SEA Foundation – AiR Tilburg – 2 fully-funded residencies available for artists, curators and art writers
SEA Foundation – AiR Tilburg invites applicants for its 2020/2021 residency program. The residencies are designed for visual artists, curators and writers whose work and life demands both a rigorous e… Continue Reading SEA Foundation – AiR Tilburg – 2 fully-funded residencies available for artists, curators and art writers
a-n Artist Bursaries 2020
a-n The Artists Information Company is offering 50+ bursaries of £500 – £1,500 to Artist and Joint (Artist and Arts Organiser) members wishing to undertake self-determined professional development in… Continue Reading a-n Artist Bursaries 2020
Making Places Open Call
Making Places is an initiative by Waltham Forest Council to deliver creative projects across the borough, which will have a lasting impact on communities and neighbourhoods. The Open Call is for artis… Continue Reading Making Places Open Call
Zaratan AIR | GRANT | OPEN CALL 2020
The artists-in-residence at Zaratan are given the opportunity to develop a project over a fixed period of time, and to reflect and consolidate their artistic practice. Emerging and professional visual… Continue Reading Zaratan AIR | GRANT | OPEN CALL 2020
Open Call: Artists for CONTESTED DESIRES
CONTESTED DESIRES is a transnational project exploring shared and contested Colonial heritage and its influence on contemporary culture. With a focus on exchange and learning, the programme will offer… Continue Reading Open Call: Artists for CONTESTED DESIRES
Studio residency at Block 336
Block 336 is launching a new studio residency providing an artist with a free studio space on site at Block 336 for 3 months. Applications are invited from artists currently living in the boroughs of… Continue Reading Studio residency at Block 336
The Hopper Prize
The Hopper Prize was established to increase recognition of the work of visual artists. They seek to advance the careers of visual artists by providing unrestricted financial support in the form of in… Continue Reading The Hopper Prize
Call for Artists: Alexandra Reinhardt Memorial Award, Artist Commission 2020 at The Tetley, Leeds
Artists are invited to apply for the 2020 Alexandra Reinhardt Memorial Award (ARMA), Artist Commission, hosted by The Tetley, Leeds, worth £15,000. The Award in 2020 focuses on the mental health and w… Continue Reading Call for Artists: Alexandra Reinhardt Memorial Award, Artist Commission 2020 at The Tetley, Leeds
Crafts Council – Curatorial Fellowship
The Crafts Council and Artisa Foundation are looking for an individual or collective to become their first curatorial Fellow/s. The Fellowship will run from January to June 2020 and the Fellow will re… Continue Reading Crafts Council – Curatorial Fellowship
OPEN CALL: Zabludowicz Collection – Master Class 2020
Master Class is a week-long intensive for emerging artists developed in collaboration with artist Doug Fishbone at the Zabludowicz Collection in North London. Now in its 8th year, Master Class offers… Continue Reading OPEN CALL: Zabludowicz Collection – Master Class 2020
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea – Arts Grants Scheme
The Arts Grants Scheme welcomes applications from individuals and organisations looking to produce excellent and engaging art projects across the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and offers gr… Continue Reading The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea – Arts Grants Scheme
PlySpace Residency Summer 2020 Term
PlySpace is an artist-in-residence program dedicated to offering creative individuals’ time and space to investigate and pursue their own practices. PlySpace welcomes both emerging and established art… Continue Reading PlySpace Residency Summer 2020 Term
Locust Projects – Funded Exhibition Opportunity for New Work
Locust Projects is currently running an open call for Main Gallery exhibition proposals, with the aim of enabling local, national, and international visual artists to experiment with new ideas and med… Continue Reading Locust Projects – Funded Exhibition Opportunity for New Work
Locust Projects – Funded Exhibition/Residency
Locust Projects is currently running an open call for the Main Gallery exhibition proposals, with the aim of enabling local, national, and international visual artists to experiment with new ideas and… Continue Reading Locust Projects – Funded Exhibition/Residency
apexart NYC Open Call 2020-21
apexart is accepting exhibition proposals for its NYC Open Call, three winning proposals will be presented at apexart’s NYC space as part of its 2020-21 exhibition season. Curators, artists, writers,… Continue Reading apexart NYC Open Call 2020-21
YICCA 2019 – International Contest of Contemporary Art
YICCA is an international call for artists, open to professionals from any country in the world. All contemporary artworks are accepted including: drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, graphic… Continue Reading YICCA 2019 – International Contest of Contemporary Art
198 Contemporary Arts & Learning – Womxn of Colour Art Award
This new bi-annual art award recognizes the inequities and additional barriers that Womxn of Colour and non binary people often face in their practice as visual artists. It aims to provide financial a… Continue Reading 198 Contemporary Arts & Learning – Womxn of Colour Art Award
Gasworks – Fully Funded Residency in Nepal
Gasworks, in partnership with British Council offers UK-based artists the opportunity to undertake a five-week fully funded residency in Nepal. The residency is funded by British Council and hosted by… Continue Reading Gasworks – Fully Funded Residency in Nepal
Barbican Arts Group Trust’s ArtWorks Open 2019
Submissions now open for Barbican Arts Group Trust’s ArtWorks Open 2019 prize-winning show selected by Emma Talbot & Alex Schady. There are several prizes on offer for selected exhibiting artists… Continue Reading Barbican Arts Group Trust’s ArtWorks Open 2019
2nd Chaiya Art Awards
The Chaiya Art Awards are calling for submissions in any medium around the theme: God is……? Prizes range from £1000 to £10,000 and successful entries will be exhibited at London’s gallery@oxo in 2020.… Continue Reading 2nd Chaiya Art Awards
Berwick Visual Arts – Researching the Rural – Women in Agriculture Residency
Berwick Visual Arts and Newcastle University’s Centre for Rural Economy (CRE) and Institute for Creative Arts Practice announce a new artist residency opportunity for an artist to actively collaborate… Continue Reading Berwick Visual Arts – Researching the Rural – Women in Agriculture Residency
Visual Arts in Rural Communities (VARC) Funded Artist Residency Opportunities
VARC is now inviting submissions for 5 funded artist in residence positions. ENTWINED: Rural. Land. Lives. Art. Is a multi-partner two-year project comprising 6 mixed length artist residencies. With a… Continue Reading Visual Arts in Rural Communities (VARC) Funded Artist Residency Opportunities
PEER FORUM at The Horniman Museum and Gardens
Applications are open for artists to hold Peer Forum at Horniman Museum and Gardens in 2020. Peer Forum, Artquest’s annual Peer Mentoring programme aims to assist artists by providing them with the fu… Continue Reading PEER FORUM at The Horniman Museum and Gardens
Art Gene – Open Call: Extreme Views Artist in Residence
Art Gene are offering an opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced visual artist to work alongside them on their current programme ‘Extreme Views’. Applications are welcome from artists who can… Continue Reading Art Gene – Open Call: Extreme Views Artist in Residence
2020 Associates Call Out
The Associates Programme by Open School East is a free development programme offering a critical, informal and non-competitive environment in which to develop your practice and expand your networks. T… Continue Reading 2020 Associates Call Out
The Camargo Foundation – Camargo Core Program Residencies
The Camargo Foundation, located in Cassis, France, and founded by artist and philanthropist Jerome Hill, is an international residential center for artists, thinkers and scholars in the Arts and Human… Continue Reading The Camargo Foundation – Camargo Core Program Residencies
VIA Arts Prize 2019 Call For Entries
The Embassy of Brazil to the UK, in partnership with ACALASP (the Association of Cultural Attachés of Latin America, Spain and Portugal), People’s Palace Projects (Queen Mary University of London), It… Continue Reading VIA Arts Prize 2019 Call For Entries
PEER FORUM at Camden Arts Centre
Applications are open for artists to hold Peer Forum at Camden Arts Centre in 2019. Peer Forum, Artquest’s annual Peer Mentoring programme aims to assist artists by providing them with the funding, sp… Continue Reading PEER FORUM at Camden Arts Centre
Artist in Residency 2020 Kavli Institute for Nanosciences
The Artist-in-Residence fellowship offers a talented international artist working in the fields of conceptual art, visual art, photography, music, design, dance, film, or theatre an opportunity to wor… Continue Reading Artist in Residency 2020 Kavli Institute for Nanosciences
Artpegazs Exhibition and Residency, Latvia
Applications are open to all visual artists working in all fine art media to apply for Artpegazs Exhibition and Residency in Latvia. 1 artist will win a 3 weeks artist residency (travel grant +accomod… Continue Reading Artpegazs Exhibition and Residency, Latvia
Artists Access to Art Colleges (AA2A)
The AA2A project is a national set of schemes, providing visual artists and designer makers with the opportunity to undertake a period of research or realise a project, using workshop and supporting f… Continue Reading Artists Access to Art Colleges (AA2A)
Sculpture in the City
The call for submissions for the 10th edition of Sculpture in the City is now open for preexisting works that can be exhibited outdoors from May 2020 to May 2021. Sculpture in the City is an award win… Continue Reading Sculpture in the City
Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Award Scheme 2019
Application for Lewisham Arthouse 10th Graduate Studio Award Scheme are now open. Lewisham Arthouse invites all recent London-based (or those relocating) graduate visual artists to apply. The award of… Continue Reading Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Award Scheme 2019
Cubitt Curatorial Fellowship 2020-21
Applications are now open for the next Cubitt Curatorial Fellowship, a unique opportunity for research and curatorial experimentation in the field of visual arts, based on an 18-month residency. The F… Continue Reading Cubitt Curatorial Fellowship 2020-21
Jerwood Bursaries
Jerwood Bursaries is a new fund for artists working in all disciplines to help support skills and knowledge development, and/or the early stages of a new idea. A Jerwood Bursary can support your skill… Continue Reading Jerwood Bursaries
COAL Prize 2019
For its tenth edition in 2019 the COAL Prize will, in collaboration with the Platform on Disaster Displacement and DISPLACEMENT: Uncertain Journeys, tackle an essential subject: displacement related t… Continue Reading COAL Prize 2019
The Contemporary British Painting Prize 2019
The Contemporary British Painting Prize 2019 is open for submissions. Artists of any age and nationality, presently living and working in the UK (except for CBP artist members) may submit work. Twelve… Continue Reading The Contemporary British Painting Prize 2019
Public Art Commission for a Scheduled Ancient Monument in Dover
Dover Arts Development, on behalf of the Land Trust, are looking to commission an artist to create an artwork for the West Wing Battery at Fort Burgoyne Dover as part of the Pioneering Places: East Ke… Continue Reading Public Art Commission for a Scheduled Ancient Monument in Dover
Wales Contemporary / Cymru Gyfoes
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 Gyfoes
Aesthetica Art Prize 2019
Hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, the Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world. It offers both emerging and established artists the opportunity to showcase their w… Continue Reading Aesthetica Art Prize 2019
The Moth Art Prize 2019
The Moth Art Prize is for a body of figurative or representational artwork. The Prize is open to anyone over the age of 16 from anywhere in the world. The prize consists of €1,000 plus a two-week stay… Continue Reading The Moth Art Prize 2019
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2019
Artists over the age of 18 are invited to submit up to six works in a variety of media: painting, print, sculptures, drawing and photography are all accepted. A panel of six prominent art world figure… Continue Reading ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2019
