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Juried shows, grants, and residencies with deadlines coming up. Save a call with the heart to decide later, or track it and it lands in your Opportunities with its rules filled in, ready for a submission.

National
Call for Artists

Nov15

Tomorrow, Imagined: 17th Annual Patricia Sitar Juried Exhibition

Sitar Arts Center · Juried Show

All media

Juried Show in Washington, DC. Entry: Adults 22+: $15 for up to 3 pieces, $5 each for up to 2 more; free for ages 16-21. Awards: $1,200 in cash awards (adult, young adult and People's Choice).

Due today

International
Call for Artists

Nov29

18th Annual International Drawing Discourse Exhibition

University of North Carolina Asheville · Juried Show

Drawing

Juried international survey of contemporary drawing at UNC Asheville's S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, January 15 to February 12, 2027, juried by Michael Grimaldi. Exhibited artists get a printed catalogue; $2,000 in prizes and a purchase award.

National
Call for Artists

Nov30

61st Annual CAIN National Show

Del Mar College, Joseph A. Cain Memorial Gallery · Juried Show

All media

Del Mar College's long-running national show, formerly its National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, is now open to all media, with purchase awards that build the college's permanent collection. Juror is ceramic artist Jamie Bates, and the exhibition runs February 19 to April 19, 2027.

National
Call for Artists

Dec1

Earth & Fire 2027

Ceramics Take Over Wheeling (Friends of the Take Over) / Stifel Fine Arts Center · Juried Show

Ceramics

Fifth annual national juried ceramics exhibition at the Stifel Fine Arts Center in Wheeling, WV, juried by Benjamin Evans and Wayne Higby of the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum. Open to US clay artists 18+, with $7,000 in cash awards.

National
Call for Artists

Dec1

Intercollegiate Ceramics 2027

West Liberty University / Ceramics Take Over Wheeling · Juried Show

Ceramics

A national juried show of college students' ceramic work, hosted by West Liberty University as the opening event of the Ceramics Take Over Wheeling festival. The exhibition runs February 25 to April 10, 2027.

Regional
Call for Artists

Jan10

Being Seen 2027

TAG/The Artists Gallery · Juried Show

Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Mixed media, Digital & new media, Photography, Sculpture

Juried Show in Frederick, MD. Entry: $35 for one work; $5 each additional (up to 3). Awards: $500 / $250 / $125 plus three $50 honorable mentions.

International
Call for Artists

Jan15

Hambidge Residency - Summer Session

The Hambidge Center · Residency

All media

Residency in Rabun Gap, GA. Entry: $30. Awards: Private studio and living space in north Georgia; residents pay $300/week; some fellowships cover a 2-week stay plus $700.

Regional
Call for Artists

Jan15

2027 Mid-Atlantic Juried Show

McGuffey Art Center · Juried Show

Painting, Drawing, Photography, Printmaking, Fiber & textile, Sculpture, Mixed media

Juried Show in Charlottesville, VA. Entry: $35 for up to 3 entries ($25 for McGuffey members).

International
Call for Artists

Jan16

50th International Watermedia Exhibition

Watercolor Art Society-Houston · Juried Show

Painting

Juried Show in Houston, TX. Entry: $40 for 1 entry, $55 for 2, $70 for 3. Awards: $10,000 in cash awards (1st place $2,500).

Open
Call for Artists

Jan22

ARTQUILTSstash

Professional Art Quilters Alliance-South (PAQA-South) · Juried Show

Fiber & textile

PAQA-South's 2027 juried art quilt exhibition asks fiber artists to build a layered fabric-and-thread work from their own stash, any theme or style. On view March 10 to May 1, 2027 at the Page-Walker Arts & History Center in Cary, North Carolina.

International
Call for Artists

Feb2

Fantastic Fibers 2027

Yeiser Art Center · Juried Show

Fiber & textile

A long-running international juried fiber show in Paducah, timed to coincide with AQS QuiltWeek. It welcomes quilts, weaving and other contemporary work where fiber is the main medium or idea.

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