The best sites to list your art competition on

Getting your art competition seen by as many people as possible is always key to bringing in more submissions. Taking a little time to list it on external sites is always a great way to increase exposure. To save you time here are the top sites you can market your call on. (Updated Jan 6th…

ArtRabbit

ArtRabbit is an online contemporary art resource created by a passionate team of editors, producers and programmers. They list art events, exhibitions and artist opportunities for their growing community of art professionals and enthusiasts. This is made available on their website, mobile app and weekly email newsletters for London, the UK, Berlin and New York, as well as various social media channels.

Location: Global
Cost: Starter, Pro and Premium. From free.
Type: Curated Listing
Exposure: ~20,000 registered artists, curators, art professionals

How: Fill out this form

ArtDeadline.com

Dubbed as the Internets oldest opportunity listing sites (since 1994). Artdeadline is dedicated to the global distribution of information for artists and institutions. Their publications explore internet based art, artist publications, news networks and more.

Location: Global (founded US)
CostMultiple Packages (starting from free for calls without fees)
Type: Listing
ExposureCombined unique views from all channels, up to 941,000

How: Fill out this form

Moma.co.uk

A Museum of Many Artists and not to be confused with the Museum of Modern Art; Moma.co.uk is run by an Edinburgh based artist and designer named Grant Creegan. It is a work of passion to curate the works of artists the owner admires and supporting them. As part of the site, he also includes a listing for art competitions worth taking note of.

Location: Mostly UK
Publishes: Creative Competitions
Exposure: 70,000+ creatives and growing fast
Cost: Freemium (exposure to the network is free)

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Calendar For Artists

The artist calendar was created to bring together all the opportunities and organise them for artists in order of closing date for artists to be able to plan ahead. They feature competitions, exhibitions, festivals and residencies.

Location: Australia
Cost: Free
Type: Listing
Exposure: Unkown

How: Fill out this form

Art in Liverpool

Art in Liverpool aims to be the hub for all information and critique related to Liverpool’s thriving visual arts scene. It is an independent listings site for visual arts, as well as a platform for critically engaged writing about art. Covers galleries and museums across the Merseyside region.

Location: Liverpool (Merseyside Region)
Cost: Free
Type: Curated Listing
Exposure: Around 4,700 followers on Instagram

How: Fill out this form

Contest Watchers

Contest Watchers has been around since 2009; it is a website dedicated to creative challenges and competitions worldwide. Contests on Contest Watchers are organised in categories, grouped by status, discipline and several useful parameters including opportunity expiry dates. Almost all visual arts disciplines covered including those for students, residencies, scholarships and grants.

Location: Global
Cost: Free
Type: Curated Listing
Exposure: Unknown

How: Fill out this form

Artquest

Artquest aims to help artists find work, make work, sell work and network. Their programme is for professional artists at any stage in their careers, working in any medium.

Location: UK
Cost: Free
Type: Curated Listing
Exposure: Instagram(12.5K), Linkedin (2.5K)

How: Fill out this form

Creative Scotland

Creative Scotland is the public body that supports the arts, screen, and creative industries across all parts of Scotland. They distribute funding from the Scottish Government and The National Lottery and have many rich resources available from information related to funding, to news, tools and opportunities.

Location: Scotland
Cost: Free
Type: Curated Listing
Exposure: 32K+ on Instagram

How: Register here

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