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Calls for Art

Current Calls

Current calls for art are detailed below, including submission requirements.

Submission fees directly cover the costs of exhibitions, including venue rentals, installation, curation, PR and marketing, etc.

Members receive one free submission per call for art. Become a member and save money every month!

FAQs
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Chicago Fine Art Salon is seeking submissions inspired by the people, places, and moments that make Chicago unmistakably itself. We're looking for work rooted in the city — its architecture, its neighborhoods, its food, its music, its history, and the figures who shaped it. If it couldn't exist anywhere else, we want to see it. Show your love for this incredible, diverse, one-of-a-kind city we call home.

Submission deadline: 11:55PM CST on September 20, 2026.

Submission details

  • Non-member submission fee: $29 per work

  • Members receive one free submission per call. Become a member here.

  • Image files must be high resolution (300dpi) and names formatted as: LastName_Title

  • Open to all mediums

  • Selected works must be ready to hang

Each month we seek printed works to sell online at chicagofineartprints.com and at our in-person markets and events across Chicago.

We accept fine art reproductions (like giclée prints) and original prints (such as etchings, silkscreens, lithographs, etc.)

Submissions deadline: September 30, 2026


Submission Details

  • Non-member submission fee: $29 per work

  • Members receive one free submission each month

  • Image files must be high resolution (300dpi) and names formatted as: LastName_Title

  • All works must be labeled and packaged in a sleeve with a supportive backing.

  • If selected to show with us, NEW Gallery will obtain 40% of all print sales.

Call for Prints
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Open to any artist, medium, or discipline, we are seeking artists to create site-specific and sculptural installations in our Monthly Installation Artist Residency space, AKA miar.

Selected artists will have their work on view in our gallery windows for a month, including during the opening reception to meet other artists in our community. There will also be opportunities for other community engagement events such as an artist talk, radio show, and a closing reception. Artwork will be visible to passers-by on the street and will be featured on our websites and social media.

Submissions deadline: September 30, 2026

Submission Details

  • $29 submission fee due upon submission

  • $29 operational fees due upon acceptance

Monthly Installation Artist Residency
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Freak Show
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Art City is seeking original artwork that celebrates the dark, the gruesome, and the down-right freakish for our Halloween-themed group exhibition: Freak Show.

Preference given to submissions that are particularly gory.

Submission deadline: 11:55PM CST on October 9, 2026

Submission details

  • Non-member submission fee: $29 per work

  • Members receive one free submission per call. Become a member here.

  • Image files must be high resolution (300dpi) and names formatted as: LastName_Title

  • Open to all mediums

  • Selected works must be ready to hang

Small Works 2026
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Chicago Fine Art Salon is seeking original, small-scale artwork for our Small Works group exhibition. Each piece must measures under 16” in all directions, challenging exhibiting artists to play with finite scale and composition. Open to all mediums.

Submission deadline: 11:55PM CST on November 1, 2026.

Submission details

  • Non-member submission fee: $15 per submitted work.

  • Members receive one free submission to this call. Become a member here.

  • Image files must be high resolution (300dpi) and names formatted as: LastName_Title

  • Open to all mediums

  • Selected works must be ready to hang

Holiday Market
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Art City is hosting an end-of-year Artist Market November 13 - December 31. For this market, we are seeking handmade objects and original art ideal for gift-giving. Submissions do not need to be holiday-themed, but we welcome holiday-specific submissions. Open to all mediums.

Submission deadline: 11:55PM CST on November 1, 2026.

Submission details

  • Non-member submission fee: $15 per submitted work.

  • Members receive one free submission to this call. Become a member here.

  • Image files must be high resolution (300dpi) and names formatted as: LastName_Title

  • Open to all mediums

  • Selected works must be ready to hang