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Birds and (Capy)Baras: Juried Art Exhibition (Fredericksburg, VA) – Call For Artists

Birds and (Capy)Baras: Juried Art Exhibition (Fredericksburg, VA) – Call For Artists

[Sponsored Listing] LibertyTown Arts Workshop announces a call for artists for Birds and (Capy)Baras, a national juried art exhibition.

In July, LibertyTown is dedicating their gallery to Birds and Capybaras –  two animals they are obsessed with and two animals that seem to be obsessed with each other. LibertyTown wants to see art celebrating them separately or together in all their beauty and silliness. Fill the gallery with joyful feathers and cute little capybara bums all month long.

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Enter by: 15 June 2026

All artists age 16 and older, working in any media, may apply to this show. Artwork previously exhibited in LibertyTown’s gallery is not eligible. Artwork must be original, not from kits, and made in the least five years.

Artwork accepted into the show must be for sale. Applications must be submitted electronically; no physical pieces will be accepted at the gallery for jurying. Artwork that will be displayed must be ready to show, with no unfired media, no wet paint, no sawtooth hangers, staple-free edges or other unfinished surfaces. All wall-mounted artwork must be equipped with a secure hanging wire. LibertyTown will provide pedestals and shelving as needed. LibertyTown reserves the right to reject works accepted by the juror due to content, space constraints, or inability to properly install the work.

A non-refundable application fee must be paid for each submitted piece before it will be juried. Payment may be submitted electronically via submittable or by check delivered to LibertyTown. “Friends of LibertyTown” Members receive discounted jury fees. If you aren’t already, you can become a member at http://libertytownarts.com/product/friends-of-libertytown/.

Application Fees

  • 1st piece (Non-member): $25
  • 1st piece (Member): $15
  • Each additional piece: $ 5

Birds and (Capy)Baras: Art Exhibition Calendar

  • 6/15: Submissions due by 10PM Eastern Time
  • 6/17: Notifications sent via Submittable Only
  • 6/29: Accepted work due at LibertyTown by 8PM
  • 7/3: Opening reception
  • 8/2: Show closes, unsold work may be picked up/will be shipped back

You will be notified via Submittable if your artwork is accepted. Please make sure your email address is correct when you sign up and that you check the site on or around the notification date. Accepted work must arrive at LibertyTown by the stated due date. Artists are responsible for any costs related to transporting accepted work to the gallery and transporting unsold work away at the end of the show. Pre-paid return shipping labels should be included with any work that may require return shipping. LibertyTown’s address is: 916 Liberty Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22401.

Artists applying to this show grant LibertyTown Arts Workshop unlimited non-exclusive right to use images of accepted work to promote the exhibit and the gallery.

Birds and (Capy)Baras: Art Exhibition – Artist Benefits

Artists will benefit from this opportunity at LibertyTown Arts Workshop in several meaningful ways. The Main Gallery, located in a 13,000-square-foot facility in downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia, offers monthly rotating exhibitions, providing artists with frequent opportunities to showcase new work to a fresh and engaged audience. With a walkable downtown location and a steady stream of both local and visiting patrons, artists gain high visibility in a vibrant arts community.

In addition to in-person exposure, all show pieces are featured for viewing and sale on our website and highlighted on our active Facebook and Instagram pages, extending artists’ reach beyond the gallery walls to a broader online audience. Participation in our city’s popular “First Friday” art receptions—well-attended monthly events—adds another layer of public engagement, offering artists the chance to connect directly with art lovers and potential buyers.

This combination of in-person and online promotion, community engagement, and regular exhibition opportunities makes LibertyTown a valuable platform for artists looking to grow their audience and sales.

Awards

  • 1st Place: $400
  • 2nd Place: $200
  • 3rd Place: $100

LibertyTown keeps a commission of 40% on all show sales.

