Gallery Exhibitions and Illustration Competitions

Students in the Studio and Digital Arts Department are encouraged to enter into a variety of competitions and gallery exhibits. By competing in these competitions and exhibits, students have the opportunity to receive feedback from professionals, earn recognition and gain exposure, network with other students and professionals, as well boost their resumes. Our students have had great success in many of these competitions, such as the ADDYS, Adobe Design Achievement Awards, Young Ones Creative Brief, etc. We are excited to see our students continue to participate and be recognized for their excellent work! If you have any questions about the competitions, please email Professor Reynolds (pereynolds@liberty.edu) for Gallery Exhibitions and Studio Art competitions and Professor Cockrell (jlcockrell2@liberty.edu) for Illustration Competitions questions.

Rules and deadlines are frequently adjusted due to circumstances such as COVID-19. Please visit the websites for more details and official deadlines.

Character Design Challenge

• • https://www.facebook.com/groups/CharacterDesignChallenge/
  • Deadline varies

Submittable

• • https://discover.submittable.com
  • Deadline varies

Riverview Artspace Annual Juried Art Show

• • https://riverviews.net/exhibitscalendar/13th-annual-juried-art-show
  • *$35 entry fee

Bower Center Annual National Juried Exhibition

• • https://members.bowercenter.org/call-for-artists/Details/10th-annual-national-juried-exhibition-477171?sourceTypeId=Website
  • Deadline March 23, 2022 *$35 entry fee

Hill Centers Galleries Regional Juried Exhibit

• • https://www.hillcenterdc.org/call-for-entries-hill-center-galleries-chal-juried-exhibition-2022/
  • Deadline March 23, 2022 *$40 entry fee *DC, Maryland, Virginia residents only

Washington Sculptors Group Exhibitions

• • https://washingtonsculptors.org/exhibitions/call-for-entries/
  • *Washington Sculptors Group members only ($15 for membership for full-time students)

Realism International Online Juried Painting Competition

• • https://www.camelbackgallery.com/currentcompetitions
  • Deadline November 21, 2021 *$19 entry fee

Virginia Artists Juried Exhibition

• • https://www.hamptonarts.net/events/detail/virginia-artists-juried-exhibition

Student Scholarship Competitions:

Create Your Best Work Art Scholarship

• • https://www.tombowusa.com/art-scholarship
  • Deadline March 1, 2022 *Only for Freshman and Sophomores

Krylon Clear Choice Art Scholarship

• • https://www.krylon.com/community/krylon-clear-choice-art-scholarship/
  • *Only for Freshman and Sophomores

Create a Greeting Card Scholarship

• • https://www.gallerycollection.com/greeting-cards-scholarship.htm
  • Deadline March 2, 2022

Frame My Future Scholarship

• • https://www.diplomaframe.com/contests/frame-my-future-scholarship
  • Deadline April 1, 2022

Against The Grain Scholarship

• • http://againstthegrainproductions.com/atg-artistic-scholarship/
  • *Only for Asian Americans

Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts Visual Arts Fellowship

• • https://www.vmfa.museum/programs/college/visual-arts-fellowships/
  • *Only for Virginia Residents

Cindy and Al Baran Fine Arts and Music Scholarship

• • https://www.cfmt.org/giving-and-investing/become-a-donor/give-to-a-fund/cynthia-and-alan-baran-fine-arts-and-music-scholarship-fund/
  • Application opens in February 2022