In an ongoing bid to recognise and support new and emerging British design talent, Liberty hold regular open calls for all potential designers and creative talents to come forward with their ideas. From fashion to furniture, hats to handbags, craft to cushions and from ceramics to silverware Liberty is encourages anyone with a creative passion to bring in their designs for the panel to assess. The best designs will get the chance to have their products sold at Liberty. Register your interest for the 2012 event.

Residency in Philadelphia, USA for artists whose primary medium is clay. Studio, accomodation, material stipend up to $200, and a $500 a month stipend are provided. Each artists is required to leave one work for the permanent collection and present and evening slide lecture and offere demonstration classes.

Travel grant for art professionals, cultural operators, cultural researchers, cultural journalists and cultural translators from all European countries. The ECF mobility fund, STEP BEYOND, encourages travel by making a contribution to travel costs, visa costs, and, in certain cases, accommodation costs of those awarded a grant. The grants are open to applicants in the first 10 years of a professional career in their relevant field. There are very specific rules on what countries are eligible.

Helsinki International Curatorial Programme currently offers curatorial residencies in Helsinki for international visual arts curators. The programme is collaboration between HIAP - Helsinki International Artist-in-residence Programme and FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange. The aim of the programme is to provide curators with an opportunity to carry out research on Finnish fine art, to build contacts with Finnish art practitioners and cultural organisations and to develop international curatorial projects involving Finnish participants. The programme is open to curators worldwide with professional experience in organising visual arts projects. The fee includes the cost of travel to and from Helsinki with a grant for living expenses, studio accommodation and residency services. A small public event (workshop, lecture, open meeting) will also be organized during the residency. Applications are accepted throughout the year. The jury reviewing the applications meets at least twice a year. Applications should be sent by November 1st or May 1st to qualify for review at the following meeting.

The organisers are currently searching for contemporary visual Artists - 2D work preferably - to exhibit at Art Work Space next year. Shows generally last 6 weeks, the artists pay for production, delivery and pick up of their work, the gallery pays for opening night costs, PR, mail-outs and printed invitations/flyers. Commission of 50%. Opportunity ongoing until April 2012.

SoundFjord is a London-based gallery and research unit newly instigated to address the lack of exhibiting space exclusively for works of Sound Art. The gallery is organised for the exhibition and documentation of works, the development of artists within their practice, and ultimately, the promotion and dissemination of Sound Art and its related research and practice. They select artists from an open call to exhibit. Calls are currently on a rolling basis.

Dazibao is an artist-run centre dedicated to the dissemination of contemporary photography. The centre serves as a launching pad for young artists, and as an ideal place for more established artists to initiate and disseminate new projects. Dazibao welcomes proposals for exhibitions and publications artists from around the world.

The Foundation welcomes applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. There are no deadlines. The Foundation encourages applications from artists who have genuine financial needs; grants are intended for a one-year period of time. Artists are required to submit a cover letter, an application, and images of current work. Professional exhibition history will be taken into consideration.

Wasted Spaces is a brand new arts initiative, taking art outside of the museum walls. The project puts art in vacant shop fronts on high street locations, transforming empty spaces into exciting art experiences. The Wasted Spaces team is currently on the hunt for artists from any discipline: sculpture, photography, painting, printmaking, illustration, installation, graphic design, video, and more. Wherever possible they try to place artists in spaces that are local to them. Selected artists will receive free exhibition space, exposure to a huge audience at busy high street locations. If you are an artist, property manager/owner, council, installation enthusiast or someone interested in knowing more about existing and future projects please contact Michael for those in London and Remo for those in New York.

The Center for Land Use Interpretation operates a residence program to support the development of new interpretive methodologies and ideas. The program is open to artists, researchers, theorists, or anyone who works with land and land use issues in an innovative and engaging manner. Residents primarily work out of the CLUI facilities at Wendover, Utah, and explore and interpret the landscape of that remarkable desert region. Successful applicants to the paid residence program are given $250 per week plus partial support for travel to and from the residency, and for project materials. Residents are encouraged to stay for a period of three to eight weeks, during which time they will be expected to produce work that examines, engages, or reflects the land uses of the surrounding area. Residents have create original work or documentation (photos, text, sketches, video etc.) during or soon after their tenure at Wendover, for display at the Wendover Exhibit Hall, to be exhibited for up to 1 year.

If you are aged 16-30 and need funding to get your new business idea or project off the ground, the Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards offers up to to 5 x 1,000,- prizes every month to the most innovative ideas submitted by new businesses (in their first 12 months of trading). Apply until the last day of each month for the 1,000,- Grand Ideas Awards. You need to create a username and password before being a able to download the application form.

UnLtd and 4iP have teamed up to help individuals develop early stage digital media ideas and prototypes. The UnLtd 4iP scheme will be giving awards of up to £5,000 to help individuals from across the UK to turn their digital media project into a reality. It supports great ideas for websites, games or mobile services which help people improve their lives in the following ways: Challenge people to see the world differently, Inspire change and empower communities Revolve around the participation and collaboration of users rather than passively consuming. Ideally projects will also align with the one of the following themes: Holding money and power to account; Using the web and mobile to keep an eye on how government, organisations and elected representatives use their power. Exploring how digital tools, games, applications and services can help people change their lives for the better whether thats their health, wellbeing, finances, work/life balance or dealing with unemployment. There are no deadlines and grants are given out monthly.