Artist Opportunities

Whitelock Art Center in New York, USA, is issuing a global call for entries for the “2025 New York International Art Competition – The Light from the Other Shore.” The announcement of award winners and the online exhibition will take place from July 27 to August 27, 2025.

Eligibility: Open to artists and art enthusiasts worldwide who are 18 years of age or older.

What you get: The competition will present the following awards: Grand Exhibition Prize, Gold Prize, Silver Prize, Bronze Prize, and Excellence Award. Winners will be selected by the Academic Committee Jury of the Whitelock Art Center. Award recipients will receive official honor certificates and be featured in major mainstream and art media outlets both in the United States and internationally, in addition to an online exhibition of their works. Artists who win the Grand Exhibition Prize or Gold Prize will have the opportunity to be represented by Whitelock Art Center, to hold solo exhibitions, or even be invited to join the Academic Committee.

Fee: $45 USD

Deadline 17 July 2025

Sharjah Art Foundation, in collaboration with Alkazi Foundation for the Arts, Asia Art Archive and Contemporary And (C&), invites emerging and mid-career art writers living and working in Asia and Africa to apply for PARA, a fellowship programme supporting the development and publication of new critical writing about contemporary art.

PARA explores what it means to be alongside of, to move toward, to stand against or to wander beyond. It speaks to the sense of adjacency and expansiveness inherent to art writing—at once close to a subject while also broadening its scope across intersecting cultural fields. Seeking to interrogate established approaches to art criticism, PARA foregrounds situated practices that attend to diverse forms of criticality.

The programme offers material, communal and institutional support to five fellows, who are selected through an open call. Selected fellows will have an opportunity to publish two pieces of art criticism; engage in biweekly online seminars and tailored feedback sessions with established art writers and critics; attend a fully funded, week-long programme of visits and peer-led gatherings in Sharjah; and develop relationships with fellow writers, editors, publishers and academics, fostering collaborative and transnational networks.

Eligibility: Cultural practitioners, including but not limited to writers, artists, curators, journalists and academics, living and working in Asia or Africa are invited to apply to PARA.

What you get:

• A writer’s fee of 2000 AED for their text to be published in the compilation;
• A writer’s fee of 3000 AED for their text to be published in the anthology;
• A copy of the compilation and anthology;
• Mentorship sessions with five established art critics;
• Flights, visa, accommodation and a per diem during the one-week residency in Sharjah.

Deadline 20 July 2025

For this online group exhibition, artists are invited to submit any artwork that celebrates water in any of its forms.

Eligibility:

Any artists over age 18. Any level of expertise. All mediums accepted. All countries are welcome.

What you get:

Exhibition opportunity to be viewed gloablly.

Fee:

$20 USD

Deadline 29 August 2025

For this online group exhibition, artists are invited to submit any artwork that explores the travels of the world.

Eligibility: Any artists over age 18. Any level of expertise. All mediums accepted. All countries are welcome.

What you get: Exhibition opportunity to be viewed globally.

Fee: $20 USD

Deadline 29 September 2025

For this online group exhibition, artists are invited to submit any artwork that invites spontaneity, experimentation, or storytelling.

Eligibility: Any artists over age 18. Any level of expertise. All mediums accepted. All countries are welcome.

What you get: Exhibition opportunity to be viewed globally.

Fee: $20 USD

Deadline 28 November 2025

The Reflective Creative Journal (RCJ) is an online publication where creatives share ideas and reflect on their research experiences in the visual arts. Edited by No Jobs in the Arts, it welcomes submissions from creatives practicing in visual arts disciplines.

Eligibility: Anyone

What you get: Publication opportunity

Deadline 12 December 2025

NOW Art is actively seeking artists nationwide to design unique and original mural compositions for community-focused programs. These public-facing projects are in partnership with different clients. Each mural is delivered as digital compositions or scanned high-resolution traditionally created artwork files. Approved artwork images will be printed on high quality vinyl, enlarged and adhered professionally in site specific locations.

Eligibility: This opportunity is only available to residents of the United States and Puerto Rico who are 18 years old and older. 

What you get: Accepted artists will be in our directory and receive $1,000 per approved mural design.

Deadline 31 December 2025