The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit original works about scale, largeness, and vastness, both formal and conceptual for a juried art exhibition, November 6 – December 4, 2026. Includes honorarium of $50 for each exhibiting artist and Grand Jury Award of $1,000 for one jury-selected work from among the exhibits on view. Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media. $45 for up to three entries. $5 per each add’l entry. Deadline: August 23, 2026. More info. Contact: email or call (513) 861-3638.

The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit entries for an upcoming art exhibition, November 6, 2026 – December 4, 2026. Includes honorarium of $50 for each exhibiting artist and Grand Jury Award of $1,000 for one jury-selected work from among the exhibits on view. Seeking original works about the shape, size, and proportion of our responses: to culture, to form, to action, to an extended hand, to conversation, to intentions. Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media. $45 for up to three entries. $5 per each add’l entry. Deadline: August 23, 2026. More info. Contact: email or call (513) 861-3638.

The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit portraits for an upcoming art exhibition, November 6 – December 4, 2026. Includes honorarium of $50 for each exhibiting artist and Grand Jury Award of $1,000 for one jury-selected work from among the exhibits on view. All interpretations and explorations are welcome. $45 for up to three entries. $5 per each additional entry. Deadline: August 23, 2026. More info. Contact: email or call (513) 861-3638.

The Northville Art House in Northville, MI announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, November 13 – December 18, 2026. $700 plus in cash and prizes. Artists in the U.S may submit up to 4 works, 16 inches or less including any frame, not previously exhibited at the Art House. Any media except film, video, electronic, or AI-generated. $30-$40 entry fee. Deadline: August 31, 2026. More info (PDF). Contact: email or call 248-344-0497.

The Bennett Prize is a stipend/grant-in-aid program established by American art collectors Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt to support women figurative realist painters. The Bennett Prize, administered by The Muskegon Museum of Art (MMA), is awarded biennially and provides $75,000 over two consecutive years ($37,500 annually). Ten (10) finalists will be selected to participate in a traveling exhibition organized by the MMA and the winner will be showcased in a solo exhibition at the close of her grant. A runner up award of $10,000 will be given to one additional finalist. Open only to women 18 years or older who reside at least part time in the United States (U.S. citizenship not required) and who paint figurative realist paintings. Artists may not be enrolled in school and must be currently pursuing or hope to pursue a career as a full-time painter. No students or artists who have received a prior award or grant of $35,000 or have sold any single work of art for $35,000 or more. $50 entry fee. Deadline: September 19, 2026. More info. Contact: email or call 231-720-2583.

The Midwest Center for Photography in Wichita, Kansas seeks entries for a juried photography exhibition, October 2-26, 2026. Emerge 2026 will feature 20 photographers in the exhibition and online. One recipient will be awarded the $200 Emerge Fellowship Award, and receive one year artist representation by MWCP online. Juror: Linda Robinson, Gallery Director, MWCP. Open to all emerging photographers worldwide. All photographic media is welcome. MWCP is seeking emerging photographers creating fresh and exciting new pictures. A series of theme based images are preferred but not required. A brief artist statement is optional. $50 entry fee. Deadline: September 25, 2026. More info. Contact: email

The Hiestand Galleries at Miami University in Oxford, OH seek entries for their annual juried competition and exhibition, February-March 2027. The Yeck Award winning artwork becomes part of the Miami University Painters of the 21st Century Collection. $10,000 Yeck Purchase Award; $2500 Second Place Award; $2000 Third Place Award. Juror: Dan Cameron. Young Painters, U.S. residents, ages 25 – 35 as of competition entry are invited to participate. Entrants should have achieved a significant degree of success as an emerging artist of noteworthy talent. Year 2027 is for Representational Realism painting only. $25 entry fee. Deadline: September 30, 2026. More info. Contact: email or call 513-529-1883.

Troy Main Street announces a call to artists for an outdoor sculpture exhibition, June 21 – October 8, 2027 in Downtown Troy, Ohio. $1,500 stipend. “Constructing Art” explores the intersection of building and belonging, preservation and progress, history and innovation. We invite artists to consider not only the physical act of construction but the many ways communities are built through collaboration, craftsmanship, resilience, stewardship, and imagination. We encourage broad interpretations of the theme. Artists are encouraged, though not required, to incorporate materials traditionally associated with construction or infrastructure into their work. Whether abstract or representational, whimsical or contemplative, we encourage works that invite curiosity, conversation, and interaction with the public. Must be family-friendly. The exhibition is open to professional and emerging sculptors and collaborative teams working in all durable outdoor media. No entry fee. Deadline: October 18, 2026. More info. Contact: email or call 937-339-5455.

River Arts, Inc. announces a call to artists for a juried exhibition, Collecting Kinship: The Belonging We Build, December 7, 2026 – February 12, 2027 at the Sauk Prairie River Arts Center in Prairie du Sac, WI. This call for art invites Wisconsin artists to create work that explores the many forms of kinship cultivated through community. Artists are encouraged to reflect on and celebrate the relationships, welcoming spaces, shared experiences, and meaningful connections that foster a sense of belonging and strengthen social connectedness in their own lives. Through this theme, the exhibition seeks artwork that illustrates how community, beyond familial ties, shapes, sustains, and enriches our collective well-being. Members: $5 (+ fees), Non-Members: $20 (+ fees), Participation Fee: $20 (+ fees). Deadline: November 3, 2026. Apply online. Contact: email or call 608-643-5215.

Artists are invited to apply for the 2027 Annual Art Fair, to be held May 7-9 at Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis, MO. $8,000+ in cash and prizes. All artists ages 18 and up who exhibit work of original concept, design, and execution are eligible to apply. Artists may apply in more than one category (up to three); however, a separate application and jury fee must be submitted for each category. Artists may not apply more than once in the same category. Total event participation is limited to 160 artists. Media Categories: Ceramics, Fiber/Textiles, Glass, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography/Digital, Printmaking/Drawing, Sculpture, Wood. Early application fee (9/1/26 – 9/30/26): $35; Regular (10/1/26 – 12/31/26): $45; Late (1/1/27 – 1/4/27): $55. Deadline: January 4, 2027. More info. Contact: email or call 314.615.5284.