The Creative Knowledge Project | Artist in Residence
The Creative Knowledge Project is a 12-month artist residency based at the new Lakeside Centre, Thamesmead. This year-long residency, with accommodation and studio space, is a rare and exciting opport… Continue Reading The Creative Knowledge Project | Artist in Residence
Venice Agendas OPEN CALL 2 : PUBLICATION
As part of Venice Agendas 2019, visual artists, artist groups and collectives are invited to apply to contribute to the project, through either making and contributing a work for a publication, or pro… Continue Reading Venice Agendas OPEN CALL 2 : PUBLICATION
Venice Agendas Open Call 1: REGIONAL SATELLITE PROJECTS – ARTIST COLLECTIVES AND GROUPS
As part of Venice Agendas 2019, visual artists, artist groups and collectives are invited to apply to contribute to the project, through either making and contributing a work for a publication, or pro… Continue Reading Venice Agendas Open Call 1: REGIONAL SATELLITE PROJECTS – ARTIST COLLECTIVES AND GROUPS
China<>UK Artist Residency
This residency is part of an ongoing exchange organised by QUAD, in Derby and Tank Loft, Sichuan Fine Art Institute / 501 Xu exhibition space in Chongqing. This exchange Residency Programme is for a U… Continue Reading China<>UK Artist Residency
12ø Collective Curation Residency 2019
The 12ø Curation Residency is an opportunity to enable people to gain curatorial experience in a supported environment to develop an experimental project idea. The open call is for applicants who wish… Continue Reading 12ø Collective Curation Residency 2019
ArtGeminiPrize 2019- Singapore
The ArtGemini Prize is a celebration to promote international contemporary art for emerging and established artists around the world. The 7th Edition ArtGeminiPrize 2019 will take place in Singapore… Continue Reading ArtGeminiPrize 2019- Singapore
Swansea University Cultural Institute – Creativity Fellowships 2019/20
Launching in October 2019, the Cultural Institute at Swansea University is offering two Creativity Fellowships for professional artists of any practice/medium (including but not limited to writers, vi… Continue Reading Swansea University Cultural Institute – Creativity Fellowships 2019/20
The Royal Photographic Society – International Photography Exhibition
The RPS is calling for entries to the next edition of the International Photography Exhibition (IPE), a nationwide touring show celebrating the best in photography from around the world. From contempo… Continue Reading The Royal Photographic Society – International Photography Exhibition
Conway Hall Residency
Applications are now open to a new annual research residency in partnership with Conway Hall Humanist Library and Archives. This is an opportunity for a London based artist, working in any medium, w… Continue Reading Conway Hall Residency
PEER FORUM at Peckham Platform 2019
Peer Forum, Artquest’s annual Peer Mentoring programme aims to assist artists by providing them with the funding, space and resources necessary to establish their own peer mentoring groups. Peckham Pl… Continue Reading PEER FORUM at Peckham Platform 2019
London Creative Network: Open Call
London Creative Network (LCN) is a tailored development programme for artists and creative practitioners in London with a focus on innovative technologies or processes. Delivered by SPACE, with Cockpi… Continue Reading London Creative Network: Open Call
Moho Art Prize
Moho Art Prize awards the best international talents in contemporary art. Awarded categories are painting, sculpture and installation, photography, new media. Applications are split into two categorie… Continue Reading Moho Art Prize
Guildhall Artist in Residence
London-based fine artists are invited to apply to become the first Artist in Residence for Guildhall, the seat of the City of London’s government. The three-month residency focuses on ‘Celebrating Cit… Continue Reading Guildhall Artist in Residence
Artshake19: International Gathering, Shanghai
UK Young Artists is offering a fantastic opportunity to work with an international group of 10 young artists from the Republic of China and South Korea as part of the 2019 YIYUAN TANG Museum & Fou… Continue Reading Artshake19: International Gathering, Shanghai
Sunny Art Prize
The Sunny Art Prize is an international art competition hosted by Sunny Art Centre, London. This fine art award is a global platform, giving an opportunity to emerging and established artists to showc… Continue Reading Sunny Art Prize
ACS Studio Prize 2019
The Artists’ Collecting Society (ACS) Studio Prize 2019 is offering an artist the chance to win £6,000 to contribute to the cost of an artist’s studio in the UK. The Studio Prize was established by AC… Continue Reading ACS Studio Prize 2019
ARTPIQER’s Painting Award
With the ARTPIQER’s Painting Award the online art platform ARTPIQ wishes to honour the outstanding work, potential & dedication of a European emerging painter with academic background and provide… Continue Reading ARTPIQER’s Painting Award
Funded Exhibition/Residency – Locust Projects
Locust Projects is currently running an open call for Project Room exhibition proposals, with the aim of enabling local, national, and international visual artists to experiment with new ideas and med… Continue Reading Funded Exhibition/Residency – Locust Projects
Professional Development Residencies at londonprintstudio
londonprintstudio are looking for 3 people to join their 6 month long flexible residency programme which starts from September 2019. There are 3 residencies available in drawing, photography and Print… Continue Reading Professional Development Residencies at londonprintstudio
Near Now Fellowship 2019-2020
Near Now is Broadway’s (Nottingham) studio for arts, design and innovation. They invite applications for the Near Now Fellowship, their artistic and professional development programme, which, through… Continue Reading Near Now Fellowship 2019-2020
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2019
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize and exhibition has an established reputation for its commitment to championing excellence and promoting and celebrating the breadth of contemporary drawing practic… Continue Reading Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2019
Designregio Kortrijk: Designers in Residence Open Call
Designregio Kortrijk is looking for 3 highly motivated and recently graduated designer-makers or creative artists to join in a regional residency program in Kortrijk, Belgium. The Designers in Residen… Continue Reading Designregio Kortrijk: Designers in Residence Open Call
DIY16 – Call for Participants
DIY16 is an opportunity for artists working in Live Art to take part in unusual training and professional development projects conceived and run by artists, for artists. 24 DIY projects for both emerg… Continue Reading DIY16 – Call for Participants
Stanley Picker Fellowships 2019
The Stanley Picker Gallery at Kingston University is currently seeking to appoint two contemporary practitioners to the Stanley Picker Fellowships in Design & Fine Art 2019. Each Fellowship now pr… Continue Reading Stanley Picker Fellowships 2019
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2019
Applications are now open for The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2019. The competition is open to all artists resident in the UK, creating paintings using any water based medium. The competition… Continue Reading Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2019
The Swiss Church of London Residency Programme 2019/20
The Swiss Church invites artists to apply for two three-month residencies from August to October 2019, and from April to June 2020. The artists will have access to the Church over this period and a wo… Continue Reading The Swiss Church of London Residency Programme 2019/20
V&A Capturing Motion Residency
The Victoria and Albert museum is inviting applications from UK based practitioners working across all photography & motion media who wish to develop their practice or portfolio of work. They are… Continue Reading V&A Capturing Motion Residency
Jerwood Arts – Development Programme Fund
The Development Programme Fund provides funding for arts organisations who, with vision and skill, can deliver transformational development opportunities for artists, curators and/or producers in thei… Continue Reading Jerwood Arts – Development Programme Fund
Call for proposals — Engage Journal 43: Profession and Practice (working title)
Engage, the National Association for Gallery Education, is calling for proposals from colleagues in the UK and worldwide that reflect on the development of gallery education policy and practice, highl… Continue Reading Call for proposals — Engage Journal 43: Profession and Practice (working title)
Jerwood New Work Fund
The Jerwood New Work Fund provides funding for artists, artistic groups and artist-led organisations to undertake research, development and creation of new work that will bring about a step-change in… Continue Reading Jerwood New Work Fund
Open Call: Make Room
Make Room is a new creative development programme at The White House designed to make room for new voices and ideas in our programme, supporting under-represented groups to have agency within the arts… Continue Reading Open Call: Make Room
The Cynthia Corbett Gallery – Young Masters Art Prize 2019
Contemporary artists working in any medium and from anywhere in the world, over the age of 18 are invited to apply for the 2019 edition of the Young Masters Art Prize, and for the Young Masters Maylis… Continue Reading The Cynthia Corbett Gallery – Young Masters Art Prize 2019
The Hopper Prize
The Hopper Prize was established to increase recognition of the work of visual artists. They seek to advance the careers of visual artists by providing unrestricted financial support in the form of in… Continue Reading The Hopper Prize
Wells Art Contemporary: WAC Awards 2019
The Wells Art Contemporary (WAC) Awards is an international open competition for contemporary visual arts. Open to artists working in painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography, installati… Continue Reading Wells Art Contemporary: WAC Awards 2019
Art Licks Weekend 2019: Interdependence
Applications are now open to take part in the seventh year of the Art Licks Weekend festival. For 2019, the Art Licks Weekend takes on the title, Interdependence, considering how participating project… Continue Reading Art Licks Weekend 2019: Interdependence
John Ruskin Prize 2019
The John Ruskin Prize 2019 is open to artists, designers and makers of all nationalities, resident, studying or currently making work or with work represented in the UK. Applicant’s submitted work sho… Continue Reading John Ruskin Prize 2019
PEER FORUM at The Photographers’ Gallery 2019
We are now accepting applications for Artquest’s Peer Mentoring programme at The Photographers’ Gallery (TPG). The Peer Mentoring programme links with TPG’s commitment to supporting photographers by o… Continue Reading PEER FORUM at The Photographers’ Gallery 2019
The Lumen Prize
Now in its 8th year, The Lumen Prize for Art and Technology celebrates and promotes artists working with technology globally through its annual juried competition and exhibitions. All art is eligible… Continue Reading The Lumen Prize
Assembly Documentary Development Lab
Assembly is a new development lab for creative documentaries which will take place in September 2019, organised by Open City Documentary Festival. The programme is a project-based intensive workshop f… Continue Reading Assembly Documentary Development Lab
Praksis – Open Call // Carrying Histories
PRAKSIS and Oslo Kunstforening are pleased to announce the open call for Carrying Histories. Developed with Nairobi based artist Syowia Kyambi (KE), this residency will explore personal and cultural h… Continue Reading Praksis – Open Call // Carrying Histories
Artist Commission at SPACE
SPACE invites artists to submit a proposal for a new project to be made in dialogue with older people based in Ilford. The commission will include activity with which older people can engage and will… Continue Reading Artist Commission at SPACE
The British School at Rome – Rome Fellowship in Contemporary Art 2019-20
The Rome Fellowship in Contemporary Art is a valuable opportunity for an early-career artist, working in any discipline, who has a significant track record of exhibiting. The fellowship will last 3 mo… Continue Reading The British School at Rome – Rome Fellowship in Contemporary Art 2019-20
The British School at Rome – The Bridget Riley Fellowship 2019-20
