| Free Monthly Online Art Contests for Cash Prizes |  | Compete with other artists and photographers in our free monthly art contests for cash and other great prizes. A Singular Creation provides a free online venue to showcase your art and photography. Your images will be juried by our panel, as well as rated by our visitors. In addition to cash prizes, we will award various prizes donated by our sponsors. Also, all winners will be featured all over our web site. Free to enter.
Black and White 3 | Deadline: December 14
Contest is open to all media in any theme. Work must be in black and white. [ Website Here ] | | | Studio Visit Magazine - Call to Artists - All Mediums - No Entry Fee | Tuesday, November 15 |  | Studio Visit is a series of juried artist books produced by the publishers of New American Paintings. We are pleased to offer artists an effective venue to introduce their work to a serious national audience of over 2,000 art world professionals including gallerists, curators, and collectors. For a list of galleries that receive Studio Visit, please click here.
The publication presents all two- and three- dimensional media. This includes mixed media, painting, drawing, photography, and sculpture. Selected artists will be featured in volumes 17 & 18 of Studio Visit which will be released in the Spring of 2012. Each high quality volume of Studio Visit features approximately 150 artists and those selected will be given one full-color page that includes an image, contact information and a brief artist statement. Winners will be notified by mid December.
For more information: www.studiovisitmagazine.com/competitions | | | Home - Call for Entries | Wednesday, November 16 |  | This exhibition is open to all photographers world wide, both amateur and professional. The Center of Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in its exhibitions. The theme of this exhibition is "home". An individual's connection to Home is highly personal; nonetheless, the concept of Home is shared among all people. Understanding how others define Home strengthens our human connections. Home: Universal. Ubiquitous. Unique.
With selection for this exhibition, featured artist's work will be seen by an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and other advocates of fine art photography. Each participant will be included in the Center's Main Gallery exhibition and Online Gallery exhibition. Over $1,900 in prizes.
Prospectus: www.c4fap.org/cfe/2012Home/index.asp | | | 9th Annual Color: Bold/Subtle Juried Online International Art Exhibition | Thursday, November 24 |  | The Upstream People Gallery presents an exhibition with 12 month's gallery representation, December 1, 2011 through November 30, 2012, with approximately one million hits each month. Open to all artists worldwide who use color in either bold and/or subtle ways in original two-dimensional and three-dimensional works including ceramics, sculpture, paintings, drawings, photography, prints, installations, mixed media and other in all creative processes and forms.
Cash Awards of Excellence and Special Recognitions will be given at the juror's discretion; the amounts and number of which is determined by the entries and their quality. Specially recognized artists will be reviewed in the juror's statement published worldwide and sent in a press release to the artist's local newspaper(s).
Artists get a discounted entry fee if submitted by our early deadline of November 8. The final deadline is November 24. Prospectus: www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/schedule/prospectus.asp?XD=12/1/2011 | | | RayKo's 5th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show | Friday, November 25 | | | This competition is open to artists working with plastic cameras with plastic lenses. The more obsolete, flawed, and lo-tech, the better. Images should be taken with cameras with limited controls, such as Diana, Holga, Lubitel, Lomo, Banner, and Ansco cameras. Beautiful prints from less-than-gorgeous cameras – that’s what we’re looking for! This is RayKo’s largest exhibition of the year with artists from all over the globe submitting work, and hundreds of attendees at the reception. Prospectus: raykophoto.com/category/calls-for-entry | | | Countryside Juried Art Competition | Monday, November 2 |  | Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a Juried Art Competition for the month of November with the theme "Countryside". A Group exhibition of the top ten finalists will be held online at the Light Space & Time Art Gallery for the month of December 2011. The theme is the Countryside and the gallery wants all 2D artists to send us your best interpretation of the theme "Countryside" by depicting rural living, the outdoors and pastoral scenes.
Light Space & Time encourages entries from all 2D artists regardless of where they reside and regardless of their experience or education in the art field. A group exhibition of the top five finalists, in addition, Honorable Mention and Special Recognition awards will also be awarded.
