Summary: “We're seeking high-quality artwork that interprets "Happy Hour" through your unique artistic lens and experiences. What does your happy hour look like? Whether it's a quiet moment of solitude, a vibrant social gathering, cocktails, or an entirely personal interpretation, show us your version through your medium and perspective!”

Deadline: 7/29/25

Location: Gallery of Hermosa, Hermosa Beach

Exhibition Dates: 8/16/25 - 9/14/25

Mediums: 2D works in all mediums and smaller 3D sculptures

Entry Fee: $30

Summary: “The City of Costa Mesa invites artists across Southern California (Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura) to apply to ARTventure, our Juried Art Exhibition and event. More than 250 artworks will be accepted into the show and will be eligible for cash awards. Each artist is allowed two submissions. The Awards Ceremony will take place on September 20, 2025 at the Orange County Museum of Art.”

Deadline: 7/28/25

Location: Norma Hertzog Community Center, Costa Mesa

Exhibition Dates: 9/13/25 - 9/27/25

Mediums: All, no AI

Entry Fee: No fee

Summary: “LAWA is seeking to commission murals for display for a minimum of two years and a maximum of five years on prominent walls in the terminals at LAX. The selected artists will design murals that welcome the public to LAX; enhance and humanize the travel experience; reflect the identity and diversity of Los Angeles; and advance Los Angeles’ reputation as the culture capital of the world. Up to ten (10) finalists will be selected and artists will each be awarded a commission within a range of $14,000 to $38,000.”

Deadline: 7/30/25

Location: LAX

Mediums: Artworks painted directly on the wall or onto panels or other durable substrate in the artist’s studio to be installed onto the wall; digitally reproduced new or existing artworks onto canvas, vinyl or other durable material appropriate for mural printing and installation; or mixed-media works. Acceptable mixed-media materials could include photography, textiles, paper, and wood.

Entry Fee: No fee

Summary: “In celebration of its 100th anniversary in 2026, The San Diego Museum of Art invites artists from the San Diego/Tijuana region to submit applications for a special centennial branding project. We are commissioning three unique artistic interpretations of the Museum’s iconic façade to honor the rich history, architecture, and cultural legacy of the Museum. Selected works will be featured as part of the Museum’s centennial identity and integrated into commemorative materials throughout 2026. In addition, the commissioned pieces will be featured in a Museum gallery space for a portion of the centennial year.”

Deadline: 8/1/25

Mediums: Any two-dimensional medium is accepted, including digital work

Entry Fee: No fee

Summary: “We could use some Goddess energy right about now. Let's give our goddesses prime viewing! Submit your art that celebrates your goddess/es of choice. 2D, sculptural, and performance work welcomed. Curated by A. Laura Brody, founder of Opulent Mobility. There are no strict limits on the size of the artworks, but contact me (A. Laura Brody) if the works are larger than 5' across.”

Deadline: 8/1/25

Location: Los Angeles Makery in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles

Exhibition Date: 10/2/25 - 10/26/25

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: “Due to lost funding there is a $20 flat fee to cover gallery rental.”

Summary: “San Diego Art Directory in partnership with Hera Hub Carlsbad—a women-focused coworking and entrepreneurial community led by transformational coach Lisane Basquiat—invites artists to submit to "Utopian Her", a bold exhibition imagining feminist futures, collective liberation, and radical joy. Rooted in Hera Hub’s mission of empowering women through connection, creativity, and business growth, this exhibition offers a platform to explore visionary and unapologetic expressions of hope, rebellion, healing, and future-building. We invite artists of all backgrounds and identities to submit works that imagine and embody bold, utopian possibilities through a feminist lens.”

Deadline: 8/1/25

Location: Hera Hub, Carlsbad

Exhibition Dates: August 2025 – January 2026 (estimated installation date is 8/15)

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: $22 for up to 2 pieces

Summary: “This open call for art welcomes a wide interpretation of the theme. All self-identified women artists are welcome to enter their work. We encourage artists to reflect on and Celebrate! what matters most in their lives and creative practice. Whether it’s the joy of personal milestones, social progress, relationships, the natural world, identity, resistance, cultural heritage, or the act of making art itself. This is a moment to lift up and honor the people, places, ideas, and experiences that fuel your passion.”