The Bridget Riley Fellowship is an exciting opportunity for exceptional artists, at an early to mid-point in their career, whose work has a significant drawing element, to spend six months in Rome. Th… Continue Reading The British School at Rome – The Bridget Riley Fellowship 2019-20
The FLAMIN Fellowship
Film London, Arts Council England and The Fenton Arts Trust present The FLAMIN Fellowship, a new scheme for early career artist filmmakers living in England. Part of Film London Artists’ Moving Image… Continue Reading The FLAMIN Fellowship
Helsinki Design Residency 2019
The British Council, in partnership with the Helsinki International Artist Programme(HIAP), Helsinki Design Week (HDW), Design Museum Helsinki (DM) and Strelka Institute, is seeking applications from… Continue Reading Helsinki Design Residency 2019
Great Place Scheme: Annual Art Commission 2019
The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) has been awarded funding from the National Lottery, through Arts Council England and the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of their Great Place Sc… Continue Reading Great Place Scheme: Annual Art Commission 2019
After School – Collective Strategies Open Call
After School – Collective Strategies is a public programme consisting of a series of talks and workshops culminating in a group presentation in the autumn. A collaborative effort between pic.london an… Continue Reading After School – Collective Strategies Open Call
The Biennial Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize 2019
The Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize celebrates contemporary British and Irish self-portraiture. It offers a unique opportunity for both established and emerging artists to compete for a £10,000 priz… Continue Reading The Biennial Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize 2019
Shape Open 2019
Submissions are now open for the 2019 Shape Open, to be hosted by Nunnery Gallery, at Bow Arts.. The Open is Shape’s annual exhibition of artwork by disabled and non-disabled artists created in respon… Continue Reading Shape Open 2019
Kingsgate Project Space: Artist Residency Open Call
Kingsgate Project Space is recruiting a new series of studio residencies for artists at key stages in their career with a special focus on recent graduates. Residencies will provide artists with the o… Continue Reading Kingsgate Project Space: Artist Residency Open Call
Jerwood/FVU Awards 2020: Hindsight
The Jerwood/FVU Awards are a major annual opportunity for moving-image artists in the first five years of their practice. For the 2020 awards, they invite artists to make proposals for ambitious new w… Continue Reading Jerwood/FVU Awards 2020: Hindsight
YICCA Art Contest 18/19
YICCA is an international call for artists, open to professionals from any country in the world. All kinds of contemporary artworks are allowed in the art contest: drawings, paintings, sculptures, pho… Continue Reading YICCA Art Contest 18/19
New Documentary Photographer opportunity at Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge celebrates its 125th birthday on 30th June 2019 and, to mark this significant occasion, they are recruiting a documentary photographer to celebrate and record the everyday running of the… Continue Reading New Documentary Photographer opportunity at Tower Bridge
Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2019-20
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 show at Standpoint Gallery. The award now… Continue Reading Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2019-20
NTAA’19
Applications are open for the New Technological Art Award. NTAA’s mission is to expand the scope of contemporary artistic creations and traditional media with works using contemporary and new technolo… Continue Reading NTAA’19
Open Contemporary Young Artist Award 2019
The Open Contemporary Young Artist Award is an opportunity for artists 35 years old or younger working in the UK to submit work to be included in an exhibition at The Biscuit Factory Gallery in Newcas… Continue Reading Open Contemporary Young Artist Award 2019
McKinney International Art + Design Residency
The School of Art, Architecture + Design at Indiana University Bloomington invites applications for a 4-6 week Fall 2019 McKinney International Art and Design Residency. The residency will select an e… Continue Reading McKinney International Art + Design Residency
Elan Valley Artists’ Residencies Programme 2019 – 20
Applications are invited from visual artists for the 2019 – 20 Artists Residency programme in the Elan Valley, mid-Wales. Each artist will spend up to four weeks in the Elan Valley either in one block… Continue Reading Elan Valley Artists’ Residencies Programme 2019 – 20
PRAKSIS’s 14th residency: Now that’s what I call an artist’s residency!
For Now that’s what I call an artist’s residency! art writer, Artforum contributor and PRAKSIS co-founder Rachel Withers invites applications from anyone who’d like to spend a month with PRAKSIS in Os… Continue Reading PRAKSIS’s 14th residency: Now that’s what I call an artist’s residency!
STARTS Prize 2019
Appointed by the European Commission, Ars Electronica, BOZAR and Waag Society are issuing a prize to select the most pioneering collaborations and results in the field of creativity and innovation at… Continue Reading STARTS Prize 2019
Visual art awards at British School at Rome
Visual art awards at the BSR offer artists at different stages of their careers the superb opportunity to research and focus on their work away from normal pressures, and to use the BSR as a base to e… Continue Reading Visual art awards at British School at Rome
London Borough of Culture Fellowship Funding – Make it Happen
As part of Waltham Forest’s year as London Borough of Culture, there is over £550,000 of Fellowship Funding available to support artists and organisations to create locally relevant, ambitious cultura… Continue Reading London Borough of Culture Fellowship Funding – Make it Happen
MOSTYN Open 21 – Call for submissions
MOSTYN, Wales UK is delighted to announce the call for submissions for the 21st anniversary edition of the MOSTYN Open contemporary art exhibition, to be shown from July 2019. The exhibition of select… Continue Reading MOSTYN Open 21 – Call for submissions
Jerwood Bursaries
Jerwood Bursaries is a new fund for artists working in all disciplines to help support skills and knowledge development, and/or the early stages of a new idea. A Jerwood Bursary can support your skill… Continue Reading Jerwood Bursaries
BigCi Environmental Awards 2019
Australian and International Artists from various fields (visual art, installation, multimedia, performance, literature, music, photography, film making, curating) are invited to submit entries for th… Continue Reading BigCi Environmental Awards 2019
Apexart International Open Call 2019-20
apexart is accepting proposals for its International Open Call for exhibitions, the four proposals with the highest scores will be presented by the organizers in the countries specified as part of ape… Continue Reading Apexart International Open Call 2019-20
CO-NET artist residency
CO-NET is pleased to announce its second artist residency in the beautiful region of Valencia, Spain in partnership with the Imaginaria Festival, University Jaume I, Consorci de Museus de la Communita… Continue Reading CO-NET artist residency
Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2019
The fifth anniversary of the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize is open for entries. The prize is open to artists working across all genres, styles and backgrounds. This year the prize launches two new awa… Continue Reading Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2019
Lewisham Arthouse – Project Space Residency Open Call 2019
Lewisham Arthouse have launched an open call for the Project Space Residency. Based in Deptford’s former library, Lewisham Arthouse provides access to artist studios, workshops, exhibitions and learni… Continue Reading Lewisham Arthouse – Project Space Residency Open Call 2019
The World Illustration Awards 2019
The Association of Illustrators (AOI) in partnership with USA-based Directory of Illustration, announces that the World Illustration Awards 2019 are now open for entries. Illustrators in any country w… Continue Reading The World Illustration Awards 2019
The Art House – Open Call: Solo Residencies 2019/20
The Art House is seeking proposals from individual artists who would like to develop their practice through one of three month-long solo residencies at our purpose-built studios in Wakefield. The oppo… Continue Reading The Art House – Open Call: Solo Residencies 2019/20
Lucy Art Residency
The Lucy Art Residency is happy to announce its third open call for the 2019 residency program and commission for visual artists working with photography. The program offers the opportunity for an art… Continue Reading Lucy Art Residency
Hospitalfield Residencies: Summer and Autumn 2019
Hospitalfield invites applications for its summer and autumn residencies, which will take place over 4 weeks in July/August and September 2019. UK and UK based visual artists are invited to submit an… Continue Reading Hospitalfield Residencies: Summer and Autumn 2019
Undisciplinary Residency
Arts Catalyst and The Otolith Collective are launching Undisciplinary, a new residency supporting three UK-based artists, curators and cultural practitioners. Emerging artists, artist collectives, cur… Continue Reading Undisciplinary Residency
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SCULPTORS – FIRST PLINTH: PUBLIC ART AWARD 2019
First Plinth: Public Art Award 2019 is designed to offer sculptors an opportunity to extend their practice into competing for public art commissions. The winning sculptor is awarded £10,000 to produce… Continue Reading THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SCULPTORS – FIRST PLINTH: PUBLIC ART AWARD 2019
The Rome Scholarship 2019
The Royal Society of British Artists are calling for entries for their Rome Scholarship 2019. A prestigious scholarship awarded to a young or newly graduated artist, which will offer an enriching lear… Continue Reading The Rome Scholarship 2019
A Woman’s Work – Call for Artists
Artists and curators based in Europe are invited to submit projects which address the core themes of A Woman’s Work, a two year Creative Europe supported programme with cultural partners in the United… Continue Reading A Woman’s Work – Call for Artists
Abbey Awards – British School at Rome
Abbey Awards offer all expenses paid residencies at the British School at Rome or artists showing exceptional merit and promise. There are two opportunities available: The Abbey Scholarship which offe… Continue Reading Abbey Awards – British School at Rome
Word in Transit 5 – Yoke Collective – Screen Time: Open Call
Yoke Collective join Word in Transit for the combined SCREEN TIME performance event / publication launch for the 5th Word in Transit. SCREEN TIME is looking for ways to communicate through these distr… Continue Reading Word in Transit 5 – Yoke Collective – Screen Time: Open Call
National Sculpture Prize 2019
Now celebrating it’s tenth year running, the National Sculpture Prize (NSP) calls out for the next ten candidates to test their creative mettle. Hosted by the Broomhill Art and Sculpture Foundation, t… Continue Reading National Sculpture Prize 2019
Artist-in-residence at Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects (SWA) celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2019 and they wish to mark this occasion by sponsoring a visual artist in residence. They invite applications from visual artists… Continue Reading Artist-in-residence at Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2019
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2019 is now open for applications. Applications are welcome from final year students and recent graduates from UK art schools and non-affiliated alternative learning progr… Continue Reading Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2019
RSA RESIDENCIES FOR SCOTLAND
The RSA Residencies for Scotland is an artist-led scheme which provides valuable research and residency opportunities for artists. It forges important networks with centres of artistic excellence acro… Continue Reading RSA RESIDENCIES FOR SCOTLAND
a-n Artist Bursaries 2019
a-n The Artists Information Company is offering 50+ bursaries of £500 – £1,500 to Artist and Joint (Artist and Arts Organiser) members wishing to undertake self-determined professional development in… Continue Reading a-n Artist Bursaries 2019
Malt Air: 4 Month Residency Open Call
MALT AIR is a new visual arts residency programme in Denmark. The residency is run in collaboration between The Danish Art Workshops, Kunsthal Aarhus and Maltfabrikken, and is supported by The Danish… Continue Reading Malt Air: 4 Month Residency Open Call
