This restriction also includes any equivalent Level 7 qualification in any area of Fine Art or Contemporary Art Practice.
There is no upper age limit for candidates. The current age range of artists in the RA Schools is from early 20s to late 40s.
What you get:
A three year post-graduate programme. There are between 10-17 places per year.
There are no course fees. Successful applicants are typically provided with an annual bursary of no less than £4,000 per academic year.
We also contribute to the costs of some consumable materials through our Workshops.
Seafront Gallery Worthing Open Call
The 2025/2026 Seafront Gallery exhibition is the next part in our ongoing partnership with Sussex Bay and sees artists responding to the loose theme of “Influence” - influenced by our shared coastline, by the sea and the back and forth relationship that shapes the communities who inhabit this particular 100 miles of coastline.
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Deadline: 31 October 2025
Submission Fee: Free
Eligibility: Open to Sussex based artists working in any medium, the artwork must be photographed well and be able to scale to 90cmx90cm.
About the call: The 2025/2026 Seafront Gallery exhibition is the next part in our ongoing partnership with Sussex Bay and sees artists responding to the loose theme of “Influence” - influenced by our shared coastline, by the sea and the back and forth relationship that shapes the communities who inhabit this particular 100 miles of coastline.
What You Get: Year-long exhibition on Worthing seafront.
Learn More Here
Call for Artists: Photomontage as Activist Practice
Are you an artist working with collage and/or photomontage to question or disrupt dominant narratives? We’re inviting artists who have a series of work (by which we mean 10 or more pieces) to share your work with us. Our panel of judges will select their favourite(s) and the successful applicants’ work will be featured in an online gallery on Autograph's website, and will receive a £400 fee as well as editorial support from Autograph's experienced staff.
Deadline: January 12, 2025
Deadline: 12 January 2026
Eligibility: This open call is for anyone working with collage or photomontage who wants to share their work questioning dominant narratives.
What You Get: The successful applicant/s of this open call will receive a £400 fee and an online exhibition on Autograph's website.
About the call: Are you an artist working with collage and/or photomontage to question or disrupt dominant narratives? We’re inviting artists who have a series of work (by which we mean 10 or more pieces) to share your work with us. Our panel of judges will select their favourite(s) and the successful applicants’ work will be featured in an online gallery on Autograph's website, and will receive a £400 fee as well as editorial support from Autograph's experienced staff.
Open call: ghost in the loop
The Photographers’ Gallery and Goethe-Institut London invite proposals for two micro-commissions from artists or collectives based in the UK or Germany
Deadline: November 20, 2025
Deadline: 20 November 2025
Eligibility: Artists or collectives based in the UK or Germany.
What You Get: 1500EUR and work exhibited on unthinking photography.
About the call: The Photographers’ Gallery and Goethe-Institut London invite proposals for two micro-commissions from artists or collectives based in the UK or Germany.
2026 SummerWorks Performance Festival
SummerWorks invites artists and creative collaborators to submit performance proposals for its 2026 Festival and year-round programming. The Festival supports contemporary performance works that engage with innovative form, site, and content. Selected projects may be presented across diverse venues in Toronto or in alternative spaces. SummerWorks encourages submissions from a broad range of practices and is committed to equity and diversity in its programming.
Deadline: November 5, 2025
Deadline: November 5, 2025
Submission Fee: Free
Eligibility:
• Artists, companies, or creative collaborators with performance proposals
• No geographical restriction mentioned (national/international welcome)
• Works at various developmental stages accepted
• Projects that experiment with form, space, and presentation modes
About the call: SummerWorks invites artists and creative collaborators to submit performance proposals for its 2026 Festival and year-round programming. The Festival supports contemporary performance works that engage with innovative form, site, and content. Selected projects may be presented across diverse venues in Toronto or in alternative spaces. SummerWorks encourages submissions from a broad range of practices and is committed to equity and diversity in its programming.
