| Free Monthly Online Art Contests for Cash Prizes |
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Compete with other artists in our free monthly online art contests for cash and other great prizes. A Singular Creation provides a free online venue to showcase your art and photography. All winners will also be featured on our website and in our e-newsletters sent to over 5500 subscribers.
Let It Snow :: Contest Is Open
Contest is open to all media in which the season of Winter is represented.
- Prize 1: $50 cash donated by A Singular Creation
- Prize 2: 1 year Platinum membership (valued at $95) donated by Imagekind
- Open for Submissions: December 15 - January 14, 2009
- Phase 1 Voting: January 15 - 26, 2009
- Phase 2 Voting: January 27 - February 8, 2009
- Phase 3 Voting: February 9 - 10, 2009
[ Enter Contests Here ] |
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| Call For Artists Submissions - 12th Annual Peace Arch Park | Tuesday, December 30 |
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Artists are invited to submit outdoor sculptures to be featured at the Twelfth Annual Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition. Located on the U.S. Canada border. Peace Arch International Park is the Western United States’ International Gateway to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
In the spirit of international goodwill of the games, the United States Canada Peace Anniversary Association (USCPAA) is pleased to announce that our Twelfth Annual Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition will open May 1st, 2009, and it will run through April 1st, 2010.
Located at the 4th busiest US/Canada border crossing, over 500,000 people visit the historic site and International Peace Park each year. A special edition full color self guided artwork and park history tour brochure will accompany the exhibit. Artists benefit from international exposure and recognition by being featured in North America's most celebrated International Peace Park.
A panel of international U.S. and Canadian art experts, association members and park management will jury the exhibition. The criterion for selecting the exhibit includes: artistic impression, quality, durability, aesthetic appeal, and park and community appropriateness. For further information contact: Christina Alexander, Exhibit Coordinator (360) 332-7165.
Web Site: www.peacearchpark.org
Prospectus: www.peacearchpark.org/callforentries.htm |
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| The Art Interview - 15th International Online Artist Competition | Wednesday, December 31 |
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The Art Interview - 15th International Online Artist Competition is a quarterly, international, juried exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculptures in any medium. It is open to all living artists worldwide aged 16 and up. A European gallery exhibition and a total of € 17,000 in cash may be awarded each quarter to the first, second and third place winners. First place winners receive up to € 10,000 plus a featured interview in Art Interview Online Magazine.
The competition is run completely over the Internet, which eliminates the need for you to send slides or arrange for physical transportation of your artworks. Gain international recognition for your artwork and be interviewed along with the world's top artists, curators and gallery owners in Art Interview Online Magazine.
Read more information on the competition and how to enter it at www.art-interview.com |
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| Call For Artists - South Region | Wednesday, December 31 |
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This competiton is open to all artists in the following states: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN (other areas, view website below). Open Studios Competitions are conducted annually in each of 6 regions of the country. Competitions lead to publication in our bimonthly New American Paintings which, juried by curators from prominent museums, has extended the reach of artists and expanded the resources of collectors since 1993. All styles: painting, drawing, monoprints/types, mixed media; 2-D only.
Submission Checklist: 4 35mm slides OR 4 printouts (any size; no discs please), resume (with contact info), $35 entry fee and SASE to: Open Studios Press, 450 Harrison Ave #304, Boston, MA 02118.
Event Web Page: www.newamericanpaintings.com/artistinfo.htm |
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| Jump start your art career, at any level, with the smARTist Telesummit 2008 | Sunday, January 4, 2009 |
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"I know that if I'd had this information at the beginning of my art career, I could have saved myself 10 years of struggling. Please keep me on your list and count me in for 2009's conference!" (S. Williams, painter)
Balance your life. Sell your art. Come to this 2nd annual Art Career Conference in the comfort of your own home. No travel expenses. No lost time in airport security lines.
It's a complete professional development program with 7 day's worth of keynote presentations—all recorded and transcribed for easy access online: 15 audio (MP3) sessions + 13 companion handouts created by 13 art-career experts & successful artists. And 231 pages of written transcripts.
