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Dirty Show 27 Call for Erotic Art

The Dirty Show · Detroit

Deadline
Closes 1 Dec 2026
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
US$20 ≈ £16
Prize
Exhibition only; no prizes listed.…
Open call / exhibition
Open

ArtScape 18

ShenArts (Shenandoah Arts Council) · Winchester

Deadline
Closes 5 Dec 2026
Open to
United States
Entry
Fee not stated
Open call / exhibition
Open

Royal Watercolour Society Open 2027

Royal Watercolour Society · London

Deadline
Closes 8 Dec 2026
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
£15
Prize
2026 prizes: David Gluck Memorial A…
Open call / exhibitionPainting
Open

Digital Explorations 2027

Maryland Federation of Art · Annapolis

Deadline
Closes 9 Dec 2026
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
US$30 ≈ £23
Prize
Awards announced 1 March 2027; amou…
Open call / exhibitionDigital artPhotographyVideo & film+2
Open

Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century 2027

Clatsop Community College, Royal Nebeker Art Gallery · Astoria

Deadline
Closes 10 Dec 2026
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
US$45 ≈ £35
Prize
US$1,000 ≈ £780
Open call / exhibitionDrawingPaintingPrintmaking
Open

HCA Member Show 2027

Hopkinton Center for the Arts · Hopkinton

Deadline
Closes 15 Dec 2026
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
1st, 2nd and 3rd place plus three h…
Open call / exhibition
Open

Blue Sky Gallery – 2027 Pacific Northwest Drawers

Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts · Portland, Oregon

Deadline
Closes 18 Dec 2026
Open to
United States, Canada
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Year-long flat-file display, online…
Open call / exhibitionPhotography
Open

Yosemite Renaissance 42

Yosemite Renaissance / Yosemite Gateway Art Center · Oakhurst

Deadline
Closes 21 Dec 2026
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
US$25 ≈ £20
Prize
US$4,000 ≈ £3.1k
Open call / exhibitionPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+6
Open

MAXIS 2027 Call for Submissions

MAXIS (Scott Hawkins) · Moffat

Deadline
Closes 21 Dec 2026
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
£250
Prize
Presentation/performance slot, acco…
Open call / exhibitionSoundPerformanceInstallation
Open

QIANKUN 2027 - International Open Call

Association Esthétique de l'Est (EDE) · Paris

Deadline
Closes 31 Dec 2026
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
Exhibition in a public cultural ven…
Open call / exhibitionPaintingPhotographyVideo & film+6
Open

The Next 50: A Bay Area Textile Open

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles · San Jose

Deadline
Closes 1 Jan 2027
Open to
United States
Entry
Free
Prize
Exhibition at the museum; works ins…
Open call / exhibitionTextile & fibreInstallationMixed media
Open

Architecture of Silence: Digital Exhibition, Madrid

Monica Mardare (independent curator) · Madrid

Deadline
Closes 1 Jan 2027
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
Screen exhibition in Madrid with do…
Open call / exhibitionDigital artPhotographyVideo & film
Open

Uniquely Louisa Open Show

Louisa Arts Center · Louisa

Deadline
Closes 7 Jan 2027
Open to
United States
Entry
US$5 ≈ £4
Open call / exhibition
Open

23rd Annual Bryn Du Art Show

Bryn Du Commission · Granville

Deadline
Closes 15 Jan 2027
Open to
United States
Entry
US$35 ≈ £27
Prize
US$2,000 ≈ £1.6k
Open call / exhibition
Open