Open call · Cumberland, MD
American Wildlife Art Competition & Exhibition 2027
The Arcadian Gallery
You should apply if you're 18 or older and make paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture or digital art of wildlife from the Americas.
About
The Arcadian Gallery in Cumberland, Maryland, is holding its second juried competition for art of wildlife native to North, Central and South America. Original 2D work, sculpture, fine-art prints and digital art are accepted; photography is not. Wildlife artist Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen juries, picking about 70 works for the gallery show and about 50 more for the online exhibition, with all selected work for sale. Artists enter up to five works made since 2022, priced at $4,000 or less, through CaFÉ. Notification is March 1, 2027, and the show runs May 7 to June 26, 2027. Prizes are $2,500, $1,250 and $500, plus separate awards for endangered-species art and paleoart.
Eligibility
Artists 18 and older. Work must depict wildlife of the Americas, be made on or after January 1, 2022, and be priced at $4,000 or less. 2D work up to 48 × 48 inches; sculpture up to 14 inches; no photography.
Applications happen on The Arcadian Gallery's website. Seeke reviews and indexes the listing but does not accept applications.