DEADLINE: June 10, 2021

Innovate Grants for Artists + Photographers

Open for Submissions: Innovate Grant awards (2) $550.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition to receiving a grant award, winners will be featured and recognized on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. For more information and to apply, see website and prospectus links below. Innovate Grant supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants. We've simplified the grant process, so that artists and photographers can focus on making their innovative work. The work should speak for itself and our application reflects that. How to Apply: Visual Artists and Photographers 18 years and older, from all around the world, are eligible to apply. All media and genres are accepted. All applicants retain the right to the work they submit. See links below to apply. Category: Multiple disciplines and genres accepted. Deadline: June 10, 2021. Region: US & International. Awards: $550.00 USD Grants. For more information and to apply, see website and prospectus links below.

Website: https://innovateartistgrants.org

Prospectus: https://innovateartistgrants.org

DEADLINE: June 11, 2021

Field Work: Landscape and Architecture

Black Box Gallery is excited to announce a landscape and architecture juried group photo show. What is the process and diversity of observation, interpretation and documentation of these two photographic genres? How do we look for and create compelling, significant and relevant photographic work that engages the aesthetics, craft, tradition and concepts of landscape and architectural photography? See website and prospectus links below for more information.

Website: https://blackboxgallery.com

Prospectus: https://blackboxgallery.com/Field%20Work-Landscape%20and%20Architecture%202021-CFE.html

DEADLINE: June 13, 2021

NYC4PA CALL FOR ENTRY WANDERING CURVES 2021

The world around us is filled with all kinds of shapes. For this call the focus is on images where a curve or curves is a critical element. Whether you photograph in the city, the suburbs or the country the possibilities are endless. Is it a winding road, a stack of old tires, a 1950s automobile head or taillight? Or do you see the curvaceous form of an elephant’s trunk when feeding, the curl of a giant wave or even a closer view of a head full of curls. Curves are all around us. Capture them as a dominant element of your images and send them in. Please see website and prospectus links below for details.

Website: https://www.nyc4pa.com/

Prospectus: https://www.nyc4pa.com/wandering-curves

DEADLINE: June 13, 2021

Contemporary Art Gallery Online International Call for Artists: 2021 “ALL Abstraction” Art Competition & Exhibition

Contemporary Art Gallery Online has opened the “ALL Abstraction” Art Competition and Exhibition. Entries are accepted from May 17th, 2021 to June 13th, 2021. Contemporary Art Gallery Online encourages entries from all 2D and 3D artists regardless of their experience or education in the art field. An exhibition of all entrants will be held online from June 16th to July 13h, 2021. Artists should submit their best representational and non-representational art. This competition will be judged within three categories: Paintings/Drawings, Photography/Digital Art, and Mixed Media/3-Dimensional Art. Competition Results posted: June 28th, 2021. Entry Fee: $15 for up to three images, $25 for up to five images and $35 for up to eight. Funds in US Dollars. Prizes include Memberships to Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Extensive Marketing, Winner’s Certificates, Inclusion in the Annual Anthology Publication, Event Collateral and much more. See links below for details.

Website: https://tinyurl.com/21abstract

Prospectus: https://www.contemporaryartgalleryonline.gallery/2021-art-competition-abstraction

DEADLINE: June 15, 2021

"BLACK AND WHITE" Call for Entry - Online Art Show

THEME- "Black and White" Sometimes a monochrome pallet can say more than a full spectrum of color and creates a striking contrast. We would like to see your work that is composed of black, white, and shades in between. PAY IT FORWARD- We will be donating 10% of all entry fees from this show to Heart to Heart International. HHI strengthens communities through improving health access and providing humanitarian development worldwide. Colors of Humanity Art Gallery is not affiliated with HHI. ELIGIBILITY- All artists 18 and over may enter. MEDIA- 2D works in all types of media. JUDGING CRITERIA- Originality, interpretation, quality, demonstration of ability, and usage of medium. JUROR- Janelle Cogan. ENTRY FEE- $20 for 1 or 2 pieces (You may enter more than once if you have additional works). See website and prospectus links below for more information.

