Light Space & Time – Online Art Gallery presents a Juried Competition, in which 2D artists from around the world are called upon to make online submissions for the theme “Abstraction” for their September 2010 online group exhibition.

Light Space & Time encourages entries from all 2D artists regardless of where they reside and regardless of their experience or education in the art field. A group exhibition of the top five finalists will be held online at the Light Space & Time Art Gallery during the month of September 2010. Awards will be for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. In addition, 2 artists will recognized with Honorable Mention awards.

The theme for August is “Abstraction”. The submission process for artists begins August 1, 2010 and ends August 29, 2010. All winners will be selected, announced and placed on the Light Space & Time website on September 1, 2010 and remain online in the gallery through September 30, 2010. Thereafter, the artworks will remain online in the Light Space & Time Archives with links to the artist’s websites. Artists Apply Here:  www.lightspacetime.com

5 painting prize - Spain     
Deadline: September 30th 2010     
This 5º Painting prize has the objective to foment the experimentation, the innovation and the reflection on the painting, so much for the formal aspect of techniques, supports and materials, as for the content. Artists of any nationality both individually and in collective can participate. Every author or collective can introduce a maximum of two works. The theme and the technique of the work are free and the support has to be bidimensional. The works must be introduced without glass and frame, unless they are integral part of the work. The dimensions of the work cannot overcome the 100 cms. in the biggest side. The works will be sent at risk of the author and with expenses paid by the same.     
Prize:  3.000 Euro.     
The selected works will be exhibited from November 18 to January 08 th 2011.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

International Juried Show - USA
Deadline: October 1, 2010
The Show is open to international artists in all media. Each artist may enter NO MORE than two recent pieces for consideration. One CD containing BOTH images or one 35mm slide for EACH work must be submitted.  All works entered must be original creations by the artist and must be show ready for presentation.  Two-dimensional pieces must be wired for hanging. Maximum size accepted for two-dimensional work is 72 inches x 72 inches. Three dimensional works must not exceed 8 feet in height, cover more than six square feet of floor area, or weigh more than 150 pounds.  Accepted works cannot be substituted and are committed for the duration of the exhibit, January 14 until March 18, 2011.
Prizes:$ Cash awards totalling $3,300 will be presented at the exhibition’s Opening Reception.
Best in Show: $2,500 and round trip travel to the exhibition, plus lunch with the Juror
(3) Merit Awards: $200 each; Painting Award: $100; Photography Award: $100
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Project for a museum of contemporary art - Italy  
Deadline: December 31 st 2010  
Project of a foundation-museum of contemporary art for a permanent exhibition of artists of international level that use any traditional visual or sonorous language like painting, sculpture and music as well as innovative media like digital photo, video, sound-art, installations or performances. The foundation-museum will have the form of a cross of 15 mt of height structured on 5 floors and formed by 7 solids in crystal with continuous  façades.  The project wants to give the possibility to every participating artist to build the permanent exhinition of his/her most representative art work. The symbol and the architectural as well as artistic value of the project wants to represent the power of the light that from inside the cross emanates outside the artistic message of he who builds with the strength of the thought. Such architectural project was born for becoming a real sculpture of light that during the night shines under the firmament changing continually through artistic experiences in evolution with the human kind. For this reason, temporary exhibitions will also be organized  together to the permanent presences of the artists that will contribute to the realization of the museum. The use of projectors on the glass façade would allow to exhibit photos,  video, animations and performances using the languages of the new media. An accurate selection curated by critics  and international artists  will attribute an elevated qualitative level to the foundation-museum. Every selected artist will be personally contacted by the organization and will have to fill an on line registration form.  The realization of the museum will take place on 2011.  
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Visual Art Exhibit - USA
Deadline: January 10, 2011
The organization invites artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students to participate in the 8th annual visual art exhibit celebrating diversity.  Works in Acrylic, Digital, Drawing, Literary, Mixed Media, Oil, Pastel, Photography, Printmaking, Watercolor, and Other Media are encouraged.  National and international submissions are encouraged. 45 artists will be selected for the exhibit that will be displayed throughout the months of April and May 2011. The exhibit will contain 39 billboard-sized (16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high) images of the selected artworks. In the judges’ discretion, an additional six “honorable mention” selections may be made.
Artists are encouraged to use bold saturated colors and strong lines. There is no limit on the number of entries.
Prizes: Best in Show (Adult) $1000; Best in Show (Student); People’s Choice $1000
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Prize for art works – Usa
Deadline: 15th of February 2011
The Prize is awarded annually to the best visual art work produced by an artist during the 12 months preceding the 15th of February 2011 entry closing date.
Medium: oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, sculpture, photography, installations and video-installations.
Theme: ‘Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?’
Art works submitted for the prize must conform to each year’s specified theme. Artists may interpret the theme in any way that fits with their art practices, however the theme has to be visually present within all artistic interpretations. There is a size restriction for works in the Charlatan Ink Art Prize competition. Two dimensional works must be no larger in size than 22 500 square cm/3 488 square inch (eg 1.5m x 1.5m or 4.921ft x 4.921ft etc). This applies also to the overall size of multi-panel pieces. Sculptures cannot exceed 3 meters/9.843ft in height, 2 square meters/21.53 square foot in area or 1000kg/2205lb in weight. Please note that the average wall height in exhibition spaces is 3.4 meters, floor to ceiling. Video clips can’t exceed 5 minutes in length. Pre-elimination will be done from the closure of entry to the 15th of April 2011. 100 artists’ works will be pre-selected to be Semi-finalists and will be displayed on the  Website of the prize together with the artist’s biographical details. Announcement of Finalists (25 artists) will be posted on charlatanink.com after the 15th of April 2011 and be published in the ‘NEW YORK TIMES’ and ‘THE TIMES.’
Award: first prize of US$ 25,000 (non-acquisitive).
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

