The International Artist Award, organized by the Arts to Hearts Project, is a dedicated initiative designed to empower and support artists globally. Open to creators of all mediums and experience levels, this award aims to provide meaningful opportunities for emerging, mid-career, and professional artists. Its focus is on fostering both financial and professional growth by… Read more »
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The XC Creative Art Contest
The XC Creative Art Contest is an international art competition for students in grades 6–12 that encourages original, cross-disciplinary artwork. Participants submit pieces across categories, combining visual arts with science, literature, and music. The experience includes an extensive judging process, finishing with a public award ceremony and a month-long gallery exhibition of selected winning works… Read more »
Animal | Juried Online Exhibition
UPWARD Gallery invites artists to submit artwork for our juried online exhibition, Animal. All media is welcome, including: painting, drawing, digital painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, mixed media, etc. Awards: Interview and other publications in our print edition of UPWARD’s magazine and on the website, digital certificate, personal artist page on the gallery website. The… Read more »
Collage | Juried Online Exhibition
UPWARD Gallery invites artists to submit artwork for our juried online exhibition, Collage. All media is welcome, including: painting, drawing, digital painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, mixed media, etc. Awards: Interview and other publications in our print edition of UPWARD’s magazine and on the website, digital certificate, personal artist page on the gallery website. The… Read more »
Call for Entries | Día de los Muertos
The celebration of El Día de los Muertos is a joyful occasion of remembrance, involving feasts and festivities through which death is recognized as a part of the natural process of living. Contemporary celebrations of this holiday bear both ancient traditions and a modern flair and have become a rich part of Tucson’s cultural heritage…. Read more »
Call for Art | Archive the West
Archive the West is our Summer 2025 online juried exhibition. The Western United States has become a long-standing art trope. Images of Monument Valley and other iconic landmarks have saturated the art-sphere, but these often seem like one-offs or fetishization devoid of a necessary context. Absent a larger series or archive, these depictions often rely… Read more »
Call for Artists | Design the Tempe Jam 2025 event shirt
The City of Tempe invites skilled local designers or artists to submit qualifications to create an eye-catching T-shirt design for our highly anticipated Tempe Jam event. The selected artist will be asked to create designs that draw inspiration from the local music scene and the event’s iconic imagery of astronauts. The final design will be… Read more »
Open Call for Artists Proposals for new site specific work at Locust Projects
PROJECT ROOM OPEN CALL – DEADLINE: JULY 28, 2025 Locust Projects invites local, national, and international artists to apply for the opportunity to create ambitious, site-specific work for its 625 sq ft Project Room in Miami, Florida. We support the creation of new installation-based work that pushes an artist’s practice in new directions. Proposals must… Read more »
Arizona Artists Guild Art Fair
November 8, 2025 10 AM – 4 PM Artist Set Up: 8 AM – 10 AM Volunteer Arrival: 8 AM Location: Arizona Artists Guild, 18411 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85023 Open application to all Arizona based artists. AAG Members will be given priority over non-members. Application Deadline: August 15th, 2025 Criteria: 2D and 3D… Read more »
Photo and Sticker Design Contest
Capture the beauty of the Ironwood All this year, we’re celebrating the Ironwood Forest National Monuments’ 25th anniversary! President Clinton signed the Proclamation creating the monument on June 9, 2000. It was one of the first national monuments established as part of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) National Conservation Lands system. National Conservation Lands… Read more »
Agency Newsletters
We’re back with another Community Conversation — and this time, we’re headed to Lake Havasu City and Kingman!
Join us on June 16 at 4:30 PM at Beale Street Theater in Kingman and on June 17 at 4 PM at Mohave Community College - Lake Havasu City Campus for a 90-minute interactive session all about YOU and the arts in your community.
RSVP by scanning the QR code, clicking the link in our b
We’re staying closer to our Phoenix home for the next Community Conversations, visiting the west and east valley!
Then catch us in Mesa at the Mesa Main Library on May 22!