For further information and to apply through the website www.lightspacetime.com | | | Call for Art - Online Juried Exhibition - Abstract | Wednesday, November 30 |  | Call for art - Abstract. Leading Artists Gallery Juried online themed competition and exhibition. Awarded artists will receive special recognitions and works will be exhibited in the Leading Artists Online Gallery. Recognized artists will be reviewed in the juror's statement and published worldwide. Prospectus: www.leadingartistsgallery.com | | | Dave Bown Projects - 3rd Semiannual Competition | Wednesday, November 30 |  | Jurors: Paddy Johnson, Art Fag City, New York; Richard Polsky, Author and Art Dealer; Christina Strassfield, Guild Hall Museum, New York. Prizes: $10,000 USD (1 artist will receive $5,000 and 5 artists will each receive $1,000). Dave Bown Projects will be buying works of art, on an ongoing basis, from select artists as submissions are received. Eligibility: 18 years of age or older. All styles and media are eligible. Selection Process: Early entries are encouraged. Previewing will occur on a daily and weekly basis by Dave Bown Projects as submissions are received. For further information, please contact Dave Bown at (917)365-5265 or info@davebownprojects.com.
Prospectus: www.davebownprojects.com | | | Emerging Artists 2012 - Call to Artists | Wednesday, November 30 |  | This is the twentieth annual competition for gallery exhibition and awards. This exhibition is devoted to the discovery, introduction and promotion of emerging artists.The exhibition will be held in April 2012 at the Limner Gallery and is open to all artists working in any media. There will be a $1000 cash award and $2400 in publication awards.
Prospectus: www.slowart.com/prospectus/ea2012.htm | | | Photographers Wanted | Exposure 2011 | Wednesday, November 30 |  | Artists Wanted's 3rd annual photography competition: EXPOSURE, an international call for photographers of all backgrounds who speak in the language of lenses and aperture. $50,000 in awards. Submit your images. Awards including a $10,000 grant and your own solo exhibition at the Aperture Foundation in New York City.
Exposure 2011 is your chance to show your work in the gallery of one of the most respected organizations in photography. Aperture, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to promoting photography, was founded in 1952 by photographers Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Barbara Morgan, and Minor White; historian Beaumont Newhall; and writer/curator Nancy Newhall; as well as Melton Ferris, Ernest Louie, and Dody Warren.
Prospectus: www.artistswanted.org/site/exposure-2011/?f=pp_asc1 | | | The 2012 Hunting Art Prize Call For Entries | Wednesday, November 30 |  | The Hunting Art Prize, which is sponsored by the international oil services company Hunting PLC, is a Texas-wide competition open to established artists, talented newcomers and promising amateurs. The $50,000 award is the most generous annual art prize given in North America for painting and drawing. The competition is open to Texas-based artists who are 18 years of age (as of August 1, 2011) or older. Artwork submitted for consideration must be a single two-dimensional painting or drawing no larger than 72" on any one side (including frame, if any). Prospectus: www.huntingartprize.com | | | Winter - Call for Entries | Wednesday, November 30 |  | What does Winter mean to you? Visual artists throughout the ages have tried to capture winter’s quintessential wonder. Winter is a time of dreaming and planning. In many parts of the world, the winter season is a time of extremes – ranging from exquisite beauty to notable hardships. We seek both literal representations and metaphorical interpretations on this theme. Submit your most intriguing photographs on the theme of “Winter."
Forty five images will be selected for exhibition and a Blurb full color catalogue of the exhibit with all the accepted entries will be available for purchase. Cash prizes and awards are offered.
Prospectus: asmithgallery.com/Winter_Call_for_Entry.php | | | 8th Annual SNAP TO GRID: The UN-Juried Exhibit | Thursday, December 1 |  | Show your work in our un-juried exhibit featuring digital art and photography. All entries will be printed (8.5"x11" on heavyweight paper) and shown in our gallery arranged in a grid. Entrants submit JPEG files of original work. Exhibit is limited to space available, early entry is advised. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. Digital video stills and screen shots of web/new media are acceptable. Documentation shots of digital installation and digital sculpture are acceptable.
Special consideration is given to "Snap to Grid" artists for inclusion in future exhibits. Entrants to our calls for submissions form the pool of artists from which we select the majority of our exhibitors. There have been a large number of "Snap to Grid" participants who have been included in group exhibits, as well as a number of solo shows.
Prospectus: lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html | | | Transart Institute - MFA Creative Practice | Thursday, December 1 |  | Transart Institute seeks independent, inquisitive and imaginative artists for its low-residency MFA program. In a uniquely international setting, Transart offers an accredited two year course for working artists, teachers and all professionals in related fields who are seeking advancement in visual arts and new media. The program consists of three intensive summer residencies in Europe filled with lectures, workshops, critiques, seminars, performances and exhibitions and two shorter winter residencies in New York City. In the four semesters between residencies, students create an individual course of study realizing art and research projects with the support of faculty and self-chosen advisors wherever they work and live.
