Summary: “Artists are invited to submit visual artworks for a group show celebrating the City’s 40th anniversary. Artworks must feature imagery (realistic, stylized or abstracted) of the city of West Hollywood - its landmarks, streetlife, and other places. Please make sure your artwork features locations within the exact geographical boundaries of the City of West Hollywood.”

Deadline: 9/9/25

Location: West Hollywood Library

Exhibition Dates: 10/8/25 - 5/12/25

Mediums: “We are prioritizing Digital Artworks (Photographs, Drawings, etc.) delivered in a ready to print manner. Original artworks that are framed and ready to hang are also accepted.”

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: “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: 9/15/25

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: “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

Summary: “Submit your hottest art – 12″ tall maximum – 3D pieces welcome! The gallery is located in the bustling lobby of the Joslyn Center, right by the parking lot entrance and across from the registration desk – a space that hosts dances, concerts, classes, and more. It’s a great spot to showcase your small but mighty creations!”

Deadline: 9/16/25

Location: The Joslyn Center, Burbank, CA

Exhibition Dates: 9/23/25 - 1/5/26

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: “This is a California Creative Arts hosted show. Members receive priority. If you are not a member, you can join here. We are a nonprofit. Your membership fee is tax deductible, and you keep 100% of your sales. Non-members, if accepted, must become a member or pay a one-time participation fee of $40 (it’s only $10 more for a one-year membership).”

Summary: “Artists, curators, and artist teams selected through this Request for Proposals (RFP) will be eligible to work with the LAX Art Program staff to develop temporary exhibitions and installations for art exhibition sites at LAX’s facilities. Exhibitions and installation projects commissioned for LAX through this RFP will include a curatorial budget that may range between $9,000 and $14,000.”

Deadline: 9/17/25

Location: Los Angeles International Airport

Exhibition Dates: Minimum display period of twelve (12) months

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: No fee

Summary: “Inviting West Coast regional artists to submit traditional, innovative, functional and non-functional works of textile arts to this juried show. You may submit if you’re a West Coast artist & your original work of art was made recently.”

Deadline: 9/20/25

Location: Escondido Arts Partnership, Escondido

Exhibition Dates: 10/11/25 - 10/31/25

Mediums: Sculptural works, vessel forms/basketry, installations, clothing and more using materials such as papers, felting, fabrics, yarn and organic materials.

Entry Fee: EAP Member: $20 for one, additional $5 for each piece. Non-members: $30 for one, additional $5 for each piece

Summary: “We’re putting together an exhibition that’s totally out of this world and we want YOU to be part of it. Cloud 9.0 is all about art that lifts us, shifts us, and takes us somewhere extraordinary. Think dreamy, futuristic, otherworldly, surreal, cosmic, or just plain magical—if it makes us feel like we’ve left Earth for a while, we’re in!”

Deadline: 9/21/25

Location: Covet Art Gallery, Oceanside

Exhibition Dates: 10/11/25 - 11/1/25

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: $25

Summary: “The County of San Diego Edgemoor Acute Psychiatric Hospital, Public Art Committee is looking for muralists to enhance the interior and exterior of a 105- foot wall. The interior wall facing the courtyard will support the patient experience while the exterior wall facing the Sally Port and parking lot will support the wayfinding which is essential for creating a stress-free experience for visitors and patients alike.”

Deadline: 9/22/25

Location: Edgemoor Acute Psychiatric Hospital, Santee

Mediums: Mural

Entry Fee: No fee

Summary: “The City of Santa Clarita (City) is inviting artists to submit artwork for consideration in the upcoming “Color Expressions” juried exhibition, which will be on view at the Newhall Community Center from October 1 through December 16, 2025. This exhibition explores the emotional and cultural power of color, inviting artists to reflect on the ways bold palettes, symbolic hues, and vibrant traditions convey meaning beyond words.”

Deadline: 9/22/25

Location: Newhall Community Center, Newhall

Exhibition Dates: 10/1/25 - 12/16/25

Mediums: Painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, and mixed-media.

Entry Fee: No fee

Summary: “Metro Art invites visual artists based in Los Angeles County to submit qualifications for opportunities to design two-dimensional (2D) artworks for future stations along the East San Fernando Valley (ESFV) Transit Project and the G Line Improvements Project, both serving the East San Fernando Valley. The contract awards are anticipated to range between $110,000 and $120,000, depending on the scope and scale of the artwork locations.”

Deadline: 9/22/25

Location: East San Fernando Valley and G Line Stations

Mediums: Two-dimensional (2D) artworks

Entry Fee: No fee

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: 9/23/25

Location: North Coastal Art Gallery, Carlsbad

Exhibition Dates: 10/5/25 - 11/1/25

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: “It’s time to get spooky! Send us your cute or scary (but not too gory) Halloween art.”

