Waterscapes 2026 Art Competition

Waterscapes 2026 Art Competition is an art competition from Fusion Art that funds artists worldwide through cash prizes and complimentary one-year memberships in exchange for artwork celebrating waterscapes. Both 2D and 3D artists are invited to submit work depicting any type of body of water, including oceans, lakes, rivers, ponds, streams, beaches, and coastal living, as well as rain, puddles, and frozen waterscapes.

Artwork can range from realism to surrealism to abstraction and artists at any experience level may enter. Selected works will be featured in an online exhibition during May 2026. The submission deadline is May 1, 2026.

Waterscapes 2026 Art Competition (Deadline to Enter: May 1, 2026) - Fusion Art Waterscapes 2026 Art Competition (Deadline to Enter: May 1, 2026) "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." ~ Jacques Yves Cousteau Fusion Art invites submissions for the Waterscapes 2026 Art Competition for an online exhibition during the month of May 2026.

For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art depicting Waterscapes. The theme includes any art which depicts any type of body of water including the ocean, lakes, rivers, ponds, streams, coastal living, any ocean activities, seaside vistas, beaches, and any related seashore or lakeside subjects. It can also include rain, puddles and frozen waterscapes.

The artwork can range from realism to surrealism to abstraction and all artists, regardless of location or experience, are encouraged to submit their best waterscapes art in any medium. Here is a link to the 10th Annual Waterscapes Art Exhibition in order to help artists see what type of art was accepted in the past.

Call for Artists Announced: February 24, 2026 Deadline for Entries: May 1, 2026 Opening of Online Exhibition: May 5, 2026 Online Exhibition Closed & Archived: June 4, 2026 (remains on website under "Archived Exhibitions” for 5 years) A nonrefundable entry fee of $25 for 1-2 images. A nonrefundable entry fee of $40 for up to 5 images (average of $8 per image).

Artists may enter the competition more than once if they have more than 5 works they want to be considered. Artists are encouraged to enter the maximum number of images allowable for the entry fee. All images entered are not guaranteed to be accepted.

Payment is required at the time of entry. Entry fees are inclusive of New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax (if applicable) Acceptable Mediums & Sizes "Traditional" is open to the following 2D mediums: painting, drawing, pastels, inks, pencil, printmaking, encaustic, fabric, and mixed media.

"3-Dimensional" Art is open to the following media: relief, pottery, sculpture, installation, kinetic, and conceptual 3-D artworks created in metal, paper, wood, stone, fiber, plastics, glass, ceramics, or any other material which can be used to create 3-dimensional art. All 3D entries now require front, back and side views to be considered and properly juried. There is no additional fee for these additional images.

Please see entry form for instructions. There are no size limitations on the artwork. Artwork does not have to be for sale to be entered into the competition.

Cash prizes will be given to the Best in Show winners in each category - Traditional, Digital & Photography and 3-Dimensional (if the gallery receives 3D entries). In lieu of the cash prize, Best in Show winners can to choose a complimentary one-year membership to our Fusion Artist’s Members Gallery, as long as they meet the eligibility listed HERE .

The Best in Show winners will be the “Featured Artists” on the website for the duration of the exhibition. 2nd through 5th Place awards in each category will also be given. Depending on the number and quality of all submissions received, Artistic Excellence and/or Honorable Mention awards may also be given.

All award winning artists will receive a digital award certificate, event announcement and copy of the press release for their art portfolio. Links to the artist's website will be listed on the exhibition page and should result in increased traffic to the artist's website. Fusion Art's objective is to promote the artists, worldwide, to art professionals, gallerists, collectors and buyers.

All inquiries from potential buyers who see the artwork on the Fusion Art website will be directed to the artist for negotiation. Fusion Art utilizes the Submittable platform to receive, process and jury all competition entries. Submittable is an international platform that is used for administrative processing by over 9000 organizations that specialize in art, photography, publishing, music, film-making, education and grants.

It provides artists with a free, secure and easy-to-use system to apply to a wide variety of national (and international) juried art exhibitions 24 hours a day. There is no cost to the artist to register on the site and all payments processed through Submittable are secure. Submittable accepts both credit cards and PayPal.

Please note that Submittable is a 3rd Party Submission Management Platform. Therefore, if you have any issues submitting and/or technical issues with the platform, including password resets, please reach out to Submittable Support directly at submittersupport@submittable. com .

Submittable Customer Support hours are Monday-Friday 9am-5pm MT (Mountain Time). Thank you. Read the full Competition Rules on the submission page.

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