International on line exhibition - USA
Deadline: December 1, 2010
The mission of the organization is to recognize and celebrate artists of excellence.  Art works accepted into the show will be featured on the web site  throughout 2011.  Artists have the option to display their contact information next to their art and offer their works for sale.  Art must be painted or drawn. No photography, digitally enhanced images, or collage.
Prizes:  $1,500 Best of Show
$700 First Place
$500 Second Place
$250 Third Place
Year long, on-line exhibit will include e-mail addresses and/or websites of accepted artists to facilitate
independent sales of work. The organization does not charge commission for sales of art from the exhibit.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Drawing and Painting Exhibition – USA
Deadline: September 1, 2010
An Art gallery of a university in United States is organizing a Figurative Drawing and Painting Exhibition open to two-dimensional figurative artists, working in painting, drawing or printmaking, who are over the age of 18.
Prizes:  First Prize - $1500; Second Prize - $1000; Third Prize - $700; Fourth Prize - $500; Fifth Prize - $300
All sales inquiries will be referred to artists.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

International Painting Prize- Spain   
Deadline: September 29, 2010   
A Spanish foundation announces its International Painting Prize 2010.
Any artist  not winning in previous editions of the prize can participate. The theme is free and the works can be realized in any pictorial technique. Each painter can introduce only one work that will be original and realized during the years 2009 and 2010.   
The dimensions of the work  will be of a maximum of 200 x 200 cms and of a minimum of 73 x 60 cms.   
Prizes: Total of 36,000 Euros, that will be divided in the following way:
First Prize: 24,000 Euros for the winner and two mentions of 6,000 Euros each.    
The winning works will remain ownership of the organizing Foundation.The works selected by the jury will be exhibited in the year 2010 and they will be represented in the catalog of the exhibition.   
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Project for a mural painting – Italy
Deadline: September 10, 2010 
This competition is aimed at planning and carrying out a mural painting in a very famous italian town. The mural painting will have to have the following theme: Temporariness - meeting - creativity. 
The contest is open to young people and groups ages 18 to 35 years who are residents of Italy. Each candidate/group can introduce only one proposal.
Prize: The winning artist will receive a prize of 5,000 Euros. With this sum the artist will have to realize the mural painting, considering that the materials (brushes, colors, excluded the spray colours) will be furnished by a  private sponsor and that the scaffoldings will be furnished by the municipality.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Call for Artistic Projects - Switzerland
Deadline: October 18, 2010
An International festival is looking for artistic projects dealing with hope. The organization is looking for projects that could set hope in motion, in the form of experimental set-ups, performance work, challenging practices or wildcard invitations to the city and its inhabitants. Hope as invention; as movement; as change; as choreography; as daydream; as potential; as revolution; as hospitality; as action.  The call is open to artists and practitioners from other fields, to Fribourg residents and people from other places, to individuals or groups. Selected proposals will be realized as a part of the Belluard Festival 2011.
Available budget: For each selected project there will be a minimum artistic budget of 2,500 CHF plus a production budget for the realization of the project and presentation during the Festival 2011.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Award for an emerging female photographer – United States
Deadline: 1st of September 2010
This Award was established to honor the memory of a young photographer who died after a brief illness in 2008.
Prizes: The annual award, with a fellowship grant of $5,000, will be given to one emerging female photographer who is a citizen of the United States.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Biennial Art Exhibition - Italy
Deadline: November 15, 2010 
Various Italian Institutions promote the Fourth Edition of the "International Competition of Absurdity", open to all the artists. The organization invites the artists to take risks with pure artistic creation, ideas, works, projects, dreams of any discipline or expression of art, no connection of meaning; to think absurdly, to imagine the nonsense and the surreal, coming from the paradoxes. 
Artists working in any kind of discipline can participate. 
Artists can choose to participate in the following sections: 
MUSA: performance, installation, painting, photo, video and any other discipline or technique.
GODOT: theatrical performance inspired by theater of the absurd. 
LABEL: illustration or graphics representing and combining the spirit of the biennal exhibition of absurdity and the wine "lambrusco."  
Prizes: 
1 MUSA Prize: 1500 Euros. The work can be acquired from the collection of a Museum. 
1 GODOT Prize: 1000 Euros
1 LABEL Prize: 1000 Euros
Other Prizes: 6 scholarships valuing 500 Euros each for performance, installation, painting, photo, video and any other discipline or technique.
The selected projects will be inserted in the planning of the Twelfth Edition of  the Biennial of the Absurd that will take place on the 3th – 4th- 5 th of June 2011.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Art Competition and Exhibition - USA
Deadline: September 13, 2010
Artists worldwide are called to enter this competition.  Paintings in oil, watermedia, pastel and graphic, sculpture in the round or relief in all subjects and styles are eligible.  Crafts, photographs or classwork is not eligible.  Each artist may submit only one entry.
Paintings and graphics are limited to 48 inches max. width and height, including frame.  Sculpture in the round may not exceed 48 inches x 24 inches, excluding base and with a max. weight of 150 pounds.  Relief sculpture may not exceed 36 inches x 36 inches x 6 inches deep, with a max. weight of 30 lbs.
All paintings and acrylics should be framed but not be under glass.  Watermedia, pastel and graphics should be framed and under glass.  All framed works must be ready to hang with firm frames, strong screw eyes and strong wire.
Sculptors must bring pedestal or send payment of rental fee ($25 USD).
The exhibition opens November 12, 2010, and all entries should be priced for sale.  Allied Artists will charge 20% commission for sales related to the exhibition.
Prizes: $24,000 USD in cash and awards
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Art Prize – Italy
Deadline:  November, 16, 2010: for posted applications (postmark date) – December 10, 2010: on-line applications
Various Italian Institutions announces the Fifth International Art Prize in order to assess and promote contemporary art. The contest offers: cash prizes; the organization of a significant collective exhibition at the Arsenale of Venice; exhibitions in Art Galleries/Exhibition Spaces; the possibility to stay in Art Residencies and the official Catalogue publication.
The Prize is divided in five sections: painting, photographic art, sculpture, video art and performance. Participants can choose the theme of their works. The Prize is open to all artists, without any limits of age, sex, nationality or other qualifications. Each artist can participate with one or two works, in one or more sections. Technical details:
PAINTING – works realized with complete technical and stylistic freedom (oil, tempera, acrylic, ink, vinyl, watercolor, graphite, pencil, collage, etc.) on whichever support (canvas, paper, wood, plastics, iron, etc.).  The max dimensions allowed per each work are 150x150 cm.
SCULPTURE AND INSTALLATION – either organic or inorganic material. In the works you can use sound, light, video, mechanical or electrical movements. The max dimensions allowed per each work is: base 4 m, depth 4 m, height 4 m, weight 150 kg.
If selected as finalists for the collective exhibition, the artist must provide the Organization with all necessary materials in order to exhibit  the artwork and he should supervise the setting up.
PHOTOGRAPHIC ART - color and b/w analog photos; color and b/w digital photos;  color and b/w digital elaborations; works entirely created by computer. The max dimensions allowed per each works are 150cm x 150 cm.
VIDEO ART AND ANIMATION - film, video and works with any animation technique on any digital or analog support. Maximum time length for works is 15 minutes, opening title and closing credits included. For the exhibition the artist must send original works saved on DVD in high quality and in formats compatible with popular reading systems.
PERFORMANCE- Each artist or group of artists can participate with one or more performances that can be performed using any technique, expressive form and with any support materials (video, music, etc.. to be provided and arranged by the artist in the case of being selected as finalist). Each performance may last as maximum of 10 minutes and may involve a maximum of five artists.
Prize:
PRIZE Painting: 5,000 euro
PRIZE Sculpture: 5,000 euro
PRIZE Photographic Art: 5,000 euro
PRIZE Videoart: 5,000 euro
PRIZE Performance: 5,000 euro
More other prizes in prestigious residences for artists and personal and collective exhibitions
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Recycling Design Competition – Germany
Deadline: August 31, 2010
This is an open competition inviting all creators and designers with professional or semi-professional education to submit their works and concepts.  The competition seeks the design of objects made of “garbage” and/or industrial production leftovers. The objects should be made for daily use or for décor. The objects should be planned for production in a “smaller” or “bigger” series in the frame of an employment promotion institution. It is not allowed to use materials which are marked with the “green point” (a special German collection system for the packing material of consumer goods). Using “littered things” (from industry, handicraft, etc.), garbage, “residual material”, useless things shall become useable. The developed products shall be displayed for sale in institutions of employment promotion and generate a social usability. The production of “clever”, “beautiful” and “useful” objects which receive an award will respect the environment and are a contribution for employment promotion. Valuation criteria for projects of recycling design: quality of design, practical value, realizability (also with physically or psychologically handicapped people, in youth workshops or initiatives of employment), environmental safety, innovation and potential for the future. The award ceremony will take place on October the 15th , 2010 in Germany.
The exhibition will present the winners and further selected works until November the 7th.
Prizes: 2,500 Euros
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Residence for Artists - Finland
Deadline: 31 of August 2010
2-3 international and 2-3 Baltic or Nordic artists will be accepted for the period starting February 2011 till the end of February 2012 to partecipate in this program of residency in Finland. Annually 5-6 artists are invited, about 2 months, to realize a project. The residency offers accommodation, a studio, covered travel expenses, a monthly grant as well as a production budget. Platform encourages art projects that take a self-directed orientation to the theme TO HAVE / TO OWN.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Residency program - Spain
Deadline: August 15th, 2010         
This is the world's first non-visual residency program for artists. The residency is organized as part of Manifesta 8, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, and will take place this fall in the Region of Murcia, Spain.
For one week each, five artists will be selected to live and work in a dark, visually distorted exhibition space. To support them in their life and work for the week, the artist will collaborate with a local Murcian assistant who is blind.
In cooperation with her/his assistant, the artist will use the one-week residency to create a guided tour of the non-visual space and experience in which s/he is living. The guided tour will take place on the last day of the residency and will be open to the biennial audience. The blind assistant will be the guide of this work in darkness.
Additional to the guided tour, the five selected concept proposals will furthermore be exhibited in one of the main museum locations of Manifesta 8 and will be on view throughout the biennial from October 7th, 2010 (preview) to January 9th, 2011.
The five residency periods are:
October 4th to October 9th, 2010
October 11th to October 16th, 2010
October 18th to October 23th, 2010
October 25th to October 30th, 2010
November 1st to November 6th, 2010
Selected artists will arrive Sunday, begin their residency Monday and have the final guided tour the following Saturday.
Due to the site-specific nature of the project and its local collaboration, applicants who speak Spanish will be preferred.
The residency offers: Travel, living and production costs will be covered for the selected artists.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Contest for Young Artists - Italy 
Deadline: October 2, 2010 
The contest is open to Italian artists or foreigners resident in Italy, from age 21 to 30 years, who have developed their training in visual arts at Italian institutes.
The contest intends to select two winning artists for a residence of nine months duration. The residence is articulated in a formative period in Rome, Italy for six months and for a three month period in Paris, France.  
The Residence includes: 
- the use of a study-residence at both the locations 
- the supply of necessary materials for the production of the works for a general amount of Euro 3500+VAT; 
- the realization of a presentation of the final works in a public space curated by the organization.
- the publication of a catalogue at the end of the period of residence; 
- a monthly stipend of Euro 580 gross for the period of residence in Rome and of Euro 480 gross for the stay in Paris; 
- a week of stage at  a Museum Madre in Naples (subject to conditions);
- a mini stage at 1:1 projects for coordination of the book and a study visit.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Art Competition and Exhibition - USA
Deadline: Saturday, August 14, 2010
Artists from around the world are invited to submit original oil, acrylic, water media, pastel, graphic and sculpture to  this Exhibition/competition.  Only works done in representational or traditional realism will be considered. Photo-Lithographs and Oil Pastels are not eligible. Paintings and graphics must not exceed 42” overall in either direction, including the frame.  All work must be framed—no wrap-around.  Sculpture must not exceed 24” at the base in either direction. Any work exceeding these dimensions will not be accepted.
Prizes:
Best painting – any medium: $2,000 USD
Best traditional landscape painting in oil: $2,000 USD
Award for pastel: $2,000 USD
Excellence in pastel: $1,500 USD
The list of other prizes is extensive. 
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