What you get: Projects curated from this Call for Submissions will be provided a guaranteed fee of $1,000 CAD to $5,000 CAD (depending on the overall scale of the project and number of performances). Consideration for presentation in the 2026 SummerWorks Festival. Opportunity for inclusion in year-round programming. Support, visibility, and curatorial engagement.
Bird Hide Wall
Bird Hide Wall is a public art project commissioned by Public Art Matters on behalf of Taylor Wimpey.The commission will be amongst the first in a series of new cultural commissions for the Former Wisley Airfield, a major new housing development in the parish of Ockham, Surrey, which will evolve over the next 13 years.
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Deadline: 31 October 2025
Submission Fee: Free
Eligibility: Open to UK residents with relevant experience.
About the call: Bird Hide Wall is a public art project commissioned by Public Art Matters on behalf of Taylor Wimpey.The commission will be amongst the first in a series of new cultural commissions for the Former Wisley Airfield, a major new housing development in the parish of Ockham, Surrey, which will evolve over the next 13 years.
We invite applications from artists and collectives with experience of creating outdoor sculpture in the public realm.
What you get: Design fee.
Panorama #9
Panorama continues its journey with renewed energy: it broadens its horizons without losing the essence of its beginnings: support for emerging artists. The ninth edition will culminate in a collective exhibition taking place in December 2025, conceived as a space for visibility, experimentation, and professionalization. Selected artists will have the opportunity to showcase their work, introduce it to the market, and establish a first direct contact with the gallery world.
Deadline: November 10, 2025
Deadline: 10 November 2025
Submission Fee: Free
Eligibility: The call is aimed at emerging artists and artist collectives, with no restrictions on nationality or origin. In the case of collectives, a spokesperson must be designated.
About the call: Panorama continues its journey with renewed energy: it broadens its horizons without losing the essence of its beginnings: support for emerging artists. The ninth edition will culminate in a collective exhibition taking place in December 2025, conceived as a space for visibility, experimentation, and professionalization. Selected artists will have the opportunity to showcase their work, introduce it to the market, and establish a first direct contact with the gallery world.
What you get: Selected artists will have the opportunity to showcase their work, introduce it to the market, and establish a first direct contact with the gallery world.
Every Woman Biennial 2026 SPECTALiA accepting applications now
Opening on March 8, 2026, the Every Woman Biennial will celebrate the work of women and non-binary artists in a salon-style show featuring visual, performance, installation, and creative tech-based art. A century ago, movements like Cabaret, Dada, and Surrealism were artists’ responses to social and political unrest. One hundred years later, we ask: What are we building in a troubled world that’s moving faster than we can grasp? Presenting SPECTALiA. In an age of distracting algorithms and spectacular seduction, we’re blurring binaries—of gender, canvas and screen, sense and nonsense. We want your punk rock, carnivalesque absurdity, your abstraction, your spectacle, your strange and delightful, quiet resistance. Here, joy becomes our most subversive act. Think of these as suggestions, not literal directions or interpretations. We're looking for a broad scope of work that embodies your definition of the theme. Surprise us!
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Submission Fee: Free
Eligibility: Click here for more information
About the call: Opening on March 8, 2026, the Every Woman Biennial will celebrate the work of women and non-binary artists in a salon-style show featuring visual, performance, installation, and creative tech-based art. A century ago, movements like Cabaret, Dada, and Surrealism were artists’ responses to social and political unrest. One hundred years later, we ask: What are we building in a troubled world that’s moving faster than we can grasp? Presenting SPECTALiA. In an age of distracting algorithms and spectacular seduction, we’re blurring binaries—of gender, canvas and screen, sense and nonsense. We want your punk rock, carnivalesque absurdity, your abstraction, your spectacle, your strange and delightful, quiet resistance. Here, joy becomes our most subversive act. Think of these as suggestions, not literal directions or interpretations. We're looking for a broad scope of work that embodies your definition of the theme. Surprise us!