Deadline: 8/1/25

Location: Betsy Lueke Creative Arts Center Gallery, Burbank

Exhibition Dates: 9/5/25 - 9/25/25

Mediums: Open to artists and photographers working in all media except AI

Entry Fee: $40

Summary: “Submit your art to the Anaheim Art Association's 61st Annual Juried Art Competition for a chance to be featured at Muzeo! Selected works will be exhibited in the Historic Carnegie Building, with multiple cash prizes available.⁠”

Deadline: 8/1/25

Location: Muzeo Museum and Cultural Art Center, Anaheim

Exhibition Dates: 9/13/25 - 10/26/25

Mediums: Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Drawing, Pastel, Mixed Media/Other Media, Photography: Basic Photography and Manipulated Composite

Entry Fee: $35

Summary: “Searching for Serenity is an exhibition of artwork made by community and professional artists exploring how art and nature can harness the healing power and help bring us into community with one another. We are looking for unique artworks that convey the role of art and nature in healing, wellness, connectedness, and recovery as a response to 2025 wildfire disasters in Los Angeles County. The exhibition aims to bridge creativity with personal storytelling - we invite you to share how a deep connection to nature can serve as a tool for individual transformation and community healing.”

Deadline: 8/1/25

Location: Sturt Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens, La Cañada Flintridge

Exhibition Dates: 11/1/25 - 1/4/26

Mediums: All 2D, 3D, and digital media will be considered

Entry Fee: $50

Summary: “San Diego Art Directory is hosting a multidisciplinary one-night event, Homegrown Art Beat, on September 6 at Union Hall Gallery. Each artist will be given a section of the wall to arrange a mini solo exhibit. Digital art slideshows and film/animation will be projected on the screen in one or two specially dedicated spots during the event.”

Deadline: 8/1/25

Location: Union Hall Gallery, San Diego

Exhibition Dates: 9/6/25

Mediums: Visual arts in all media

Entry Fee: No fee

Summary: “We’re on the hunt for bold, funky, fresh artwork for our upcoming exhibition Prime Time—and we want YOU to be a part of it. Any style, any medium—just bring the originality and let your work shine.”

Deadline: 8/3/25

Location: Covet Art Gallery, Oceanside

Exhibition Date: 8/23/25 - 9/13/25

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: $5

Summary: “We are seeking works that delve into the realms of science fiction, fantasy, and the surreal—anything that transcends the boundaries of our everyday reality. Whether your art explores futuristic visions, mythical creatures, or dreamlike landscapes, we want to showcase the creative brilliance that lies in the extraordinary.”

Deadline: 8/15/25

Location: The Gallery at the Yorba Linda Cultural Arts Center

Exhibition Dates: 9/9/25 - 11/7/25

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: No fee

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Summary: “The Los Angeles Makery invites artists living/working in Los Angeles County to submit work for Los Angeles Assemblage, a group exhibition celebrating the eclectic, gritty, and poetic tradition of assemblage art. Rooted in a city defined by fragments, reinvention, and layers, this show seeks works that transform found objects, or repurposed items into provocative, soulful statements. We’re looking for art that speaks from—and to—Los Angeles: its textures, its contradictions, its cast-offs, its dreams.”

Deadline: 8/15/25

Location: Los Angeles Makery LAM Gallery

Exhibition Dates: 9/4/25 - 9/28/25

Mediums: Assemblage work that incorporates found, salvaged, or non-traditional materials.

Entry Fee: $25

Summary: “It’s Ok, But It Ain't Right” explores the space between complacency and confrontation - the grey zones of acceptance, dysfunction, and dissonance. This exhibition seeks work that challenges what we tolerate, what we overlook, and what we know in our gut doesn’t sit right — socially, politically, emotionally, or personally.”

