GUIDE TO THE BEST ARTIST GRANTS & OPPORTUNITIES IN 2023

Each year the Artwork Archive team goes on a mission to find the best art opportunities, grants, and calls-for-entry for the upcoming year.

Below you will find a list of the top artist residencies, international open calls, artist grants, exhibition opportunities and art competitions that we believe will benefit artists in 2023!

This year, we added another new feature! You can now save the important deadlines for your favorite opportunities right in your Artwork Archive account.

When you find a call that interests you, simply click ‘Add to Schedule' and the call's deadline will be automatically added to your Schedule. You'll also receive weekly reminders to keep you on top of your game.

We will be updating this list throughout the year, so make sure to bookmark the page, check back often, and let us know if there is an opportunity that should be listed!

Are you in the US and looking for the best opportunities in your region?
You can find Artwork Archive’s guides to the artist opportunities in your region using the guides below:

Western United States Guide

Midwestern United States Guide

Southwestern United States Guide

Southeastern United States Guide

Northeastern United States Guide


Guide to the Best Artist Opportunities in 2023

June 14, 2023 1 day left

Art Exhibitin: Penetrate

Art Exhibitin: Penetrate
  • Organization: LAST. Creative
  • Submission Deadline: June 14, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2023 - September 3, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $5
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

June 15, 2023 2 days left

Comic Crossing: Art of the Graphic Narrative

  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 13, 2023 - October 8, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Drawing
  • Location: Livermore, California
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to SF Bay Area/California artists creating comic and graphic narrative art

June 15, 2023 2 days left

CALL FOR EXHIBITS 2023/24 – Gifts of Art at Michigan Medicine

CALL FOR EXHIBITS 2023/24 – Gifts of Art at Michigan Medicine
  • Organization: Gifts of Art - Michigan Medicine
  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description

June 15, 2023 2 days left

The Narrative

The Narrative
  • Organization: The Chateau Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 1, 2023 - August 1, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists except Sculptors

June 15, 2023 2 days left

Apply for a Solo Show at Aplomb

  • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 9, 2023 - October 28, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25.00—$35.00
  • Award Info: Solo Exhibition
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all mediums

June 16, 2023 3 days left

Park Lane Outdoor Sculpture Gallery

  • Submission Deadline: June 16, 2023
  • Award Info: $2,000 per selected sculpture
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Kirkland, Washington
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based Sculpture artists

June 16, 2023 3 days left

A Fine Line

  • Submission Deadline: June 16, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 8, 2023 - August 3, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Award Info: over $500 in cash prizes
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Painting
  • Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists in any 2d media

June 17, 2023 4 days left

2023 Southern Tier Biennial

  • Submission Deadline: June 17, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 16, 2023 - November 4, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $30.00
  • Award Info: each accepted artist with a $175 stipend; $3,000 to the Best of Show winner ($1,000 cash and $2000 stipend towards a solo show in 2024), a $750 Juror’s Choice Award, and $500 for three Honorable Mention winners..
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: Local
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Olean, New York
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to New York State visual artists residing the counties of Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Steuben, Schuyler, Tioga, and Tompkins); All mediums

June 18, 2023 5 days left

Within Sight or From Imagination

  • Submission Deadline: June 18, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 10, 2023 - September 9, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Award Info: Future GearBox Gallery exhibition opportunities will be awarded to two artists.
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all Northern California Artists

June 19, 2023 6 days left

27th Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS: International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art

27th Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS: International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art
  • Organization: JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY
  • Submission Deadline: June 19, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 30, 2023 - October 14, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Award Info: Finalists will be featured in the group exhibition at JFG in September 2023 as the gallery kicks off the beginning of the arts season. One selected finalist will be awarded a solo exhibition in 2024.
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: New Orleans, LA 70130
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

June 23, 2023 10 days left

Harvest: AVA's Fall 2023 Juried Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 23, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 1, 2023 - August 31, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $15
  • Award Info: Best In Show - $500.00, Second Place - $250.00, Third Place - $150.00, People’s Choice - $100.00
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Gillette, Wyoming
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S. based artists

June 23, 2023 10 days left

MAPPING THE ABSTRACT

MAPPING THE ABSTRACT
  • Organization: Pinkwater Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: June 23, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 16, 2023 - October 29, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Kingston, NY 12401
Description

June 23, 2023 10 days left

Pop Pulp Group Show

  • Submission Deadline: June 23, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 7, 2023 - June 29, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Description
Eligibility Info

Open locally (Denver/Lakewood artists only); All mediums

June 23, 2023 10 days left

Degrees of Commitment: Climate, Ecosystems, and Society

  • Organization: Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
  • Submission Deadline: June 23, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 4, 2023 - December 16, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Award Info: Best in Show $500; Second Place $250; Juror’s Choice $100 ; Juror’s Choice $100; National Scholarship Award; Permanent Collection Purchase Prize
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Gatlinburg, TN 37738
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

June 23, 2023 10 days left

Call for Art-STILL

Call for Art-STILL
  • Organization: Art Fluent
  • Submission Deadline: June 23, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25.00 first entry, $10 for each additional
  • Award Info: $1,250.00
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

June 24, 2023 11 days left

Under The Big Top

  • Submission Deadline: June 24, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 15, 2023 - August 20, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $28
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Description
Eligibility Info