The International Prize "Arte Laguna
Deadline: 16th November, 2010
Prizes: 100.000 euro
Winners' artwork remain property of the artist

The Cultural Association MoCA and Arte Laguna invite you to visit www.artelagunaprize.com to have more details about the new edition of the Prize, with the patronage of, among others, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Veneto Region, the European Institute of Design.

Sections: painting, sculpture, photographic art, video art and performing art
Participation: the competition is open to all artists, without any limits. There is not a specific theme
Finalist artists: 110
Institutional Exhibition venues: Arsenale of Venice, Romanian Cultural and Humanistic Research Institute in Venice
Special Prizes: 31 International Galleries (New York, Shanghai, Las Vegas, Rome, Florence, ...), Tina B Festival in Prague and Open in Venice
Artist in Residence: Claudio Buziol Foundation in Venice, Zauli Museum in Faenza, Art Stays in Ptuj Slovenia
Business for Art "ReiL": Residency and artistic intervention at one resort in Bahia Brazil

Prize Curator: Igor Zanti – Art Critic
The Jury:
Gianfranco Maraniello – Director of MAMbo of Bologna
Chiara Barbieri – Publications Director Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Ludovico Pratesi – Director of Visual Arts Centre Pescheria of Pesaro
Luca Panaro – Art Critic
Rossella Bertolazzi – Director of IED
Maja Skerbot – Art Critic and curator
Valentina Tanni – Critic and one of the Exibart Founders
Monika Burian – Director of the International Contemporary Art Festival Tina B in Prague
Matteo Zauli - Director of Zauli Museum in Faenza

Enrollment: http://www.artelagunaprize.com/index.php/art-prize-2010/enrollment.html

Residence for artists – Germany
Deadline: 31st of October 2010
60 residency fellowships of six to twelve months in duration are offered to international artists in the following disciplines: Architecture, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Design, Literature , Music/Sound and Video/Film/New Media. Persons up to 35 or if older than 35 who have completed a university or college degree within the past five years are welcome to apply. Some few fellowships are awarded regardless to the age of the applicant.
Grants: Each fellowship recipient is granted Euro 1.000 per month, in addition to free lodging. Travel expenses for arrival and departure in Stuttgart will be covered on a one-time basis.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com at the section "Opportunities”

Biennial Art Exhibition - Italy
Deadline: September 5, 2010
This First International Biennial Art Exhibition aims to reward and disseminate the Artistic production of selected nominees. The competition is open to Painters, Sculptors and Graphic artists. The entries (of any size) can be realized with any technique. Artists will be notified of the results of the Preliminary Selection. The Award Ceremony for the first 10 winners will take place on Saturday, October 23rd, 2010. On the same day the exhibition of the first 50 classified works will open.
Prizes:
1st Prize: 10,000 Euros – 2nd Prize: 3,000 Euros – 3rd Prize: 2,000 Euros – 4th Prize: Personal exhibition at a Gallery and other prizes consisting of publication in various specialized magazines.
Catalogue of the exhibition with the publication of the entrant and 100 extracts of the artist’s publication.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com at the section "Opportunities”

Open Art Competition - USA
Deadline: 30 November 2010
Open to all visual artists over 18 years of age, this competition is to all artistic styles and media. 25 artists will be selected by the juror and archived on the website of the organizer. Each artist will have their own page that will feature an image, caption information, and a link to the artist's website. The competition will produce a press release sent to over 13,000 contacts spanning 106 countries. The organizer will also be buying works of art, on an ongoing basis, from select artists as submissions are received. Sales inquiries will be directed to the artist or gallery.
Prizes: $5,000 USD (1st Prize: $2,500; 2nd Prize: $1,500; 3rd Prize: $1,000)
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com at the section "Opportunities”