PRAKSIS’s 13th residency, Painting Project: Outwards Looking Inwards
Applications are now welcomed to join PRAKSIS’s 13th residency, Painting Project: Outwards Looking Inwards. By focusing on the idea of “inside” and “outside” in painting, residency conveners Robert Bo… Continue Reading PRAKSIS’s 13th residency, Painting Project: Outwards Looking Inwards
Women Make Sculpture: theCoLAB Commission
The inaugural Women Make Sculpture: theCoLAB Commission will award a female sculptor £15,000 towards the research, development and making of work(s) to be exhibited at one of three possible outdoor si… Continue Reading Women Make Sculpture: theCoLAB Commission
London Creative Network Open Call
London Creative Network (LCN), delivered by SPACE with Cockpit Arts, Four Corners and Photofusion, is offering a wide range of professional development opportunities for visual artists, designer-maker… Continue Reading London Creative Network Open Call
Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop – Solo Residency
Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop is currently accepting applications for the Solo Residency, taking place from February to May 2019. The gallery is offering one artist access for three months to one of its s… Continue Reading Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop – Solo Residency
12th Muir Trust Artist Residency 2019
The Muir Trust invites applications from established, mid-career, UK-based studio artists who wish to develop their creative practice by working with the Buckinghamshire County Museum collections. The… Continue Reading 12th Muir Trust Artist Residency 2019
13th Arte Laguna Prize
The call for artists of the 13th Arte Laguna Prize has officially opened. Arte Laguna Prize is an international art contest that has been promoting contemporary art for thirteen years. There are 10 Co… Continue Reading 13th Arte Laguna Prize
Wellcome Photography Prize 2019
Photographers and other image makers from all disciplines are invited to enter the Wellcome Photography Prize, which celebrates compelling imagery that captures stories of health, medicine and science… Continue Reading Wellcome Photography Prize 2019
Taipei Artist Village Residency
CFCCA are delighted to present an open call opportunity for contemporary visual artists based in the UK to apply for a fully funded 3 month artist residency at our partner in Taiwan –Taipei Artist Vil… Continue Reading Taipei Artist Village Residency
Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture – Bauhaus Artist in Residence open call
2019 marks the centenary of the Bauhaus movement, one of the most influential art, design and architecture movements of the 20th Century and is also the year that Waltham Forest becomes the first ever… Continue Reading Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture – Bauhaus Artist in Residence open call
Cove Park Visual Arts Residencies 2019
In 2019 Cove Park will award a minimum of three funded Visual Arts Residencies of between one to three months each for UK based artists. With support from the Bridge Awards, Cove Park will also offer… Continue Reading Cove Park Visual Arts Residencies 2019
British Ceramics Biennial’s AWARD
The British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) announces the call for entries for AWARD, inviting UK-based artists to submit proposals for this £10,000 prize and exhibition. AWARD is the headline exhibition in B… Continue Reading British Ceramics Biennial’s AWARD
Public Art Commission in Southampton
‘a space’ arts are seeking expressions of interest from contemporary visual artists for a new public art commission at Cumberland Place in Southampton. The new development, to be known as ‘Southampton… Continue Reading Public Art Commission in Southampton
FLAMIN Productions
Part of Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), FLAMIN Productions is major artists’ film commissioning scheme which aims to support the most exciting, innovative and challenging moving im… Continue Reading FLAMIN Productions
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2019
Now open for entries, the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize welcomes outstanding creative examples of representational painting from both amateur and professional artists in the UK over the age of 18. Creat… Continue Reading Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2019
European Media Artists in Residence Exchange 2019
Applications are now open for European Media Artists in Residence Exchange programme (EMARE) 2019. The new European Media Art Platform offers residencies for media artists in the fields of digital med… Continue Reading European Media Artists in Residence Exchange 2019
Wirksworth Arts Festival – The Lodge Project
The Lodge Project will enable an established UK artist to undertake a funded 3 month residency, in a cottage in Wirksworth in the Derbyshire Dales, from July to September of 2019. They are looking fo… Continue Reading Wirksworth Arts Festival – The Lodge Project
Stuart Hall Library Artist’s Residency
Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) and Stuart Hall Foundation announce the third Stuart Hall Library Artist’s Residency commencing in March 2019. The residency is a funded opportunity for… Continue Reading Stuart Hall Library Artist’s Residency
ASC Studios Free Studio Competition
Artists’ Studio Company and Brent Council are excited to announce an incredible opportunity for an Artist, Designer or Maker who lives in Brent. They are inviting applications for their free studio sc… Continue Reading ASC Studios Free Studio Competition
Mother Art Prize 2018
The Mother Art Prize: an international open call for self-identifying women, non-binary visual artists with caring responsibilities. The prize is aimed at artists working in all media and with no them… Continue Reading Mother Art Prize 2018
Creekside Artists Graduate Studio Award 2019
Creekside Artists is proud to offer its second annual Graduate Studio Award. The recipient will receive a free desk space and access to their project space at Creekside Artists in Deptford, for a fixe… Continue Reading Creekside Artists Graduate Studio Award 2019
Artist in Residence at HMP Grendon
Ikon is inviting artists to apply for a three-year residency at HMP Grendon. Funded by the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust, this is an exciting opportunity for an artist to work with the… Continue Reading Artist in Residence at HMP Grendon
Sculpture in the City Ninth Edition
Sculpture in the City is an award winning urban sculpture park which launches at the end of June. A cultural initiative delivered by the City of London in partnership with 13 local businesses, it is s… Continue Reading Sculpture in the City Ninth Edition
The Hopper Prize
The Hopper Prize was established to increase recognition of the work of visual artists. They seek to advance the careers of visual artists by providing unrestricted financial support in the form of in… Continue Reading The Hopper Prize
Art/Work residency with Finnish Institute and Block 336
In conjunction with the Finnish Institute in London, Block 336 invites applications from artists (or collaborative duos) who are currently living in Finland for a 5 week residency culminating in the p… Continue Reading Art/Work residency with Finnish Institute and Block 336
Jerwood/Photoworks Awards
The third national Jerwood/Photoworks Awards seek proposals from outstanding artists using new approaches to photography who are within 10 years of establishing their practice. They encourage applicat… Continue Reading Jerwood/Photoworks Awards
apexart – NYC 2019-20 Open Cal
apexart is accepting exhibition proposals for its NYC Open Call, three winning proposals will be presented at apexart’s NYC space as part of its 2019-20 exhibition season. Curators, artists, writers,… Continue Reading apexart – NYC 2019-20 Open Cal
ArtWorks Open 2018
Now in its tenth year, ArtWorks Open 2018 will be selected by Tai Shani and Emma Talbot. Submissions are welcome from artists in UK and Europe. 2D and 3D works may be submitted, however, only works wi… Continue Reading ArtWorks Open 2018
londonprintstudio Professional Development Residency
londonprintstudio are looking for 3 people to join their 6 month long flexible residency programme which starts at the end of November 2018. This residency is designed for people wanting to sustain a… Continue Reading londonprintstudio Professional Development Residency
Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award 2019
The third annual Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award is now open for entries. The award offers a £2000 bursary for a professional photographer to undertake a narrative photography project in 2019. In additi… Continue Reading Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award 2019
Born Digital – new short grant for filmmaking talent
Born Digital is an exciting opportunity for new and emerging filmmakers to realise their first broadcast project, with grants to be awarded to fund, or partly fund, up to 12 short films. The BBC, in p… Continue Reading Born Digital – new short grant for filmmaking talent
SpallArt Prize Salzburg
The Salzburger Kunstverein announces the SpallArt Prize Salzburg. This international award for excellence in contemporary art is a rotating prize. For the years 2019 to 2021, the focus will be on cont… Continue Reading SpallArt Prize Salzburg
William Morris Gallery – Artist in Residency Programme 2018/19
Now in its sixth year, the William Morris Gallery is inviting applicants for its 2018-19 Artist in Residency programme. This is an opportunity for an artist to immerse themselves in the Gallery’s worl… Continue Reading William Morris Gallery – Artist in Residency Programme 2018/19
Artists Projects: London Borough of Culture
Waltham Forest, the London Borough of Culture 2019 has announced an open call to artists from across the world to take part in a major new series of seven funded projects and be part of the creative p… Continue Reading Artists Projects: London Borough of Culture
Brunel University – Artist in Residence
Brunel University is seeking an Artist in Residence for a project beginning this autumn that aims to creatively explore the University’s physical location on the outskirts of London, while valorising… Continue Reading Brunel University – Artist in Residence
Science Gallery Lab Detroit – DEPTH Exhibition
Science Gallery Lab Detroit seeks interactive, participatory works for DEPTH, a free exhibition that explores the power and complexities of water and its many roles in the physical and social world. T… Continue Reading Science Gallery Lab Detroit – DEPTH Exhibition
The Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary
The 2019 Shape Arts Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary (ARMB), an annual award set up in memory of sculptor Adam Reynolds to support mid-career disabled artists, is now open for applications. The ARMB off… Continue Reading The Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary
The Contemporary British Painting Prize 2018
The Contemporary British Painting Prize 2018 is open for submissions. Artists of any age and nationality, presently living and working in the UK (except for CBP artist members) may submit work. Twelve… Continue Reading The Contemporary British Painting Prize 2018
Art Worlds
Interested in writing for Artquest about your local art scene? Art Worlds gives an insider, day-in-the-life view of the current realities of living and working as an artist in different places around… Continue Reading Art Worlds
Evening Standard Art Prize in association with Hiscox
The Evening Standard Art Prize in association with Hiscox returns for a second year, this time with the theme of ‘progress’, aiming to inspire artists around the UK to create original works. Submissio… Continue Reading Evening Standard Art Prize in association with Hiscox
YICCA 2018 – International Contest of Contemporary Art
YICCA is an international call for artists, open to professionals from any country in the world. All kinds of contemporary artworks are allowed in the art contest. From the 18 artists that will partic… Continue Reading YICCA 2018 – International Contest of Contemporary Art
Jerwood Makers Open
Jerwood Makers Open is a biennial opportunity encouraging ambitious and/or radical proposals from UK-based makers and collaborators within 10 years of beginning their practice. Launched in 2010, it fo… Continue Reading Jerwood Makers Open
Artists Access to Art Colleges
The AA2A project (Artists Access to Art Colleges) is offering over 50 placements, giving artists and designer-makers the opportunity to undertake a period of research or realise a project using art co… Continue Reading Artists Access to Art Colleges
