2026 Embracing Our Differences International Outdoor Juried Art Exhibition

Grant Description

Embracing Our Differences is an annual international outdoor juried art and writing competition that uses large-scale billboard-size artworks to promote diversity, inclusion and social change, inviting local, national and international creators to submit original horizontal artworks interpreting the theme “embracing our differences.” A total of three cash awards of US $2,000 each (Adult Best-in-Show, Student Best-in-Show, and People’s Choice) are presented, and the selected works are displayed January–April on billboards in Sarasota and St Petersburg, Florida, attracting over 4.8 million visitors and 642,000 students since 2004.

What It Funds

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Eligibility Criteria

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