Website: https://www.colorsofhumanityartgallery.com/

Prospectus: https://www.colorsofhumanityartgallery.com/Black-and-White-2021/Black-and-White-2021-Prospectus-and-Entry/n-hZHSDQ

DEADLINE: June 20, 2021

Figure That! The Human Story: 4th Annual Exhibition

Figure That!: 4th Annual Juried Exhibition. The human figure has intrigued and inspired artists to paint beautiful and provocative images through the centuries. Artists use the figure for training purposes, creating an image of an important individual, for abstract and well as realistic imagery, for social commentary, design and more. Go figure that artists have found ways to portray the human body is nearly every possible way imaginable. Can you figure something that has never been tried before or will you utilize traditional methods? We want to see your best figurative work so Figure That out! Find a new take on the human figure. See links below for more information.

Website: https://www.3square-art.com

Prospectus: https://www.3square-art.com/list-of-calls-for-entry/figure-that-2021

DEADLINE: June 28, 2021

PH21 Gallery – Call for Entries: Motion

A curated international photography exhibition. August 26 – September 18, 2021. Photography is a medium of still images; it cannot create the illusion of motion the way in which moving images such as film, video or cartoons can. The static nature of the image itself, however, has never prevented photographers from putting motion in the centre of their endeavours. Instead of freezing the moment they often strive for capturing movement and the passing of time in a variety of ways. The fragile moment might be broken by showing the sweeping power of motion. Capturing motion is never a mere given in photography because it is not a default option of the medium. Depicting or expressing motion is a welcome challenge for photographers; it is also the source of some of the most creative images in diverse photographic genres. PH21 Gallery invites photographers to submit their work for a group exhibition themed Motion. We are looking for submissions from all photographers who are interested in this most intriguing topic and would like to share their work with a wider international audience through the exposure of PH21 Gallery. The theme is broadly construed, and it is independent of generic or stylistic constraints. We are interested in all possible creative photographic interpretations of the theme. See links below for details.

Website: https://www.ph21gallery.com

Prospectus: https://www.ph21gallery.com/cfe-motion-21

DEADLINE: June 30, 2021

Artist's Choice: 2021

This month-long group show at the Foundry’s industrial-style space in Washington, DC is open to painting, drawing, mixed media and photography by artists age 18 and up in the greater Washington area (you have to be close enough to deliver your work). One of Washington’s premier contemporary galleries, the Foundry promotes the work of emerging and accomplished regional artists. Work is limited to 36” wide. If accepted it should be professionally presented, with a wire on the back, and works on paper should be framed. There is no theme. All art will be for sale, and the gallery retains a 40% commission. Work may not be removed before the end of the show. Please see website and prospectus links below for more information.

Website: https://www.foundrygallery.org/juried-shows

Prospectus: https://www.smarterentry.com/CallsForEntry/FoundryGallery

DEADLINE: June 30, 2021

Summer Beach Palette Juried Competition

Show us your colorful summer beachscapes in this juried competition. There are 3 categories: Seascape, Seascape with Figure(s), Seascape with Boat(s). Entry Fee: $35 for up to 3 images. You can enter all three images in a single category or spread them out as appropriate for the subject matter. The winner in each category will receive a $150 Award of Excellence, free full page ads in our magazine and more. Additionally, there will be 5 Honorable Mention Awards. Award Winners and top-tier artists will also have their art exhibited in our online exhibit hosted on our website. Our Juror of Awards is Girardi Lo Russo, Director and former Dean of the Accademie di Belle Arti di Roma. See website and prospectus links below for more information.

Website: https://artpreservationinstitute.org

Prospectus: https://artpreservationinstitute.org/Call-For-Artists.html

DEADLINE: June 30, 2021

Visualizing the Past

Mills Pond Gallery invites artists to submit works for a juried exhibition August 7 - September 5, 2021. Juror: Carol Strickland. The exhibition is open to varied interpretations of the role of remembrance, suggesting what remains after a physical presence, event or emotion has vanished. Entry Fee $45/3 images. Awards: $1200 Best in Show, $800 Second Place, $400 Third Place. Entry Deadline June 30, 2021. Mills Pond Gallery invites artists to submit works for a juried exhibition on the theme of poet Emily Dickinson’s phrase: “Memory is a strange Bell—Jubilee, and Knell.” The exhibition is open to multiple responses to the metaphor: a bell that summons the public to a joyous celebration or rings mournfully to signal loss. Artists may explore the role of remembrance—from personal reflections to universal emotions—through abstract, representational, or mixed modalities. Visual evocations of past events, landscapes, people, scenes, objects, or structures can make intangible thoughts, emotions, and concepts visible to the mind’s eye. Images that preserve the past can retard decay and disappearance. Conversely, they could also give form to the inevitable ravages of time. Whether invoking the highs or lows of cultural memory, artists can suggest what remains after a physical presence, event, or emotion has vanished.