"Under The Big Top" is open to any artists over age 18, within the United States and Canada.; All Mediums

June 25, 2023 12 days left

Kingdom Animalia - 2023

  • Submission Deadline: June 25, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 20, 2023 - September 20, 2023
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all mediums

June 25, 2023 12 days left

ARTISTS ON FIRE exhibition

ARTISTS ON FIRE exhibition
  • Organization: Juniper Rag
  • Submission Deadline: June 25, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 21, 2023 - August 12, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Photography, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Worcester, MA 01605
Description

June 25, 2023 12 days left

Abstract: Colors + Form

  • Submission Deadline: June 25, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 19, 2023 - September 10, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $30.00
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Denver, Colorado
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all Colorado-based artists

June 26, 2023 13 days left

Visions in Clay

  • Submission Deadline: June 26, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 28, 2023 - September 21, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $30
  • Award Info: Best of Show $800 | 2nd Place $600 | 3rd Place $400
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Sculpture
  • Location: Stockton, California
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists working primarily with clay.

June 26, 2023 13 days left

"Nocturne" - First Street Gallery 2023 National Juried Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 26, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 28, 2023 - August 26, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $40.00
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Chelsea Art District, New York, New York
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to U.S.-based artists working with Painting, Drawing, Photography, Mixed-Media, Sculpture

June 27, 2023 14 days left

Red, White and Blue - What Does it Mean To You?

  • Submission Deadline: June 27, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 1, 2023 - July 31, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Gilroy, California
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

June 29, 2023 16 days left

Westhampton Beach 2023 Drawing & Painting Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 29, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Drawing, Painting
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artists working with Drawing and Painting

June 30, 2023 17 days left

Elevate!

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 25, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Award Info: Each artist will receive a $250 stipend and acknowledgment with contact information at the site of the installation.
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography, Drawing, Painting
  • Location: South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to artists working in 2D mediums

June 30, 2023 17 days left

CUE Open Call for Solo Exhibitions & Curatorial Projects

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $10
  • Award Info: $5,000 honorarium
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: NYC, NY
Description
Eligibility Info

Practice any artistic discipline that can make use of exhibition space for a solo show

Have not had a solo exhibition in New York City within the last five years (small non-profit and artist run spaces are fine)

Do not have current, consistent commercial gallery representation in the United States

Are not currently enrolled in a degree program (with the exception of students who will have graduated by 2024)

Have maintained a consistent studio practice outside of an academic setting for three or more years

Currently live and work in the United States

June 30, 2023 17 days left

On Edge 2023

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 4, 2023 - August 20, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Award Info: $250 Juror's Choice Award
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Description
Eligibility Info

Regional (Rocky Mountain region); All Mediums

June 30, 2023 17 days left

Strange Figurations

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023
  • Event Dates: September 7, 2023 - September 30, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Hudson, New York
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all media, techniques, and styles. Artists 18 years old and above.

June 30, 2023 17 days left

The 39th Annual Best of Colorado Show at the Depot Art Gallery

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 8, 2023 - September 9, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Award Info: Over $2450 in cash prizes
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: State
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Littleton, Colorado
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all Colorado-based artists

June 30, 2023 17 days left

Willis Street Greenway Sculpture Exhibition

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023
  • Award Info: BUDGET: $3,000 each for two artists
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Kent , Washington
Description
Eligibility Info

Open regionally (Pacific Northwest: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana); Public Art, Sculpture

June 30, 2023 17 days left

2023 - 50 or Older Call for Art

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 3, 2023 - August 31, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $35.00
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

June 30, 2023 17 days left

Call for Sculpture- Peterborough, NH

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: Regional
  • Categories: Sculpture
  • Location: Peterborough, New Hampshire
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to artists that live and work in New England working with Sculpture

July 1, 2023 18 days left

Interlines, Lifelines, Redlines: Social Markers of Race, Class, & Economics

  • Submission Deadline: July 1, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $25.00
  • Award Info: $6000 in cash prizes
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Photography
  • Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all photographers

July 1, 2023 18 days left

Goddessarts Magazine issue 10, art blog and online exhibition

Goddessarts Magazine issue 10, art blog and online exhibition
  • Organization: Goddessarts Magazine
  • Submission Deadline: July 1, 2023
  • Award Info: online & print publication, art blog, online exhibition
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Online Only: Yes
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

July 1, 2023 18 days left

24th Annual Wills Creek Exhibition of Fine Art

  • Submission Deadline: July 1, 2023
  • Event Dates: August 26, 2023 - September 23, 2023
  • Entry Fee: $30
  • Award Info: more than $4000 in prizes
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: National
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: Cumberland, Maryland
Description
Eligibility Info

Open to all U.S.-based artists

July 2, 2023 19 days left

The New Renaissance | Call For Artists

The New Renaissance | Call For Artists
  • Organization: Boomer Gallery
  • Submission Deadline: July 2, 2023
  • Event Dates: July 7, 2023 - July 12, 2023
  • Award Info: Exhibition opportunity.
  • Type: Exhibition
  • Eligibility: International
  • Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
  • Location: London, United Kingdom Se1 2Tu
Description
Eligibility Info

Open internationally to all artists

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