Deadline: 8/15/25

Location: Woodward Contemporary, San Diego

Exhibition Dates: 8/27/26 - 9/27/26

Mediums: All except digital art, workshop/class art, and reproductions

Entry Fee: $40

Summary: “This open-themed exhibition at ACE Gallery encourages artists to release expectations, defy boundaries, and dive fully into the joy of making. Whether you’re working in your signature style, exploring a new medium, or venturing into uncharted creative territory, we want to see what lights you up!”

Deadline: 8/17/25

Location: Studio ACE, Oceanside

Exhibition Dates: 9/15/25 - 10/24/25

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: $25 for up to three (3) submissions

Summary: North Coastal Art Gallery is seeking works for their 1st Open Annual Abstract Awards Show: “Abstraction of Reality”. “The show is very special, as it began at the gallery with one abstract artist, named David Schlegel, who was devoted to abstract art. This exhibit is in tribute to his passion and dedicated work. The Gallery will continue to welcome the diversified talent of all artists and to engage with the arts community at large.”

Deadline: 8/20/25

Location: North Coastal Art Gallery, Carlsbad

Exhibition Dates: 9/7/25 - 10/4/25

Mediums: Oil; Acrylics; Watermedia; Other Media (Includes: Pastels, Drawing, Inks, Printmaking, and Alcohol ink); Mixed Media/Collage; Photography; Digital Art; Sculpture\Wall Hanging Sculpture; and Textiles. Giclée’s are accepted but not judged. AI is not accepted.

Entry Fee: Members: $35 for up to 2 entries, and $15 for each additional entry. Non-Members: $40 for up to 2 entries, and $15 for each additional entry.

Summary: “Author Jack London’s iconic book made this phrase famous. Let’s take it to an art level! Any art that celebrates nature...hiking, landscapes, the wilderness, or bodies of water is eligible. Any artwork that calls our attention to the animals of the wild—bears, wolves, tigers, elephants—is also eligible.

If you want to go “wild” with color or textures or papers—bring it!”

Deadline: 8/22/25

Location: Art on 30th, San Diego

Exhibition Dates: 8/30/25 - 9/26/25

Mediums: All 2D artworks are welcome as well as any 3D artwork (glass/ceramic sculpture) that fits on a pedestal.

Entry Fee: $35

Summary: “We’re doing things a little differently this show and asking for no full portraits, but pieces of faces in some form. Whether it be an iconic smile, a unique animal eye, or some kind of ear monster, let’s see it!”

Deadline: 8/25/25

Location: Carter Sexton Artists Materials, North Hollywood

Exhibition Dates: September 2025

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: $15

Summary: “In the spirit of the exhibition’s attempt to both imagine a world where no queer person feels ashamed for who they love and explore the nuances of human connection, this call seeks to highlight and demand visibility for LGBTQ+ voices, while celebrating an authentic experience of life, rooted in joy that is both specific to the queer community and universal.”

Deadline: 8/29/25

Location: Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP)

Exhibition Dates: 10/2/25 - 11/1/25

Mediums: Photography

Entry Fee: No fee

Summary: “The Reigning Cats & Dogs Art Show is open to all artists residing in San Diego, California. This is a juried fine art all-media exhibition honors all varieties of Felines and Canines, domestic and wild. A percentage of the show sales will benefit San Diego Humane Society and Feral Cat Coalition."

Deadline: 8/30/25

Location: Gallery 21 Village Arts Center, San Diego

Exhibition Date: 9/24/25 - 10/6/25

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: $30

Summary: “Opulent Mobility challenges you to imagine a world where disability, mobility, and access are not merely functional, but opulent. In these turbulent times where people are being stripped of their individual freedoms, what does opulent mobility mean? Share your art that re-imagines disability and true freedom of movement!”