About LibertyTown Arts Workshop

LibertyTown Arts Workshop is a unique and dynamic creative hub that brings together over 80 artists under one roof in a 13,000-square-foot facility located in the heart of historic downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia. What makes LibertyTown especially interesting is the immersive experience they offer—visitors can explore monthly rotating exhibitions in a main gallery, watch artists at work in their open studios, and even take part in hands-on art classes across a wide range of mediums.

LibertyTown is open seven days a week, including evenings, making art accessible to everyone in the community and beyond. Positioned halfway between Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Fredericksburg attracts a steady stream of tourists and art lovers. The location, combined with the richness of the city’s history and culture, creates a vibrant atmosphere that makes LibertyTown a standout destination for both artists and visitors alike.

For more information, contact info@libertytownarts.com

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Animal Kingdom (Online Photography Competition) – Call For Artists

Animal Kingdom (Online Photography Competition) – Call For Artists

[Side Arts Certified Sponsored Listing] The New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC4PA) announces a call for artists for Animal Kingdom, an online photography competition.

Our world is filled with animals. Whether your first thoughts are about lions, tigers, bears, elephants working in the Asian lumber industry, or two/four legged pets, there are so many options. Don’t forget the fish tank and reptiles.

So, if life takes you on an exotic African safari, traveling in Southeast Asia, visiting a local zoo or aquarium, or just looking around in your own home/neighborhood, the animal kingdom offers huge photographic opportunities. Puppies that play joyfully, the migration in the Serengeti, your parakeet pecking at your glasses and dolphins gracefully jumping out of the ocean are just starting points. The finish line at a horse race, mice munching cheese, and a bee or butterfly collecting nectar from a flower – the possibilities go on and on.

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Enter by: 2 November 2025

As with all contests, submit your best. All 2D photo processes are welcome. Images awarded an NYC4PA prize within the past 2 years are not eligible. Images submitted that were not selected for a prize may be submitted at any time. NYC4PA uses a blind jury process. Do not submit images with signatures or watermarks on the submitted files.

NYC4PA offers opportunities to participate in themed calls for photographers. Each call has a different theme and 50 images win. The prizes total $4,000. There is a grand prize, 3 first prizes, 3 second prizes, 3 third prizes, 20 juror’s selections, and 20 honorable mentions. All 50 winners are posted in a gallery on the NYC4PA website and included in an exhibition gallery. The call is open to any photographers worldwide and of any age, amateurs or professional. A professional photographer, gallery owner, or photography teacher is the juror.

About New York Center for Photographic Art

The mission of the New York Center for Photographic Art is to provide exhibition opportunities in the vibrant New York City gallery world to photographers around the globe. NYC4PA offers international, themed, open call competitions juried by recognized experts in the field of photography. Prizes include cash awards, online gallery, catalog, and New York City gallery exhibits.

For more information, contact nyc4pa@gmail.com

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Wild About Art At The Toledo Zoo (Ohio) – Call For Artists

Wild About Art At The Toledo Zoo (Ohio) – Call For Artists

[Side Arts Certified Sponsored Listing] The Toledo Zoo announces a call for artists for Wild About Art, seeking creative artists and skilled makers to take part in a uniquely wild, two-day art fair that takes place throughout Zoo grounds. This event features local and regional artists with various mediums on display and for sale to thousands of Zoo visitors. It includes live entertainment, hands-on art activities, and, of course, animals!

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Enter by: 25 April 2025

Mediums permitted: ceramics, drawing, painting, glass, jewelry, mixed media, metal working, photography, printmaking/graphics, sculpture, textiles, and wood. Artwork does not have to be animal related.

Artists will set up around the beautiful, historic grounds and animals and be exposed to a diverse audience of animal and art lovers. Wild about Art will be promoted to a huge, loyal membership base of over 76,000 households, as well as over 454,000 Facebook followers. Staff and volunteers assisting with the event are top notch. They bend over backwards to make sure artists feel welcome and taken care of.

