Summary: Homes in Memoriam LA is a non profit organization that is providing free home portraits to those who lost their homes during the LA fires. They are currently looking for more artists to help create probono portraits. You can learn more about the organization HERE.

Deadline: Ongoing. There are still more than 100 homes that are not assigned to an artist.

Mediums: Painting

Summary: “The 57th Watercolor West  International  Exhibition will be held at the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University in Orange California. 100 paintings will be selected by esteemed artist and Juror Ratindra Das.”

Deadline: 5/18/25

Location: Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University, Orange

Exhibition Dates: 8/23/25 - 11/29/25

Mediums: “Must be only traditional transparent watercolor, no white paint of any kind (including those labeled “white watercolor”), applied on a single piece of rag or wood pulp paper that is free of pigment and embedded materials. Graphite pencil may be used only for planning marks.”

Entry Fee: Member $50; Non-Member $75

Summary: “Artists of all ages and experience levels from around the Antelope Valley and the greater 5th Supervisorial District of Los Angeles County are welcome to participate. The exhibition will celebrate participating artists with a reception on Saturday, June 7 from 4 PM to 6 PM. The awards ceremony will begin at 6 PM in Cedar Hall, where over $1,000 will be awarded to participants by the Lancaster Museum and Public Art Foundation and various small businesses, community organizations, public officials, and other sponsors.”

Deadline: 5/18/25

Location: Museum of Art and History: Cedar, Lancaster

Exhibition Dates: 6/7/25 - 7/20/25

Mediums: This exhibition is open to artists working with all arts media, including photography, video, audio, painting, drawing, mixed media 2D, mixed media 3D, AR, VR, new media, fiber, wearable art, small installations, and clay.

Entry Fee: $3

Summary: “The San Diego Watercolor Society is pleased to announce the Call for Entries for the 45th International Exhibition, 9/28 –10/31, 2025. The Exhibition will be held in our beautiful Gallery in The Arts District, Liberty Station. This year’s juror is award-winning artist Kathleen Conover, AWS, NWS, TWSA. $20,000 in cash and merchandise awards are anticipated, $6,000 First Prize. Water-based media (watercolor, acrylic, gouache, casein, or tempera) on paper, synthetic paper, wrapped canvas, or cradled wood panel is eligible. Paintings will be for sale both in our Gallery and Online! Deadline for entries is May 18, 2025. For questions, please contact ishowinformation@sdws.org.”

Deadline: 5/18/25

Location: The San Diego Watercolor Society Gallery, Liberty Station, San Diego

Exhibition Dates: 9/28/25 - 10/31/25

Mediums: Paintings must be water-based media (watercolor, acrylic, gouache, casein, or tempera) on paper, synthetic paper, paperboard, wrapped canvas, or cradled wood panel.

Entry Fee: Members: $45 first entry; $15 each additional entry, Non-Members: $55 first entry; $15 each additional entry

Summary: “The IB Arts and Library invite South Bay Artists to submit to our Fall 2025 Call for Art: Expressions of Kindness. Kindness is more than a simple act—it is a force that ripples through communities, creating connection, healing, and change. Whether it’s a quiet moment of empathy, a grand gesture of generosity, or the resilience of compassion in difficult times, kindness takes many forms. For this Call for Art, we invite you to interpret and express kindness in your unique artistic voice, whether through abstract or representational works.”

Deadline: 5/22/25

Location: Imperial Beach Library

Exhibition Dates: 6/11/25 - 5/2/26

Mediums: Painting, drawing, photography, mixed media. Sculpture and Giclee prints NOT accepted at this time.

Entry Fee: No fee

Summary: “The TOCA Foundation 2025 Fine Arts Juried Show recognizes the best in original mixed media arts. ≥30 artworks will be selected from the prestigious field of artist entries to be included in an exhibition at the June 21, 2025 TOCApalooza”

Deadline: 5/25/25

Location: Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Torrance

Exhibition Date: 6/21/25

Mediums: any two-dimensional media, excluding photography

Entry Fee: $30

Summary: “Got something wild? Weird? Wonderfully you? We want it. Off The Hook! is a no-rules, anything-goes group exhibition celebrating creative freedom in all its glorious, chaotic, and unexpected forms.”

Deadline: 5/25/25

Location: Covet Art Gallery, Oceanside

Exhibition Dates: 6/14/25 - 7/12/25

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: $25

Summary: “Gallery 787 invites you to submit your artwork for the Pride Show!  Artists should identity as part of the LGBTQIA+ community, but the theme of the actual art pieces is left open to the artist!”

Deadline: 5/26/25

Location: Gallery 787, Remainders Creative Reuse, Pasadena

Exhibition Duration: 6/14/25 - 7/5/25

Mediums: All mediums are welcome as long as it can be hung on a wall. Sculptures requiring a pedestal will be considered but space is very limited.

