Open Calls for Artists in New York

Find open calls, exhibitions, grants, and residencies for photographers and visual artists in New York. Browse and apply today.

Theme: HOME. Selected work exhibited at UN Headquarters NYC, curated by James Nachtwey. Free entry.

Global open call exploring home. Exhibition at UN Headquarters. Guest curator: James Nachtwey. No AI.

5-month Brooklyn residency at Pioneer Works. $5,000 award, free studio & darkroom access. Free to apply; photographers eligible.

Solo exhibitions at Syracuse's Everson Museum for artists within 75 miles. Curator-selected from 20-image applications.

NYC billboard show curated by Lauren Hirshfield. Theme: abundance and the cycles of care, giving, and receiving. Open to all mediums.

NYC billboard show curated by Jessica Alazraki. Theme: observing from a distance — windows, thresholds, belonging. Open to all mediums.

Penumbra Foundation's $5,000 award for risograph photobooks made worldwide in 2024–2026. Free to enter; mail one physical copy.

$20,000 grant for a curator or academic to develop an exhibition or publication using MUUS Collection's archives. Travel covered.

Cow-and-farm-life juried show at a Northport, NY co-op gallery — street photography of Cow Harbor Weekend especially welcome.

Juried group show at the Wassaic Project, Hudson Valley NY. Open to all media incl. photography; accepted artists get a modest honorarium.

Phone-camera images only: ~30 works exhibited at this Long Island cooperative photo gallery, with $600 in cash awards.

Decay, corrosion, and rust in any photographic medium. $4,000 cash prizes, online gallery, catalogue. New York.

Group show at Bushwick Gallery on intensity in all its forms — bold palettes, raw textures, emotionally charged work. All mediums.

Aperture + Paris Photo's photobook prize. First PhotoBook ($10k), PhotoBook of the Year, Catalog of the Year. Shortlist at Paris Photo.

One of the tri-state area's longest-running juried photo shows, at Freeport Memorial Library. Cash awards; age 21+, up to 5 images.

Up to $5,000 in emergency relief for US artists (photography included) facing unexpected medical costs. Free; closes September 15.

Urbex-friendly juried show in Northport, NY judged by Abandoned America's Matthew Christopher. Exhibit Oct–Nov 2026.

Group show at Bushwick Gallery on the line between artificial and authentic — what makes us real in a digitized world. All mediums.

46th annual humanistic photography grant. $30,000 to the winner plus two $10,000 finalist grants. Up to 40 images; AI not accepted.

Group show at Bushwick Gallery on animals as confidants, muses, and mirrors — through humor, tenderness, intimacy, and allegory.

Exhibition at Agora Gallery in Chelsea, New York. 30 photographers. Five $500 cash prizes.

WSW residency to print & bind a limited-edition artist book; stipend, materials, travel & housing. For photobook & book artists.