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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

Lighting Restorer at Jolene Farmer Studio

Jolene Farmer Studio Ltd · London

Pay
Starting salary £26,000–£31,000 dep…
Deadline
Closes 18 Dec 2026
Open to
United Kingdom
On-siteFull-time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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

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

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

RBSA Photography Prize 2027

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists · Birmingham

Deadline
Closes 5 Jan 2027
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
£20
Prize
£1,750
Prize / awardPhotography
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

Sony World Photography Awards 2027

World Photography Organisation · London

Deadline
Closes 12 Jan 2027
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
US$30,000 ≈ £23k
Prize / awardPhotography
Open

Ucross Foundation Residency – Fall 2027

Ucross Foundation · Ucross, Wyoming

Deadline
Closes 15 Jan 2027
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
US$40 ≈ £31
Prize
Fully hosted residency (housing, me…
ResidencyPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+11
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

Pump House 2027-2028 Gallery Season Call to Artists

Pump House Regional Arts Center · La Crosse

Deadline
Closes 31 Jan 2027
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Exhibition slot in the 2027-2028 ga…
Open call / exhibitionPaintingSculpturePrintmaking+3
Open

Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards (VACMA) 2026/27

Creative Scotland with local authority and arts partners (e.g. Shetland Arts) · United Kingdom

Deadline
Closes 2 Feb 2027
Open to
United Kingdom
Entry
Free
Prize
£1,000
Grant / bursaryPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+8
Open