See below for exhibits, competitions, and other opportunities for artists. Click here to see recent posts in this category. Good luck!

“Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.” — Robert Bresson

Sugarloaf Craft Festivals

The Sugarloaf Craft Festivals provide fine artists and contemporary craftspeople with popular and established markets where they can sell their work to appreciative patrons. There are eleven Sugarloaf shows annually in MD, VA, PA, and NJ. Jurying begins August 29 and continues until full. More about the festivals →

The Panda Project

Deadline: September 2. The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is pleased to join with the DC Office of Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs to invite local artists or artistic teams to provide two- dimensional design proposals for a pre-fabricated panda sculpture. More about the Panda Project →

Landscapes

Deadline: September 14. “World Aesthetic” at Gallery Underground is a national juried landscape show inspired by travels near and far; at home and abroad; continental and intercontinental; places real or imagined. More about the exhibit →

Miniatures

Deadline: September 20. The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of DC holds its 81st Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature at The Mansion at Strathmore this Fall. Download the PDF prospectus here →

Portrait competition

Deadline: November 30, 2014. Entry is open for the 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition at the National Portrait Gallery. The work entered should be understood as a portrait in the broadest sense. It may be a traditional, representational work or it may be a more experimental or conceptual portrait, but it must be based on the artist’s direct contact with any living individual(s). Self-portraits will be accepted. Each artist may enter only one portrait, and it must have been completed after January 1, 2013. Entries will be accepted in all visual arts media. More about the portrait competition →

Re-runs: The announcements below have previously appeared in this space, but there’s still time to enter!

Chalk art

Deadline: August 29. The Golden Triangle BID is looking for an artist to create a temporary chalk illustration on a designated sidewalk. Read the call to artists here →

Art Maryland 2014

Deadline: August 31. Entry to this juried exhibit, sponsored by the Howard County Arts Council, is open to visual artists 18 years or older who live in Maryland or within a 100-mile radius of Ellicott City, MD. More about this exhibit →

Fall Foliage

Deadline: September 1 (late entry September 15). The 43rd Annual Fall Foliage Art Show in downtown Waynesboro, Virginia is October 11 and 12, 2014. More about the Fall Foliage Art Show →

Photography competition 1

Deadline: September 1. Instant DC is launching an open call for photography by D.C.-area photographers starting now through September 1, 2014. Read the call for photographers →

Inter-Generational Artist Residency

Deadline: September 5. Applicants should have an interest in educating learners of all age levels, community outreach, and generational diversity. More about the residency →

Prince George’s Sampler

Deadline: September 6. The county’s annual juried exhibit is open to all artists and curators who are 18 years of age or older who live, work, study, or have a studio in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Download the PDF prospectus →

Small Artwork

Deadline: September 10. The Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) invites all artists residing in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico to enter its 12th Small Wonders competition. More about Small Wonders →

Photography competition 2

Deadline: September 12. The Delaplaine Art Center, located in historic downtown Frederick, Maryland, announces the 2014 National Juried Photography Exhibit. More about the exhibit (PDF) →

Día de Los Muertos

Deadline: September 12. This exhibit at Arlington Arts Center is open to artists living in Virginia, Maryland, DC, Delaware, Pennsylvania, or West Virginia. More about the exhibit →

Smithsonian Craft Show 2015

Deadline: September 14. Applications are now open for the 33rd annual Smithsonian Craft Show, taking place in April 2015. More about the Smithsonian Craft Show →

Exhibit in Alexandria

Exhibit: September 26–27. Artists who are interested in exhibiting art at the Snyder Center on South Van Dorn Street are invited to contact Ed at [email protected]. The exhibit is scheduled for September 26 and 27. Cost per exhibitor is only $25.00 and includes a large table in each space.

Play

Deadline: September 26. This exhibit at Arlington Arts Center will examine games and play through the lens of contemporary art. More about the exhibit →

Metamorphosis

Receiving: September 28 & 29. Entry to “Metamorphosis” at Del Ray Artisans is open to members and nonmembers. The juror is Elizabeth Ann Coleman, curator emeritus at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Download the PDF prospectus →

Hillyer Open Call

Deadline: September 28. Hillyer Art Space in Northwest DC is accepting submissions for the 2015/16 exhibition season. More info here →

Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival

Deadline: December 7. The Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival will be held May 15, 16, and 17, 2015. More about the festival →

Metal & jewelry artists

Deadline: February 15, 2015. For the traveling exhibition “Co:Operation Garnish,” organizers are asking metalsmith and jewelry artists to form two-person working partnerships. Read the details here →