May 1, 2026 entry deadline Resist and Persist: Social (in)Justice
California, Sebastopol (June 20–July 26, 2026) Open to artists over the age of 18. This exhibition seeks to explore the promise, contradictions, and ongoing struggle of liberty, democracy, and justice. We invite artists of all backgrounds and mediums to submit work to “Resist and Persist: Social (in)Justice,” a juried exhibition that explores personal responses to social upheaval. We are seeking powerful, original works that reflect the moment: art that confronts injustice, reclaims identity, honors resistance, or envisions hope. Contact: Sebastopol Center for the Arts, destrella@sebarts.org; sebarts.org.
May 10, 2026 entry deadline International Juried CLAY Exhibition
New Mexico, Silver City (June 4–21, 2026) Open to artists over the age of 18. This exhibition is part of the Silver City CLAY Festival, now in its 15th year. The festival highlights New Mexico’s earth, red dirt, and deep cultural history, connecting contemporary clay art with ancestral traditions such as the Mimbres people’s pottery. Contact: Light Art Space, karen@lightartspace.com; clayfestival.com.
united states exhibitions
March 8, 2026 entry deadline Green
Maryland, Arnold (April 28–July 14, 2026) Open to artists from the US over the age of 18. We invite artists to consider how this hue and its saturation and values appeal to the senses, or how Green can address issues as far-ranging as nature and health, to politics and religion. Green can also be represented in its most abstract form, and the absence of Green can be as important as its presence. Submissions may be in any medium or technique, including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, and photography, as well as sound, video, installation, and performative art forms. Contact: Anne Arundel Community College; cadegallery@aacc.edu; aacc.edu/campus-life/visit-an-art-show.
March 13, 2026 entry deadline Hidden Wilds
Colorado, Lakewood (April 3–24, 2026) Open to artists from the US over the age of 18. Do you believe in what lurks beyond the light? From Bigfoot to Mothman, lake monsters to shadowy beings whispered about in old campfire tales — we invite artists to explore the mysterious world of cryptids. And because this is Memento Mori Gallery, we always invite the outsider, the lowbrow, and the macabre. All artwork must be for sale. Contact: Memento Mori Gallery & Tattoo; mementomori.gallery20@gmail.com; mementomorigallery.co.
March 22, 2026 entry deadline National Juried Exhibition
Maryland, Frederick (May 2–July 12, 2026) Open to artists from the US over the age of 18. The Delaplaine’s National Juried Exhibition is an annual show featuring works in a variety of media by artists from around the region and nation. All media are eligible, including but not limited to: painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, drawing, installation, and sculpture. Contact: The Delaplaine Art Center; cfrey@delaplaine.org; delaplaine.org/exhibitions/opportunities/national-juried-exhibition.
April 17, 2026 entry deadline Big Gay Art Show 2026
Arizona, Sedona (June 5–28, 2026) Open to artists from the US over the age of 18. The Big Gay Art Show is a much-anticipated, well-attended exhibition open to all artists, not just in the LGBTQ+ community, but all allies as well—working in any medium and at any level. Artwork must be made within the last three years and cannot have been on display in any other Sedona Arts Center exhibitions. Contact: Sedona Arts Center; jd@sedonaartscenter.org; sedonaartscenter.org.
May 8, 2026 entry deadline In Hand III
New Jersey, Demarest (June 11–July 24, 2026) Open to artists from the US and Canada over the age of 18. The Art School at Old Church invites artists to apply to In Hand III, a juried exhibition exploring the drinking vessel and the many approaches to this form. Open to ceramic interpretations of functional vessels such as cups, mugs, shot glasses, yunomi, tumblers, steins, and related forms. All work must be available for sale. Contact: The Art School at Old Church; eileen@tasoc.org; tasoc.org/submissions.
May 23, 2026 entry deadline We’re Doing It ALL Wrong®
Ohio, Dayton (August 6–September 27, 2026) Open to artists from the US over the age of 18. This sixth-annual exhibition is seeking work that exposes the systemic issues, hidden crises, and overlooked failures of our modern world—issues that often simmer beneath the surface of mainstream media. Work that addresses environmental & industrial ethics, human rights & social justice, and/or systems of control encouraged. Artwork submitted should speak to the exhibit’s title and description and be original. Contact: Edward A. Dixon Gallery; info@eadgallery.com; shop.eadgallery.com.
regional exhibitions
March 1, 2026 entry deadline Abstraction
California, San Rafael (April 3–May 22, 2027) Open to San Francisco Bay artists only (artists must live within 100 miles of San Rafael, California). This exhibition explores abstraction as a mode of visual thinking. All media are welcome, and interpretations may range from subtle to overt, intuitive to systematic. Contact: Art Works Downtown; info@artworksdowntown.org; artworksdowntown.org.
