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Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2020
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2020 is now open for applications. Applications are welcome from individuals and collaborative groups who are final year students and recent graduates from UK art schools… Continue Reading Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2020
Dare Art Prize 2020-21
Challenging artists and scientists to collaborate on new approaches to the creative process, the £15,000 DARE Art Prize awarded by the University of Leeds and Opera North is open for applications. The… Continue Reading Dare Art Prize 2020-21
University of Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design : Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence Program
University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design invites applications for the Roman J. Witt Residency Program. The program awards one residency per academic year for a visiting artist/designer… Continue Reading University of Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design : Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence Program
McKinney International Art and Design Residency
The Eskenazi School of Art Architecture + Design at Indiana University Bloomington invites applications for a 4-6 week McKinney International Art and Design Residency. An established artist or designe… Continue Reading McKinney International Art and Design Residency
Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2020
The sixth year of the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize is open for entries. The prize is open to artists working across all genres, styles and backgrounds. The winner, selected by a judging panel of emin… Continue Reading Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2020
Artsadmin’s Artists’ Bursary Scheme 2020
Applications to Artsadmin’s Artists’ Bursary Scheme are now open. This year, the Bursary scheme will offer a maximum of six bursaries to UK-based artists at any stage in their career working in live a… Continue Reading Artsadmin’s Artists’ Bursary Scheme 2020
Lucy Art Residency 2020
Applications are now open for 2020 Lucy Art Residency program and commission for visual artists working with photography. An artist based in Europe or the Mediterranean whose main practice is photogra… Continue Reading Lucy Art Residency 2020
Derwent Art Prize 2020
The Derwent Art Prize aims to reward excellence by showcasing the very best 2D & 3D artworks created in pencil or coloured pencil as well as water soluble, pastel, graphite and charcoal by British… Continue Reading Derwent Art Prize 2020
The Jerwood Newlyn Residency
The Jerwood Newlyn Residency will offer opportunities for up to six artists to be in-residence within Jerwood Arts, exploring and developing their own practice in response to the wider mission of the… Continue Reading The Jerwood Newlyn Residency
World Illustration Awards 2020
The Association of Illustrators (AOI) in partnership with USA-based Directory of Illustration, announces that the World Illustration Awards 2020 are now open for entries. Illustrators in any country w… Continue Reading World Illustration Awards 2020
The British School at Rome (BSR) – Visual Arts awards
Visual art awards at the BSR offer artists access to Rome and Italy as an exceptional repertory of the visual culture of the past, and encourage informed and innovative responses to that cultural heri… Continue Reading The British School at Rome (BSR) – Visual Arts awards
Culture Seeds
Culture Seeds is part of the Mayor of London’s draft Strategy for Culture, Culture for all Londoners. It’s part of the Mayor’s ambition to put culture at the heart of local communities, where it belon… Continue Reading Culture Seeds
The RBA Rome Scholarship 2020
The Royal Society of British Artists are calling for entries for their Rome Scholarship 2020. Open to artists who live, work or study in the UK and who are aged 35 years or under, the scholarship incl… Continue Reading The RBA Rome Scholarship 2020
Jerwood Arts: Jerwood Bursaries
Jerwood Bursaries provide funding of up to £1,250 to help you explore and develop your practice by enabling you to gain new skills and knowledge. A Jerwood Bursary can support your development by fund… Continue Reading Jerwood Arts: Jerwood Bursaries
Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2020-21
Applications for The Mark Tanner Sculpture Award (MTSA) are now open. The award offers £8,000 in financial support towards the making of new work, plus a solo exhibition at Standpoint Gallery in 2021.… Continue Reading Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2020-21
Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award 2020
Applications for the Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award are now open. The award offers a £2000 bursary for a professional photographer to undertake a photography project with a social or political context.… Continue Reading Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award 2020
STEP Beyond Travel grants
STEP Beyond Travel grants support the mobility of emerging artists and cultural workers – between EU and neighbouring countries – in cross-border projects. The application deadline for Step Beyond tra… Continue Reading STEP Beyond Travel grants
Pollock-Krasner Foundation
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 application… Continue Reading Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival 2020
Applications to the 16th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival (BFMAF) are now open for entries. Film entries of all lengths and formats are encouraged and will be considered across all areas of the… Continue Reading Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival 2020
Wales Contemporary / Cymru Gyfoe 2020
Wales Contemporary / Cymru Gyfoes is an international open competition for 2D artwork in any medium excluding photography. Developed by the Waterfront Gallery in association with the Welsh Government,… Continue Reading Wales Contemporary / Cymru Gyfoe 2020
Arts Council England – Developing your Creative Practice (DYP)
Arts Council England’s (ACE) Developing your Creative Practice (DYP) awards grants of between £2,000 to £10,000 to support the development of independent creative practitioners. This programme allows… Continue Reading Arts Council England – Developing your Creative Practice (DYP)
Sunny Art Prize 2020
The Sunny Art Prize is an international art prize hosted by Sunny Art Centre, London. This fine art competition, based in the UK, is a global platform offering art opportunities for emerging and estab… Continue Reading Sunny Art Prize 2020
Pacitti Company Think Tank Residencies
Pacitti Company Think Tank Residencies provide space for artists to research and develop new ideas and projects in their White Room. Each residency is offered for a period of one or two weeks, with lo… Continue Reading Pacitti Company Think Tank Residencies
ARC Getaways
ARC, Stockton Arts Centre can offer performance based artists or companies free accommodation and workspace for one week. ARC Getaways can be used for research and development processes, rehearsals, w… Continue Reading ARC Getaways
Small Grants Scheme: In the Making
Small grants scheme, in the making, is a new funding programme for community projects that share the aim of embedding art, culture and heritage at the heart of the major development and regeneration p… Continue Reading Small Grants Scheme: In the Making