Ongoing Opportunities & Rolling Deadlines
• ARTogether’s Mini-Grants for Bay Area refugee and immigrant artists awards $500 to artists for work on a current or ongoing art project. Applications are received on an ongoing basis.
• Healdsburg Center for the Arts: Sponsored Emerging Artists (no fee to apply)
Applications are accepted year round.
The artist sponsorship is a free opportunity for emerging artists to not only exhibit and sell their work at HCA, but also to learn about the business of art at a nonprofit arts organization and develop their artist resumes.
* Vacant to Vibrant Program San Francisco (no fees)
Vacant to Vibrant is a program by SF New Deal and the City of San Francisco. They help small businesses collaborate with local property owners to create engaging pop-up experiences and community spaces in downtown San Francisco. handles everything from managing pop-up permitting to securing city funding so it’s easy for locals to participate in turning vacant storefronts into vibrant gathering places — and help re-energize the neighborhood.
• ARTogether’s Mini-Grants for Bay Area refugee and immigrant artists awards $500 to artists for work on a current or ongoing art project. Applications are received on an ongoing basis.
• Healdsburg Center for the Arts: Sponsored Emerging Artists (no fee to apply)
Applications are accepted year round.
The artist sponsorship is a free opportunity for emerging artists to not only exhibit and sell their work at HCA, but also to learn about the business of art at a nonprofit arts organization and develop their artist resumes.
* Vacant to Vibrant Program San Francisco (no fees)
Vacant to Vibrant is a program by SF New Deal and the City of San Francisco. They help small businesses collaborate with local property owners to create engaging pop-up experiences and community spaces in downtown San Francisco. handles everything from managing pop-up permitting to securing city funding so it’s easy for locals to participate in turning vacant storefronts into vibrant gathering places — and help re-energize the neighborhood.
November Deadlines
• Abstracting Nature at the Belvedere Tiburon Library Art Gallery
Deadline: 11/08/2025
Submission Fee: $35 for up to 3 submissions (each individual submission may include 2 additional images of detail)
Eligibility: Bay Area
This exhibition draws inspiration from the natural world--close observations, reveries that unfold, or images conjured from that peaceful place induced by time spent outdoors. But for this exhibition, artists transform: earth, wind and sky, flora and fauna, water surfaces, butterflies, etc. through their art making. Abstracting Nature will showcase paintings, drawings, and photography--all starting with nature but ending as reinterpretations or abstractions. Photography may be aerial views with patterning, close ups revealing texture, cast shadows that supersede their subjects. Paintings and drawings convey your response to nature by breaking it down for expressions in form and color.
• The Sheridan Art Prize 2025 (Bay Area Wide Regional Competition with 78 awards)
Deadline: 11/14/2025
Submission Fee: $10 per submission (no limit)
Eligibility: Bay Area
13 Categories
78 awards of cash or very useful in-kind gift certificates of between $500 and $100 each.
• Dynamics of Color at Gallery 621
Deadline: 11/15/2025
Entry Fee: $45, $5 each additional image (up to 6 images)
Eligibility: Regional: All art is to be hand-delivered; no shipped art.
Location: Benicia, CA
Juror: Chester Arnold
Color can express mood and emotions of joy, celebration, intimacy, sadness, despair, and more. The intent of the exhibition is to demonstrate how the choice of color impacts both the artist and the viewer as the viewer responds to the artist’s vision.
• The Edge of Possible | Gallery Route One’s Annual Juried Exhibition for 2026
Deadline: 11/16/2025
Entry Fee: $20 per artwork entry, up to a maximum of 4 total entries
Eligibility: Open to all artists currently living in Northern California
Location: Point Reyes Station
Juried by Lori Austin, Lori Austin Gallery, Healdsburg and Sonoma.
• Abstracting Nature at the Belvedere Tiburon Library Art Gallery
Deadline: 11/08/2025
Submission Fee: $35 for up to 3 submissions (each individual submission may include 2 additional images of detail)
Eligibility: Bay Area
This exhibition draws inspiration from the natural world--close observations, reveries that unfold, or images conjured from that peaceful place induced by time spent outdoors. But for this exhibition, artists transform: earth, wind and sky, flora and fauna, water surfaces, butterflies, etc. through their art making. Abstracting Nature will showcase paintings, drawings, and photography--all starting with nature but ending as reinterpretations or abstractions. Photography may be aerial views with patterning, close ups revealing texture, cast shadows that supersede their subjects. Paintings and drawings convey your response to nature by breaking it down for expressions in form and color.
• The Sheridan Art Prize 2025 (Bay Area Wide Regional Competition with 78 awards)
Deadline: 11/14/2025
Submission Fee: $10 per submission (no limit)
Eligibility: Bay Area
13 Categories
78 awards of cash or very useful in-kind gift certificates of between $500 and $100 each.
• Dynamics of Color at Gallery 621
Deadline: 11/15/2025
Entry Fee: $45, $5 each additional image (up to 6 images)
Eligibility: Regional: All art is to be hand-delivered; no shipped art.
