Juried shows
Juried exhibitions where the award is cash, not a ribbon.
University of Florida Art in State Buildings: UF-675 Disability Resource Center
Florida Division of Arts and Culture · Gainesville, Florida
$76,250 for site specific art
Guild of Creative Art · Shrewsbury, NJ
$2,300 total incl. $200 category bests in painting, photography, sculpture
Viriditas: Flourishing Life Energy
Fiber Artists of San Antonio · San Antonio, TX
Over $1,200 in cash prizes awarded at opening reception.
Artist Call Out: Sculpture in the Garden Wollongong 2027
Wollongong City Council · Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Exhibition in high-profile outdoor setting, ability to sell work, prize money including Acquisitive Sculpture Prize $40,000 and Ephemeral Sculpture Pr
JCMO Community Park Sculpture Series, Historic Foot District
JC Parks (Jefferson City Parks Department, MO) · Jefferson City, Missouri
USD 20,000 commission
DNA: Domes Need Art training + residency
EMMEDIA + TELUS Spark · Calgary, Alberta, Canada
funded residency and training, original work development
CLWAC Annual Open Juried Exhibition
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club · New York, NY (Salmagundi Club)
40+ awards juried by past winners
Renaissance in Pastel — 33rd Annual National Exhibition
Connecticut Pastel Society (at Lyme Art Association) · Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA
~$7,000 total; $1,000 Best in Show + ~18 named awards; exhibition at historic Lyme Art Association Nov 13 2026-Jan 1 2027
14th Annual Joshua Tree National Park Art Expo
Joshua Tree National Park Council for the Arts · 29 Palms Art Gallery, Twentynine Palms, California
$4,000 in cash awards plus exhibition catalog
Indigenous Arts Individual Project Funding
Alberta Foundation for the Arts · Alberta, Canada
Project funding for Indigenous individual artists, administrators or ensembles
128th Annual Exhibition by Indiana and Ohio Artists
Richmond Art Museum · Richmond, Indiana, USA
~$30,000 total: $5,000 Best of Show, 3 x $1,000, 5 x $500, 6 x $250 + purchase awards
City of Inverness, FL: Call for Public Art Sculptures
City of Inverness, Florida (municipal public art program) · Inverness, Florida, USA
commission (amount not stated in digest)
57th Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts
Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts · Tampa, Florida, USA
Up to 235 artists selected; physical art fair exhibition
110th New Rochelle Art Association Annual Open Juried Show
New Rochelle Art Association (NRAA) · New Rochelle, NY
minimum of $2,500 in cash awards distributed throughout categories
福井県美浜町、美浜町教育委員会、福井新聞社、関西電力株式会社 · Mihama, Fukui, Japan
Grand Prize 1,000,000 JPY (about $6,295) + certificate
Water Connects Us — Public Art Commission
Arts Council of New Orleans · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
$1,000 stipend for each of three finalists to develop detailed proposals in Part 2
Call for Submissions: George Street Construction Hoarding Public Art, Toronto
The City of Toronto · Toronto, ON
$8,000 (+HST)
Call to Artists - Northern Lights installation
The Confluence (Calgary) · Calgary, Alberta, Canada
immersive overhead public art installation commission
TRANSLUCENT: A Call for Works About Transparency & Translucency
Indy Arts Council · Indianapolis, IN
$50 honorarium per exhibiting artist; Grand Jury Award of $1,000 for one jury-selected work
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center · Cincinnati, OH
$50 cash honorarium per exhibiting artist; up to $9,000 in Grand Jury Awards ($1,000 per work across nine exhibition periods); 70% of sales if work is
Weswal Gallery · NSW, Australia
Main prize: $4000 cash plus exhibition at Weswal Gallery. People's Choice Award voted by exhibition visitors.
Chrissie Cotter Gallery Expressions of Interest
Chrissie Cotter Gallery · Australia
Exhibition opportunity 2027
Fire Station 604 Public Art Project — Call for Artists / RFQ
Scottsdale Arts · Scottsdale, Arizona
$80,000.00 USD
Newtown ArtSeat Expression of Interest
Newtown ArtSeat · Newtown, Australia
$3,000 artist fee; printing and installation managed by Council
Something Like Joy (photography)
Decagon Gallery (online) · Online (international, photography)
$1,000 total awards; 1st: $500 + solo show (ONLINE only); juror Aline Smithson; exhibit Oct 7–Dec 7 2026
Lucie Foundation Photo Book Prize
Lucie Foundation · Los Angeles, California (international entry)
Book of the Year $3,000 to publisher; First Book $2,000 to photographer; Self-Published $2,000 to photographer
Annual Members Exhibition / Juried by Curator from Whitney Museum
The Greenwich Art Society · Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT
$2,000 in cash awards
Queensland Regional Art Awards 2026
Flying Arts · Queensland, Australia
Australia's largest regional arts awards
Bennett Prize / Pittsburgh Foundation · USA (traveling museum show)
$75,000 grand prize over 2 yrs + solo show; $10k runner-up; ~10 finalists travel
Celebrate Art Annual Juried Exhibit
Art League of Henderson County · Hendersonville, NC
$2,500 in cash awards ($1,000 Best in Show, $250 per category)
UVP Regional Commission (Urban Video Project)
Light Work · Syracuse, New York
$5,000 commission fee plus complimentary Light Work membership and 24-hour lab access
Lakeland Arts Association / Polk Arts & Cultural Alliance · Lakeland, FL 33801, United States
Best of Show: $1500, Second: $750, Third: $250, Excellence (2): $150, Merit (2): $100
RFQ: North Portland Aquatic Center - Exterior Sculpture Series
Regional Arts & Culture Council · Portland, Oregon, USA
The selected artist/artist team will receive $165,000 for this opportunity to create a series of site-specific exterior sculptural artworks.