Highly recommended by other artists: "Just want you to know that by the end of that first panel discussion session, I felt I'd already gotten my money's worth!" (C. Morgan, mixed media)
Get All the Details, see more Artist Comments, ask questions: www.smartist-telesummit.com. PS: All you need is a computer & Internet access.
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| 6th Annual Color: Bold/Subtle Juried Online International Art Exhibition | Thursday, January 8 |
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The Upstream People Gallery presents an exhibition with 12 month's gallery representation, from February 1, 2009 through January 31, 2010, with approximately 900,000 hits each month. Open to all artists worldwide who use color in either both or subtle ways in original two-dimensional and three-dimensional works including ceramics, sculpture, paintings, drawings, photography, prints, installations and mixed media in all creative processes and forms.
Cash Awards of Excellence and Special Recognitions will be given at the juror's discretion; the amounts and number of which is determined by the entries and their quality. Specially recognized artists will be reviewed in the juror's statement published worldwide and sent in a press release to the artist's local newspaper(s).
Prospectus: www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/schedule/prospectus.asp?XD=2/1/2009
Upcoming Exhibition Schedule: www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/schedule/default.asp |
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| Art For Progress Presents Clash of the Artists 2009 | Friday, January 9 |
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Now in it’s third year, Clash of the Artists 2009 will once again raise the standard of artist competitions across the world! At Art For Progress, we inspire exceptional international talent to get involved and support art education while having the opportunity to win fantastic prizes geared for the career artist.
Get on board! Submit your work and get exposure for your talent while supporting art education. It’s your time to shine and we’re here to make it happen. All of the proceeds from Clash of the Artists 2009 will support AFP’s growing Art & Humanities Education Program. Art for Progress is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization.
Prospectus: www.artforprogress.org/clash2009/contestSubmit.php |
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| Call for Artists – Juried Exhibit – Cash Awards | Monday, January 12 |
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Embracing Our Differences invites artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students to participate in its 6th annual visual art exhibit celebrating diversity. National and international submissions are encouraged. 45 artists will be selected for the exhibit. The Embracing Our Differences exhibit will be displayed throughout the month of April 2009 at Island Park along Sarasota’s beautiful bayfront. The exhibit will also be displayed throughout the month of May 2009 in North Port, Florida. Since 2004, more than 550,000 visitors have viewed the exhibit.
Final selections will be chosen based on artistic excellence in reflection of the theme “Embracing Our Differences”. The art-work will also be evaluated on how effectively it will read outdoors when enlarged to billboard size – 16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high. Artists are encouraged to use bold saturated colors and strong lines. Final selections will be made by a 3-judge panel of professional artists, curators and art professionals. A total of $3,000.00 in awards will be presented.
Submission forms and more information concerning past winning submissions are available at www.embracingourdifferences.org or by emailing MichaelJShelton@comcast.net. You may also call Michael Shelton at 941-928-0567 for more details. |
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| 50th International Juried Exhibition | Thursday, January 15 |
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The San Diego Art Institute is pleased to announce a call to artists for its "50th International Award Exhibition", held March 21 – May 10, 2009 at the Museum of the Living Artist, San Diego, CA with over $7,350 total in Awards. The Museum of the Living Artist (MoLA) is a 10,000 square-foot state-of-the-art gallery space, located in the heart of scenic Balboa Park, a botanical jewel and the centerpiece of the city of San Diego. Balboa Park attracts 12 million visitors annually to its 32 cultural organizations. SDAI ’s Museum of the Living Artist is dedicated to the advancement of the visual arts through outreach, education and exhibition. Open to all domestic and international artists.
Prospectus: www.sandiego-art.org |
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| FotoBlur Print Edition - Call for Submissions | Thursday, January 15 |
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Fotoblur.com is holding a Call for Submissions to all photographers for its inaugural fotoblur Magazine. Take this opportunity to have your photographs published among the best of fotoblur.com. Selections will be made by a combined process of voting by members of the fotoblur community and selections made by our editors. Contributors will receive a free one year premium account to fotoblur.com.