Open to Art ceramic award
Applications are now open to the third Open to Art ceramic award. This award is promoted and organized by Officine Saffi with the aim of enhancing and promoting the use of ceramics in contemporary art… Continue Reading Open to Art ceramic award
pic.up prints open call
pic.up prints is one of the pop-up events run by pic.london. It is a rare opportunity for emerging artists from any background, age and nationality whose practice concerns the photographic image, to s… Continue Reading pic.up prints open call
Lewisham Art House Graduate Studio Scheme 2018
Lewisham Arthouse are pleased to announce the 9th round of their Graduate Studio Award Scheme and invite all recent London-based (or those relocating) graduate visual artists to apply. The award offer… Continue Reading Lewisham Art House Graduate Studio Scheme 2018
Hothouse
Applications are now open for Hothouse, a Crafts Council Talent and Business Development Programme that supports talented makers at the start of their career. The programme includes group workshops, a… Continue Reading Hothouse
Social Art Summit – Call Out
Calling artists working in social art, socially-engaged art, community arts, collaborative arts and social practice at all stages of your careers to come together and share work at the Social Art Summ… Continue Reading Social Art Summit – Call Out
LCB residency and exhibition bursary
LCB Depot in Leicester is offering four Artist Development Bursaries, funded by Arts Council England, to be delivered between September 2018 and February 2019. LCB’s Main Bursary is a residency-based… Continue Reading LCB residency and exhibition bursary
Aesthetica Art Prize 2018
Hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, the Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world. It offers both emerging and established artists the opportunity to showcase their w… Continue Reading Aesthetica Art Prize 2018
ColabNowNow Open Call
British Council #SouthernAfricaArts invites young digital creatives aged between 18 and 35 to take part in the second edition of ColabNowNow hosted with Maputo Fast Forward in Mozambique. ColabNowNow… Continue Reading ColabNowNow Open Call
ING Discerning Eye 2018: Call For Entries
Artists are invited to submit up to six works in a variety of media: painting, print, sculptures, drawing and photography are all accepted. These works must be for sale, and should not exceed 20” (50… Continue Reading ING Discerning Eye 2018: Call For Entries
Developing your Creative Practice (Arts Council England)
Developing your Creative Practice is Arts Council England’s (ACE) new development fund for individuals, and Round 2 will open for applications at 10am on 12 July 2018 and close at 12pm (noon) on 16 Au… Continue Reading Developing your Creative Practice (Arts Council England)
PRAKSIS’s 12th residency, Taking Hold – The Double Bridge
Applications are now welcomed from anyone with relevant interest and experience to join PRAKSIS’s twelfth residency, Taking Hold – The Double Bridge. This residency will be led by artist Phoebe Davies… Continue Reading PRAKSIS’s 12th residency, Taking Hold – The Double Bridge
COAL Prize 2018
The COAL Prize is open to artists throughout the world who dare to imagine and experiment, to transform territories, lifestyles, organisations, and production methods. This year, the COAL association… Continue Reading COAL Prize 2018
Extreme Views Artist-in-Residence
Art Gene are pleased to offer a great opportunity for experienced and enthusiastic visual artists for the Extreme Views Project 2018. The successful applicant will have an understanding of working wit… Continue Reading Extreme Views Artist-in-Residence
Tenderflix 2018 – Future Responsibilities
Tenderflix is an international experimental film and video competition initiated by Tenderpixel Gallery in London. In its 11th year in 2018, the theme is ‘Future Responsibilities’. We are mainly looki… Continue Reading Tenderflix 2018 – Future Responsibilities
Curatorial Practice Award 2018
This is an open call for people looking to develop their practical curatorial skills via a year-long placement at Film and Video Umbrella (FVU). During this period you will work to develop and realise… Continue Reading Curatorial Practice Award 2018
Norwich Film Festival 2018
Submissions are now open for Norwich Film Festival 2018 – a British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) qualifying short film festival. Win £1000 for each category, software prizes worth £1500, plus a chan… Continue Reading Norwich Film Festival 2018
Crate Curatorial Open
CRATE is inviting proposals from artists and curators to research, test and create a new curatorial project using Crate’s project space for a four week period. All proposals must have a strong public… Continue Reading Crate Curatorial Open
Art Licks Weekend 2018: Peripheries
Applications are now open to take part in the sixth year of the Art Licks Weekend festival. For 2018, the Art Licks Weekend takes on the title, Peripheries, to explore how participating projects activ… Continue Reading Art Licks Weekend 2018: Peripheries
RAW Labs – Artist Residency
Bow Arts are inviting expressions of interest for the 5th RAW Labs residency at Royal Albert Wharf, Newham, in partnership with Visions in the Nunnery. The residency takes place from September/October… Continue Reading RAW Labs – Artist Residency
Artist in Residence at the National Memorial Arboretum
The National Memorial Arboretum is inviting applications from artists who wish to develop their practice by working with the site’s collections, landscape and knowledge. The 2018 residency programme f… Continue Reading Artist in Residence at the National Memorial Arboretum
Cubitt Education’s Community Studios Programme
Cubitt Education is seeking artists to take residence in a brand new set of four community studios based at Arts and Media School Islington (AMSI), a secondary school in north Islington with excellent… Continue Reading Cubitt Education’s Community Studios Programme
RSA Morton Award
The RSA Morton Award is for artists working in a lens-based media in Scotland. The award is funded by The Morton Charitable Trust and administered by the Royal Scottish Academy and consists of: A £500… Continue Reading RSA Morton Award
Refiguring the Feminist Future – Web Residencies by Solitude & ZKM
This is a call for artists, activists, poets, writers to propose Web performances, web sculpture, various forms of Net art and online interactions that challenge existing histories and speculative fut… Continue Reading Refiguring the Feminist Future – Web Residencies by Solitude & ZKM
The ACS Studio Prize 2018
The Artists’ Collecting Society (ACS) Studio Prize 2018 is offering an artist the chance to win £6,000 to contribute to the cost of an artist’s studio in the UK. The Studio Prize was established by AC… Continue Reading The ACS Studio Prize 2018
Future Generation Art Prize
PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) announces the 5th edition of the Future Generation Art Prize. The Future Generation Art Prize is a biannual global contemporary art prize to discover, recognise and gi… Continue Reading Future Generation Art Prize
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2018
Artists are invited to submit entries for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2018, the largest and longest running annual open exhibition dedicated to drawing in the UK. Previously known as Jerwood… Continue Reading Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2018
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition is the largest and most prestigious prize for contemporary watercolour painting in the UK. Whether it be through abstract or figurative, contemporary or tradit… Continue Reading Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
PEER FORUM at Camden Arts Centre 2018
We are now accepting applications for Artquest’s Peer Mentoring programme at Camden Arts Centre. Through the Peer Forum programme, Camden Arts Centre creates space for artists to instigate dialogue, d… Continue Reading PEER FORUM at Camden Arts Centre 2018
PRAKSIS’s 11th residency, Monumental-Temporal
PRAKSIS and Fellesverkstedet invite international, national and local applications from anyone with relevant interest and experience to participate in a residency developed with artist Gereon Krebber.… Continue Reading PRAKSIS’s 11th residency, Monumental-Temporal
Live Art Development Agency – DIY15: 2018 – Call For Participants
DIY 15, coordinated by the Live Art Development Agency, is an opportunity for artists working in Live Art to take part in unusual training and professional development projects conceived and run by ar… Continue Reading Live Art Development Agency – DIY15: 2018 – Call For Participants
Stanley Picker Fellowships Design & Fine Art 2018
The Stanley Picker Gallery at Kingston University is currently seeking to appoint two contemporary practitioners to the Stanley Picker Fellowships in Design & Fine Art 2018. Each Fellowship provid… Continue Reading Stanley Picker Fellowships Design & Fine Art 2018
BBZ BLK BK: Alternative Graduate Show
BBZ has joined forces with sorryyoufeeluncomfortable to create The BBZ BLK BK: Alternative Graduation Show .This is a call for artists who identify as queer womxn, trans & non-binary artists of Bl… Continue Reading BBZ BLK BK: Alternative Graduate Show
Near Now Fellowship
Near Now is Broadway’s (Nottingham) studio for arts, design and innovation. They invite applications for the Near Now Fellowship, their artistic and professional development programme, which, through… Continue Reading Near Now Fellowship
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2018
Entry is now open for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2018, the leading international photographic portrait competition, celebrating and promoting the very best in contemporary portrait… Continue Reading Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2018
Visions in the Nunnery 2018
Visions in the Nunnery is a renowned showcase of recent moving image and performance work, Visions aims to offer an international overview of the challenging and thoughtful uses of these ever shifting… Continue Reading Visions in the Nunnery 2018
Stuart Croft Foundation Awards 2018
Applications are now open for the 2018 Stuart Croft Foundation Awards. The Stuart Croft Foundation enables artists, filmmakers, researchers, and exhibitors working in and between the gallery and the c… Continue Reading Stuart Croft Foundation Awards 2018
V&A Ceramics Residency
The V&A is inviting applications for a UK-based studio ceramicists who wish to develop their practice in new ways by working with the V&A’s collections and developing public engagement activit… Continue Reading V&A Ceramics Residency
The Axisweb Artist Award Round #05: Call for Applications
The Award offers £1,000 cash, a personalised support package, an artist film produced by Axisweb plus editorial and promotion on their website and social media platforms. In addition to the Artist Awa… Continue Reading The Axisweb Artist Award Round #05: Call for Applications
Secret Art Prize
The winner of Secret Art Prize 2018 has the opportunity to showcase their works within a dedicated space at Moniker Art Fair with curatorial support from both Moniker Art Fair and Curious Duke Gallery… Continue Reading Secret Art Prize
Lumen Prize
The Lumen Prize is an international award that celebrates artists working with digital technology. The 2017 prizes are: – Gold Award ($4000) – Moving Image ($1000) – Still Image ($1000)- AR/VR ($1000)… Continue Reading Lumen Prize
PEER FORUM at Peckham Platform 2018
We are now accepting applications for Artquest’s Peer Mentoring programme at Peckham Platform. Peckham Platform is a creative and educational charity and as an orgnaistaion they believes that communit… Continue Reading PEER FORUM at Peckham Platform 2018
The Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award
The Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award , facilitated by FotoDocument and supported by Olympus, is granted annually to a professional woman photographer towards the initiation or completion of a docu… Continue Reading The Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award
ScoglieraViva. Sculpting the Sea
Entries are open to “ScoglieraViva. Sculpting the Sea”, international outdoor sculpture prize. The competition, features the direct intervention of sculptors on the cliffs in the town of Caorle, near… Continue Reading ScoglieraViva. Sculpting the Sea
Tower Bridge Artist in Residence
Tower Bridge is happy to announce that the application process for the 2018 Artist in Residence programme is now open. They are looking to invite data artists inside Tower Bridge to reveal new perspec… Continue Reading Tower Bridge Artist in Residence
