Artists Wanted Nationwide — $450,000+ in Awards + Gallery Representation Opportunities

ADC Fine Art’s 2026 Art Comes Alive exhibition and awards gala brings together 250 living artists at its 13,000-square-foot gallery in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine district. Open internationally, the exhibition accepts paintings, drawings, mixed media, glass, photography, textiles, sculpture, digital art, ceramics, installations and conceptual art. It advertises over $450,000 in awards, including purchase awards, gallery representation and exhibition opportunities. The opening gala and awards ceremony is November 7, 2026.

Open internationally. All mediums accepted, including paintings (all genres), drawings, mixed media, glass, photography, textile, sculpture, digital art, ceramic, installations and conceptual art. Application fee is $25 per piece; apply with 4 or more pieces and the last entry is free. Advertised awards total over $450,000, rather than a payment to each participant. Purchase-award opportunities list these budgets and interests: $50,000 for abstracts and nature-inspired works for three law-firm floors, including paintings, mixed media and photography; $5,000 for an insurance company's annual-report cover, open to all themes and mediums; $10,000 for nature-inspired lobby paintings; $20,000 for four dynamic abstract pieces for an IT/aerospace facility, open to all mediums; $15,000 for six paintings for a marketing department, favoring rural landscapes, impressionism and realism; $4,000 for a sculpture for a round living-room table, preferably glass, clay or mixed media; $15,000 for two figurative, colorful and dimensional works for a river-view condo; $20,000 for 4–8 gallery-wall pieces in varied sizes, shapes and subjects; $25,000 for two large abstract, landscape or figurative paintings; $30,000 for a fireplace piece and two corridor pieces, with commissions welcome if the right artist is found; $15,000 for sculpture, paintings and mixed media for a Naples, Florida home; $20,000 for an eclectic and whimsical home; $10,000 for colorful abstract paintings for a dining room and kitchen; $30,000 for abstracts in varied sizes and mediums, favoring blue; and $15,000 for art for a family room and large kitchen/dining room. Juror awards include gallery contracts: ADC Fine Art, 10 with total stated value $125,000; Art Leaders Gallery, 3 totaling $37,500; Gallery V Fine Arts, 2 totaling $25,000; and one each from bG Gallery, Idaho Art Gallery, Gallery500 and Twisted Track Gallery, each valued at $12,500. Other awards include 2 solo shows and 6 group shows totaling $26,000; 6 ADC Fine Art Magazine print and digital features totaling $18,800; 10 SmartSell memberships at varying levels totaling $18,700; five $1,000 credits toward an art fair of the recipient's choice; one Studio El art publishing contract; one custom one-on-one consultation valued at $200; the $500 Eric Boyer Artist Grant; and the $500 Carol Pfetzing Artist Grant. The opening gala and awards ceremony is November 7, 2026.