Open Calls for Artists in the United States

Short & Sweet: Art That Makes an Immediate Impact

Best in Show: solo show in TAG Gallery's Lazarus Gallery; four Honorable Mention certificates

TAG Gallery in Los Angeles invites artists to submit artwork that makes an instant connection with the viewer for the juried exhibition Short & Sweet, on view August 5 to 28, 2026. One entry is $40.00 with additional entries at $5.00 each, and eligibility is local to the Los Angeles area. The Best in Show award is a solo show in TAG Gallery's Lazarus Gallery, plus four Honorable Mention certificates.

Southwest Photography Exhibition

Dusk Gallery (Santa Fe, New Mexico) seeks photography capturing the spirit of the American Southwest, including desert landscapes, indigenous cultures, borderlands, urban environments, and the region's distinctive light. Twenty-six images will be selected for exhibition from September 4 to 25, 2026. The gallery offers printing and framing for selected work and operates on a 50% sales commission.

All That's Pretty and Green (Botanical Art and Illustration)

All That's Pretty and Green is a botanical-themed juried exhibition from Las Laguna Art Gallery in Laguna Beach, California, seeking works that explore plants including flowers, trees, leaves, cactus, and succulents. Every artist who submits will be accepted and have at least one submitted work posted and promoted on the gallery website, with selected artists shown in the physical gallery.

Endless Summer Photo Exhibit

Endless Summer is a juried group photography exhibition at Decode Gallery in Tucson, Arizona, juried by conceptual fine art photographer and gallery founder Holly Hart. Twenty-six selected images will be printed and framed by the gallery at no cost to the artist and shown September 5 to 26, 2026. Photographers retain all rights to their work; the gallery takes a 50 percent commission only if a print sells.

Barber Park Recreation Center RFQ

Total commission budget $29,100; artists invited to submit a site-specific proposal receive a $300 design stipend.

Orange County Parks and Recreation, with the Orange County Public Art Review Board, seeks a professional artist or artist team to create original site-specific public art for the new Barber Park Recreation Center in southeast Orlando, Florida. The work should create a playful, interactive environment connected to the lakeside park, which includes playgrounds, a dog park, skatepark, and hockey rink. Proposals may include light-play canopies, shade structures with seating, and kinetic or sensory elements. Final proposals are due October 1, with installation expected in 2027.

Yesterday Once More: Scenes from the Past

Group exhibition at the UNCLE Credit Union Art Gallery, Bankhead Theater (August 13 to October 10, 2026), with reception September 5. On sales, artists keep 70 percent (gallery 30 percent, plus 4 percent card processing fee).

Yesterday Once More: Scenes from the Past is a group exhibition at the UNCLE Credit Union Art Gallery at the Bankhead Theater, presented by Livermore Valley Arts as a joint show with the City of Pleasanton's Harrington Gallery. It invites artists to explore the dialogue between nostalgia and personal history through evocative imagery of bygone moments. The exhibition runs August 13 to October 10, 2026.

City of Lewisville College Street Enhancement Art Benches

Commission budget up to $120,000 USD for a single artist or artist team to create six benches.

The City of Lewisville, Texas seeks qualifications from artists to design six art benches for the redeveloped College Street, extending the public art and seating approach first used along Main Street in 2019. Selection considers creativity, site appropriateness, ADA compliance and durability against harsh Texas weather.

26th Annual Wills Creek Exhibition of Fine Art

Best of Show $2,000; First Place $1,500; Second Place $1,000; Third Place $500; Honorable Mention $250; People's Choice $100

The Allegany Arts Council presents the 26th Annual Wills Creek Exhibition of Fine Art at the Allegany Museum in Cumberland, Maryland, on view August 29 through September 6. The national juried show is open to artists in all mediums and genres, with a $30 first-entry fee. More than $5,000 in awards is offered, led by a $2,000 Best of Show.

Artistic Vision

Hugo Rivera Gallery in Laguna Beach holds an in-gallery juried exhibition titled Artistic Vision, open to artists internationally in all two-dimensional media. Accepted wall pieces must be wired for hanging and no larger than 24 by 30 inches including framing, and must be available for the full run of the show. The exhibition runs August 6 through August 30, with an opening night on August 6.

The Big Works Show, Artists Equity Fall Members' Exhibition

First $300, Second $200, Third $100, plus three Honorable Mentions each receiving a one-year Artists Equity membership valued at $60.

Philadelphia/Tri-State Artists Equity invites members to submit large-scale work for The Big Works Show, its fall members' exhibition at the Main Line Art Center in Haverford, Pennsylvania. The show is juried by artist and educator Kassem Amoudi and awards cash prizes. Membership is required to apply and work must be hand delivered.

Reclaiming the Ordinary

Woodward Contemporary in San Diego presents Reclaiming the Ordinary, a national juried exhibition celebrating the overlooked, the familiar, and the everyday. The show is juried by Peggi Kroll-Roberts and runs August 19 through September 12, 2026. Entries must be original work created entirely by the artist; no digital art or reproductions.

Series: One Thing After Another

Site:Brooklyn presents 'Series: One Thing After Another,' a juried group exhibition for work exploring contemporary seriality, from historical precedents to postwar industrial approaches and critiques of mass production. Open to all artists 18 and over in all media. Entry fee is USD $26 for three images.