Derwent Art Prize 2018
The Derwent Art Prize is now open for entries – seeking artworks in pencil by British and International artists. Approximately eighty works will be selected for display at the Mall Galleries, London… Continue Reading Derwent Art Prize 2018
PEER FORUM at Cubitt 2018
We are now accepting applications for Artquest’s Peer Mentoring programme at Cubitt Gallery. Cubitt provides an open remit for emerging curators at pivotal points in their career to stage dynamic, amb… Continue Reading PEER FORUM at Cubitt 2018
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival 2018 Call for Entries
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival (BFMAF) one of the UK’s leading festivals for new cinema and artists’ moving image, is now open for entries. Entries will be considered for all areas of the prog… Continue Reading Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival 2018 Call for Entries
Gasworks International Fellowship: URRA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gasworks’ International Fellowships Programme offers UK-based artists the opportunity to undertake a residency at one of Gasworks’ partners abroad. This opportunity offers A three-month (11 weeks) fu… Continue Reading Gasworks International Fellowship: URRA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gasworks International Fellowship: Britto, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Gasworks’ International Fellowships Programme offers UK-based artists the opportunity to undertake a residency at one of Gasworks’ partners abroad. Gasworks are now accepting applications from designe… Continue Reading Gasworks International Fellowship: Britto, Dhaka, Bangladesh
ARCUS Project 2018 Artist in Residence Program
Artist-in-Residence Program of ARCUS Project in Ibaraki, Japan aims to support the artistic activities of emerging artists. ARCUS Project Artist-in-Residence Program has focused on the “process” of ac… Continue Reading ARCUS Project 2018 Artist in Residence Program
PRAKSIS Residency no. 10
Applications are now being accepted for PRAKSIS’s tenth residency, The Collective Subject of History. For this residency, selected local and internationally based residents will have the rare opportun… Continue Reading PRAKSIS Residency no. 10
Artist Residency with VARC (Visual Arts in Rural Communities)
Applications are now open for a nine-month artist residency with VARC (Visual Arts in Rural Communities) at Highgreen in remote rural Northumberland. This is a unique and magical opportunity for a vis… Continue Reading Artist Residency with VARC (Visual Arts in Rural Communities)
Green Man Commissions 2019
Green Man has been taking a new approach to ‘site-art’ at the festival since 2016 to bring international and early-career artists into the festival environment to consider an art experience which goes… Continue Reading Green Man Commissions 2019
Cubitt Curatorial Fellowship 2018-19
The Cubitt Curatorial Fellowship –now in its 12th edition- is a unique opportunity for research and curatorial experimentation in the field of visual arts. The Fellowship provides an opportunity for l… Continue Reading Cubitt Curatorial Fellowship 2018-19
JERWOOD/FVU AWARDS 2019 ‘Going, Gone’
Applications for the Jerwood/FVU Awards 2019: Going, Gone are now open. The Jerwood/FVU Awards are an annual open call opportunity, awarding two £20,000 moving-image commissions to artists within the… Continue Reading JERWOOD/FVU AWARDS 2019 ‘Going, Gone’
Artsadmin’s Artists’ Bursary Scheme
Applications to Artsadmin’s Artists’ Bursary Scheme are now open. This year the Bursary Scheme will offer eight awards to UK-based artists working in live art and contemporary performance who have be… Continue Reading Artsadmin’s Artists’ Bursary Scheme
RPS INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION 161
Applications are now open for the Royal Photographic Society International Photography Exhibition. Now in its 161st edition, the IPE is a celebration of photography today and continues to offer insigh… Continue Reading RPS INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION 161
The Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Art Prize
The Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Art Prize offers an opportunity annually for students currently in the final year of their undergraduate study within the United Kingdom. The first prize is… Continue Reading The Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Art Prize
The Horniman Museum and Gardens Artist Studio Commission 2019
The Studio is an exciting, new contemporary arts space at the Horniman, as well as a collaboration between the Horniman, artists and local community partners. The successful artist will join the Colle… Continue Reading The Horniman Museum and Gardens Artist Studio Commission 2019
The 4th Annual ON PAPER International Printmaking Contest 2018
ON PAPER presents its annual printmaking contest to promote the art of printmaking and the connection between printmakers around the world. Artists can submit one piece of work on a paper size of 300m… Continue Reading The 4th Annual ON PAPER International Printmaking Contest 2018
Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2018-19
From January 1st, applications are invited to The Mark Tanner Sculpture Award. This offers an emerging sculptor an £8,000 award to produce new work and a solo exhibition at Standpoint. Standpoint wi… Continue Reading Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2018-19
SOLO Award 2018
The SOLO Award™ is an annual contemporary art prize open to artists of all ages, working in all media. The finalists are exhibited in a group show each spring and the overall winner receives a… Continue Reading SOLO Award 2018
Eastleigh Borough Council – Public Art Commission
Woodside Avenue Development LLP, a joint venture between Eastleigh Borough Council and Vivid Housing Limited, is looking to appoint a public artist to create a high-quality permanent public art featur… Continue Reading Eastleigh Borough Council – Public Art Commission
The Collyer Bristow Award
Leading law firm Collyer Bristow is now inviting submissions from artists for the Collyer Bristow Graduate Art Award. All students who graduated between 2015 and 2017 (BA or MA) from participating art… Continue Reading The Collyer Bristow Award
Gasworks International Fellowship: Kiosko, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Gasworks’ International Fellowships Programme offers UK-based artists the opportunity to undertake a residency at one of Gasworks’ partners abroad. This opportunity offers a 7-week fully funded resid… Continue Reading Gasworks International Fellowship: Kiosko, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
London Creative Network Open Call
London Creative Network (LCN), delivered by SPACE with Cockpit Arts, Four Corners and Photofusion, is offering a wide range of professional development opportunities for visual artists, designer-maker… Continue Reading London Creative Network Open Call
DIY 15: 2018
Professional development projects BY artists FOR artists. DIY is an opportunity for artists working in Live Art to conceive and run unusual research, training and professional development projects for… Continue Reading DIY 15: 2018
Jackson’s Open Painting Prize
The Jackson’s Open Painting Prize exists to recognise and appreciate original, 2-dimensional fine art works in any painting, print-making or drawing media. Submissions are welcome from any country by… Continue Reading Jackson’s Open Painting Prize
Animation 2018
In 2018 BBC Four, BFI and cinemas across the UK are celebrating British animation. Up to 12 individuals or teams will be given the opportunity to have their film selected by a panel and If successful,… Continue Reading Animation 2018
STARTS Prize 2018 Open Call
Appointed by the European Commission, Ars Electronica, BOZAR and Waag Society are issuing a prize to select the most pioneering collaborations and results in the field of creativity and innovation at… Continue Reading STARTS Prize 2018 Open Call
British School at Rome – Augusta Scholarship
The British School at Rome invites applications for the Augusta Scholarship. The scholarship is an exceptional opportunity for an early-career artist for whom the use of paint and/or drawing is centra… Continue Reading British School at Rome – Augusta Scholarship
The Axisweb Artist Award Round #04: Call for Applications
The Award offers £1,000 cash, a personalised support package, an artist film produced by Axisweb plus editorial and promotion on their website and social media platforms. In addition to the Artist Awa… Continue Reading The Axisweb Artist Award Round #04: Call for Applications
Apexart International Open Call 2018-19
Apexart is accepting proposals for its International Open Call for exhibitions, three winning proposals will be presented as part of Apexart’s 2018-19 exhibition season, and can take place anywhere in… Continue Reading Apexart International Open Call 2018-19
McKinney International Art + Design Residency 2018
The School of Art, Architecture + Design at Indiana University Bloomington invites applications for a 4-6 week Fall 2018 McKinney International Art and Design Residency. The residency will select an e… Continue Reading McKinney International Art + Design Residency 2018
Exeter Phoenix – South West Artists Moving Image Commission 2018
The 2018 Exeter Phoenix Artists Moving Image Commission aims to develop a new single screen moving image based artwork for screen, installation or online display. The work may originate in any format… Continue Reading Exeter Phoenix – South West Artists Moving Image Commission 2018
Women’s Vote Centenary: Grant Scheme
The Women’s Vote Centenary Grant Scheme is a £1.5 million government fund that will support local and community groups across England in celebrating the centenary of women gaining the right to vote. T… Continue Reading Women’s Vote Centenary: Grant Scheme
Residency 108
Residency 108 are seeking applications to their 4 week long residency occurring 30 April – 28 May 2018, located in Claremont (NY, USA). It is open to emerging and established artists of any age, work… Continue Reading Residency 108
Waterside Open
Waterside Open is returning for a sixth year and invites submission from artist working any medium except live art. This national exhibiting opportunity will showcase a wide range of high quality and… Continue Reading Waterside Open
Diverse Actions Leadership Bursaries
The Live Art Development Agency (LADA) is offering two Leadership Bursaries for artists and/or arts workers of colour as part of Live Art UK’s Diverse Actions programme. The bursaries will offer award… Continue Reading Diverse Actions Leadership Bursaries
Collide International residency award
Collide International Residency award is a major international residency programme as part of the CERN and FACT Partnership Framework (2016-2018). This Residency is a unique opportunity for artists to… Continue Reading Collide International residency award
PRAKSIS’s 9th residency, Adornment and Gender: Engaging Conversation
PRAKSIS and Norwegian Crafts are pleased to work with designer, curator, and writer, Benjamin Lignel to develop Residency No. 9, Adornment and Gender: Engaging Conversation. This residency will resear… Continue Reading PRAKSIS’s 9th residency, Adornment and Gender: Engaging Conversation
Open Call for Residency at Stryx, Birmingham
Stryx’s residency programme, SOUP, awards artists in the UK the opportunity to work for 2 months (June – August 2018) in Digbeth, Birmingham. Selected artists will receive: 24/7 access to large, shar… Continue Reading Open Call for Residency at Stryx, Birmingham
Rome Fellowship in Contemporary Art
The British School at Rome invites applications for The Rome Fellowship in Contemporary Art. The fellowship is an opportunity for an early-career artist, working in any discipline, who has a significa… Continue Reading Rome Fellowship in Contemporary Art
Future SPACE: Open Call
In 2018 SPACE will be celebrating 50 years of supporting artists in London. To help mark this anniversary, proposals are invited from artists for small exhibitions and displays relating to the theme F… Continue Reading Future SPACE: Open Call
Oriel Davies Open 2018
Oriel Davies’ biennial, open submission exhibition, ODO, is now live with a call for entries. Professional artists and those studying art are invited to submit entries of recent work in order to be co… Continue Reading Oriel Davies Open 2018
a-n Artist Bursaries 2018
a-n is offering 65+ bursaries of £500 – £1,000 to Artist members wishing to undertake a self-determined schedule of professional development in 2018. Now in its sixth year, the bursaries programme ha… Continue Reading a-n Artist Bursaries 2018