Fotoblur is a photography community that offers its members a place to showcase their work. We provide our members an easy, simple interface for creating and displaying a personal image gallery. Please visit www.fotoblur.com for more details. |
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| The Sketchbook Project - Call to Artists | Thursday, January 15 |
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We send you the sketchbook, you make the art. Then Art House is taking all the sketchbooks on a 6 city tour to galleries and museums across the U.S. The goal of the exhibition is to encourage anyone to create artwork and build a collective of sketchbooks made by artists from all over the world. You don't have to be a professional artist to participate in the exhibition. This project is about being creative and inspiring yourself and others. We want to bring artists together and give everyone a chance to show in museums and galleries around the country!
Sign up for your sketchbook at www.thesketchbookproject.com |
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| Peoria's Festival of the Arts - Call to Artists | Thursday, January 15 |
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The City of Peoria and the Arizona Art Alliance are pleased to invite fine artists and crafters to participate in the 3rd annual Peoria's Festival of the Arts. In addition to great art, this two and a half-day outdoor festival will include wine tasting, vendors, food, art demonstrations, and free entertainment. 110 Tents available to fine artists and makers of fine, original crafts. Show Dates are March 13, 14 & 15, 2009.
Prospectus: www.azartalliance.com/exhibit_opportunities.htm |
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| The Richeson 75 International Small Works Art Competition | Wednesday, January 21 |
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Richeson School of Art & Gallery, a division of Jack Richeson & Co., Inc, is proud to announce the Richeson 75 Small Works Competition 2009. Seventy-five two-dimensional works of art and several alternates will be selected to represent the finest examples of painting and drawing being produced by today’s visual artists. The following prizes will be awarded:
Best In Show - $2,000. First Place in each category will receive a $750 certificate for art materials from Jack Richeson & Co., Inc. Second Place Award in each category will receive a $500 certificate for art materials from Jack Richeson & Co., Inc. 75 Finalists and a number of alternates will be selected and invited to participate in the exhibit at the Richeson Gallery in Kimberly, Wisconsin from March 23-May 21, 2009.
The Richeson 75: Small Works Competition is open to all artists over age 18. All work entered must be original in concept/execution and have been created since January 1, 2007. 2-D Art in the following categories is eligible: Landscape/Seascape/Architectural - Figurative/Portrait - Still Life/Floral - Animals and Other Subjects (Abstracts etc.). No photography, electronic/computer generated art or 3-D.
Website: www.richeson75.com/callforentries.html
Prospectus: www.richeson75.com/prospectus/r75_smallworks_09.pdf |
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| International Call for Artists – Landscapes/Dreamscapes | Saturday, January 31 |
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Reflect-arts, Inc. and JayKay Gallery, Switzerland present an International Call for Artists - Landscapes/Dreamscapes 2-Dimensional Works. Winners will partake in JayKay’s International Spring Show. JayKay Gallery is an arts center located in the quaint town of Carrouge, Switzerland, just a few miles outside of Lausanne, in the gorgeous Swiss country side near Lake Geneva, vineyards and the Swiss alps. The gallery is in a renovated 3 story farmhouse dating back to the 19th C. Since 2000, JayKay Gallery has spearheaded exciting exhibitions and programming, including monthly exhibitions, various workshops, artist in residencies, and musical concerts; with their most recent exhibition attaining close to 1000 visitors.
For more information, go to www.reflect-arts.com. |
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| Neoteric Abstract - Call for Entries | Saturday, January 31 |
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This call is for a thematic exhibition dedicated to the abstract artist. The title of the exhibition is Neoteric Abstract. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, April 4 - 26, 2009 and is open for entry to all abstract artists. There will be $2600 in publication awards. The postmarked deadline is January 31, 2009. The entry form is available on our web site, or may be obtained through email or ground mail, by sending a SASE to the address below.
Contact: slowart@aol.com
Mailing Address: SlowArt Productions, 123 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534
Prospectus: www.slowart.com/prospectus/abstract.htm |
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| Momentum: Images of Dance Photography Competition | Sunday, February 1, 2009 |
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The Connecticut Valley Regional Ballet Company Inc. and The Ethel Walker School invite all interested photographers to submit entries into an international contest that celebrates the beauty, grace and athleticism of dance. No fee to enter. Three divisions: high school, college and adult. Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each division.
