Here’s the latest SoCal Art Open Calls

Avalon Pedestrian Bridge + Promenade Gateway

• Summary: “The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), Public Art Division, and the Harbor Department are seeking professional artists interested in creating permanent public art for the new Avalon Pedestrian Bridge and Promenade Gateway (APB&PG) in the Wilmington neighborhood within Council District 15.”

• Deadline: 6/20/25

• Location: Avalon Pedestrian Bridge and Promenade Gateway, Los Angeles

• Exhibition Dates: Permanent

• Entry Fee: No fee

Remix

• Summary: “We’re seeking bold, original, and unexpected work for REMIX—a group exhibition celebrating the power of reinvention. Whether you're flipping the script on tradition, blending genres, or reworking familiar forms into something totally fresh, this is your chance to show us your take on the remix.”

• Deadline: 6/29/25

• Location: Covet Art Gallery, Oceanside

• Exhibition Dates: 7/19/25 - 8/16/25

• Mediums: All

• Entry Fee: $25

Creature Comforts: The Art of Pets & Animals

• Summary: “Studio ACE presents Creature Comforts: The Art of Pets and Animals, a juried exhibition celebrating the profound presence of animals in our lives—wild and domestic, real and imagined. This exhibition explores the unique bonds we share with our animal companions and the inspiration we draw from the creatures around us.”

• Deadline: 6/22/25

• Location: ACE Gallery, Oceanside

• Exhibition Dates: 7/21/25 - 9/5/25

• Mediums: All

• Entry Fee: $25

California Art League’s The Gold Standard

• Summary: “Gold is a touchstone that by its rarity, defines its value. There is purity in one's best artwork. Whether it is descriptive of serenity, beauty, peace... or brutality, inequity, passion... say it clearly or say it like an ether that transports the viewer to something beyond what is depicted. The Gold Standard signifies the best of things. Let's see that!”

• Deadline: 7/20/25

• Location: Gallery 612, Santa Monica

• Exhibition Dates: 8/8/25 - 8/23/25

• Mediums: Drawing, painting, photographs, digital art, mixed media, collage, and sculpture. No performance art or AI is accepted.

• Entry Fee: $35.00 for CAL members with 2025 dues fully paid, and $55.00 for non-CAL members. The $20.00 surcharge for non-members is a one-time offer that gives the new artist membership into CAL at a discount.

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Goddess(es)

• Summary: “We could use some Goddess energy right about now. Let's give our goddesses prime viewing! Submit your art that celebrates your goddess/es of choice. 2D, sculptural, and performance work welcomed. Curated by A. Laura Brody, founder of Opulent Mobility. There are no strict limits on the size of the artworks, but contact me (A. Laura Brody) if the works are larger than 5' across.”

• Deadline: 8/1/25

• Location: Los Angeles Makery in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles

• Exhibition Date: 10/2/25 - 10/26/25

• Mediums: All

• Entry Fee: “Due to lost funding there is a $20 flat fee to cover gallery rental.”

To view previously listed calls that are still open head to socal-art.com

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