Call for Artists – Asia | Art Connects Women 9th Edition
We are excited to announce the 9th Edition of Art Connects Women, taking place from 8 – 11 February 2026 in Dubai. This landmark edition will bring together 115 female artists from 115 countries, celebrating diversity, cultural exchange, and the power of art to connect beyond borders.
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Deadline: 31 October 2025
Eligibility: Female artists of all nationalities.
Submission Fee: Free
About the call: We are excited to announce the 9th Edition of Art Connects Women, taking place from 8 – 11 February 2026 in Dubai. This landmark edition will bring together 115 female artists from 115 countries, celebrating diversity, cultural exchange, and the power of art to connect beyond borders.
Theme: Empower to Educate
What you get: Exhibition opportunity.
Maguire Art Museum – Evolving Freedoms
How do we define freedom in the 21st century? How has the pursuit of happiness changed in the face of personal, political, and cultural transformation? This thought-provoking exhibition will bring together regional contemporary artists whose work reflects on the ever-shifting meaning of freedom in today’s world.
Evolving Freedoms invites contemporary artists to submit work that reflects on the shifting landscape of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This exhibition seeks to explore how these foundational ideals are interpreted, challenged, and reimagined through personal experience, social movements, and collective memory.
Deadline: December 22, 2025
Deadline: January 30, 2026
Submission Fee: Free
Eligibility: US Nationals - We are looking for photography and print-based works that engage critically, poetically, or personally with themes such as:
Identity and self-expression
Civil rights and social justice
Cultural heritage and collective memory
Environmental and economic freedoms
The cost and complexity of liberty
Reimagining happiness in contemporary society
Whether your work celebrates progress, confronts systems of oppression, or envisions new futures, we want to see how your creative voice contributes to the evolving conversation around freedom.
About the call: How do we define freedom in the 21st century? How has the pursuit of happiness changed in the face of personal, political, and cultural transformation? This thought-provoking exhibition will bring together regional contemporary artists whose work reflects on the ever-shifting meaning of freedom in today’s world.
Evolving Freedoms invites contemporary artists to submit work that reflects on the shifting landscape of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This exhibition seeks to explore how these foundational ideals are interpreted, challenged, and reimagined through personal experience, social movements, and collective memory.
Exhibition Dates: September 17 – December 13, 2026.
Accepting photography and print media only
Up to 10 pieces per artist may be submitted
All work must be original and completed within the past 10 years
Please include a brief artist statement (max 250 words) about how your work relates to the exhibition theme.
Chosen artists are responsible for shipping/transporting their art to and from the museum.
EMAF 2026: Call for Entries
Media artists from around the world can now enter their work to be considered for the 2026 European Media Art Festival.
Deadline: December 22, 2025
Deadline: 22 December 2025
About the call: Media artists from around the world can now enter their work to be considered for the 2026 European Media Art Festival.
Eligibility: We welcome current works in the categories Film (experimental short and feature films), Installation (installative, interactive, spatial or sculptural media art works), and Expanded (performances, live events, or workshops).
What you get: Exhibition opportunity and fees will be paid to all artists whose work is selected for the festival.
Flowing Light: Chongqing International Light Art Festival 2025
Deadline: October 8, 2025
Submission Fee: Free
Eligibility: Artists, designers, design agencies, creative agencies, universities faculties and students all over the world are welcomed. Entries should be light art works. Digital media technology, 3D Mapping animation technology can be employed to create non-interactive works.
About the call: The carrier design of the 4th Chongqing International Light Art Festival takes Sichuan opera facial masks as its stylistic element. Its structure, leveraging the unique layered lines of facial masks, enhances the visual depth of projections, expanding the expressive dimensions of digital light art for creators. It aims to deeply integrate the form and rhythm of Chongqing-style Sichuan opera with modern light art. In this feast of interwoven lights, every viewer will visually perceive the vibrant vitality of this city, stretching from the history towards the future.
What you get: Prizes range 10,000-80,000RMB and exhibition opportunity in Chongqing.
