The Art League of Ocean City announces a call to artists for an upcoming exhibition. Stigma Highlighted: Beyond the Label connects local artists with families who have lost loved ones to addiction to create meaningful portraits that celebrate the person beyond the stigma. Through art and shared stories, this community legacy project will honor each individual’s personality, passions, accomplishments, and lasting impact. You can help tell someone’s story through art. Experienced local artists are invited to apply to create a portrait honoring an individual whose life was lost to addiction. Portraits & stories will be exhibited at Salisbury University in Spring 2027 and the Art League of Ocean City in September 2027. Following the exhibitions, participating families will receive the original portrait as a lasting tribute. No entry fee. Deadline: October 16, 2026. More info. Contact: email or call 410-524-9433.

The Mark Twain Library in Redding, CT seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, December 5-13, 2026. Awards: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Juror’s Award for 2-Dimensional and also for 3D. Jurors: Katherine Baumgartner and Melinda Shea. Accepted mediums: paintings, mixed media, works on paper, drawings, sculptures. Not accepted: textile art, digital or computer or AI-generated, reproductions or photography. Must be 18 years of age or older. No works exhibited in previous MTL Art shows. $25 entry fee until October 14, $30 entry fee October 15-22. Deadline: October 22, 2026. More info (PDF). Contact: email or call 203-938-2545.

The Art Center in Dover, NH announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, November 9 – December 31, 2026. Awards: Best in Show | Juror’s Choice. Juror: Shiao-Ping Wang. Open to all artists 18+ in the U.S. All contemporary and abstract works will be considered. $30 entry fee. Deadline: October 23, 2026. More info. Contact: email or call 603-978-6702.

The Museum for Art in Wood and NextFab announce a call to artists for their Winter Residency, January – March, 2027 at NextFab Maker Space in Philadelphia, PA. The selected fellow receives a stipend for project materials and a solo exhibition. We invite applications for the 2027 session from artists based in the Greater Philadelphia region who work in the medium of wood and are pursuing research-based inquiries into sustainable creative practice. Free to apply. Deadline: October 26, 2026. More info. Contact: email or call 215-923-8000 ext. 103.

First Street Gallery in New York, NY announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, January 7-30, 2027. Juror: Jill Sarver Rossi. Open to U.S. resident artists, 18 years and older, with the exception of artists currently represented by First Street Gallery and exhibitors in the Gallery’s “SELECTS 2025” and “SELECTS 2026” exhibitions. Eligible works include original oils, acrylics, watercolors, gouache, pastels, drawings, prints, mixed media, photography, and sculpture in any material. Maximum weight 30 lbs. Sculptors are urged to provide their own pedestals. Entries must be submitted through the online Entry Form, linked at the bottom of the Prospectus. $55 for a required submission of five works. Deadline: October 30, 2026. More info. Contact: email or call (646) 336-8053.

Gallery 40 in Poughkeepsie, NY seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, December 5, 2026 – January 3, 2027. $100.00 Best in Show. Juror: Nansi T Lent. Open to artists 18 years and older living in the United States. Only 2-dimensional artwork will be considered. No 3-d work, and no nudes. Works must be original (no reproduction prints, example: a giclee of a watercolor), submitted by the artist, and for sale. No work previously exhibited at Gallery 40. Works must be professionally presented: wired and ready to hang. Canvases must be framed or museum/gallery wrapped with finished edges. Works on paper and smearable mediums, such as charcoal and pastels, must be protected under glass or plexiglass. Maximum (framed) width is 36 inches, maximum height is 48 inches. $35 entry fee for up to 3 entries. Deadline: November 1, 2026. More info. Contact: email or call 845-320-2125.

Artrider Productions announces a call to craftspersons, artists and makers for their 2027 juried shows in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Accepted media categories include: Clay, wearable fiber, fiber for the home, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, painting, photography, printmaking, wood, and mixed media. These categories may include accessories, baskets, digital art, original 2D and 3D work, fashion and wearable art, furniture, lighting and home décor, musical instruments, paper, stone, sculpture, and toys. $60 application fee. Deadline: November 2, 2026. More info. Contact: email or call 845-331-7900.

Bristol Art Museum announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, December 6, 2026 – January 10, 2027 in Bristol, RI. Awards: TBA. Juror: Dan Wallace. Artists from the region are invited to submit original work inspired by Rhode Island, the greater Narragansett Bay area, or the Southern New England region. Artwork may emerge from daily experience, careful observation, memory, history, or personal connection. Whether representational or conceptual, submitted work should reflect the places, people, waterways, landscapes, architecture, working waterfronts, and communities that shape this region. Up to three pieces may be submitted: $15 for 1/ $25 for 2/ $35 for 3. Deadline: November 8, 2026. More info. Contact: email or call 401-253-4400.