Artist Amenities include:

  • Free parking and Zoo admission
  • Free electricity
  • Air-conditioned artist lounge with complimentary beverages and snacks
  • Volunteer booth sitters available up to 15 minutes
  • Volunteers on hand to assist with set up and tear down
  • 24-hour security
  • 10,000 Zoo visitors for the weekend

Animals take part in the art fair by creating their own works of art, which is a huge attendance driver for the event.

About The Toledo Zoo

The Toledo Zoo is celebrating their 125 year anniversary. It is home to more than 16,000 animals representing over 680 species. In an effort to save endangered wildlife, they participate in more than 80 Species Survival Plans that ensure healthy, genetically diverse Zoo populations. With historic WPA-era buildings, beautiful gardens, you can travel around the world from the tropics to Greenland, ocean to sky, and desert to rainforest in one Zoo visit.

For more information, contact artfair@toledozoo.org

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All Creatures Great And Small (Online Art Exhibition) – Call For Artists

All Creatures Great And Small (Online Art Exhibition) – Call For Artists

[Side Arts Certified Sponsored Listing] Southern Tier Center for Emerging Artists (STCEA) announces a call for artists for an online art exhibition, All Creatures Great And Small: Animals In Art. This show celebrates our special bond with animals, whether at home or in the wild.

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Enter by: 15 May 2024

All styles and mediums are welcome. Art containing wild animals in captivity (zoos, theme parks, animal shows) will not be accepted.

100% of All Creatures Great And Small exhibit proceeds benefit Chautauqua County Humane Society, the former home of STCEA’s paws-itively best staff member, Eliza Jane!

A Best in Show (cash prize) and Awards of Distinction will be awarded to the works of highest artistic merit based on technical skill, creativity, innovation, and adherence to theme. An Artists’ Choice and People’s Choice award will be selected based on popular vote.

STCEA provides a safe space for you to build creative confidence. Have your work evaluated through a competitive juried show process that is welcoming to art students, new and emerging artists, and seasoned artists alike. Having your work displayed in an international juried show is a great way to boost your artistic presence, increase sales, and build your exhibition portfolio for future show opportunities, gallery representation, or entrance to MFA programs – or just for fun and personal growth. Online exhibits are good for the environment and your pocketbook – you save shipping fees and artwork preparation costs as your work is professionally displayed in an online gallery with shareable links for your website and social media feeds. Plus, direct viewers to your online shop, where you’ll keep 100% of the proceeds for any artwork sold.

About Southern Tier Center for Emerging Artists

Southern Tier Center for Emerging Artists believes in art that does good and makes the world a better place. STCEA donates a portion of the proceeds from every exhibition to support local and national non-profits doing good work in the communities they serve. Needs addressed through the contributions from STCEA exhibits include food security and basic living needs, racial equity, environment and natural resources, substance abuse and mental health services, animal rights and care, refugee resettlement, music education, affordable housing, and health and human services.

For more information, contact southerntierartists@gmail.com

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Gone Wild (Animal Themed Art Exhibition) – Call For Artists

Gone Wild (Animal Themed Art Exhibition) – Call For Artists

[Side Arts Certified Sponsored Listing] Las Laguna Art Gallery announces a call for artists for the Gone Wild gallery and online exhibition where any type of animal or wildlife are the central theme of the artwork. Animals can be real or imagined. Media can include acrylic, airbrush, assemblage, bronze, charcoal, color pencil, collage, digital art, drawings, encaustic, fiber art, graphite, glass art, illustration, jewelry, mixed media, new media, oil, painting, pastel, photography (traditional and digital), printmaking, sculpture, video, and watercolor.

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Enter by: 31 March 2023

Gone Wild Exhibition Notification: April 15, 2023

All artists who submit to the Gone Wild exhibition will be accepted and have at least one of their submitted works posted and promoted on the gallery’s website and to their client list. A select number of artists will be chosen to send their work to the gallery for the in-person exhibition at a brick-and-mortar gallery in Laguna Beach, California.

