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Opportunities

Open calls and opportunities for artists who draw

Open calls, residencies, and grants that accept drawing, as the organizer tags them. Each listing shows the deadline and the entry fee.

52 opportunities
  1. 3rd Annual Light & Luminosity International Open Online ExhibitionPastel Society of South CarolinaOpen callInternationalDeadline
  2. 2027 Open Call: Annual Group ShowcaseArch Enemy ArtsOpen callPhiladelphia, PADeadline
  3. 42nd Annual International ExhibitionUT Tyler Department of Art and Art History (Meadows Gallery)Open callTyler, TXDeadline
  4. 2027 West Seattle Garden Tour Art CompetitionWest Seattle Garden TourOpen callSeattle, WADeadline
  5. Artist Grant: November 2026 RoundArtist GrantGrantInternationalDeadline
  6. Explore This! 23 (2027)Colored Pencil Society of AmericaOpen callInternationalDeadline
  7. Inspired by Andy Warhol ExhibitHerberger Theater Center Art GalleriesOpen callPhoenix, AZDeadline
  8. RENEWAL: Winter 2027 Juried ExhibitionBlue Mountain GalleryOpen callNew York, NYDeadline
  9. Visual Arts Residency: Sounding Like a Mountain 2027Banff Centre for Arts & CreativityResidencyBanff, Alberta, CanadaDeadline
  10. Don Bachardy Fellowship 2027Royal Drawing SchoolFellowshipLondon, UKFree to applyDeadline
  11. America, Beautiful, and… Juried ExhibitionHighfield Hall & GardensOpen callFalmouth, MADeadline
  12. Pastel Society Annual Exhibition 2027: Drawn to ColourMall GalleriesOpen callLondon, UKDeadline
  13. Talents Contemporains – L'Eau, 16th EditionFondation François SchneiderGrantWattwiller, FranceDeadline
  14. Color in Hand: The Art of Soft PastelSebastopol Center for the ArtsOpen callSebastopol, CADeadline
  15. Works on Paper 2027The Gallery at Green & StoneOpen callLondon, UKDeadline
  16. 2027 Robin Nance Metz Art CompetitionShelby County Arts CouncilOpen callColumbiana, ALDeadline
  17. 18th Annual Drawing Discourse: International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary DrawingUNC Asheville Department of Art and Art HistoryOpen callAsheville, NCDeadline
  18. Art on the Greenway: Textile Columns (Phase 2)Lancaster County Council of the ArtsCommissionLancaster, SCDeadline
  19. Ridgewood Art Institute 47th Annual Open Juried ShowRidgewood Art InstituteOpen callRidgewood, NJDeadline
  20. Blubb — International Comic Competition 2027Fumetto Comic Festival LuzernGrantLucerne, SwitzerlandFree to applyDeadline
  21. Cherry Creek Arts Festival 2027 Artist ApplicationCherry Creek Arts Festival (CherryArts)Open callDenver, CODeadline
  22. Ray and Nancy Loeschner Art Competition 2026Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture ParkOpen callGrand Rapids, MIFree to applyDeadline
  23. SAVAGE Emerging Artist Competition 2027Art MelanatedOpen callInternationalDeadline
  24. L.A. Open 2027The Artists Gallery (TAG)Open callLos Angeles, CADeadline
  25. Material Works Art Award 2026Material Works ArtGrantInternationalDeadline
  26. Anna's Garden: A New Generation of Women Artists — 2027 AWA National Juried Museum ExhibitionAmerican Women ArtistsOpen callMurrells Inlet, SCDeadline
  27. Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century 2027Royal Nebeker Art Gallery, Clatsop Community CollegeOpen callAstoria, ORDeadline
  28. ART CIRCLE Austria, Wolfgangsee 2027ART CIRCLE InternationalResidencySt. Wolfgang, AustriaFree to applyDeadline
  29. Earth MattersAtlantic GalleryOpen callNew York, NYDeadline
  30. A Historical Reflection of Women's Right to VoteLeague of Women Voters of Nevada (own site)Open callLas Vegas, NVDeadline
  31. APAA 11th Open International Pastel Exhibition at the Phippen MuseumArizona Pastel Artists AssociationOpen callPrescott, AZDeadline
  32. Open Field: Large Scale Abstract Art ExhibitMilford Arts CouncilOpen callMilford, CTDeadline
  33. Spring 2027 Micro-ResidencyBischoff InnResidencyTamaqua, PADeadline
  34. The Adachi UKIYOE Award 2026The Adachi Foundation for the Preservation of Woodcut PrintingGrantTokyo, JapanDeadline
  35. Erich Sokol Prize 2027/2028Karikaturmuseum Krems (Kunstmeile Krems)GrantKrems, AustriaFree to applyDeadline
  36. Zaunergroup Art Award 2027Zaunergroup Art AwardGrantBad Schallerbach, AustriaFree to applyDeadline
  37. From a Woman's Hand 2027Key West Art & Historical SocietyOpen callKey West, FLDeadline
  38. RBA Annual Exhibition 2027 Open CallMall GalleriesOpen callLondon, UKDeadline
  39. City of Surrey Public Art Banners 2027City of Surrey Public Art ProgramCommissionSurrey, BC, CanadaFree to applyDeadline
  40. Soaring Gardens Artists' Retreat Summer 2027Soaring Gardens Artists' Retreat (Ora Lerman Charitable Trust)ResidencyLaceyville, PAFree to applyDeadline
  41. Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program 2027–2028: Rent-Free DUMBO StudiosSharpe-Walentas Studio ProgramResidencyBrooklyn, NYFree to applyDeadline
  42. 2027 Mid-Atlantic Juried ShowMcGuffey Art CenterOpen callCharlottesville, VADeadline
  43. 23rd Annual Bryn Du Art ShowBryn Du Art ShowOpen callGranville, OHDeadline
  44. Red River Valley Museum 2027 Annual Juried Art Show and SaleRed River Valley MuseumOpen callVernon, TXDeadline
  45. American Wildlife Art Competition & Exhibition 2027The Arcadian GalleryOpen callCumberland, MDDeadline
  46. Exhibition Proposals for the 2028 SeasonKentler International Drawing SpaceOpen callBrooklyn, NYDeadline
  47. 54th Annual Hoyt Regional Juried Art CompetitionHoyt Arts CenterOpen callNew Castle, PADeadline
  48. Alderworks Alaska Summer 2027 ResidenciesAlderworks Alaska Writers and Artists RetreatResidencyDyea, AKDeadline
  49. Anderson Ranch Artists-in-Residence Program 2027–28Anderson Ranch Arts CenterResidencySnowmass Village, CODeadline
  50. The International Portrait Competition 2027Portrait Society of AmericaOpen callWashington, DCDeadline
  51. Visual Arts Residency: Embodied Making: Performance Art, Images and Objects 2027Banff Centre for Arts & CreativityResidencyBanff, Alberta, CanadaDeadline
  52. Manayunk Arts Festival 2027Manayunk Development CorporationOpen callPhiladelphia, PADeadline

Entering drawing calls well

Check what counts as drawing. Some calls take graphite, ink, and charcoal on paper only, while others include mixed or digital work.

Look at the size limits and framing rules. Works on paper are often shown under glass, and some calls ask for a specific frame or none at all.

Scan or photograph at a high resolution. Fine line work and light tones are the first things lost in a poor image.

Read how shipping works. Flat works on paper are cheap to send, but a call may still ask you to cover return shipping.