Opportunities

Fusion Art announces the Waterscapes 2026 Art Competition.
For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art depicting waterscapes. The theme includes any art which depicts any type of body of water including the ocean, lakes, rivers, ponds, streams, coastal living, any ocean activities, seaside vistas, beaches, and any related seashore or lakeside subjects. It can also include rain, puddles and frozen waterscapes.

All artists, regardless of location or experience, are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography. This is the 10th annual Waterscapes art competition that gallery has held.

Choice of a cash prize or complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art's Members Gallery for Best in Show winners. Winners and finalists are provided with extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.
Entry Fees: $25 for 1-2 images / $40 for up to 5 images
The deadline to enter is May 1, 2026.
Please for full competition guidelines and to submit.

About Fusion Art
Founded by Award winning artist, Chris and Valerie Hoffman, Fusion Art was envisioned and formed out of a passion for art and the artists who create it. The website promotes and connects new, emerging and established artists with collectors and art enthusiasts, while offering the opportunity to participate in art competitions, exhibitions and experiences.

Closing Date: 05/01/26

Location: Santa Fe/Online

Website: https://www.fusionartps.com/calls-for-artists/

National open call for a list of qualified, professional visual artists to be reviewed and approved by the Ocala Municipal Arts Commission, used as a reference by the city of Ocala for city, external organizations, and private entities for public art commissions. For more information, please visit CaFÉ (https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=16946)

Closing Date: 04/27/26

Location: Ocala, FL

Website: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=16946

LandEscape turns 20 — and we're marking it with something big.
We're inviting artists across all fine arts disciplines — painting, photography, video, installation, performance, mixed media, and public art — to join one of the most open platforms in contemporary art, to be part of a defining moment in art publishing.
THE THEME: Landscape as Concept

Natural. Urban. Imagined. Psychological.
How do your surroundings shape what you make? Bold interpretations welcome. Unexpected perspectives encouraged. Authenticity required.

WHAT SELECTED ARTISTS GET

• Publication in the official Biennial Edition of LandEscape Art Review
• Critical editorial coverage by our international curatorial team
• 5 months exhibition
• Sustained visibility across our network of collectors, curators, and institutions worldwide

THIS ISN'T A COMPETITION.

There are no winners and losers here. This is a dialogue — between your work and a global audience that's ready for it.

For 20 years, LandEscape has existed for one reason: to connect serious artistic voices with the recognition they deserve.

Closing Date: 05/19/25

Location: Austin, TX

Website: https://landescapeart.yolasite.com

For a limited time, Sunspot Lit is calling for single works of novella-length fiction or nonfiction in any category, including memoir, literary, genre, and historical. Open April 1 through April 30. See guidelines and submission form, along with the journal’s other open calls (including art), here: https://sunspotlit.submittable.com/submit.

Closing Date: 04/30/26

Location: Online

Website: http://www.SunspotLit.com

3rd Annual Texas Fine Craft Show – slated to become the South's Premier Fine Craft Event. Join us at the stunning Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel in the heart of The Woodlands for a one-of-a-kind Fine Craft event. The Texas Fine Craft Show promises to be an unforgettable experience, drawing in audiences from Greater Houston and beyond.

Produced by The Woodlands Arts Council, the award-winning organization behind the acclaimed Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival. The festival has been dazzling art enthusiasts for nearly two decades. With top-ranked artist sales (up to $2M per show) and a discerning audience that finds joy in art, the Texas Fine Craft Show has become The Woodlands Arts Council’s next great success.

GENERAL INFORMATION:
Dates: September 25, 26 & 27, 2026
(Fri. 5pm-9pm, Sat. 10am-5pm & Sun. 12pm-5pm)
Location: The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel
1601 Lake Robbins Dr., The Woodlands, TX 77380
Apply NOW through May 3, 2026
2026 Important Dates:
May 3: Application deadline at midnight (CST)
May 24: Artist Image Jury
June 5: Artist Notification of jury results via email in ZAPPlication
July 1: Invited Artist Payment deadline
July 13: The refund (less $75) deadline (Marketing Campaign kicks off)
September 25: Artist Load-In

Closing Date: 05/04/26

Location: The Woodlands, TX

Website: https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=13893

Public Arts Program- Contest
The City of Laredo Arts & Culture Division is seeking proposals from artists and artist teams interested in submitting artwork and design concepts for public display throughout the City of Laredo. More than 100 public art installations are planned citywide, with multiple artists selected for projects across diverse sites and settings.

Submission opportunities include designs for ground hopscotch murals, the “LAREDO” letters, artworks for display inside mini-galleries, writing submissions for sidewalk poetry installations, and design concepts for the mini-galleries themselves. Artists or artist teams may be selected for multiple projects.

DEADLINE APRIL 12, 2026 @11:59PM CDT

Closing Date: 4/12/26

Location: Laredo, Texas

Website: https://www.laredolibrary.org/public-art-contest-details/

Call for Artists!