About Las Laguna Art Gallery

Since 2013, Las Laguna Gallery has held open calls for art, calls for entry, and calls for art opportunities for artists to promote and sell their art in a gallery.

Quickly becoming one of the premier contemporary and fine art galleries in Laguna Beach, California; Las Laguna Gallery is dedicated to the exploration and engagement of contemporary and fine art visual culture – regionally, nationally, and internationally; through unique collaborations between artists, students, and the community.

Las Laguna Gallery is located on Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Village. Laguna Village is an artist alcove on the cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. This location is a must stop location with artist galleries and jewelry shops. The location features a restaurant, bar, and there is live music in the fire-side theater Tuesday through Saturday.

Unlike other art galleries in Laguna Beach who only select local artists, Las Laguna Art Gallery chooses artists from around the globe.

With more than 100 art galleries and artist studios to explore, you’ll come to understand why Laguna Beach is a beloved “art colony.” In fact, the area was discovered by artists. In the late 1800s, visitors were making an annual pilgrimage through the canyons to camp at Laguna Beach each summer. By 1903, painters like Norman St Clair were visiting from San Francisco, attracted to the landscape and light only found on the coast of Laguna. Like tourists of any era, St Clair returned home with glowing reports and landscape paintings that led his artist friends to follow him south. It wasn’t long before plein air (painting outdoors) artists like William Wendt and Frank Cuprien moved to Laguna Beach. Within a few years, Laguna Beach had a permanent population of about 300 people – half of whom were artists.

For more information, contact laslagunagallery@gmail.com.

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All Animal (Online International Art Competition) – Call For Artists

All Animal (Online International Art Competition) – Call For Artists

[Side Arts Certified Sponsored Listing] Contemporary Art Gallery Online (CAGO) announces a call for artists to participate in the All Animal international art competition and exhibition. Entries welcome from all 2D and 3D artists regardless of your experience or education in the art field.  Submit your best representational and non-representational art. The theme is considered to be any art which depicts domestic animals, wild animals, birds, sea creatures, fish, and mammals.

The All Animal competition will be judged on three categories: painting / drawing, photography / digital art, and mixed media / 3D art. An online exhibition of all entrants will be held from October 12th,2022 to November 8th, 2022.

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Enter by: 9 October 2023

Entry Fee: $15 for up to three images, $25 for up to five images, and $35 for up to eight images. Funds in US Dollars.

All Animal awards will be given for the top 5 to 8 works selected. Winners will be announced on October 26th, 2022. Prizes include memberships to Contemporary Art Gallery Online, extensive marketing, winner’s certificates, inclusion in the Annual Anthology Publication,  and event collateral. The artists’ work will be seen by approximately a half million people worldwide.

“Entered their Competitions and they are always super nice and professional.” – Dominik

“I entered two pieces of my artwork to their online competition… It’s not often you get considered. What counts is you were able to show your art to the world. Thank you” – Lora

“Always very professional.” – Tammy

About Contemporary Art Gallery Online

Contemporary Art Gallery Online was created in 2001 to be the ultimate meeting place for the sharing of art. Their purpose is to create a platform whereby artists can display and ultimately sell their work. They encourage the exploration and discussion of art, as well as support those who create it.

Contemporary Art Gallery Online is a collector’s number 1 source for all original contemporary art. CAGOnline is proud to showcase Tomorrow’s Art Giants, Today. CAGOnline created CAGO Media to showcase talented artists. CAGO Media has two purposes. First is to share art business ideas, and second to introduce artists to the buying public. CAGO Media accomplishes both of these initiatives by producing radio and TV show programming. The Business of Art Show airs bi-monthly in 15-to-20-minute episodes. Hosted by Sharon Belle Hawkshawe, each episode discusses everything pertaining to the Business of Art. The What is Art Show is a monthly 30-minute episode with hosts Michael Harris (art collector) and Sharon Hawkshawe (acclaimed artist), who discuss current art movements and art shows. The hosts are joined occasionally by museum curators, gallery owners, art critics, and art insiders.