Photo Prize 2010
Deadline: September 30, 2010
This Photo prize 2010" is open to members of all countries in the Latin union, with the aim of promoting the work of the Latin photographers.
Participants must be citizens of one of the member states of the Latin union or residents of same for at least 5 years. List of the countries members of the Latin union: Argentina (Observer), Andorra, Angola, Bolivia, Brazil, Capo Verde, Chile, Colombia, Coast Rica, Ivory Coast, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, France, Guatemala, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Principality of Monaco, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Perù, Philippines, Portugal, Dominican Republic, Moldova Republic, Romania, San Marino, Vatican (Observer),São Tomé and Prince, Senegal, East Timor, Uruguay, Venezuela, Malta (Observer).
The registration dossier must consist of a series of 10 photos, in colour or black and white, that has a thematic and aesthetic cohesion among them. The jury will decide the winner in November, 2010.
Prizes:
The winner will receive:
- a sum of 2,000 Euros:
- the installation of the exhibition in one member state of the Latin Union (all the expenses are paid by the organization)
- a promotional space on the web page of the Latin union that will publish online the photos and information about the winner.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com at the section "Opportunities”

Floral Art Competition and Exhibition - USA
Deadline: 30th September 2010
This is a juried art competition and exhibition open to any living artist worldwide over the age of 18 years. The exhibition is conceived to recognize, promote and reward excellence in floral art. Approximately one-hundred artworks will be selected by a panel of Jurors and will be featured in the premiere exhibition at a Museum in Florida. All artwork selected for this exhibition will receive on-line exposure through a state-of-the-art online virtual exhibition. The organization will publish a full color museum-quality catalog to commemorate and document the exhibition. Each participating artist will receive two complimentary copies. Additional
copies will be available for purchase.
Jurors will be looking for the most exceptional works of art that depict and interpret floral subjects in a variety of styles and environments. Special categories include botanicals and small works (miniatures). Floral subjects may be combined with any other subject matter the artist wishes, but should emphasize flowers. These include, but are not limited to portraiture, landscapes, still lifes, animals, historical subjects, etc. Only original, two-dimensional painting or drawing media will be considered. Acceptable fine art media includes: oils, acrylics, watercolors, gouache, mixed media, pastel, graphite / pencil, pen & ink, tempera, batik, alkyd, scratchboard, original prints, (lithographs, etchings, engravings, & serigraphs).
Computer enhanced or generated artwork, sculpture, reproduction prints, photography, video and any other media not qualified below are not eligible. Works must be original, completed after September 1, 2008 and must not have won any previous prize or award in any other competition. All accepted entries must be available for sale. Artists shall determine their sale price based on the current value of their work. The organization will retain 30% as commission. SIZE RESTRICTIONS: Not including frame or mat, the maximum size for entered artworks is 660 square inches. Calculate by multiplying the horizontal and vertical dimensions. Example: A 22” x 30” painting would equal 660 square inches.
SIZE RESTRICTIONS FOR SMALL WORKS: Not including frame or mat, the maximum size for entered small works is 108 square inches. Calculate by multiplying the horizontal and vertical dimensions. Example: A 9”x 12” painting would equal 108 square inches. All entries 108 square inches or less, excluding frame or mat, will be entered in this category regardless of medium used.
Prizes: $25,000 Best of Show Award plus $40,000 in additional cash awards.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com at the section "Opportunities”

