We are pleased to announce our fourth Portrait online Art Competition for the month of September 2025. You may submit artwork depicting individuals, groups, or self-portraits. Artists are encouraged to explore and interpret the concept of portrait in any style or medium. In addition to the selected artists, the jury will select award winners in the following art categories: painting, photography, sculpture. All selected artists will receive a digital award certificate. An article about each artist will be displayed alongside the best of show and three winners. The best of show will be displayed on the poster of the exhibition. Judging the artwork will be based on the following criteria: creativity, originality and quality of art, overall design, demonstration of artistic ability, and usage of medium. The jury will not consider artworks with pornographic or satanic content. Entry fees are $20 for two pieces of artwork. You may submit more than two images; there is no limit to the number of images an artist may submit. The application deadline is September 17, 2025.
Temporary
The Small Works Exhibit 2025
Call for Entries: The Small Works Exhibit
November 21, 2025–January 24, 2026
Apply by: October 16, 2025 – Call For Entries.org
Theme: Art Works Downtown invites artists to share their gift of creativity in The Small Works Exhibit, an annual offering of quality fine art to holiday shoppers and the art-loving public. This dynamic showcase will feature over 80 unique artworks in the award-winning Gallery 1337.
Juror: Tara Esperanza and Andrea Guskin, Artist Curators, Mercury 20 Gallery
Artwork Requirements (abbreviated):
• You must live in the SF Bay Area, within 100 miles of San Rafael, California.
• Size limit: artwork must be smaller than 18”x18”x18”; including frame and all materials.
• Open to all visual arts media. Video must be silent and include all necessary equipment within the size limit. Projections are prohibited.
• Original artwork only. No giclées or reproductions. Editions are acceptable if they are originals.
• Submissions must not have previously exhibited in Gallery 1337.
• Artwork must be for sale.
• Apply only if you can arrange delivery and retrieval during the specified dates.
• Apply through Call For Entries.org. AWD will not accept hardcopy, email, or disk submissions.
Application fee: $40 for up to 3 entries. Discount provided to AWD Artist Members. Join today!
Exhibit Schedule (abbreviated):
• October 16: entries due via CallForEntry.org
• October 23–24: notification by email
• November 15–16: 10am–4pm: deliver artwork
• December 12 and January 9, 5–8pm: reception
• January 29–31, 12–5:30 pm: retrieve artwork
Patterns Art Contest
Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the fifth “Patterns” online art contest for the month of September 2025. Contest is open to all artists worldwide over 18 years of age. The Patterns theme may include any work related to the Patterns theme (shapes, lines, textures). All visual art mediums (except video and sound) are allowed. Best of Show artwork will be on the poster of the show. Winning artists (Merit Award & Honorable Mention) will receive a digital award certificate. The deadline to submit entries is the September 18, 2025.
Teatri Riflessi 11 – International Short Performance Competition
Teatri Riflessi has opened its 2026 call for short performances: live works no longer than 15 minutes of contemporary dance, theatre, circus or multidisciplinary performance.
Where:
Zafferana Etnea, Sicily, Italy
When:
16-19 July 2026
Deadline for applications:
1 November 2025 (22:00 CET)
Free application
Selected works will receive a cachet ranging from €500 to €1,100 (based on the number of performers on stage) and partial support for travel expenses, compete in front of numerous Italian and international professionals (theatre and festival directors, dance networks coordinators, programmers, residency centres, critics and scholars) for several monetary prizes and the possibility of receiving touring and artist residency opportunities.
Have a look at the Open Call and fill out the form by the 1st of November 2025.
www.iterculture.eu/en/teatri-riflessi/teatri-riflessi-2026-en/tr11/
Day of the Dead: Memoirs of loss and renewal
Call for Submissions:
Experiencing loss is a universal part of the human experience. Through family, friendships, relationships, and circumstances, we are bound by the common threads of life and death. As we remember those who have passed, how their stories have shaped us, we also celebrate the new beginnings that emerge from endings.
We invite you to join us by creating an art installation or altar to honor an individual, a group of people, a time in history, or a current collective reality that acknowledges loss and renewal.
ABOUT BJAC
The Barnsdall Junior Arts Center Gallery fosters a vibrant creative community by welcoming all to experience the arts, creativity, and culture. Established in 1967, it was the first gallery in Los Angeles dedicated to hosting artworks by children. Today, the BJAC Gallery generates innovative arts exhibitions that have expanded to include adults from the BAC program as well as artists within the surrounding community and greater Los Angeles.
The gallery is open Thursdays to Saturdays, from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Cura Contemporary Open Call 2025
Cura Contemporary is thrilled to announce our 2025 Open Call! We’re looking for Bay Area artists to submit work for a group show. The application opens Friday, August 15th and closes Wednesday, October 1st, 2025. Entry fee is $15. Artists must be 18+ and live in the following Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, San Benito, or Monterey. 2D and 3D work accepted, accepted work must be DROP OFF ONLY, we will not be accepting any mailed in work.
