Contemporary Art Room Gallery is proud to announce their 2nd “Faces” Online Art Competition for the month of September. This is an international competition and artists from around the world are welcome to submit their work. Only the face of a person or animal should be visible (single person, a group, or self-portrait). All visual art mediums are acceptable (painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage or installation art) except sound and video art. All winning artists will receive a digital award certificate. First, second and third place will be largely displayed with an article about the artist and their work. First place will be on the poster of the show. $15 for 2 images, $28 for 4 images and $58 for up to 10 images. Deadline: September 16, 2021.
International
The Uncanny – Open Call for Submissions
When the familiar becomes unfamiliar, we call it uncanny. That is to say, when something almost satisfies our brain’s search for human likeness, but falls short by a small margin, we experience a characteristic sense of unease at the sight of it. This is our understanding of what it is about realistic androids and almost-perfect-but-not-quite CGI that makes our skin crawl, and it stems from Freudian theory surrounding the German word “unheimlich.” Freud tells us that the unheimlich, or unhomely, is our experience when confronted with something that is like home to us, but is made wrong somehow. How do you incorporate the unheimlich, or uncanny, into your artwork? Does your work illicit a visceral reaction from the viewer, or traverse the boundary between perfect and imperfect human likeness? We want to see your most uncomfortably human and impalpably imperfect images.
L.A. Photo Curator ‘What Lies Ahead? curated by Susan Spiritus
What lies ahead?
Susan says, “As we cautiously emerge from a year and a half of ‘almost’ hibernation, we do so with great care, some serious
worries and many unknowns.
What lies ahead?
It’s very much like the question of is the glass half full or half empty?
Is there a light at the end of this tunnel, if so, what is it? What do you see?
What lies ahead?”
20% of artist entry fees go to charity.
10% of artist entry fees goes to the curator’s choice of charity. Spiritus has chosen The Race To Erase MS
Another 10% will go to the first place winner’s choice of charity.
(To celebrate L.A Photo Curator’s 6 year anniversary please enter either 3 OR 6 images.)
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ALL entrants work is shown on their own page with their artist statement, website info, bio and parts of their CV. Early entries may be featured on L.A. Photo Curator’s Facebook and Instagram pages.
First Place winner receives Q&A with curator. Curator reviews first place winner. One or more past curators may contribute reviews as well. 10% of artist fees goes to the first place winner’s charity. The first place image shows on our splash page for a month.
Artist’s Choice Art Contest
Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the second Artist’s Choice online art contest for the month of September 2021. Artists from around the world are welcome to submit. Contest is open to all media and all subject matter in any style. All winning artists (Merit Award & Honorable Mention) will receive a digital award certificate. The Best of Show winning artwork will be displayed as the poster of the show. $16 for 2 images, $30 for 4 images, $42 for 6 images, and $50 for up to 8 images. Deadline: September 9, 2021.
4th Annual Women Artists Art Competition
Fusion Art is once again celebrating women artists with its 19th quarterly online art competition. For the 4th Annual Women Artists art competition, the gallery invites both 2D & 3D submissions from women artists, only, regardless of their location or their experience or education in the art field.
For this open theme art competition, any subject matter and any media are acceptable for consideration and all women artists are encouraged to submit their best representational or abstract art and photography.
A three-month group online exhibition will be featured on the Fusion Art website starting November 15, 2021.
Best in Show and 4th through 5th Place awards will be given. The Best in Show winners will be invited to Fusion Art’s Annual Group Show in Palm Springs in 2022.
Winners and finalists are provided with extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.
Please visit https://www.fusionartps.com/4th-annual-women-artists-art-competition-deadline-to-enter-november-5-2021/ for full competition guidelines and to submit.
The deadline to enter is November 5, 2021.
$3,500 Grants – All Media Eligible
The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for our Fall 2021 artist grants.
We are offering 2 grants in the amount of $3,500 and 4 grants in the amount of $1,000.
Grants will be awarded through an open call art competition juried by leading contemporary curators.
The Hopper Prize was established in order to increase the recognition of artwork created by artists and photographers. Our aim is to advance artists’ careers by providing them with unrestricted financial support that is coupled with a platform for increased visibility. We accept submissions twice a year via an open call.