Scultpure Residency  - USA
Postmark Deadline:  February 12, 2011
A Sculpture Park in United States has created the opportunity for artists to create new work in residency. Sculpture, site-specific, multi-media, and installation are considered.  Artists may be in residence at FSP from 3 weeks to 3 months, whatever it takes to pull off an ambitious new project.6 artists or artist teams will be invited to come and create new work in a public outdoor setting. Opportunities for financial assistance include funded FSP/Jerome fellowships ranging from $3,000 to $5,000. This opportunity is for a residency for emerging professional artists only.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Contest for Illustrators - Italy 
Deadline: September 24, 2010 
The theme of this competition is the Siesta: rest, warmth, shade, but also a break, a moment of interruption in daily life, to restart after...The contest is open to all illustrators with no age limit.
Each participant can introduce only 1 unpublished work, not entered or awarded in other contests. 
The technique of execution is free.
The work has to be square in format; no smaller than 25x25 centimeters and not larger than 40x40 centimeters.  
If the work is applied to a panel or loom, it must not exceed 3 mms in thickness. 
In the case of a digital image, the image must have dimensions of 31x31 centimeters, minimum resolution of 300 dpi, and it must be saved in JPG format at maximum quality.  The jury will select 12 illustrations to be published in the calendar, another 18 to be published in the appendix and assign first prize.
Prizes:
First prize assigned by the jury: 1000 Euros 
Most voted by the web public: 300 Euros 
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Multi-Media Art Competition and Sale - USA
Deadline: September 10, 2010
This competiton is open to all artists of any nationality who work within the limits of the categories listed below.
CATEGORY 1.      Oil , Scratchboard.
CATEGORY 2.      Watermedia:  watercolor, acrylic, gouache, or mixed watermedia.
CATEGORY 3.      Pastels, graphite.
CATEGORY 4.      Original printmaking.  No digital or photomechanical processes.
CATEGORY 5.      Sculpture, Wood, Fine art pottery, glass.
CATEGORY 6.      Photography.
CATEGORY 7.      Fiber.
CATEGORY 9.      Jewelry.
All work must be original and executed within the past two years. Artwork must be offered for sale. Entrants will be notified of acceptance/rejection on September 17, 2010.  Artwork must be received by October 15th, 2010, whether delivered by hand or shipping company.  The opening reception will be held October 29, 2010.
2-dimensional art must be appropriately framed and ready to hang. No acetate coverings, brackets, quick-frames, any type of device leaving exposed glass or Plexiglas will not be accepted. 2-dimensional art shall not exceed 120 inches in perimeter, not including the frame. This equals the sum of the length of all 4 sides.  Example: 24" x 36"  = 120 inches.
3-dimensional art shall not exceed 60 pounds.
Wall pieces may not exceed 30 pounds and must include specific hanging instructions and hardware.
The Art Center will retain a 40% commission on all artwork sold. If you are accepted into the main show via the jury process, you are eligible to send up to TWO miniature pieces, in addition to the juried entry(s).  Size limitations for miniatures are:  Two-dimensional work: the outside dimension of the frame is not to exceed 40 inches.  This equals the sum of all 4 sides.  Example: up to 8” X 12” maximum frame size.
Three-dimensional work: the artwork, including base, should be able to fit into an 8”X 8”X 8” box.
Prizes: Over $5,000
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Art Award - Germany
Deadline: October 31, 2010
Open to artists of all visual media (i.e. painting, graphics, tapestry, digital art, sculpture, photography), the competition “ Palm Art Award”  is particularly interested in attracting emerging artists who redefine standards of art excellence. Every applicant must submit 3 artworks. The competition includes a three-step selection process: (1) Preselection by the internal jury (Nomination), (2) Presentation Round, and (3) Award Selection. The competition will exclusively be held on the web.
Prizes: At least 2,000 euro in total. Not specified.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Grants for Film and TV Professionals- Germany
Deadline: September 15, 2010
The fellowship program “Nipkow” awards grants for 3-6 months in Berlin, Germany. Applicants must be film and television professionals (no students) that come from European Countries that are members of MEDIA PLUS: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom. Participants are selected on the basis of the quality of their work, professional recommendations and the potential of the project with which they have applied. The selection of participants is made by an international jury twice a year, in Spring and Autumn.
Grants: The fellowship grant amounts to 1,500 Euros per month and is designed to allow the grant recipient to concentrate on his work exclusively. It is also possible to receive additional financial support to cover material costs such as film stock, hire of technical equipment or use of technical facilities, other material screenings, publications, translations, etc.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Design Prize – Italy
Deadline: August 31, 2010
The Trieste Contemporanea Committee announces the ninth edition of the International Design Competition Trieste Contemporanea. The competition is aimed to design a pocket talisman/lucky charm to carry in all situations that require a vibration of “positivity”, altruistic courage, critical spirit, creativity and necessary irony.
The competition is open to all designers born in C.E.I. countries (Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Ukraine) as well as Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Turkey. The design of the object is to be of formal contemporary quality.  The contestant will conceive it in a size suitable to be carried in a pocket and can be designed to be made of any material.
The jury will select a number of projects which will be shown in an exhibition organized in Trieste and published in the online catalogue provided.
Prizes:
PRIZE for the youngest designer among those selected: 1000 Euros.
PRIZE for the best designer from one of the C.E.I. countries not part of the European Union: 3000 Euros.
PRIZE for the best project: 4000 Euros.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

Photography Competition - Paris
Deadline: January 31, 2011; 20% discount if submitted by September 30, 2010.
The competition promotes the appreciation of photography and the discovery of emerging talent while introducing photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris. Winning photographs from this competition are displayed in Paris and published in the Annual competition’s Book. The Photographer of the Year competition is open to all photographers.  Best New Talent is open to non-professional photographers and students only. The competition categories include: Advertising, Photojournalism, Book, Book Proposals, Fine Art, Nature and Portraiture.  The competition is juried by leading editors, publishers, curators, gallery owners, consultants, creative directors, and art directors. All winners will be announced online six to eight weeks after the final submission deadline. The work of all 1st and 2nd place winners will be published in the competition’s Annual Book eight to ten months after the announcement.
Prizes:
Photographer of the Year: 3,000 euros, exhibit in Paris, international publicity and publication in the competition’s Annual Book.
Best New Talent: 2,000 euros, exhibit in Paris, international publicity and publication in the competition’s Annual Book.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

ART PRIZE - ITALY 
Deadline: October 4, 2010 
The “Terna Prize 03” is a contest designed to promote artists, contemporary art and the exploration of the bond between art and enterprise. The Prize is organized in 3 categories for the national section (MEGAWATT artists above the 35 years of age, GIGAWATT, artists under the 35 years of age and TERAWATT for invited artists) to which all artists, Italian and other nationalities, that firmly operate on Italian territory can participate and in a category for the international section (CONNECTIVITY SHANGHAI), to which all artists, Italian and other, that operate in Shanghai and Peking can participate.
The theme of the Terna Prize 03, which artists are called to express their creativity, is "(+150) Vision: Origin and Power. Energy through the Generations."
The dimension of the works can vary although the maximum dimension allowed is 3m x 3m.  
PAINTING: with any technique and on any support.
PHOTOGRAPHY AND LIGHT-BOX ELABORATIONS: digital and traditional photo and light-boxes. 
VIDEOART: video of the maximum duration of 10min and maximum 30 megabytes (MB) in wmv, mpeg, mp4, avi, mov, flv format. 
The Terna Prize 03 foresees the realization of one or more exhibitions and of a colour catalogue and the final assignment of prizes with a total value of around 185,000 Euro.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

