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This month’s art challenge invites you to explore how emotion and expression influence and define your artistic work. Selected works will be presented in a professionally curated exhibition, with your name and link included, offering a refined and shareable showcase of your work. Top artists receive featured placement across the exhibition and newsletter, while finalists […]

Deadline: May 31, 2026 The Midnight Garden centers on ideas of cultivation, transformation, and unseen processes of growth, both in nature and within ourselves. Framed as a space of quiet unfolding, the garden becomes a metaphor for creative practice and emotional life, where cycles of blooming, decay, and renewal coexist, and where beauty and tension […]

Abington Art Center is now taking submissions for our 2026-2027 Solo Series! Our Solo Series offers artists the opportunity to show a body of work in an individual gallery. Over the course of the years, 9-12 artists will present an exhibition of their own design in one of Alverthorpe Manor’s historic rooms. Artists will be […]

Ballroom available for daily and weekly rentals. Large open space features hardwood floors, white walls, heat/air conditioning, plenty of natural light from East, North and West facing windows, pa system, HD overhead projector, three restrooms, kitchenette, check-in room, tables and chairs. An ideal fit for dance lessons and events, film screenings, lectures, photoshoots, workshops and […]

What does your city look like when it starts to glow? Neon reflections, streetlights on wet pavement, high-rise windows, night crowds, quiet corners, or the buzz of motion in the dark. City Lights invites artists and photographers worldwide (18+) to celebrate urban life, architecture, and the moments that make a city feel alive. 1st entry […]

Union PDX – Festival:26 May 28–31, 2026 | Foster Theater (SE Portland) + Livestream Union PDX – Festival:26 returns with four days of contemporary dance, featuring **2 world premieres and 3 Portland premieres** by artists from Oregon, California, and Texas. The program spans Contemporary, Kathak, Danza Azteca, and Countertechnique, with live performances, post-show artist talks, […]

CALL FOR NEW MEMBERS Waterstone Gallery invites applications from artists interested in joining our cooperative gallery in Portland’s Pearl District. We are a collaborative group dedicated to presenting innovative contemporary work and fostering an engaging artistic community. We especially encourage applications from artists working in three-dimensional media. Applicants must reside in the greater Portland metropolitan […]

Building Five is now accepting submissions for its 2027 residencies, centered on the theme Germination. Germination, the 2027 theme, marks the first phase of a three-year inquiry—focusing on emergence, growth, and the accumulation of ideas over time. We are seeking bold, site-responsive proposals that fully engage the scale and character of Building Five. We encourage […]