The Haven Commissions
Three new separate commissions are available for artists and architects to apply for as part of “The Haven Commissions” – a series of redesigned buoys and a minimum of three new structures, constructe… Continue Reading The Haven Commissions
Lucy Art Residency
The Lucy Art Residency announces its second open call to its short residency program and commission for visual artists. This is an opportunity for an artist based in Europe or the Mediterranean, whos… Continue Reading Lucy Art Residency
The World Illustration Awards 2018
Illustrators in any country working in any medium or content can enter work created between January 2017 and February 2018. Submissions must be made into the eight categories as either a New Talent (s… Continue Reading The World Illustration Awards 2018
Festival of Thrift: call for public artwork proposals
Public artwork proposals are invited for the wider programme around Festival of Thrift, which takes place in September 2018. The festival itself will take place in Kirkleatham, Redcar, these commissi… Continue Reading Festival of Thrift: call for public artwork proposals
64th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Oberhausen is accepting submissions to its 64th International Short Film Festival. There are a range of competition categories – International, German, NRW, International Children’s and Youth Film -… Continue Reading 64th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Chaiya Art Awards 2018
The Chaiya Art Awards are calling for submissions in any medium around the theme: Where is God in our 21st century world? Prizes range from £1000 to £10,000 and successful entries will be exhibited at… Continue Reading Chaiya Art Awards 2018
Goethe at LUX Residency 2018
LUX and the Goethe-Institut London are offering a residency for artists based in Germany and working with moving image to to be undertaken in London over May to July 2018. Applicants should propose ho… Continue Reading Goethe at LUX Residency 2018
Visual Art Awards at the British School at Rome
The British School at Rome has a number of fellowships open for application. The Bridget Riley Fellowship is an opportunity for artists at an early to mid point in their career, whose work has a signi… Continue Reading Visual Art Awards at the British School at Rome
a-n Visual Arts Coaching Course with RD1st 2018
a-n is offering 14 fully funded places on the a-n Visual Arts Coaching Course with Relational Dynamics 1st (RD1st). The RD1st accredited coaching course, is a highly interactive, practice based progra… Continue Reading a-n Visual Arts Coaching Course with RD1st 2018
New Geographies Public Art Commission
New Geographies is an Arts Council England funded project to create a new map of the East of England based on personal thoughts, reflections and stories of unexplored or over-looked places, rather tha… Continue Reading New Geographies Public Art Commission
Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize
The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize is open for entries. The prize is open to artists working across all genres, styles and from any background. The prize offers awards between £1,000 and £3,000, art ma… Continue Reading Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize
Residency Opportunities at The Art House, Wakefield
The Art House seeks proposals from artists who would like to take up one of three supported residencies at their purpose built studios in Wakefield to help them develop and extend their practice. The… Continue Reading Residency Opportunities at The Art House, Wakefield
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018
DEADLINE EXTENDED. New Contemporaries is now open for applications. This year New Contemporaries will accept submissions from a number of non-degree awarding programmes, as well as Fine Art students… Continue Reading Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018
BP Portrait Award 2018
The BP Portrait Award is the most prestigious portrait painting competition in the world and represents the very best in contemporary portrait painting. With a first prize of £35,000, and a total priz… Continue Reading BP Portrait Award 2018
I-Park 2018 Artists-in-Residence Program
I-Park is accepting applications for its 2018 artists-in-residence program. Forty-four fully funded and self-directed residencies in rural East Haddam, Connecticut (U.S.) are available between May and… Continue Reading I-Park 2018 Artists-in-Residence Program
Hospitalfield Residencies: Summer and Autumn 2018
Hospitalfield invites applications for its Summer and Autumn residencies, which will take place over 4 weeks in July and September 2018. Selected artists will receive a £1000 research and development… Continue Reading Hospitalfield Residencies: Summer and Autumn 2018
Curatorial Scholar Awards
The Yale Center for British Art invites curators from museums in the UK to apply for short-term residential fellowships. Applications from curators at municipal and regional museums, and those with a… Continue Reading Curatorial Scholar Awards
Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival
Crafts Council are calling for entries for Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival. Now in its third year, it is the first UK festival dedicated to craft and moving image. Real to Reel will be held in L… Continue Reading Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival
Artist Residency with V&A Research Institute: Opening The Cabinet Of Curiosities
The Victoria and Albert Museum is seeking applications for a 3-month residency (February – April 2018) at the Museum. They are looking for artists who are keen to engage with the histories of slavery… Continue Reading Artist Residency with V&A Research Institute: Opening The Cabinet Of Curiosities
Roman J. Witt Residency University of Michigan
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 Roman J. Witt Residency University of Michigan
The DARE Art Prize
The pioneering DARE partnership between the University of Leeds and Opera North is seeking applications from creative practitioners in all media for the second DARE Art Prize. The £15,000 Prize is aim… Continue Reading The DARE Art Prize
LUX Emergent Producer/Curator Desk Residency
LUX is offering an emerging producer (of film or events) and/or curator involved with moving image a desk residency for a one year period. The selected applicant(s) will work independently throughout… Continue Reading LUX Emergent Producer/Curator Desk Residency
Collaborative Doctoral Award offered by Kingston University and the Crafts Council
Applications are open for a Collaborative Doctoral Award starting in September 2018, offered by Kingston University in collaboration with the Crafts Council and supported by LDOC. The focus is ‘Diver… Continue Reading Collaborative Doctoral Award offered by Kingston University and the Crafts Council
Public Art Showcase: The Liverpool Plinth Sculpture
Sculptors living or working in the north of England are invited to submit existing work to be displayed on The Liverpool Plinth from April 2018 to March 2019. The successful artist will receive £1000… Continue Reading Public Art Showcase: The Liverpool Plinth Sculpture
Royal Society of British Artists Rome Scholarship 2018
The Royal Society of British Artists are calling for entries for their Rome Scholarship 2018. The prize aims to offer an enriching learning experience for a young emerging artist and includes four wee… Continue Reading Royal Society of British Artists Rome Scholarship 2018
V&A Danish Ceramics Residency
The V&A invites applications from Danish ceramic artists who wish to develop their practice in new ways by working with the V&A’s collections and developing public engagement activities. This… Continue Reading V&A Danish Ceramics Residency
Artquest & ACAVA Lifeboat Award Residency
Open exclusively to artists who completed an MA at one of UAL’s colleges in 2017. The successful artist will have a year long studio residency in ACAVA’s Limehouse Studios from February 2018 to Februa… Continue Reading Artquest & ACAVA Lifeboat Award Residency
V&A Illustration Awards 2018
The V&A Illustration awards are now accepting submissions across three categories: Book Cover Design Book Illustration Editorial Illustration (newspapers and magazines) The winner in each category… Continue Reading V&A Illustration Awards 2018
Arte Laguna Prize 2017
International art prize offering selected artists a range of awards including, participation in an exhibition in the Arsenale of Venice, € 35,000 prize money, 11 art residencies worldwide, solo shows… Continue Reading Arte Laguna Prize 2017
Berwick Visual Arts: Moving Image Residency
Berwick Visual Arts (BVA) and Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival (BFMAF) are open for applications from moving-image artists to their annual artist’s residency, which runs for 6 months beginning i… Continue Reading Berwick Visual Arts: Moving Image Residency
Hustle: Science Gallery Lab Detroit
Science Gallery Lab Detroit seek proposals to their exhibition Hustle, which will take place over June – August 2018. Applications are invited for new or existing works in any form, particularly tho… Continue Reading Hustle: Science Gallery Lab Detroit
RAW Lab – Artist Residency
Bow Arts are inviting expressions of interest for the 3rd RAW Lab residency at Royal Albert Wharf, Newham, taking place from February to May 2018. It is open to fine artists, designers and makers. T… Continue Reading RAW Lab – Artist Residency
2018 Residencies at Wysing Arts Centre
Wysing Arts Centre are inviting applications for 2018 Residencies from visual artists, musicians, dancers, choreographers and writers, or those working in other disciplines that have a strong connecti… Continue Reading 2018 Residencies at Wysing Arts Centre
Solitude
The Festival Belluard Bollwerk International and Migros Culture Percentage are looking for new, interdisciplinary artistic projects in any medium on the theme of « Solitude». An international jury wi… Continue Reading Solitude
AER 2018 Residency at the RAW Lab, Bow Arts, London
In 2018 the Nunnery Gallery will host the first exhibition of works by participants of the Art for the Environment Residency Programme (AER). To celebrate this showcase, AER are partnering with Bow Ar… Continue Reading AER 2018 Residency at the RAW Lab, Bow Arts, London
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize
The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize is awarded by the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers and the Lynn Foundation to encourage creative representational painting and promote the skill of draughtsmanshi… Continue Reading Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize
Public Sculpture Commission for Barking Town Centre
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham are inviting applications from UK based artists for the opportunity to design a bronze sculpture of Bobby Moore for the Barking Town Centre. Three shortlisted ar… Continue Reading Public Sculpture Commission for Barking Town Centre
Maynooth University Open Call for Data/Media Art Proposals
Maynooth University invite artists to create a digital artwork using open data from their Dublin or Cork dashboards (dublindashboard.ie and corkdashboard.ie). This is an open competition for media art… Continue Reading Maynooth University Open Call for Data/Media Art Proposals
Handmade Oxford 2018
Opportunity to exhibit and sell craft and design works at Handmade Oxford 2018, which will take place in Oxford Town Hall across Friday 18 – Sunday 20 May 2018, with a private view on Thursday 17th Ma… Continue Reading Handmade Oxford 2018
North Lands Creative Artist in Residence
North Lands Creative are currently considering applications for 2018-19 residencies located in Caithness. Residencies are open to those wanting to make the best use of their glass-making facilities an… Continue Reading North Lands Creative Artist in Residence
The London Open
The London Open is Whitechapel Gallery’s triennial exhibition open to all artists aged 26 or over living or working in London. The exhibition features painting, sculpture, moving image, photography, d… Continue Reading The London Open
Whitechapel Gallery Artist Residency Opportunity
Whitechapel Gallery invites London artists who have graduated in the last 3 years to apply for a residency with the Gallery’s Youth Forum: Duchamp & Sons. Over four months, a socially-engaged arti… Continue Reading Whitechapel Gallery Artist Residency Opportunity
LADA at Mansford Street Commission