The MFA Program is geared towards the development of a sustainable artistic praxis rather than training in certain media or genres, challenging students to think conceptually and work creatively in new ways. Current students work with animation, choreography, curating, digital media, drawing, film, graphic design, installation, intervention, music, painting, performance, photography, sculpture, software, sound, text art, video and writing. More details online. Scholarships of up to 25% (50% for residents and citizens of developing countriesup ) are available and will be awarded with acceptance into the program at the early application deadline.
Prospectus: www.transartinstitute.org/Application_MFA.html | | | 14th Annual All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition | Saturday, December 24 |  | The Upstream People Gallery presents an exhibition with 12 month's gallery representation, January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012, with approximately one million hits each month. Open to all artists worldwide with 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional artwork in all media and creative processes (except video/film).
Cash Awards of Excellence and Special Recognitions will be given at the juror's discretion; the amounts and number of which is determined by the entries and their quality. Specially recognized artists will be reviewed in the juror's statement published worldwide and sent in a press release to the artist's local newspaper(s).
Artists get a discounted entry fee if submitted by our early deadline of December 8. The final deadline is December 24. Prospectus: www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/schedule/prospectus.asp?XD=1/1/2012 | | | Call for Art - Online Juried Exhibition - Cityscapes | Thursday, December 29 |  | Call for Art - Cityscapes. Leading Artists Gallery seeks entries for this juried online competition and exhibition. Awards and special recognitions for artists in juror's statement. All winners selected will be exhibited in the online gallery. Open to Oil, Water-media, Acrylic, Pastels, and Mixed-media. More Info: www.leadingartistsgallery.com | | | Call For Artists - South Region | Saturday, December 31 |  | The Open Studios Press sponsors 6 competitions per year. Winners receive full color spreads in our nationally distributed periodical New American Paintings. We have divided the country into 5 regions (Northeast, South, Midwest, West and Pacific Coast), each of which is the focus of an annual competition, and have recently added a sixth competition for students enrolled in a US passed MFA program.
Our competitions are open to all artists working within the United States. All styles and media are welcome, as long as the work is singular and two-dimensional. This competition is open to all artists who live in one of the following states: AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV.
Prospectus: www.newamericanpaintings.com/competitions.html | | | Emergent Artist Award - International Contemporary Photography Competition | Saturday, December 31 |  | The Emergent Artist Award in partnership with the French cultural organisation, The Alliance Francaise of Dubai, is presenting the International Contemporary Photography Competition. The winner of the competition will be awarded an international solo exhibition road show in Dubai and Nice (on the pristine French Riviera) where the artwork will be exhibited for a period of 12 weeks. In addition to the exhibition, the artist will be publicized and marketed in art circles globally providing a platform to be exposed internationally. Your project should consist of 15 coherent photographs executed in a contemporary way following the theme of your choice. Media accepted: digital photography including all the innovative treatments and manipulations of the image.
Web Page: www.emergentartistaward.com | | | Embracing Our Differences - Call for Entries | Monday, January 9, 2012 |  | Embracing Our Differences invites artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students to participate in its 9th annual outdoor art exhibit celebrating diversity. National and international submissions are encouraged. 39 artists will be selected for the exhibit. The Embracing Our Differences exhibit will be displayed throughout the months of April and May 2012 at Island Park along Sarasota’s beautiful bayfront. Since 2004, the exhibit has been viewed by more than 1,100,000 visitors. The exhibit will contain 39 billboard-sized (16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high) images of the selected artworks. In the judges’ discretion, an additional six "honorable mention" selections may be made.
Final selections will be chosen based on artistic excellence in reflection of the theme "Embracing Our Differences". The art-work will also be evaluated on how effectively it will read outdoors when enlarged to billboard size – 16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high. A total of $3,000.00 in awards will be presented. There is no submission fee nor limit on the number of entries.