Prospectus: www.movingmoments.org |
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| 11th Annual Faces Juried Online International Art Exhibition | Sunday, February 8 |
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The Upstream People Gallery presents an exhibition with 12 month's gallery representation, from March 1, 2009 through February 28, 2010, with approximately 900,000 hits each month. Open to all artists worldwide whose artwork is involved with the subject matter of faces of all kinds. Original two-dimensional and three-dimensional works including ceramics, sculpture, paintings, drawings, photography, prints and mixed media in all creative processes and forms.
Cash Awards of Excellence and Special Recognitions will be given at the juror's discretion; the amounts and number of which is determined by the entries and their quality. Specially recognized artists will be reviewed in the juror's statement published worldwide and sent in a press release to the artist's local newspaper(s).
Prospectus: www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/schedule/prospectus.asp?XD=3/1/2009
Upcoming Exhibition Schedule: www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/schedule/default.asp |
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| A Pinch and a Dash - Call to Artists | Friday, February 13 |
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The Smithtown Township Arts Council is now accepting entries for A Pinch and a Dash, an exhibition celebrating Women’s History Month March 28- April 19, 2009 at the Mills Pond House Gallery. The exhibition seeks to examine the American woman’s changing role in the kitchen, from rural times when a woman’s biscuits defined her reputation, to twentieth century ready-made preparation. A Pinch and a Dash calls for works that exemplify women’s role in the kitchen or reveal how that role has changed to meet new challenges in American society, from providing sustenance for the family, to maintaining ethnic traditions, to natural and organic awareness. Juror: Connie Koppelman, PhD, independent curator and speaker on subjects in women’s art. Open to all media. Entries must be submitted as 300 ppi jpeg files on CD only.
For prospectus send SASE to STAC, 660 Rte 25A, St. James, NY 11780 or visit www.stacarts.org/exhibits/show/23 |
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| 4th Annual National Juried Competition and Exhibition | Saturday, February 14 |
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Katharine Butler Gallery seeks entries for 4th Annual National Juried Exhibition April 15 - May 9, 2009. Original 2D and 3D artwork in any traditional medium, including fiber, ceramics, metal, and glass from the past three years. No Giclees or videos. Entry fee $25 for up to 3 works. Application deadline February 14th. Juror Roy Slade, Director Emeritus, Cranbrook Art Museum and former director Corcoran Gallery of Art. Cash awards will be given.
For prospectus and application go to www.kbutlergallery.com or send SASE to Katharine Butler Gallery, 1943 Morrill St., Sarasota, FL 34236. |
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| A Singular Creation 3rd Annual Art Competition | Saturday, February 28 |
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A Singular Creation (ASC) is proud to present our 3rd Annual Art Competition. The competition is open to all artists worldwide, working in any media, excluding video. We will award large cash prizes and publication awards - as well as promote all artists heavily on our site. All artists' portfolios will remain on our site permanently. The competition will be juried by ASC founder, along with a small panel of ASC judges.
Prospectus: www.asingularcreation.com/art-competition.htm |
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| Visual Arts Alliance 26th Juried Open Exhibition | Friday, March 27 |
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26th Juried Open Exhibition to be held May 11 – June 5, 2009 in Houston, TX. Open to US artists 18+. Original works in all media except audio, video or performance art. $2,500+ in cash and prizes.
For prospectus, send SASE to Ann McBride, 2807 Triway Ln., Houston, TX 77043, or email annmcbride1@sbcglobal.net or download from our web site: www.visualartsalliance.org/prospectus |
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| 27th Annual Juried Exhibition - Open to All Media | Saturday, April 18 |
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Pleiades Gallery, located in the prime Chelsea art location, is having its 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, open to all media. This year's juror is Nat Trotman, Assistant Curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Please download the prospectus from www.pleiadesgallery.com/juried.html
For further information, call Pleiades Gallery at 646-230-0056. We are located at 530 West 25th St., New York, NY 10001-5516. |
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