We are currently accepting submissions for the Fall 2021 grant cycle.
Program Highlights
Total Awards: $11,000.00 USD for visual artists
- $3,500.00 – 2 artists will each receive a $3,500 (USD) grant
- $1,000.00 – 4 artists will each receive a $1,000 (USD) grant
- 30 artists will have their work archived at hopperprize.org
- A selection from the submissions will be featured on our Instagram feed @hopperprize
- Additional exposure will be available to winners through our Journal: Insights into Contemporary Art
We collaborate with contemporary curators holding prominent positions at major institutions in order to select our grant winners. Our open call provides you with a direct path to get your work in front of these forward thinking exhibition makers. Jurors for the current awards are:
Tyler Blackwell
Associate Curator
Blaffer Art Museum
&
Caitlin Julia Rubin
Associate Curator & Director of Programs
Rose Art Museum
Our jurors will be selecting 6 artists from our open call who will each receive an unrestricted cash grant.
2 artists will win $3,500 and 4 artists will win $1,000.
The jurors will also select a shortlist of 30 artists who will have their work archived at hopperprize.org.
Grant awards are unrestricted and may be used any way the recipients choose.
When submitting your work, you will have the option to opt-in to be considered for possible Instagram features on our feed @hopperprize, where we currently reach an audience of over 60k. Our editors will be featuring select submissions on a rolling basis prior to the application deadline.
In addition to grant awards, our shortlist, and Instagram reach, we will be providing an additional platform for exposure via our online Journal Insights Into Contemporary Art. We launched this digital publication to give artists a new channel to amplify their voice while providing an in-depth look at their work, practice, and background. Grant recipients and shortlisted artists will all receive the opportunity to publish an interview to include any work of their choosing as a means of providing continued support beyond the open call.
Eligibility
The Hopper Prize is open to all artists age 18 and older working in any media. There are no restrictions on genre, subject matter, or media. We welcome entries in all media.We are committed to supporting artists from diverse cultural backgrounds at all stages of their professional careers. All artists are encouraged to apply.
We support artists working in all media, from diverse backgrounds, in wide-ranging geographic locations. Recent grant winners include:
- Abi Salami, Dallas
- Abigail Lucien, Baltimore
- Hasani Sahlehe, Atlanta
- Laura Berger, Chicago
- Jennifer Sirey, Brooklyn
- Cielo Felix-Hernandez, Richmond
- Akihiro Boujoh, Utrecht
- Joey Solomon, Brooklyn
- Lynnea Holland-Weiss, Cleveland
- Susan Chen, Hartford
- Yannick Lowery, Philadelphia
- Andrea Ferrero, Mexico City
- Christopher Desanges, Boston
- Dominic Hawgood, London
- Kira Dominguez Hultgren, San Francisco
- Vikesh Kapoor, Sunset Pines
- Adrian Coleman, London, United Kingdom
- Trish Tillman, New York, New York
- Nicholas Moenich, Brooklyn, New York
- Elena Bajo, Los Angeles, California
- Vanessa da Silva, London, United Kingdom
- Mark Baugh-Sasaki, San Francisco, California
- Genevieve Cohn, Bloomington, Indiana
- Sydney Cook, Baltimore, Maryland
- Jinyong Park, London, United Kingdom
- Isabel Yellin, Los Angeles, California
- Alex Callender, Northampton, Massachusetts
- Alicia Eggert, Denton, Texas
- Daniel McCarthy Clifford, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Juan Giraldo, New York, New York
- Maja Ruznic, Los Angeles, California
- Letitia Huckaby, Benbrook, Texas
- Tracy Kerdman, Saugerties, New York
- Lebohang Kganye, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Christopher Meerdo, Chicago, Illinois
- Erik Parra, San Francisco, California
Deadline
November 16, 2021
Simple Application
We made our grant application simple to reduce the stress of submitting your work and save you time. The application is short and can be completed in under 20 minutes.
To apply for a grant, you only need to submit this information:
- Name & Email
- Instagram Username (optional)
- Up to 10 Image or Video attachments
- Artwork captions
- Artist Statement & Biography (optional)
- $40 submission fee
Apply Now
Show us your work at https://hopperprize.org