Entry Fee: $15

Summary: “Topicality is OCCCA's forte, and the extreme weather caused by climate change has become an existential threat to our planet now. From Rembrandt and Turner to Gerhart Richter’s Secrets of Clouds, for centuries, artists have been interpreting the weather in their art. But now is the time for artists to make a statement. Not just beautiful sunsets and devastatingly frightening floods, but show us your high tides, big waves, atmospheric rivers, and storm cells. We have melting icebergs and glaciers falling into the ocean. Heat waves and dust blanketing large portions of the country. Tornadoes, hail, and lightning delivered by Cumulonimbus clouds. Show us all the extremes and kick up a storm.”

Deadline: 5/30/25

Location: Orange County Center For Contemporary Art, Santa Ana

Exhibition Dates: 7/5/25 - 8/23/25

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: $45.00 for up to three entries, All entry fees go to support OCCCA, an artist-run, non-profit arts organization, serving the community since 1980.

Summary: “We invite local LGBT+ artists to submit their work for our Pride Month art show! This event is a celebration of the creativity, talent, and contributions of queer artists in our community. We welcome all mediums and can be any theme as long as it’s family friendly.”

Deadline: 5/30/25

Location: Carter Sexton Artists Materials, North Hollywood

Exhibition Dates: 6/7/25 - TBA

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: $15

Summary: “The 8th Annual PROUD+ Exhibition will be held July 3 - August 2, 2025, during San Diego Pride Month, showcasing the work of LGBTQ+ artists from across the country. Produced by The Studio Door, this national exhibition celebrates the unique perspectives and voices of the LGBTQ+ community through contemporary art.”

Deadline: 5/31/25

Location: The Studio Door, San Diego

Exhibition Dates: 7/3/25 - 8/2/25

Mediums: Painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, assemblage, collage, mixed media, fiber art, artist book, and sculpture. Please note some restrictions apply to glass, stained glass, ceramics, and stoneware due to unsafe shipping practices by FedEx, UPS, and USPS. Oversized jewelry that can be defined as fine art is acceptable for this show.

Entry Fee: $35

Summary: “The County of San Diego Casa de Oro Library is seeking applications from qualified artists, to be considered for commissions of two artworks. Opportunities for artwork commissions include ceramics, mosaics, glass, and metal sculptures. Proposed art locations include the exterior entry wall and the poet’s patio. Please consider that preference will be given to local area artists. The theme for the structure should respect both the natural and man-made beauty of this landscape, as well as be influenced by its history and inhabitants. Artwork with a strong conceptual tie to this specific place and its past will invigorate and make the artwork integral to this new Library, a public place and community center.”

Deadline: 6/2/25

Location: Casa de Oro Library, Spring Valley

Mediums: Ceramics, mosaics, glass, and metal sculptures

Entry Fee: No fee

Summary: “Participate in Oceanside's Plein Air Festival in a bigger way and get exclusive opportunities as a Select Artist. 10 artists will be selected based on the merits of their portfolio. Work they create during the Festival will be included in an exhibition at the museum through November, and they will be eligible for the Best In Show prize.”

Deadline: 6/2/25

Location: Oceanside Museum of Art

Exhibition Dates: 9/13/25 - 11/30/25

Mediums: Plein air artwork

Entry Fee: $65

Summary: “It’s summer, let’s play. Inspired by LACP’s location between the Toy District, Little Tokyo and the Arts District in Los Angeles, this call invites submissions for photo-based works that explore vintage and lo-fi aesthetics and technologies from a multitude of perspectives, practices and approaches.”

Deadline: 6/3/25

Location: Los Angeles Center of Photography Headquarters, Los Angeles

Exhibition Dates: 8/7/25 - 9/27/25

Mediums: Photo-based works

Entry Fee: $25

Summary: “Wow! Over 1 billion people in over 142 countries have seen the tv show, Baywatch! But what do you watch at the bay? Swimmers, surfers, happy dogs, palm trees, sailboats, sunbathers, hot dogs, sunsets, ocean waves, sunbrellas, ice cream cones, martinis—the list goes on.  We all love the advent of summer. Show us what you watch and party with us as we celebrate our 11th Anniversary.​”

Deadline: 6/6/25

Location: Art on 30th, San Diego

Exhibition Dates: 6/14/25 - 7/18/25

Mediums: All 2-dimensional art welcome and any 3-dimensional artwork (glass/ceramic sculpture) that fits on a pedestal. Photography, fabric, and journal pages are also welcomed if prepared for hanging. 