Open Call Mail Art: "Fragments of What Makes Us Alive"
Atelier Ghostbirds in Portugal invites artists, makers, and creative souls everywhere to our Mail-Art Exhibition. Send us the images, words, or objects that light up your world—and help us cover our gallery walls with the simple joys and profound treasures of life
Deadline: December 25, 2025
Deadline: 25 December 2025
About the opportunity: Atelier Ghostbirds in Portugal invites artists, makers, and creative souls everywhere to our Mail-Art Exhibition. Send us the images, words, or objects that light up your world—and help us cover our gallery walls with the simple joys and profound treasures of life
Eligibility: Artists, Maker, Crafter, and Creatives of all ages anywhere in the world
What you get: Exhibition opportunity at Atelier Ghostbirds in 2026. All the proceed will be donated to Global Fund for Human Rights
apexart Seeks Curatorial Proposals for Next Season of Exhibitions
apexart is now accepting proposals for its International Open Call from 1–31 October 2025. Five selected proposals will be realised as exhibitions at apexart’s Tribeca space in New York during the 2026–27 season.
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Deadline: 31 October 2025
Submission Fee: Free
About the call: apexart is now accepting proposals for its International Open Call from 1–31 October 2025. Five selected proposals will be realised as exhibitions at apexart’s Tribeca space in New York during the 2026–27 season.
This is an opportunity for curators, artists, writers, and creative individuals—regardless of location or prior experience—to present focused, idea-driven group exhibitions. Proposals must be submitted online in English.
Eligibility
Open to anyone—curators, artists, writers, and creatives of all backgrounds and experience levels. Proposals must:
Be submitted in English
Be no longer than 500 words
Focus on original, idea-driven group exhibitions
Specify the proposed country and city
Not include biographical information, CVs, links, or images
Submissions are anonymous and evaluated solely on the strength of the concept.
What You Get
A confirmed exhibition slot as part of apexart’s 2026–27 season
A production budget of up to $10,000
A professionally printed exhibition brochure, mailed to over 6,000 international recipients
Advertising in both major and local outlets
Curatorial and logistical support from the apexart team
Selected curators are expected to work within the provided budget to realise a compelling and locally relevant exhibition based on their original proposal.
Open Call: Spotlight 2025
Penang Art District once again invites young and emerging artists (aged 35 and below) to apply for Spotlight 2025 — a transformative mentorship programme that empowers young artists to develop and exhibit a solo body of work.
We’re looking for bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and artists ready to challenge norms and spark dialogue through their work.
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Deadline: 31 October 2025
Eligibility: Malaysian citizens and Permanent Residents of Malaysia aged between 18 and 35 years old
About the call: Penang Art District once again invites young and emerging artists (aged 35 and below) to apply for Spotlight 2025 — a transformative mentorship programme that empowers young artists to develop and exhibit a solo body of work.
We’re looking for bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and artists ready to challenge norms and spark dialogue through their work.
What you get: The winner gets a solo exhibition, mentorship and RM5,000
Kelly Wearstler Studio: Artist Open Call
The Kelly Wearstler studio is seeking California-based artists across all mediums to collaborate on an exciting legendary hotel project!
The Kelly Wearstler studio is seeking California-based artists across all mediums to collaborate on an exciting legendary hotel project! To submit portfolios, email artists@kellywearstler.com.
The Other Art Fair – London, Los Angeles & Melbourne
An open call for artists to participate in The Other Art Fair in London, providing a platform for emerging artists to showcase and sell their work directly to the public.
Deadlines:
London: June 6, 2025
LA: June 1, 2025
Melbourne: October 10, 2025
More Information & Apply Here
The Other Art Fair is a global gathering of creative thinkers, game changers, and pleasure seekers sharing emerging talent and unforgettable experiences.
We’ve been dedicated to representing independent artists since 2011 and since then have worked with over 3,000 artists from more than 20 countries. We host 12 in-person fairs each year across the UK, US, and Australia.