Contemporary Art Gallery Online specializes in the contemporary art form. Contemporary art is defined as artistic work from the present era that uses the current practices and styles of its discipline. Although the words Modern Art and Contemporary Art are used interchangeably, they do represent two distinctive moments on the art timeline. Modern Art encompasses the art from the Impressionists (around 1880) up until the 1970’s. Contemporary Art encompasses the art from the 1970’s to present.

For more information, contact cago.offices@gmail.com.

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Kingdom Animalia (Online International Exhibition) – Call For Artists

Kingdom Animalia (Online International Exhibition) – Call For Artists

[Sponsored Listing] Exhibizone invites artists to submit brilliant animal-themed art for the Kingdom Animalia international group exhibition. Mammals, birds, fish, insects, and reptiles are members of the Kingdom Animalia. Win cash prizes.

It is estimated that around 9 to 10 million species of animals inhabit the earth. Exhibizone encourages artists to provide artworks that envision and visualize the natural world species through art. Share your artistic story of innocence, beauty, survival, joy, and awareness about the animals of the natural world. Both representational and abstract artists in any media are welcome to submit their art. Exhibizone exhibits have attracted 2,500,000+ visitors from 120 countries.

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Enter by: 12 Jun 2022

Submitting to this artist call is free of charge. A selection fee applies to selected artists only.

Kingdom Animalia Awards

  • Group Exhibition: Selected artworks will be exhibited online in a smart international online group exhibition from July 01, 2022 and will continue until July 31, 2022.
  • Public Choice Cash Prize: Three (3) artists with the highest rating in the whole duration of the exhibition will win US$ 100 cash prize. The prize will be transferred to each artist via Paypal.
  • Exhibition Catalogue: All selected artworks and artists will be published in a stylish colorful exhibition catalogue available in both online and print versions. Artists can order for the print catalogue via print-on-demand service from one of the partner platforms. The online catalogue will be promoted and circulated internationally, becoming available to thousands of viewers including art experts, galleries, curators, businesses, and enthusiasts via popular publication gateways.
  • Promotional Badges: A digital promotional badge for each artwork will be sent to each artist to share in the social media.
  • Artwork Reviews: All exhibition visitors can submit their reviews and ratings of the exhibition and each artwork online. Artists will be notified about the received comments by email.
    Visitors’ comments and ratings can provide valuable insights about the audience’s feelings and understandings of the artworks.
  • Exhibition Promotion: A promotion program will be executed to boost the selected artists’ exposure and increase the artwork sales during the exhibition period. The program includes exhibition press release sent-out, catalogue circulation, and social media presentation.
  • Reports, Analytics, and Insights: A report containing the number of views, reviews, artworks popularity, and engagement rate of exhibition viewers with artworks along with sales statistics will be sent to artists regularly.
  • Publication: Some of the participant’s artworks might be published in art magazines and books, both online and in print.
  • Artist Profile Page: Each artist receives a free online profile page in Biafarin platform.
  • Certificate: A digital certificate will be issued for all participants and selected artists. Each artist can print the digital certificate from Biafarin platform after the submission is complete.
  • Free Shipment: Selected artists who are Biafarin members with Gold and Platinum package will use a free shipment of their artwork(s) in case of sales. The delivery of all awards and prizes of this artist call is guaranteed by Biafarin.

About Exhibizone

As an art exhibition house, Exhibizone has become an international destination zone for visual artists to exhibit their art efficiently via one-of-a-kind smart online shows. Each exhibition targets specific segments of visitors and provides online sales features, news circulation, social media badges, catalogues, and exhibition posters to maximize the art exposure for participant artists.

For more information, contact exhibitions@exhibizone.com.

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