Submission forms and more information concerning past winning submissions are available at www.embracingourdifferences.org or by emailing Info@embracingourdifferences.org. | | | Richeson 75 International Art Competition - Landscape, Seascape & Architectural 2012 | Monday, January 16 |  | Best in Show: $5,000 cash; First Place in each category will receive $1000 in Richeson art materials; Second Place in each category will receive $500 Richeson art materials. 2-D original art. Finalists will show in the beautiful Richeson Gallery in Kimberly, Wisconsin from April 16 - June 8, 2012. Finalists and other Meritorious Entries will be included in the hard-cover, full color collectible exhibit book and our on-line Virtual Gallery. 2-D original art (sorry no photography or digitally generated or enhanced art is accepted for this show).
The Jack Richeson Company is a leading supplier of high quality art materials. As part of our mission to support the arts community we sponsor five international, juried art exhibitions a year. The purpose of our show is to offer a venue for both established and emerging artists to show their latest work to a wide and appreciative audience. Each show is physically presented in the Richeson Art Gallery and virtually presented at the Richeson 75 web site. We also extend our reach through an interactive newsletter, the Richeson Virtual Art Salon, to thousands of galleries, collectors and artists around the world.
Website: www.richeson75.com/callforentries.html | | | International Juried Sculpture Competition | Tuesday, January 17 |  | Artists are invited to submit outdoor sculptures to be featured at the Fifteenth Annual Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition on the USA Canada border. Peace Arch International Park is the Western United States' International Gateway to the Vancouver, BC, Canada. Located at the 4th busiest US/Canada border crossing in Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia, over 500,000 people visit the historic site and International Peace Park each year. A full color self guided artwork tour brochure accompanies the exhibit. Artists benefit from international exposure and recognition by being featured in North America's most celebrated International Peace Park.
A panel of international US and Canadian art experts, association members and park management will jury the exhibition. The criterion for selecting the exhibit includes: artistic impression, quality, durability, aesthetic appeal, and park and community appropriateness.
All materials must be completely weatherproof and suitable for public viewing. A $200 travel / shipping stipend (u.s. Funds) is available for accepted artists. All artists receive awards. Since 1997, the Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition has featured over 142 sculptures created by 116 international fine artists. The annual exhibition is sponsored by the United States Canada Peace Anniversary Association (USCPAA), in cooperation with Washington State Parks.
An official artwork prospectus can be downloaded at: www.peacearchpark.org/callforentries.htm | | | 13th Annual Realism Juried Online International Art Exhibition | Tuesday, January 24 |  | The Upstream People Gallery presents an exhibition with 12 month's gallery representation, February 1, 2012 through January 31, 2013, with approximately one million hits each month. Open to all artists worldwide with 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional realistic or representational artwork in all media and creative processes (except video/film).
Cash Awards of Excellence and Special Recognitions will be given at the juror's discretion; the amounts and number of which is determined by the entries and their quality. Specially recognized artists will be reviewed in the juror's statement published worldwide and sent in a press release to the artist's local newspaper(s).
Artists get a discounted entry fee if submitted by our early deadline of January 8. The final deadline is January 24. Prospectus: www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/schedule/prospectus.asp?XD=2/1/2012 | | | 19th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition | Wednesday, February 1 |  | The 19th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, April 20 - June 24, 2012. Open to all Ceramic Artists in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Postmark deadline of February 1, 2012. Fee: $20 for up to 3 pieces. Jurors: Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio. Invited Artists: Kelly and Kyle Phelps. Cash prizes. Illustrated catalog. Contact: Karen Zimmerly, San Angelo Musuem of Fine Arts, One Love Street, San Angelo, TX 76903. Entries Prospectus online at www.samfa.org/ncc.htm or call 325-653-3333. | | | Mystery Build Art Challenge | Sunday, September 16 |  | Mystery Build is an art contest developed by two artists to inspire creativity. Purchase a Mystery Build Materials Kit. Create a work of art using ONLY the materials in the Kit. Upload photos or videos of your creation. Over $10,000 in cash prizes. Winners are selected by a panel of judges and online public voting. The specific materials in the Kit will be unknown to you at the time of purchase, but you can expect to find some common sculpting materials like wood, metal, clay, and fiber. The Kits are 10" wide and 3.5" deep and contain around 3.5 lbs. of materials. Enter individually or as a team. Enter as many times as you want, using multiple Mystery Build Kits. The contents of multiple Kits may not be combined into a single Entry. You may use one Kit per Entry and create one Entry per Kit. For sale December 2011 through August 2012. Submissions are due by September 16, 2012.
Web site: www.mysterybuild.com | | | | | |
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