The Forney Arts Council and City of Forney are now accepting applications for participation in the 2026 Forney Wine & Arts Festival on April 18, 2026! Folks throughout Texas are eligible to participate! Join us for a celebration of local art, wine, food vendors, live music, and more!

Event Day & Hours: April 18, 2026 12pm-5pm

Location: 101 E. Main St. Downtown Forney, Texas 75126

Eligible Categories:

-Painting
-Art Photography
-Drawing
-Mixed Media
-Printmaking
-Sculpture
-Pottery/ Ceramics
-Fiber Arts
-Digital Art
-Wood
-Glass
-Jewelry
-Leather
-Metalworks
-Bed/Bath/Scent
-Culinary Gourmet Prepackaged Food Products (Not Mobile Food Vendors / Food Trucks)
-Event Themed Home Goods & Seasonal Decor

Application Deadline: March 27, 2026

Booth Fee: FAC Members $35 and Non-Members $ 75

Closing Date: 03/27/26

Location: Forney, Texas

Website: https://www.theforneyartscouncil.org/news/2026/1/24/city-of-forney-wine-arts-festival

We are looking for visual artists who want to sell their artwork at our Mainly Art series!
All artwork, or gifts featuring artwork, must be the intellectual property of the artists themselves.
There is no application fee, no commission taken, and for artists who are selected to participate, we will provide a tented space to make the artist's setting up easier. This is a juried opportunity and is a program by the City of Round Rock Arts and Culture.

Dates: Spring 2026 Dates: Our Spring 2026 dates are: March 28, April 25, May 16, and June 27.

What is Mainly Art?
Mainly Art is a vibrant outdoor celebration of creativity, putting the spotlight on 15 different visual artists each month. Stroll downtown’s charming Main Street to discover a diverse array of artwork and glean inspiration too! It’s called Mainly Art because it takes place on Main Street—and it’s all about art! This event was formerly called the Round Rock PopUp Art Show. Mainly Art is curated and hosted by the City of Round Rock Arts and Culture.

Closing Date: 04/14/26

Location: Round Rock, TX

Website: https://www.roundrocktexas.gov/series/mainly-art/

In honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary, ARTS invites artists to reflect on the people, places, history, and ideals that have shaped our nation. America the Beautiful seeks work that celebrates the diversity, complexity, and evolving story of the American experience—from its founding to the present day.

Artists are encouraged to interpret the theme broadly. Submissions may explore historical events, cultural traditions, iconic landscapes, everyday life, national symbols, or personal narratives that speak to the spirit of America.

Selected works will be featured in a juried exhibition at the ARTS Ross Gallery in Fayetteville, Texas, offering a collective portrait of a nation 250 years in the making. Over $6,000 in awards will be presented in recognition of artistic excellence.

Closing Date: 05/02/26

Location: Fayetteville, TX

Website: https://www.artsforruraltexas.org/america

Women in Art – Revealing Our Magnificence Exhibition - Call for Artists

Curated by Katherine Baronet. Presented by Andrea Lamarsaude, Owner and Gallerist, Art on Main.

This exhibition will provide women artists, with little to no gallery experience a place to exhibit their artwork. It will give them the opportunity to have a visual voice, which they may not have had before. This will be accomplished in an art exhibition where they can display their work in a professional gallery setting.

As part of this exhibition, Katherine Baronet and Art on Main owner, Andrea Lamarsaude will conduct an Artist Mentorship Workshop as to what is involved in preparing for an art exhibition. This includes the following components: artwork wired and framed, installation of the work, prepping walls, labeling/pricing artwork, how to handle sales, marketing tools (web, social media, email, and print, etc.) and how to invite people/public and their families and friends to an Artist Reception (Opening and Closing) of their work.

Women in Art – Revealing Our Magnificence is a juried exhibition celebrating the splendor, grandeur, and creative power of women artists.

Artists are invited to reflect on stories, qualities, or states of being that embody magnificence — whether through bold color, commanding form, movement, vision, or deeply personal expressions of authenticity. The work may evoke the awe of snow-covered mountains, radiant inner strength, or something incredibly grand, beautiful, or impressive.

This exhibition is intentionally inclusive and mentorship-focused, welcoming women artists (18+) of all ethnicities and backgrounds, particularly those with minimal prior gallery exhibition experience, offering both visibility and professional growth.

I want artists to awaken to their innate, authentic selves and reveal magnificence through line, form, color, movement, and energy.— Katherine Baronet, Curator

Curatorial Criteria

Artwork will be selected based on:

1. Line, shape, color, boldness, and use of space that reflect Revealing Our Magnificence
2. 3D form and motion that express grandeur or powerful presence
3. Creativity and originality in interpreting the exhibition theme
4. Emotional or visual impact that feels grand, beautiful, or impressive
5. Energy and movement that awaken the artist’s authentic voice

This exhibition is open to women artists of all ages (18 and over), ethnicity, and backgrounds. The participating artist should have had minimal gallery experience.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Entry fee: $25 for two submissions. Entry fees are non-refundable.