Location: Benicia, CA
Juror: Chester Arnold
Color can express mood and emotions of joy, celebration, intimacy, sadness, despair, and more. The intent of the exhibition is to demonstrate how the choice of color impacts both the artist and the viewer as the viewer responds to the artist’s vision.
• The Edge of Possible | Gallery Route One’s Annual Juried Exhibition for 2026
Deadline: 11/16/2025
Entry Fee: $20 per artwork entry, up to a maximum of 4 total entries
Eligibility: Open to all artists currently living in Northern California
Location: Point Reyes Station
Juried by Lori Austin, Lori Austin Gallery, Healdsburg and Sonoma.
December Deadlines
New
• 2026/27 Mill Valley First Tuesday ArtWalk exhibitions at the Community Center & City Hall – (No Fees)
Deadline: 12/01/2025
Eligibility: Bay Area
Some exhibits may include more than one artist. Exhibitions are hung for one to two months (depending on scheduling and location). Each artist must be able to mount a show of at least 15 pieces of artwork (maximum number of pieces of artwork allowed per exhibit depends on artwork dimensions).
• “Passages” Arts Guild of Sonoma’s January 2026 Juried 2D + 3D Exhibition
Deadline: 12/03/2025
Entry Fee: $40 (covers up to two submissions)
Eligibility: Bay Area (painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, photography (original prints only), and mixed media)
Prizes: First Prize $500, Honorable Mention $100 (x2)
Artwork Guidelines: Measure between 12” x 12” and 28” x 28”, under 25 lbs,
The Arts Guild of Sonoma invites artists across the greater Bay Area to submit work for Passages, a juried 2D and 3D exhibition opening in January 2026. This show calls on artists to explore the rich symbolism of passages—doorways, transitions, time, and transformation—through their mediums and creativity. Proceeds from the exhibition will directly benefit Sonoma Valley high school students through arts education programs.
• Art for Everyone Exhibition at Rena Charles Gallery (No Fees)
- Deadline: 12/15/2025
- Eligibility: National (painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, fiber art, digital, and mixed media)
- Location: Healdsburg, CA
- Size Limit: Max total dimension not to exceed 100 square inches (example, 10"x10" 2D, or equivalent volume for 3D).
- Quantity: 1 per artist
- Exhibition Dates: February 1-28, 2026
Open to artists from all walks of life, this exhibition provides an opportunity to show original artwork in a professional fine art gallery setting.
New
• 2026/27 Mill Valley First Tuesday ArtWalk exhibitions at the Community Center & City Hall – (No Fees)
Deadline: 12/01/2025
Eligibility: Bay Area
Some exhibits may include more than one artist. Exhibitions are hung for one to two months (depending on scheduling and location). Each artist must be able to mount a show of at least 15 pieces of artwork (maximum number of pieces of artwork allowed per exhibit depends on artwork dimensions).
• “Passages” Arts Guild of Sonoma’s January 2026 Juried 2D + 3D Exhibition
Deadline: 12/03/2025
Entry Fee: $40 (covers up to two submissions)
Eligibility: Bay Area (painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, photography (original prints only), and mixed media)
Prizes: First Prize $500, Honorable Mention $100 (x2)
Artwork Guidelines: Measure between 12” x 12” and 28” x 28”, under 25 lbs,
The Arts Guild of Sonoma invites artists across the greater Bay Area to submit work for Passages, a juried 2D and 3D exhibition opening in January 2026. This show calls on artists to explore the rich symbolism of passages—doorways, transitions, time, and transformation—through their mediums and creativity. Proceeds from the exhibition will directly benefit Sonoma Valley high school students through arts education programs.
• Art for Everyone Exhibition at Rena Charles Gallery (No Fees)
- Deadline: 12/15/2025
- Eligibility: National (painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, fiber art, digital, and mixed media)
- Location: Healdsburg, CA
- Size Limit: Max total dimension not to exceed 100 square inches (example, 10"x10" 2D, or equivalent volume for 3D).
- Quantity: 1 per artist
- Exhibition Dates: February 1-28, 2026
Open to artists from all walks of life, this exhibition provides an opportunity to show original artwork in a professional fine art gallery setting.
January Deadlines
• West Portal Gallery’s 1st Annual Open Juried Exhibition
Deadline: 01/02/2026
Eligibility: Bay Area
Location: San Francisco
Entry Fee: $40 (includes up to 3 pieces), $10 each additional
This exhibition will showcase the depth and diversity of creative practice in our region and celebrate the role of art in community life. Works will be juried by volunteer members of Azgour Art Group.
• West Portal Gallery’s 1st Annual Open Juried Exhibition
Deadline: 01/02/2026
Eligibility: Bay Area
Location: San Francisco
Entry Fee: $40 (includes up to 3 pieces), $10 each additional
This exhibition will showcase the depth and diversity of creative practice in our region and celebrate the role of art in community life. Works will be juried by volunteer members of Azgour Art Group.
