📢 Open Calls and Exhibitions for March 2026

The Untitled Space Gallery Solo Show Fall/Winter 2026 | Fee: $50 | For: Artists | Deadline: March 8, 2026
The selected artist will be awarded a solo exhibition that will be presented as an in-person solo show at the gallery on Lispenard Street located in the Tribeca Arts District of New York City.

Art of Possibilities Art Show & Sale | Fee: $0 | For: Artists with disabilities | Deadline: March 16, 2026
A much-anticipated celebration of fine arts attracting hundreds of artists and thousands of visitors from Minnesota and around the world. AOP provides a forum for artists with disabilities to sell their work, promotes the talents of artists with disabilities, and creates a cherished and inclusive community event for people of all abilities.

Open Call: This is Us | Fee: $25 | For: New Mexico Artists | Deadline: March 17, 2026
An open call for all artists in New Mexico to submit up to three (3) of their best artworks to us for our inaugural exhibition, This is Us. This extraordinary exhibition is a celebration of art and artists of New Mexico. Our beautiful exhibition space is 14,000 square feet and is located on Central Avenue (the historic Route 66) in Albuquerque’s art district.

Open Call 2027: Two Solo Exhibitions at OyG Projects | Fee: $25 | For: Visual Artists | Deadline: March 18, 2026
Two solo exhibitions opening in January, 2027: one in the Main gallery space at OyG and one in The Skirt, OyG’s dedicated space for site-specific installations. Both opportunities will include an opening reception, an artist talk or a closing event, a honorarium of $1000 for each artist/proposal, and promotion OyG social media. Ortega y Gasset Projects is an artist-run gallery in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn.

Surface Impressions: Coloratura ‘26 | Fee: $35 | For: Artists and Printmakers | Deadline: March 20, 2026
This international juried exhibition features hand-produced relief prints, including woodblock, linoleum cut, wood engraving, and mixed media relief works by artists from across the world. The 2026 theme, Coloratura, emphasizes experimentation with color, layering, and surface, revealing how artists use relief processes to create bold visual impact and nuanced material expression.

Delaplaine’s National Juried Exhibition | Fee: $35 | For: Artists of all Disciplines | Deadline: March 22, 2026
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.

Works on Paper 2026: National Juried Competition | Fee: $35 | For: U.S.-Based Artists | Deadline: March 22, 2026
Works on Paper includes Drawing, Painting on Paper, Prints, Photography, Digital Works on Paper, & 2D Paper Constructions. A printed catalog of selected artwork will accompany the exhibition. The competition & exhibition is open to emerging & established artists working in the continental US.

Open Call for SaveArtSpace: Photosymphony | Fee: $10/image | For: Artists of all ages | Deadline: March 23, 2026
A public art exhibition on billboard ad space in New York, NY, opening May 8, 2026, curated by Millie Brown. Invites artists to imagine nature not as backdrop, resource, or metaphor, but as a sentient presence with agency, intelligence, and voice. The theme asks how humans might live with the natural world rather than over it - through attention, reciprocity, care, and shared systems of survival.

Call for Artwork: What Stays With You | Fee: $10/entry | For: All Disciplines | Deadline: March 25, 2026
Calling for artists to submit works inspired by memories. People are all a beautiful tapestry of experiences, sometimes neatly woven, other times chaotically snarled. They encourage artists to look inwards on the memories that they hold most dear to their hearts, whether those be quiet moments of peace and harmony, defining moments of hope or strength, times of love and care, or even fleeting feelings of times gone by.

CALeidoscope: Evolving Reflections of California | Fee: $40 | For: U.S.-Based Artists | Deadline: March 26, 2026
Bedford’s annual juried exhibition returns with a vibrant celebration of our Golden State. With all its natural beauty, it’s no wonder California serves as a source of inspiration and promise for dreamers, makers, and visionaries across the US. CALeidoscope honors the breathtaking geography of our great state and reflects its esteemed position as a cultural leader and hotbed for creativity and innovation.