Artist Development Microgrant (second intake)
Calgary Arts Development · Calgary, Alberta, Canada
microgrant for development activities, individual artists and collectives
In-Gallery Exhibition – Art Comes Alive 2026 – $450,000 in Awards
ADC Fine Art · Cincinnati, OH
$450,000 in Awards
St. Stephen's Art Show & MakersFest 2027
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church · Coconut Grove, FL
over $10,000 in awards
Center for Photographic Art International Juried Exhibition
Center for Photographic Art (Carmel) · Carmel, CA
~$5k across 8 awards; gallery exhibition
2027 SculptureWalk Call for Art
SculptureWalk Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls, SD
Best of Show purchased by City of Sioux Falls; Best of Show winner receives acquisition by municipality
M16 Artspace Drawing Prize 2026
M16 Artspace · Australia
Cash prizes ($10,000 main prize, $2,000 First Nations, $1,000 Highly Commended, $500 Local Artist, $200-$300 Young Drawers); art materials vouchers; f
The Defiance Award · Australia
5000 AUD cash prize, solo exhibition at Defiance Gallery, 2-week residency at Giverny Artist Residency in Queenstown.
全日本アートサロン絵画大賞展実行委員会、産経新聞社ほか · Japan
Grand Prize (MEXT Minister's Award) 300,000 JPY (about $1,888) + exhibition and press coverage
31st Extremely Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition
Robbin Gallery - Robbinsdale, Minnesota · Robbinsdale, MN
Cash awards totaling $1000
National Photographic Portrait Prize
National Portrait Gallery (Canberra) · Canberra, ACT (National Portrait Gallery; tours nationally)
A$30,000 cash (NPG) + A$20,000 Canon equipment; Art Handlers' Award A$3,000; First-Time Finalist Award A$3,000.
2027 Artist Grants (Early-Career + Mid-Career Project Grants)
Forecast Public Art · Minnesota, USA (and Native Nations sharing that geography)
not stated in newsletter, verify amounts on site
Wallkill River Center for the Arts · Montgomery, NY
Exhibition from November 14 to December 20, 2026.
Ontario Arts Council (OAC) · Ontario
Galleries, artist-run centres and not-for-profit arts organizations up to $15,000; ad hoc groups and collectives up to $15,000; independent curators (
Burnie Arts / Burnie Regional Art Gallery (Burnie City Council) · Burnie Arts Centre, Burnie, TAS, Australia
AU$24,000 pool; AU$18,000 major acquisitive prize
Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize
Ravenswood School for Girls · Sydney, NSW
A$100,000 Professional Artist Prize (billed as Australia's richest prize for women artists) plus Emerging (A$5,000) and Indigenous Emerging categories
Old Florida Celebration of the Arts in Cedar Key 2027
Old Florida Celebration of the Arts · Cedar Key, FL
approximately $14,000 in prize money and purchase awards
Summer Small Works Show & Prize 2026
Unknown (not provided in listing) · Australia
$1000 prize (1 work, non-acquisitive); $100 prize each (11 works, non-acquisitive)
Cocoa Beach Art Show · Cocoa Beach, FL
Prize money totals up to $20,000, including $5,000 for Best in Show
Halloran Contemporary Arts Prize
Jervis Bay Maritime Museum · New South Wales, Australia
Acquisitive prize
World Photography Organisation (Sony) · London, UK (exhibition at Somerset House)
Photographer of the Year US$25,000 + Sony digital imaging equipment + group/solo exhibition at Somerset House + global media exposure.
Transparent Watercolor Society of America National Exhibition
Transparent Watercolor Society of America (at Kenosha Public Museum) · Kenosha, WI
$25,000+ in cash awards
New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards 2027
Waikato Society of Arts / ArtsPost Galleries · ArtsPost Galleries, Hamilton, New Zealand
NZ$10,000 main prize each in Painting and Printmaking + NZ$2,000 merit prizes
National Contemporary Art Award
Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato · Hamilton, New Zealand
NZ$20,000 winner (Hugo Charitable Trust) + NZ$7,500 runner-up + NZ$1,000 merits (pool NZ$30k+)
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Windgate Center of Art + Design · Little Rock, Arkansas
USD 30,000 stipend per semester plus USD 2,000 materials and travel budget
Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston (ICA) · Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
$10,000 honorarium to each selected artist (typically ~4) + a major exhibition at the ICA Boston.
American Academy of Arts and Letters — Awards in Art
American Academy of Arts and Letters · United States (New York ceremony/exhibition)
Award of Merit Medal accompanied by $25,000 (rotates among disciplines, incl. painting & sculpture); multiple Arts and Letters Awards of $10,000 each;
National Portrait Gallery of Australia · National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
A$75,000 cash prize
The PASEO 2027 Biennial Outdoor Art Festival - Call for Installations
The Paseo Project · Taos Historic District, Taos, New Mexico
~25 projects selected; stipends $500-$3,000, larger projects funded at $5,000-$15,000; shipping funded
Public Art Commissions - Downtown Hampton (two sites)
Hampton Commission on the Arts / Hampton Arts Foundation · Hampton, Virginia
Two permanent commissions: $100,000 (Settlers Landing Parking Garage) and $150,000 (Queens Way/Kings Way corner)
Exhibition Grants (Visual Arts Program)
The Ford Family Foundation · Oregon
Up to $50,000 (not to exceed 75% of total project budget). Most awards and project budgets will be significantly smaller than this.
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