The American Watercolor Society announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, April 6 – May 7, 2027 at the Salmagundi Club in New York, NY. $50,000 in awards. This International Exhibition is open to all living artists working in water media on paper (Yupo and illustration board are permitted). No other surfaces accepted. Watercolor, acrylic, casein, gouache, and egg tempera are accepted. No collage, pastels, digital images, any form of print or reproductions. No work previously exhibited in AWS exhibitions. Maximum frame size is 44″ in any direction. Minimum image size (do not include mat or frame) is 140 square inches (multiply image height x width). No restriction on the year the artwork was completed. Entry fees: $25- $55. Deadline: November 12, 2026 at noon Eastern. More info (PDF). Contact: email or call 212-206-8986.

The Sitar Arts Center in Washington, DC announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, February 8 – March 13, 2027. Total awards: $1200. Open to artists ages 16 and up residing in the United States. Artists must be at least 16 by the date of their submission. Two-dimensional (2D), Three-dimensional (3D) and Film/Video/New Media accepted. Entry fees vary. Deadline: November 15, 2026. More info (PDF). Contact: email

The Rehoboth Art League in Rehoboth Beach, DE seeks entries for their annual juried photography exhibition, January 8 – February 7, 2027. 1st Place: $500, 2nd Place: $250, 3rd Place: $150. Juror: André Wright Jr. This call is only open to artists living in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, and Washington D.C. and is open to both members and non-members of RAL. All subjects and styles are eligible from traditional to contemporary. $25 for RAL members. $45 for non-members. Deadline: November 16, 2026 (4pm). More info. Contact: email or call 302-227-8408.

Bristol Art Museum seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, January 31 – April 1, 2027 in Bristol, RI. Cash Awards. Juror: Francine Weiss. Artists are invited to explore the boundaries that define, separate, connect, and sometimes divide us. Boundaries can be physical or psychological, personal or cultural, geographic or political, historical or imagined. They can define the edge of a body, a place, an image, an identity, or shape our understanding of where one thing ends and another begins. Collage offers a powerful means of questioning these boundaries. Through cutting, tearing, layering, juxtaposition, fragmentation, and recombination, artists can disrupt established relationships and create new ones. What happens when an edge is crossed, a border is redrawn, a familiar image is removed from its context, or the boundary between body and world is disrupted? Torn Boundaries welcomes collage that considers the edges both visible and invisible. Boundaries that shape how we understand ourselves, one another, history, culture, place, and the world around us. Up to three pieces may be submitted: $25 for 1/ $35 for 2/ $45 for 3. Deadline: November 29, 2026. More info. Contact: email or call 401-253-4400.

SlowArt announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, March 4 – April 3, 2027 at Limner Gallery in Hudson, NY. Open to all media. Entry is limited only to work completed after January 1, 2025. $35 entry fee. Deadline: November 30, 2026. More info. Contact: email or call 518-567-7858.

SlowArt announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, April 15 – May 8, 2027 at Limner Gallery in Hudson, NY. Entry limited to abstract art, from the geometric to the lyrical, from the precise to the raw. $35 entry fee. Deadline: January 31, 2027. More info. Contact: email or call 518-567-7858.

Arrival Gallery seeks entries for an upcoming art exhibition, March 12-14, 2027 at 35 Meadow Street, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Open to emerging and established artists working across visual disciplines, including painting, photography, sculpture, illustration, textile art, mixed media and digital art. Free entry. Deadline: February 25, 2027. More info. Contact: email

SlowArt announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, May 20 – June 12, 2027 at Limner Gallery in Hudson, NY. Entry limited to art inspired by the world of nature and biology. Human figuration excluded unless presented as part of the natural environment. $35 entry fee. Deadline: February 28, 2027. More info. Contact: email or call 518-567-7858.

Artists across the U.S. are invited to apply for the 38th Annual Manayunk Arts Festival, to be held June 26-27, 2027 in Philadelphia, PA. Best in Show: $250, Best in Category: $100. The Festival is open to all artists who design and produce their own work in a range of mediums including fiber, glass, ceramics, jewelry, mixed media, painting & drawing, photography, and wood & sculpture. All art work must be hand-made; buy/sell is strictly prohibited. $30 Application fee. $495 Booth fee. Deadline: March 6, 2027. More info. Contact: email or call 215-482-9565.