CONTEST FOR A PUBLIC SPACE AND INTERNET SITE - ITALY 
Deadline: August 31st, 2010
The Municipality of Jesi in collaboration with the International School of Comics promotes a “competition for the planning of a public location with the dual identity of traditional seating and internet service". The final result will be a place of meeting and congregation, where people will be able to use the free internet service or where it will be possible to just sit and read a newspaper. The contest is open to university students or students of design schools, both public and private, and to all professionals who work in the Industrial Design and Architecture sectors.
Participation can be individual or a group. Participation is free.
SUITABLE MATERIALS:
- Metalwork according to the following specifications: no pressed fused molding; no molding by fusion in shell; no CNC workmanship from a solid.
- Plastics transformed according to the following specifications: no injection molding; no CNC workmanship from a solid.
- Woodwork according to the following specifications: no CNC workmanship from a solid.
- Glasswork according to the following specifications: cut from plain plate. 
SUITABLE DIMENSIONS:
- 2/3 standard seat.
- maximum weight around 150 kgs.
OTHER POSSIBILITIES:
Possibility to integrate 12V lighting (no 220V) and solar panels . 
The winner will be offered  Euro 5.000,00, the realization and the marketing of his/her own project. 
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

ART PRIZE ABOUT WATER - ITALIA
Deadline: August 31, 2010
Pure Water Vision: Acea EcoArt Contest 2010 calls on artists to express their creativity to represent the relationship between water, man and environment.  The contest focuses on the artistic vision of what lies behind the apparent simplicity of pure water flowing from taps in our homes and through waterworks, sewers and water treatment facilities. Man’s role in the water cycle involves a series of different phases. Artists of every nationality may participate. Entrants must be at least 18 years old by March 31, 2010.
Admitted media:
- PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL ART
- VIDEOART and VIDEO-INSTALLATION
- PAINTING
- SCULPTURE
- INSTALLATIONS
- PERFORMANCE ART
There are no area size limits for the artworks. For video, an excerpt from the original, maximum length of 4 minutes is required. The work can also consist in an articulated but unified project, composed by more images or elements.
The use of materials with lower environmental impact will be appreciated. The jury will select 30 works to be published in the Catalogue EcoArt Book 2010 and among them the 10 finlalists that will be exhibited and the winner.
The winner will be awarded the 2010 Acea EcoArt Prize with a value of 10,000 Euros.
This prize consists of the sum of 3,000 Euros paid to the artist in recognition of personal merit. 7,000 Euros is to be allocated to the artist for the production of an artistic site-specific artwork for the exhibition of the finalists or other events.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

XVI ART PRIZE - ANDORRA   
Deadline: September 26th 2010   
Artists of any nationality can participate to this prize. The competitors can use any pictorial technique. The works in contest, with free theme, will have to have minimum dimensions of 55 x 46 cms, 10 F and maximum of 100 x 81cm, 40 F. Every artist can introduce only one work. First prize of 3.000 Euro and  second prize of 1.200 Euro.    
The opening of the exhibition and the distribution of the prizes will be taking place in an art centre on the day October 08th 2010 at 20h o'clock. The exhibition will be open from the 08th to the 30th of October 2010.  
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

ART PRIZE – ITALY
Deadline: December 15, 2010
An Italian cultural association announces the opening of the first edition of a competition aimed at promoting modern and contemporary Art, developing an international community of artistic talents and discovering brand new artists.
The Prize is open to all artists, without any limits of age, sex, nationality or other qualification. The prize has an extremely free theme and subject and is divided in three sections: Painting, Digital Art and Photography.
PAINTING category: total technical and stylistic freedom on whatever support. The max dimensions allowed per each works are 150x150 cm, picture frame included.
DIGITAL category: total technical and stylistic freedom. The works will be valued on the quality of the digital elaborations applied. The max dimensions allowed per each works are 150x150 cm.
PHOTOGRAPHY category: total technical and stylistic freedom. The jury will judge the aquisition of the image based on the general contest's criteria (originality, expressivity, quality and technique), not on the digital elaboration made on the image. The max dimensions allowed per each works are 150x150 cm.
The selection consists of 35 works for Painting category, 35 for Digital art category and 30 for Photography category. They will be invited to exhibit their work in one of the galleries of the prize circuit in the period between February and May, 2011, in the cities of Milan, London, New York and Tokyo.
The 15000 euros cash prize is divided in three sections:
Painting category: 5000 euros
Digital art category: 5000 euros
Photography category: 5000 euros
One winner of each category will receive free accomodation in a four star hotel in Milan, Italy, for the awarding ceremony and exhibition.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

CALL FOR AN ART WORK FOR A BOOK COVER
Deadline: 31st of December 2011
Artists of all the nationality are invited to participate in an open competition to provide the book cover art for the re-publication a novel.  The winner of this competition will be awarded The Icon Prize, will receive $1500 in prize money, and will have his or  her artwork appear on the book cover.  The artist  retains ownership of the original work, and is free to sell the  original work as he/she wishes. The  winner of The Icon Prize will be announced no earlier than June 1,  2011 and no later than December 31, 2011.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