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

Summary: “This is a call to Southern California-based artists who surf or are surf industry professionals to submit entries for Surf Art, a joint exhibition to take place at California Surf Museum (CSM) and Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA). This exhibition will explore art that has emerged from the surf-culture lifestyle and surfing’s influence on artists.”

Deadline: 6/9/25

Location: California Surf Museum, Oceanside & Oceanside Museum of Art

Exhibition Dates: 8/23/25 - 2/1/26

Mediums: Any medium excluding photography, giclees, videos, projections and reproductions of original work. All submissions must be original works of art

Entry Fee: $25

Summary: “The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority is pleased to solicit artist qualifications for artwork for temporary display in lightboxes within the new Replacement Passenger Terminal.”

Deadline: 6/11/25

Location: Hollywood Burbank Airport

Exhibition Duration: Approximately 12 months

Mediums: “must be created in a digital format, or be a physical artwork ready for scanning and/or photography to enable printing as a transparency.”

Entry Fee: No fee

Summary: “TAG and The Joey Feldman Gallery are proud to present Made in the USA: Comics to Counterculture. This is an artists’ call for a juried art exhibition celebrating the artists 18 years and older who bring imagination to life through sci-fi, fantasy, surreal illustration, dark art, manga, comic book art, and beyond. Juried by Joey Feldman, this exhibition bridges the gap between the traditional fine art world and the vibrant, expressive realm of illustrative and genre-based art.”

Deadline: 6/13/25

Location: The Artists Gallery (TAG), Los Angeles

Exhibition Dates: 7/16/25 - 8/1/25

Mediums: Paintings, drawings, photography, printmaking, mixed media, 3D and sculpture, and digital art

Entry Fee: $40

Summary: “Held in partnership with LA Artcore and Textile Arts LA, this small-group exhibition will feature bodies of work by selected artists in a gallery exhibition at LA Artcore, Los Angeles, California. Selected works will build on the theme of Crafting Tomorrow and be juried by Fafnir Adamites. This opportunity is open to all artists working in fiber and textile-based materials and techniques. Crafting Tomorrow invites submissions from artists whose work explores what our lives, communities, and environment could look like in many possible futures.”

Deadline: 6/16/25

Location: LA Artcore, Los Angeles

Exhibition Dates: 10/10/25 - 11/2/25

Mediums: Fiber art

Entry Fee: $30 SDA & Textile Arts LA members, $45 non-members

Summary: “Artists may enter up to three different works for juror consideration for this exhibition, which will open July 26. Our juror this year is art historian and curator Malcolm Warner.”

Deadline: 6/20/25

Location: Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, San Diego

Exhibition Dates: 7/26/25 - 10/18/25

Mediums: 2-D and 3-D media (no functional or craft art), or video

Entry Fee: $15 for Athenaeum members; $20 for nonmembers

Summary: Art Share L.A. is hosting a Summer Block Party on Saturday, 8/2. “We’re looking for dynamic, engaging artists to paint live during the event, adding vibrant energy and creativity to an unforgettable outdoor summer celebration in the heart of the Arts District.”

Deadline: 6/20/25

Location: Art Share L.A

Exhibition Date: 8/2/25

Mediums: Painting

Entry Fee: No fee

Summary: “Creative expression collides with systematic observation of the natural world. Both use creativity and imagination, combine the subjectivisms of art and the objectivism of science.”

Deadline: 6/21/25

Location: Escondido Arts Partnership, Escondido

Exhibition Dates: 7/12/25 - 8/1/25

Mediums: All

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

Summary: “We invite artists to immerse us in a world of sun-kissed beaches and decadent pleasures. Let your imagination capture the sensory delights of summer — the scent of coconut, the warmth of sunshine, the glint of golden wealth, and endless summer days to express how this scenario feels to you.”

Deadline: 6/26/25

Location: Woodward Contemporary, San Diego

Exhibition Dates: 7/8/25 - 8/8/25

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

Entry Fee: $40

Summary: “To enter the Monarch Bay Photography Contest, you must be an amateur photographer, 18 years or older at the time of entry, and a legal resident of California. Only one (1) photo submittal per entrant is allowed. Photo subjects must be taken in California showing California's beauty and bio-diversity, such as landscapes, coastal scenes, mountains, deserts, wildlife, and more. Any images with identifiable people will be disqualified.”

Deadline: 7/1/25

Location: Monarch Bay Plaza, Dana Point

Exhibition Date: 8/15/25

Mediums: Photography

Entry Fee: No fee

Summary: “Artists are continuously challenging their boundaries and excavating their unique discoveries to create new and bold work. Studio Channel Islands invite you to enter your most recent break-through pieces, the ones that have led you to the horizon of your works next evolution!”

Deadline: 7/6/25

Location: Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo

Exhibition Dates: 8/2/25 - 9/13/25

Mediums: All

Entry Fee: $55