Deadline: 8/31/25

Location: Los Angeles Makery

Exhibition Dates: 12/4/25 - 12/28/25

Mediums: 2-D and sculptural work, music files, and performances on digital media

Entry Fee: “A flat $20 fee covers gallery rental, and artists may share up to 10 works each. Please contact the founder A. Laura Brody if this fee causes hardship”

Summary: “Open to all Orange County artists 18 years of age or older. Work must be original and executed within the past two (2) years. Work must not have been previously exhibited at City Hall.”

Deadline: 9/1/25

Location: Laguna Beach City Hall

Exhibition Dates: 9/21/25 - 11/14/25

Mediums: Two-dimensional art works measuring no more than 48”(h) x 36”(w) framed

Entry Fee: $25

Summary: “As Long Beach has grown, so has its artistic soul-shaped by a history of resilience, waves of cultural influence, and communities that turn concrete into color. This group exhibition invites artists of all kinds to honor, reinterpret, and remix the city’s essence. From iconic landmarks to shadowy alleyways, skate culture to shipping cranes, this is your chance to show the world YOUR Long Beach.”

Deadline: 9/3/25

Location: Rod Briggs Gallery, Long Beach

Exhibition Dates: 10/11/25 - 11/15/25

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: $20

Summary: “The Cultural Arts Committee invites artists to create a signature sculptural installation for the roundabout at the north end of San Pablo Avenue. The selected artwork will serve as a visual landmark and reinforce the corridor’s evolving identity as a vibrant, design-forward public space. Artists are encouraged to consider scale, visibility, and durability in their concepts, and may propose either a single large-scale piece or a series of coordinated elements. Works that incorporate lighting to enhance nighttime presence are strongly encouraged. Water and kinetic features will not be considered.”

Deadline: 9/4/25

Location: San Pablo Avenue, Palm Desert

Mediums: Sculpture

Entry Fee: No fee

Summary: “We aim to exhibit work within the genres of vulture-culture and taxidermy that stretches beyond hobby into innovation, we are looking for exhibitors who take artistic licenses on nature, not just replication. Taxidermy inspired artwork WILL BE CONSIDERED!”

Deadline: 9/10/25

Location: La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles

Exhibition Dates: 11/2/25 - 11/30/25

Mediums: Sculpture

Entry Fee: No fee

Summary: “Hidden, secretive, sexy black. Seductive, powerful, elegant black. Formal, prestigious, mysterious black. Step into the womb of night and bring on the noir! If your piece features dominant black or simply features black in a prominent way—it's eligible!”

Deadline: 9/12/25

Location: Art on 30th, San Diego

Exhibition Dates: 11/8/25 - 12/5/25

Mediums: All 2-dimensional art welcome (min size: 10", max size: 72"). Any 3-dimensional artwork that fits on a pedestal.

Entry Fee: $35

Summary: “The purpose of “Art About Agriculture” is to promote awareness of agriculture by using art to explore its many facets—from workers to water, from machinery to fields, and to the food that fills our plates. “Art About Agriculture” is a juried, group show open to all artists over the age of 18 working in any two- or three-dimensional medium who create art that in some way draws its inspiration from our agricultural heritage and/or contemporary agriculture.”

Deadline: 9/12/25

Location: Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula

Exhibition Dates: 11/15/25 - 3/8/26

Mediums: Any 2d or 3d medium

Entry Fee: $50 for up to 3 entries

Summary: “In recognition of a long-standing tradition between artists and our national parks, Joshua Tree National Park Council for the Arts created an annual art exposition in 2013, with a juried exhibition featuring art depicting or inspired by the natural aspects of Joshua Tree National Park or its cultural history. The exhibition is displayed at the historic 29 Palms Art Gallery at the Oasis of Mara, next to park headquarters.”

Deadline: 9/15/25

Location: 29 Palms Art Gallery, Twentynine Palms

Exhibition Dates: 11/1/25 - 11/30/25

Mediums: 2D paintings and works on paper, photography, and 3D works

Entry Fee: $35 for up to 3 artworks