Website: https://www.millspondgallery.org/

Prospectus: https://www.millspondgallery.org/visualizing-the-past

DEADLINE: June 30, 2021

Strange Figurations

Strange Figurations is a thematic exhibition open to all interpretations of the concept, Strange Figurations. Open to all media, techniques and styles focusing on the surreal, visionary, fantastic and out of the ordinary art forms. 72" maximum dimension. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, October 14 - November 6, 2021

Website: http://www.slowart.com

Prospectus: http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/strange.htm

DEADLINE: July 26, 2021

PH21 Gallery – Call for Entries: Portraits Without Faces

A curated international photography exhibition. September 23 – October 16, 2021. Portraiture emerged as one of the most prominent genres of depictive media early in the history of the visual arts; tacit or explicit rules, conventions and cultural expectations have always influenced the ways in which artists approached the genre. Photography is no exception. Numerous different and characteristic styles of portraiture emerged throughout the history of the medium. We usually assume that faces are necessary components of portraiture; we may, however, learn just as much about the character, the personality of a person by looking at images that depict other parts of their bodies, show us the objects or places associated with them. Not focusing on the face may open up a new dimension of interpretation. Our Portraits Without Faces exhibition is dedicated to this challenging divergence from the more conventional approaches to the genre. See links below for details.

Website: https://www.ph21gallery.com

Prospectus: https://www.ph21gallery.com/cfe-without-faces-21

ONGOING

Alley Beautification Project

Join us in Washington, D.C. where we will co-create a beautification project with homeless youth. We will be transforming an alleyway surrounding the youth shelter into an extension of the vibrant, multicultural center that it represents. This community event includes a reality-show film production and the ribbon-cutting plans to receive high publicity from the Mayor, local partners, and media outlets! Calling all muralist, designers, urban gardener, outdoor furniture metallurgist, and large scale artists! Let's end youth homelessness and increase youth emotional resilience by illuminating the resources available at this center. Please provide the following in your submission via email to join@mintproject.org : (1) Your artistry/work and the medium used within your portfolio (can be a link) (2) How you would work with youth to co-create your work/art in Washington, D.C. (3) How your style encourages resiliency, emotional growth, and/or faith (X) Prospectus link provides a 360 degree picture of the alley. **$1,000 Award is for Stipend. Supplies are provided additionally by the organization up to $500**

Website: http://mintproject.org

Prospectus: http://photos.app.goo.gl/y3XawK2auAKPsKAC9

DEADLINE: July 30, 2021

NAVS Art for Animals Contest 2021

NAVS' Art for Animals contest is an opportunity for artists of all ages and skill levels to create images that inspire others to extend compassion, respect and justice to all animals. We are also looking for fresh perspectives to illustrate our mission of ending the exploitation of animals used in science, with a focus on dogs in research, non-human primates in research and classroom dissection. Your artwork could appear in print and online messages from NAVS, on greeting cards and on social media throughout the year! We can accept digitally-created artwork or digital reproductions of original paintings, illustrations or photographs. No physical artwork can be accepted, please visit our website for full details (links below). Get creative and give a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves! (Image shown: Hide but Don't Seek by Ashley Young / 2020 Best In Show Winner).

Website: https://navs.org/art

Prospectus: https://navs.org/art

DEADLINE: July 30, 2021

2021 AMERICAN ART AWARDS Juried By America's 25 Best Galleries & Museums

AMERICA’S TOP 25 GALLERIES & MUSEUMS vote on your online art images (artists in all countries compete). $5,000.00 in CASH PRIZES. All 50 categories have 1st to 6th Place winners. 100 NEWS ARTICLES and 51 YOUTUBE VIDEOS will name winning work as BEST CONTEMPORARY ARTWORKS IN THEIR COUNTRY. Site has entry discount special, voting galleries, previous winning art, press articles and videos on last year's winners... 50 Categories for any artist to enter: Oil, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal, pastel, photography, digital, sculpture. Realism, impressionism, naïve, abstract, expressionism, human figure, animal, landscape, fantasy, surrealism, pop, portrait, self-portrait, political, erotic, cubism, floral, humor, spiritual...

Website: https://www.americanartawards.com/

Prospectus: https://www.americanartawards.com/register-to-enter-3/