March 12, 2026 entry deadline Anacortes Arts Festival Juried Fine Art 2026
Washington, Anacortes (July 25–August 2, 2026) Open to artists over the age of 18 from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and British Columbia. Work must be for sale, original, and created in the last two years. Contact: Depot Art Center; fineart@anacortesartsfestival.com; anacortesartsfestival.com.
May 1, 2026 entry deadline Silica/SiO2: Northern California Ceramics
California, Santa Cruz (September 4, 2026–January 3, 2027) Open to all California-based artists working in clay. This exhibition will honor the deep legacy of ceramic art in Santa Cruz County and the broader Northern California, while celebrating the new community of ceramists producing amazing work. Contact: Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History; marla@santacruzmah.org; santacruzmah.org/exhibitions/silica-northern-california-ceramics.
fairs, festivals, and more
May 31, 2026 entry deadline Oglebayfest 2026
West Virginia, Wheeling (October 2–4, 2026) Open to artists over the age of 18. Open to all artists or crafters who exhibit and sell handmade work of original concept and design. We encourage artists and crafters to demonstrate their craft at their booth space during the festival. No manufacturer representatives will be accepted to the Artists’ Market. Contact: Oglebay Institute; rmorgan@oionline.com; oionline.com/oglebayfest.
July 15, 2026 entry deadline FAVA’s Art Fair in the Square 2026
Ohio, Oberlin (September 12, 2026) Open to artists over the age of 18. Open to original clay and porcelain, functional and sculptural works. All work must be original and handcrafted. Applicants must be an artist, guild, art club, or craftsperson. Contact: The Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA); kathleen@fava.org; favagallery.org.
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international exhibitions
May 1, 2026 entry deadline
Resist and Persist: Social (in)Justice
California, Sebastopol (June 20–July 26, 2026)
Open to artists over the age of 18. This exhibition seeks to explore the promise, contradictions, and ongoing struggle of liberty, democracy, and justice. We invite artists of all backgrounds and mediums to submit work to “Resist and Persist: Social (in)Justice,” a juried exhibition that explores personal responses to social upheaval. We are seeking powerful, original works that reflect the moment: art that confronts injustice, reclaims identity, honors resistance, or envisions hope.
Contact: Sebastopol Center for the Arts, destrella@sebarts.org; sebarts.org.
May 10, 2026 entry deadline
International Juried CLAY Exhibition
New Mexico, Silver City (June 4–21, 2026)
Open to artists over the age of 18. This exhibition is part of the Silver City CLAY Festival, now in its 15th year. The festival highlights New Mexico’s earth, red dirt, and deep cultural history, connecting contemporary clay art with ancestral traditions such as the Mimbres people’s pottery.
Contact: Light Art Space, karen@lightartspace.com; clayfestival.com.
united states exhibitions
March 8, 2026 entry deadline
Green
Maryland, Arnold (April 28–July 14, 2026)
Open to artists from the US over the age of 18. We invite artists to consider how this hue and its saturation and values appeal to the senses, or how Green can address issues as far-ranging as nature and health, to politics and religion. Green can also be represented in its most abstract form, and the absence of Green can be as important as its presence. Submissions may be in any medium or technique, including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, and photography, as well as sound, video, installation, and performative art forms.
Contact: Anne Arundel Community College; cadegallery@aacc.edu; aacc.edu/campus-life/visit-an-art-show.
March 13, 2026 entry deadline
Hidden Wilds
Colorado, Lakewood (April 3–24, 2026)
Open to artists from the US over the age of 18. Do you believe in what lurks beyond the light? From Bigfoot to Mothman, lake monsters to shadowy beings whispered about in old campfire tales — we invite artists to explore the mysterious world of cryptids. And because this is Memento Mori Gallery, we always invite the outsider, the lowbrow, and the macabre. All artwork must be for sale.