PAINTING CONTEST  - SPAIN   
Deadline : October 08 th 2010   
A Spanish Society announces the 1 Painting Contest for Young Artists with the goal to contribute to the promotion of the pictorial art, as well as  to the development of the image of the brain and the neurology, looking for new forms of its expression. The Contest is open to all artists of any nationality, younger than 35 years within the deadline of the contest. Every artist can introduce a maximum of two original works, not winning in other contests, of which he/she is the author and owner. The theme of the works will have to be the neurology and the brain. Although the oil painting will be more appreciated, other pictorial techniques such as watercolour, temper, wax or acrylic will be admitted. The dimensions of the works will have to be of a minimum of 100x100 cms. and a maximum of 200x200 cms. The paintings will have to be introduced framed with a wood bar  that doesn't overcome the 3 cm. of width. The following prizes will be offered: First prize: 4.000 Euro, Second prize: 2.500 Euro, Third prize: 2.000 Euro. The selected works will be exhibited during the Annual Reunion of the society. The authors will be summoned to a public action for the explanation of their works. Not winning works can be offered for sale. The society reserves the option to be the first buyer of any work. The process of acquisition will be a private agreement between the buyer and the artist without any participation of the society. 
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Deadline: 4th of January 2011
The Award is open to all Professional Photographers. All entrants must be over 18.
Images must be taken in 2010 and entries should be based on the Categories outlined, information on which can be found on the Website. You may enter up to 10 images per category, and may enter as many categories as you wish, however you cannot enter the same series or images into more than one category.
A shortlist of up to ten photographers from each category will be selected.
Best overall photograph will receive:
- $25,000
- Winning image will be exhibited on the Awards’ website and promoted to creatives worldwide.
- Flights to Cannes, and 2 nights accommodation in a hotel on the famous Croisette and receive VIP tickets to attend the evening gala awards ceremony, taking place on the 22nd of April, 2011
Winners of each individual category will receive:
 - - Flights to Cannes, and 2 nights accommodation in a hotel on the famous Croisette and receive VIP tickets to attend the evening gala awards ceremony, taking place on the 22nd of April, 2011
- Winning image will be exhibited on the Awards’website and promoted to creatives
The winners will be announced at the Awards ceremony in Cannes on 22nd April 2011.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION – SWITZERLAND
Deadline: not specified
This exhibition will be an opportunity  to show the creative talent of various artists who will participate.  The exhibition will be developed in the Canton of Zurich with various exhibition spaces distributed over the whole region: at each exhibition area, works of one to four artists will be displayed.
All kinds of visual art will be proposed, including paintings, sculptures, graphic design, photography, design, video art, installations, land art and any other type without restrictions to kind of technique used and genre.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

BIENNIAL OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE AND PHOTOGRAPHY - SPAIN   
Deadline: October 15 th 2010   
For this International VII Biennale of the Basketball in Fine Arts 2010, Painting, Sculpture and Photography, the works will have as only thematic the Basketball in all of its aspects. Every author can introduce a maximum of two works.   
- Painting: The introduced works won't have to exceed the 2,00 x 1,50 meters in height or in width, and they must be duly sent framed by a wood bar whose width doesn't exceed the 3 cm.   
- Sculpture: The introduced works won't have to exceed the 2 meters high and the 1,50 meters of width and their weight won't have to exceed  the 500 Kgs.   
- Photography:  max. 200 cm in the longest side, and the shortest side will have to be at least 50 cm.   
Bugdet of  Euro 24.040 for the purchase of the works. The participation is open to everybody.   
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities

RESIDENCE FOR ARTISTS - GHANA
Deadline: ongoing
A foundation in Ghana has an ongoing call for submissions from individuals or teams interested in participating in a residency programme on art and architecture. Artistic persons in the fields of architecture, engineering and the arts that include visual arts, literary arts, performing arts, design, new media/ film production, arts history, arts criticism, arts education, arts administration and curatorship, and emerging others are all welcome to apply for residency. The task of the residency is to design, build and test-live in low budget, quality structures with earth and other materials from the environment. In the construction, participant will be assisted by a local master builder and local laborers. Length of residencies is usually from 1 month to 12 months. There is no participation fee.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com at the section "Opportunities”

VIDEO PROJECT – FINLAND
Deadline: ongoing
A Gallery in Helsinki accepts video works continuosly.
Each month artist will be chosen to exhibit.
The Gallery will organise screening events in Helsinki.
All video works which are accepted to the Gallery´s library will be considered to show automatically.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

CALL FOR OUTDOOR SCULPTURES OR INSTALLATIONS – USA
Deadline: ongoing
A botanical gardens in USA seeks artists to feature for its 2009 season and beyond. You can use the 248 acre waterfront campus as a canvas for your outdoor sculpture or environmental installation(s). Works must be for sale and a commission is expected to benefit the Gardens. Only work with natural themes will be considered.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”

CALL FOR ARTISTS IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Deadline: ongoing
An international non-governmental organization is seeking artists to strengthen sustainable development in Central America in 2010.
Open to actors, painters, musicians, sculptors, dancers and all types of creative artists.
Through community arts projects, artists educate and inspire people to participate actively in improving the environmental, health, and social conditions in their communities. Every artist works directly with a local non-governmental organization that is an expert in its field. Artists strengthen dialogue between community members and the organization, improve community education and empower local leadership.
Artists will:
• Work as a volunteer and live in his or her host community for one year
• Receive airfare, room and board, medical insurance and a small personal stipend.
• Receive training and technical assistance from staff in the region in order to integrate the organization’s methodology into the host community.
• Uphold the mission and values of the organization.
• Communicate fluently in Spanish.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com   at the section "Opportunities”