All artwork must be for sale.
Art on Main will take a commission of 25% of any work sold. Note the gallery’s normal commission is 40%.

Closing Date: 04/01/26

Location: Dallas, TX

Website: https://artonmaindallas.com/2026-womens-exhibition

The Festival brings together a highly engaged crowd of woodworkers, cabinet makers, influencers and wood enthusiasts who are excited to see tools, techniques and products they can use in their own shop. It’s a fun, hands-on, conversation-driven event, not your traditional trade show. The event will be held in downtown Austin on September 25th-27th, 2026 at the Palmer Events Center.

Exhibitors love it because they can demo products, talk directly with real buyers, eat a delicious taco and build long-term brand awareness within the woodworking community.

If you’re interested, you can apply here.
https://texaswoodworkingfestival.com/vendor-exhibitor-application/

Closing Date: 08/10/26

Location: Austin, TX

Website: https://texaswoodworkingfestival.com/vendor-exhibitor-application/

If you have unpublished poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photographs, or visual art that you'd like the New Croton Review to consider, please email it to Review@CrotonArts.org. The Review is published worldwide on Amazon (full-color paperback and Kindle), and on Google Play and Apple Books (digital e-book).

There are no geographical or age limitations. Click here to read the submission guidelines on our website. If your work is accepted, we'll ask you to grant us the right to publish it, but you retain the copyright and the right to publish it elsewhere.

Many of our submitters include a short bio along with their work. We'll use that as a first draft for the bio we publish with accepted work. You can edit that draft when you grant us the right to publish your work. We encourage visual artists to tell us a little about their work (as per the submission guidelines on our website).

Our website (https://newcrotonreview.com/) has links to the current and past issues, news, events, free digital subscriptions, full contributor search, and more. The Review is published by the Croton Council on the Arts (CCoA) which is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit in Croton-on-Hudson, NY.

Feel free to share this call for submissions with colleagues, friends, students, your writing and arts groups, local librarian, local art schools and art museums. If you'd like to repost this call to your social media, to a blog or bulletin board, or to another online forum, you can copy and paste the following link: https://www.NewCrotonReview.com/26Q1/c1f4379c7054bc79/call

Guidelines
Poetry: No more than 100 lines
Short Fiction and Nonfiction: no more than 4 pages (about 2,000 words).
Artwork and Photos: Any standard digital image format less than 4MB
Limits: 3 poems, 1 story or essay, 3 artworks, 3 photographs.

Dates
There is no deadline to submit work. We publish two issues per year, and accepted work will go into the next issue with available space (or the next issue with a matching emphasis).
Nov 8, 2025 – the 2025 Fall issue will be available
May 9, 2026 – the 2026 Spring issue will be available

Closing Date: 05/08/26

Location: Online

Website: https://newcrotonreview.com/

Do you remember going to the movie theater? The smell of freshly popped popcorn, the funky animation prior to the trailers, the red velvet cushions that you sink into; it is in that moment you are completely transported away from the real world and into another realm.

That nostalgia for the cinema has driven this collaboration between FLATS and the Houston Cinema Arts Society for 4 years running.

We’re showcasing Texas filmmakers through the lens of the analog. The Irreplicable quality of celluloid is surging in major motion pictures, and we want to shine a spotlight on the traditional formats that started the magic of movies.
We hope our showcase is just the beginning – and that it continues to grow as the community of Texas artists rediscovers an enthusiasm for analog film. Join us as this celebration of creative storytelling develops…the old-fashioned way!

Rules & Terms:

1. There is no minimum film length, but submissions should be no longer than 15 minutes.
2. Films must be shot on analog formats; VHS, super 16, super 8, or 35mm. They must also be formatted and submitted digitally.
3. Call is open to artists of all ages.
4. Artists must be based in the State of Texas, or have meaningful ties to Texas.
5. Submissions must be made within the last two (2) years.
6. Call is open to any genre (animation, documentary, experimental, fiction, etc.).
7. Multiple submissions from one filmmaker or production company will not be accepted.
8. The applicant holds the sole responsibility of copyright clearance of any copyrighted material in the film. Films including unauthorized copyrighted material are ineligible.

Closing Date: 04/17/26

Location: Houston, Texas

Website: https://filmfreeway.com/AdmitOneAnalog

2026 Virtual Art Residencies Open Call is now live!
We’re excited to announce four virtual residencies for the upcoming year: Ocean, Our Land, Atmos-fear, and Sustainability. Each program invites artists from around the world to explore our planet’s most urgent environmental themes through their own creative lens inspired by the UN Ocean Decade and UNESCO’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Whether your work speaks to the ocean, the land, our climate, or the interconnected systems that sustain life, we’d love to see your vision. One application, four opportunities.

There is no fee to apply, but artists pay for their own participation in the different residencies (fees range from $290 to $450).
Apply now! https://www.mokuartstudio.com/open-call-residency-programs-2026
Let’s imagine a better future together.

Closing Date: 08/01/26

Location: Online

Website: https://www.mokuartstudio.com/open-call-residency-programs-2026