Contact: Memento Mori Gallery & Tattoo; mementomori.gallery20@gmail.com; mementomorigallery.co.
March 22, 2026 entry deadline
National Juried Exhibition
Maryland, Frederick (May 2–July 12, 2026)
Open to artists from the US over the age of 18. The Delaplaine’s National Juried Exhibition is an annual show featuring works in a variety of media by artists from around the region and nation. All media are eligible, including but not limited to: painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, drawing, installation, and sculpture.
Contact: The Delaplaine Art Center; cfrey@delaplaine.org; delaplaine.org/exhibitions/opportunities/national-juried-exhibition.
April 17, 2026 entry deadline
Big Gay Art Show 2026
Arizona, Sedona (June 5–28, 2026)
Open to artists from the US over the age of 18. The Big Gay Art Show is a much-anticipated, well-attended exhibition open to all artists, not just in the LGBTQ+ community, but all allies as well—working in any medium and at any level. Artwork must be made within the last three years and cannot have been on display in any other Sedona Arts Center exhibitions.
Contact: Sedona Arts Center; jd@sedonaartscenter.org; sedonaartscenter.org.
May 8, 2026 entry deadline
In Hand III
New Jersey, Demarest (June 11–July 24, 2026)
Open to artists from the US and Canada over the age of 18. The Art School at Old Church invites artists to apply to In Hand III, a juried exhibition exploring the drinking vessel and the many approaches to this form. Open to ceramic interpretations of functional vessels such as cups, mugs, shot glasses, yunomi, tumblers, steins, and related forms. All work must be available for sale.
Contact: The Art School at Old Church; eileen@tasoc.org; tasoc.org/submissions.
May 23, 2026 entry deadline
We’re Doing It ALL Wrong®
Ohio, Dayton (August 6–September 27, 2026)
Open to artists from the US over the age of 18. This sixth-annual exhibition is seeking work that exposes the systemic issues, hidden crises, and overlooked failures of our modern world—issues that often simmer beneath the surface of mainstream media. Work that addresses environmental & industrial ethics, human rights & social justice, and/or systems of control encouraged. Artwork submitted should speak to the exhibit’s title and description and be original.
Contact: Edward A. Dixon Gallery; info@eadgallery.com; shop.eadgallery.com.
regional exhibitions
March 1, 2026 entry deadline
Abstraction
California, San Rafael (April 3–May 22, 2027)
Open to San Francisco Bay artists only (artists must live within 100 miles of San Rafael, California). This exhibition explores abstraction as a mode of visual thinking. All media are welcome, and interpretations may range from subtle to overt, intuitive to systematic.
Contact: Art Works Downtown; info@artworksdowntown.org; artworksdowntown.org.
March 12, 2026 entry deadline
Anacortes Arts Festival Juried Fine Art 2026
Washington, Anacortes (July 25–August 2, 2026)
Open to artists over the age of 18 from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and British Columbia. Work must be for sale, original, and created in the last two years.
Contact: Depot Art Center; fineart@anacortesartsfestival.com; anacortesartsfestival.com.
May 1, 2026 entry deadline
Silica/SiO2: Northern California Ceramics
California, Santa Cruz (September 4, 2026–January 3, 2027)
Open to all California-based artists working in clay. This exhibition will honor the deep legacy of ceramic art in Santa Cruz County and the broader Northern California, while celebrating the new community of ceramists producing amazing work.
Contact: Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History; marla@santacruzmah.org; santacruzmah.org/exhibitions/silica-northern-california-ceramics.
fairs, festivals, and more
May 31, 2026 entry deadline
Oglebayfest 2026
West Virginia, Wheeling (October 2–4, 2026)
Open to artists over the age of 18. Open to all artists or crafters who exhibit and sell handmade work of original concept and design. We encourage artists and crafters to demonstrate their craft at their booth space during the festival. No manufacturer representatives will be accepted to the Artists’ Market.
Contact: Oglebay Institute; rmorgan@oionline.com; oionline.com/oglebayfest.
July 15, 2026 entry deadline
FAVA’s Art Fair in the Square 2026
Ohio, Oberlin (September 12, 2026)
Open to artists over the age of 18. Open to original clay and porcelain, functional and sculptural works. All work must be original and handcrafted. Applicants must be an artist, guild, art club, or craftsperson.
Contact: The Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA); kathleen@fava.org; favagallery.org.
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