Deadlines:
London: June 6, 2025
LA: June 1, 2025
Melbourne: October 10, 2025
International Call for Artists - Critical Review Catalogue Publication & Online Exhibits
Deadline: Ongoing
Deadline: Ongoing
Submission Fee: Free
Online Only
About the call: Up to six best in show artists will have their work published with a critical review in the Artist Feature Catalogue. Artists participating in the online exhibit will have two works of art on display and links to their website and social media. Artists keep 100% sales of their work.
How to apply:
You can apply for the online exhibit by emailing us at curator@aedrafinearts.com
Email your resume, 3 image samples, and artist website.
Artist Feature Catalogue articles are published on our website at https://www.aedrafinearts.com/artist-feature and on our Substack page at https://aedrafinearts.substack.com
AFA does not accept applications of works made with artificial intelligence.
IHRAM Literary Magazine
We publish an ever-expanding collection of original works from lesser known and up-and-coming writers AND ARTISTS who seek to bring attention to urgent social justice issues around the world. We base our work on the values of beauty, sincerity, vulnerability, engagement and celebration of diversity. HRAM Publishes has presented work from 50 countries and 30 U.S. States.
Deadline: Ongoing
Deadline: Ongoing
Submission Fee: Free
Eligibility:
Please submit your ARTWORK, poem, short story, or essay (2500 words or less) to submit@humanrightsartmovement.org, along with the following information:
-Your full name and/or pen name.
-Your country of residence.
-A photograph of you (high-resolution with no filters)
-A brief third-person bio (2-5 sentences). If your bio includes references of your past work, feel free to provide links!
-A brief foreword to your piece, explaining your inspiration for writing the piece, background information, explanation of key characters, and any other key insight for the reader.
About the call:
We publish an ever-expanding collection of original works from lesser known and up-and-coming writers AND ARTISTS who seek to bring attention to urgent social justice issues around the world. We base our work on the values of beauty, sincerity, vulnerability, engagement and celebration of diversity. HRAM Publishes has presented work from 50 countries and 30 U.S. States.
We will be focusing on the following concerns:
FIRST AND FOURTH QUARTER: VOICE OF A REFUGEE: RESILIENCE AMIDST DISPLACEMENT.
According to the UNHCR, 117.2 million people will be forcibly displaced or stateless in 2023 — this is up nearly 100% in the past decade, and the most in recorded history. This issue will drive our literary magazine, bookending our publication year.
We are eager to publish firsthand experiences and factual, sensitive retellings of refugee experiences. We are not looking to publish fictional interpretations of the refugee experience at this time.
Themes: Journey, survival, identity, belonging, loss and resilience, hope, community, solidarity, cultural preservation, chosen family and blood relation, integration into new cultures, intersectionality, and global perspective.
SECOND QUARTER: FEMININE EMPOWERMENT.
Though women comprise more than 50% of the world's population, they only own 1% of the world's wealth. In some places, women still lack rights to own land or to inherit property, obtain access to credit, earn income, or to move up in their workplace, free from job discrimination. In legislatures around the world, women are outnumbered 4 to 1.
We are eager to publish firsthand experiences by women, factual retellings of stories told by women in the author's life, and reflections of the writer's personal experience with gendered inequality. We encourage submissions from, regardless of gender identity!
Themes: Economic empowerment, workplace equality, legal rights, women in leadership roles, educational opportunities, violence against women, health and wellbeing, comparison of historical and contemporary women's voices, solidarity, femininity, gender expression.
THIRD QUARTER: CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN AFRICA.
Three out of four children do not attend any form of preschool in Central, West and sub-Saharan Africa. Over 20% of children between the ages of about 6 and 11 are out of school; followed by one-third of youth between the ages of about 12 and 14. Almost 60% of youth between the ages of about 15 and 17 are not in school.
We are eager to publish firsthand accounts from African Youth writers, reflections by adult writers on their youth experiences, and firsthand accounts from childhood educators, and factual retellings.
Themes: Access to education, barriers, early childhood development, childhood dreams and aspirations, value of the youth voice, role models, challenges faced by teachers.