Deadline: 9/24/25

Location: Carter Sexton Artists Materials, North Hollywood

Exhibition Dates: October 2025

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: No fee

Summary: “It’s Fall. Summer sighs its last golden breath; the trees dance in the brave wind and drop their golden, fiery leaves. Pull out the oxides! What do you love about fall? The colors, the harvest moon, pumpkins on the porch, back to school supplies, the flowers of fall, Halloween, Day of the Dead? Show us the love!”

Deadline: 9/26/25

Location: Art on 30th, San Diego

Exhibition Dates: 10/4/25 - 10/31/25

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

Entry Fee: $35 for up to 2 pieces, $45 for up to 4 pieces

Summary: “Each fall, the Palos Verdes Library District holds our Annual Community Art Show, inviting local artists, professionals, and amateurs alike to participate. Typically featuring almost 100 artists from around the Peninsula and the larger Los Angeles community, our Community Art Shows include artists of all backgrounds and experience levels.”

Deadline: 9/27/25

Location: Peninsula Center Library, Rolling Hills Estates

Exhibition Dates: 11/10/25 - 1/3/26

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: $10

Summary: “At its core, the theme of "No Hard Edges" takes on the break-down of barriers and opens artistic interpretations. It encompasses a wide array of subjects from human resilience to the every day obstacles that create hard edges in your mind, heart and soul. Through your vision of a softer edge, whether that be in your daily interactions with others, artistic style, or your imagining of a kind world globally, art will begin to express what this might look like. Color, composition, texture, form… thus, begins the process of softening.”

Deadline: 9/27/25

Location: Woodward Contemporary, San Diego

Exhibition Dates: 10/11/25 - 11/11/25

Mediums: Entries must be original and created entirely by the artist. No digital art, workshop/class art, or reproductions will be accepted.

Entry Fee: $40

Summary: “We're seeking high-quality artwork that interprets "Rocktober" through your unique artistic lens and experiences. What does rock mean to you? Whether it's the raw power of rock music, the solid strength of geological formations, the rebellious spirit of rock culture, vintage concert posters, abstract interpretations of sound and rhythm, or an entirely personal take on what "rocks" in your world - we want to see your creative vision.”

Deadline: 9/28/25

Location: Gallery of Hermosa, Hermosa Beach

Exhibition Dates: 10/18/25 - 11/9/25

Mediums: “We welcome 2D works in all mediums and smaller 3D sculptures.”

Entry Fee: $30

Summary: “This wild and inspiring show will celebrate its 36th consecutive year in 2025. Artwork of all types of wildlife is accepted. Awards of more than $2500 in cash and prizes are presented at an amazing Reception.”

Deadline: 10/15/25

Location: Foothills Fine Art Gallery, La Mesa

Exhibition Dates: 10/27/25 - 12/3/25

Mediums: Oil, acrylic, pastel. watercolor. scratchboard, graphics (etchings, wood, and lineblock prints), serigraphs, pencil, pen & ink and mixed media and non-functional sculpture.

Entry Fee: $40

Summary: “Take a step beyond the boundaries of your typical mediums, content, or techniques. Whether it’s using materials you have never worked with or a practice of art you haven’t tried before, we encourage you to explore new artistic avenues.”

Deadline: 10/18/25

Location: Escondido Arts Partnership, Escondido

Exhibition Dates: 11/8/25 - 12/5/25

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: Members: $20 for one, additional $5 for each piece. Public: $30 for one, additional $5 for each piece

Summary: “A Closer Look is detail intensified; dig deep, crop-in, an abstraction that tells how an event makes you feel. It is your viewpoint, put succinctly, in paint, in metal, in ceramic, into thin air... see its ESSENCE; the nape of the neck tells of the body; the curve of the racetrack tells of the fury; the crack in the cornerstone tells of warning. Read Hemmingway.”

Deadline: 10/19/25

Location: bG Gallery, Santa Monica

Exhibition Dates: 11/11/25 - 12/2/25

Mediums: Drawing, painting, photographs, digital art, mixed media, collage, and sculpture. No performance art or AI is accepted. For sculptures, the gallery has 7 pedestals, which will be available on a first serve basis.

Entry Fee: “One or two entries: $35.00 for CAL members with 2025 dues fully paid, and $55.00 for non-CAL members. The $20.00 surcharge for non-members is a one-time offer that gives the new artist membership into CAL at a discount.”

Summary: “Remember when Saturday mornings were all about neon, mix tapes, and pure creative chaos? Covet Art Gallery is bringing that energy back with our next in-person exhibition: Saved By Art. We’re casting a wide net—any style, any medium, any vibe is welcome. Think fun, funky, bold, nostalgic, and unapologetically YOU. This is your chance to show off what makes your art impossible to ignore. Whether you’re working in paint, pixels, clay, cardboard, collage—or something the world hasn’t even seen yet—we want it.”

Deadline: 10/19/25

Location: Covet Art Gallery, Oceanside

Exhibition Dates: 11/8/25 - 12/6/25

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: $25