ROAR, The ART of Cats, International Call for Art

Important Dates

Deadline for Entries: November 20, 2026, 5:59pm Pacific Time Zone / GMT -8:00

Notification of Jury Results: December 2, 2026

Virtual Show Dates: December 2026

Artist Entry Requirements

• Artwork must be the original art of the submitting artist
• Artwork MUST NOT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED in Wild Heart Gallery's shows on wildheartgallery.com previously. If the gallery showed your art piece only on artcall.org, you may submit that art piece again
• Artwork entered in this call for art is not required to be for sale
• Please submit a quality image of the work for jurying
• Competitions are open to all artists age 18 or older
• Entries must follow each individual competition theme
• Each piece must be an original and submitted by the artist who created it. No AI
• This call for art is international
• Files must be in JPG, GIF, or PNG format
• Files may not exceed 5MB
• Artwork images must be represented in a professional manner: cropped, no glare, no frames, no watermarks
• Not mandatory, but it is preferred that artwork be completed within the last 2 years
• Entry fee based on the competition
• Entry fees are non-refundable. No exceptions

Policy: No nudity (private parts must be covered), no profanity, no animal cruelty, no gore, and no political artwork will be accepted for jury. Topics of animal conservation and environmental protection are not considered political for the purposes of Wild Heart Gallery, and they are suitable topics for the Artivism Award.

Please Note

This is an art competition. Not all entries will be accepted. Only the award recipients will be in the online group exhibition on wildheartgallery.com.

1. In some instances, we may opt to include a section for "Selected Works" in the online group exhibition. This is at the discretion of our Lead Juror, Sarah Soward. There is no set number of entries that will be included in "Selected Works."
2. We now create a separate page on artcall.org for additional works of merit. This may be all of the pieces that made it to the Final Round of judging, or it may be the Top Juried Entries of a certain number, at the discretion of our lead juror Sarah Soward.

Image Requirements

You may submit up to 2 separate art pieces.

For Sculpture entries only, you may submit up to 2 additional views/images per art piece.

For Photography, please note the make and model of the camera used and whether is film or digital.

• Accepted File Types: JPG, PNG, GIF
• File Size should be: 500 KB minimum to 5 MB maximum
• Minimum Image Width or Height: 1080 px

Entry Fees (non-refundable)

$18 for 1-2 images

Jury Process

Artwork for the exhibition will be selected by industry professionals, referred to as jurors. The jurors will vote based on the number of entries, criteria for this event (theme), originality, technique, skill, and quality of work.

Jury Selection begins within 7 days after final entry date and ends within 15 days after final entry date.

There are several criteria for selection for the award exhibition. These include relevance to the theme, originality, quality of work, technique, and technical skill.

Copyright

The artist retains all copyrights to their artwork without exception.

Non-exclusive Permissions

By entering this art competition, you are granting Wild Heart Gallery a non-exclusive perpetual license to reproduce images of your artwork on wildheartgallery.com and artcall.org, and to publish the winners and accepted entries on Facebook and Instagram as well as other media outlets.

Ages 18+