Open Call: Malleable | Fee: $15 | For: Artists in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho | Deadline: March 27, 2026
A juried exhibition emphasizing/focusing on soft sculpture art. It is open to media and modes of making that emphasize/focus on soft materials. Subject matter may vary, but the emphasis will be on works that use soft materials in the execution. Acceptable media can include (but is not limited to) cloth, foam, rubber, plastic, fiber, paper, wax, sand, and other similar materials.

Woman Made Gallery: Bodies Luminous | Fee: $20 | For: Women & Non-Binary Artists | Deadline: March 28, 2026
We invite women and non-binary artists to submit artwork inspired by Diamond Forde’s poem “fat girl Dances with a Stranger at a Block Party” and its themes. We understand that our relationship to our bodies can be complicated, dysmorphic, beautiful, and evolving. We’re especially interested in pieces which celebrate the body.

Inside~Out: Bird’s Eye View | Fee: $0 | For: Designers & Artists | Deadline: March 30, 2026
We are calling on designers and artists to create work for birds and humans to meet on a rooftop garden, providing both with a space to relax, connect, learn, and be inspired by each other. The fifth outdoor exhibition will be on the rooftop terrace of 45 Main Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn. The exhibition will run from May 18th through 22nd, 2026.

Call for Art: Art of the Stamp | Fee: $0 | For: All Disciplines | Deadline: March 30, 2026
ArtReach St. Croix is seeking artists to create or format artwork around the impactful history of the postal service in our democracy and the significance of stamps as a method of global public art distribution. All media, subjects and styles are welcome.

Open Call for All the Fixins: Artists From The South Exhibit | Fee: $35 | For: Southern Artists | Deadline: March 30, 2026
An exhibition open to artists all over the South to submit their work for consideration by a selection of judges. With that said, we are excited to announce that this year’s head juror is none other than the owner and director of the well-known contemporary Whitespace Gallery, Susan Bridges! The exhibit will be on view at the Reeves House Visual Arts Center from May 8, 2026 to July 4, 2026

Call for Entry: The Art & Apples Festival | Fee: $35 | For: Artists of All Disciplines | Deadline: March 31, 2026
A juried fine art festival, featuring 250+ top quality, national exhibitors, with an estimated attendance of 50,000 for the weekend. The Art & Apples Festival is held annually the Friday, Saturday and Sunday following Labor Day in the scenic 30-acre Rochester Municipal Park located in downtown Rochester, Michigan.

Open Call: Kilnforming in the Upper Midwest | Fee: $0 | For: Glass Artists in Minnesota, Wisconsin, & Iowa | Deadline: March 31, 2026
A juried exhibition celebrating contemporary kilnformed glass by artists living and working in Minnesota, Wisconsin, & Iowa. The exhibition highlights the creative breadth and technical innovation of kiln-based glass practices, including but not limited to fusing, slumping, casting, pâte de verre, and experimental kiln techniques.

Not-A-Normal Spring Residency & Summer Show 2026 Vendor Application - Union Square | Fee: $0 | For: Resellers & Independent Designers | Deadline: End of March
This spring and early summer, Not-A-Normal Show will take over 31 East 17th Street for a five-weekend retail residency in the heart of Manhattan (April 10–12 & April 17–19, May 1–3 & May 8–10, June 5–7). Across five weekends, we will bring together 250 vintage resellers and independent designers.

Call for Art: 2026 Canal Convergence | Fee: $0 | For: Lighting Artists | Deadline: April 9, 2026
Seeking proposals for temporary outdoor, light-based installations to be featured in and around the Arizona Canal at the Scottsdale Waterfront in Scottsdale, Arizona. This year’s Canal Convergence will emphasize its connection to western life and culture further with the featured theme, “Most Western.”

Call to Jewelry Artists: Open Submissions for Spring 2026 | Fee: $0 | For: U.S. Jewelry Artists | Deadline: Currently Open
The Artisans Bench is excited to announce that we are adding new jewelry artists to our shop! We currently have a limited space for new jewelry artists and wanted to reach out to you! Email us at artists@artisansbench.com to apply! Please include sample photos of your work with pricing. Applications will only be open for a limited time.