The Live Art Development Agency (LADA) is inviting proposals from artists for a new project that will respond to the physical, cultural and social context of LADA’s new base in Mansford Street, East L… Continue Reading LADA at Mansford Street Commission
Gasworks & Bag Factory Fellowship in Johannesburg
Gasworks’ International Fellowships Programme are calling for UK based artists to apply to undertake a residency at the Bag Factory in Johannesburg, South Africa in February-March 2018. This program i… Continue Reading Gasworks & Bag Factory Fellowship in Johannesburg
Carter Preston Prize
Applications are now open for the Carter Preston Prize. UK based artist designer makers in their first 5 years of graduating or completing training are eligible to enter. Work in any medium must have… Continue Reading Carter Preston Prize
Artist’s Book Residency Grant
Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, NY invites applications for the Artist’s Book Residency Grant. The Artist’s Book Grant is a six- to eight-week residency for artists to produce a limited edition… Continue Reading Artist’s Book Residency Grant
McColl Center Artist-in-Residence Program
McColl Center in Charlotte, NC, USA annually awards residencies to approximately eighteen artists. The Artist-in-Residence Program is open to artists working in architecture, drawing, painting, sculpt… Continue Reading McColl Center Artist-in-Residence Program
Society of Scottish Artists Open
Society of Scottish Artists and Visual Arts Scotland invite artists to apply to be part of a show of contemporary art in Scotland. All artists are invited to submit work for consideration. There are… Continue Reading Society of Scottish Artists Open
b-side Festival Commission
b-side Festival is offering commission opportunities to create new, temporary, site-responsive work in any media for the next festival off the coast of Dorset from 8 to 16 September 2018. The festival… Continue Reading b-side Festival Commission
AaBKC Spring Curator Residency 2018
Aarhus Centre for Visual Art (Aarhus Billedkunstcenter, AaBKC) invites applications for their AaBKC Curator Residency for Spring 2018. One international curator will be chose to live and work in Aarhu… Continue Reading AaBKC Spring Curator Residency 2018
CONNECT Photography Commissions
Open call for three £6,400 photography commissions for the art programme of Brighton’s major hospital redevelopment. Photoworks in partnership with Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust,… Continue Reading CONNECT Photography Commissions
Thalie Lab Residency
Based on an examination of artisanal practices and new forms of food production, Thalie Art Foundation invites visual artists, curators, designers and chefs to submit a project on the theme of deceler… Continue Reading Thalie Lab Residency
Megalo Artist in Residence
Megalo Print Studio + Gallery, based in Canberra, Australia, is a professional open-access printmaking studio providing facilities in screen printing on paper and fabric, etching, lithography and reli… Continue Reading Megalo Artist in Residence
Trajectories
Trajectories is a three-year programme of thematic events – including exhibitions, workshops discussions and talks – exploring the role, importance, and value of art, design and technology in educatio… Continue Reading Trajectories
Analogica Performance
Analogica Performance is an open space for experimental performance projects dealing with analogue technology. An Analogica Performance is by nature performed live and should involve one or more disci… Continue Reading Analogica Performance
SPACE Digital Public Artwork Commission
Space, working with the London Borough of Redbridge, is commissioning a temporary Digital Public Artwork which aims to change the perception of art and culture in Ilford. A fee of £150 each will be av… Continue Reading SPACE Digital Public Artwork Commission
Upland & WWT Caerlaverock Artful Migration Artist Residency
Upland are presenting a residency opportunity at WWT Caerlaverock, open to artists based in or with a connection to Dumfries and Galloway. This pilot programme will give an artist the chance to study… Continue Reading Upland & WWT Caerlaverock Artful Migration Artist Residency
Camargo Foundation Residency
The Camargo Foundation, located in Cassis, France, is a residential center offering programming in the Arts and Humanities. The Camargo Foundation welcomes applications from all countries, nationaliti… Continue Reading Camargo Foundation Residency
Collusion Commissions
Collusion is seeking to commission four to six UK artists from all disciplines to create immersive, interactive new works that explore the impact of technology on society for a showcase that will be h… Continue Reading Collusion Commissions
VIA Arts Prize
The Embassy of Brazil to the UK, in partnership with ACALASP (the Association of Cultural Attachés of Latin America, Spain and Portugal), People’s Palace Projects (Queen Mary University of London) and… Continue Reading VIA Arts Prize
Shape Open
Submissions are now open for the 2018 Shape Open, to be held in London during March and April 2018. The Open is Shape’s annual exhibition of artwork by disabled and non-disabled artists created in res… Continue Reading Shape Open
Jon Schueler Scholarship, Visual Artist in Residence
Applications are now being welcomed for the sixth Jon Schueler Scholarship, Visual Artist in Residence, a residency opportunity to take place in Skye in the summer/autumn of 2018. The successful appli… Continue Reading Jon Schueler Scholarship, Visual Artist in Residence
Dialecty
Dialecty is a new project conceived by writer Maria Fusco, and developed with The Common Guild, considering the embodiment and uses of vernacular forms of speaking and writing, exploring how dialect w… Continue Reading Dialecty
Lighthouse Works’ Fellowship
The Lighthouse Works’ Fellowship invites applications for its artist-in-residence program. The program accepts artists working in a wide range of disciplines, but is best able to accommodate visual ar… Continue Reading Lighthouse Works’ Fellowship
Bristol Music Trust/Colston Hall Commission
Bristol Music Trust seeks an artist or artists to help devise, create and run a community-based project with an artistic output to explore Bristol’s relationship with the name Colston and Bristol Musi… Continue Reading Bristol Music Trust/Colston Hall Commission
Women Photographers Grant
PHmuseum presents a new annual grant aimed at supporting women photographers. The PHM 2017 Women Photographers Grant invites applications from female and female-identifying professionals of all ages a… Continue Reading Women Photographers Grant
Lab Central Schools Residency
SPACE and Vision Redbridge Culture & Leisure are working together to develop a commissioning programme as part of the Lab Central initiative in Redbridge Central Library. The first commission for… Continue Reading Lab Central Schools Residency
The Elephant Trust Grants
The Trust was set up in 1975 to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when frustrated by lack of funds. It is committed to helping artists and… Continue Reading The Elephant Trust Grants
Hereafter Exhibition
Bow Arts are looking for artists to take part in a group exhibition in their Project Space in Wapping this Winter. This opportunity is open to those who have graduated with in the last 2 years. The ex… Continue Reading Hereafter Exhibition
Open School East Associates Programme
Open School East are seeking applications from emerging artists to join its independent, self-directed and outward-facing artist development programme. The Associates Programme is free, non-accredited… Continue Reading Open School East Associates Programme
Making Places Commission
Making Places is an arts and cultural programme, funded by Waltham Forest Council, aiming to revitalise the area with artwork. Making Places invites artists, architects, designers, collectives and cre… Continue Reading Making Places Commission
Research Bursaries
This scheme supports individuals working on small and medium-scale research projects that focus on library or archive collections supported by the Wellcome Trust. Research Bursaries are for academic r… Continue Reading Research Bursaries
Litmus Residency and Commission
Litmus is an exhibition and development programme offering curatorial and practical support for five early career artists based in Wales and the Welsh Borders to research, develop and present new work… Continue Reading Litmus Residency and Commission
Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award
Applications for the 2017 Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award are open. The award offers a grant of £1,250 to complete a photography project, support from industry professionals, plus £1,150-worth of printi… Continue Reading Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award
Whitstable Biennale
Whitstable Biennale is a festival of contemporary visual art. They commission experimental work focusing on film and performance. They are inviting proposals for a new work to be part of the programme… Continue Reading Whitstable Biennale
Daiwa Foundation Art Prize
Daiwa Foundation Art Prize offers a British artist a first solo show at a gallery in Tokyo, Japan and a participation fee of £5,000. The triennial prize is open to British artists resident in the UK w… Continue Reading Daiwa Foundation Art Prize
Light Installation Commission
Telford & Wrekin Council are looking to commission an artist, artist(s), or technicians to create a series of temporary light installations within the borough of Telford & Wrekin. These instal… Continue Reading Light Installation Commission
Women at Work Artist Residency
ACAVA and Building BloQs are calling for proposals from a women artist for a residency as part of the Heritage Lottery Funded Women at Work: Then and Now project in Enfield. Artist must show competenc… Continue Reading Women at Work Artist Residency
Public Art Residency Grant
Women’s Studio Workshop invites applications for the Public Art Residency Grant. The Public Art Grant is a four-week residency for women artists to create new public art projects along the Wallkill Va… Continue Reading Public Art Residency Grant
Contemporary Talents Competition
Through the competition “Contemporary Talents” competition, François Schneider Foundation wishes to support creative artists by acquiring their works and showing them at the Foundation’s center of ar… Continue Reading Contemporary Talents Competition
Arts Catalyst / S-AIR Residency
Arts Catalyst has partnered with NPO S-AIR to offer a fully funded residency opportunity for an artist or curator in Sapporo, Japan for 20-30 days, between January and March 2018. This opportunity off… Continue Reading Arts Catalyst / S-AIR Residency
Corridor8 Art Writing Residency
The online platform for critical art writing, Corridor8, invites proposals for an early career writer-in-residence at Humber Street Gallery, Hull. The residency offers a fee, inclusive of travel costs… Continue Reading Corridor8 Art Writing Residency
The Rising
The Rising is a programme by ]performance s p a c e [ with Live Art UK’s Diverse Actions, which gives selected artists the time, space and required resources to try out new work and explore the edges… Continue Reading The Rising
Archisle Photographer in Residence
Archisle: The Jersey Contemporary Photography Programme, hosted by the Société Jersiaise (Jersey Society) in the British Channel Island of Jersey aims to promote contemporary photography through an on… Continue Reading Archisle Photographer in Residence
MMCA Residency
MMCA Residency run by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea (MMCA), offers an open call for the International Artists/Researchers Residency Program 2018. They are now receiv… Continue Reading MMCA Residency
Ingram Collection Purchase Prize
The Ingram Collection annual Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize Exhibition is open to artists who have graduated from a UK art school within the last three years. Successful finalists will have… Continue Reading Ingram Collection Purchase Prize
Stuart Hall Library Artist’s Residency
Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) and Stuart Hall Foundation announce the second Stuart Hall Library Artist’s Residency commencing in February 2018. The residency is a funded opportunity… Continue Reading Stuart Hall Library Artist’s Residency
FLAMIN Fellowship
Film London, Arts Council England and The Fenton Arts Trust present The FLAMIN Fellowship, a new scheme for early career artist filmmakers living in England. Part of Film London Artists’ Moving Image… Continue Reading FLAMIN Fellowship
London Creative Network
London Creative Network is a professional development programme for artists and creative practitioners in London. Delivered by SPACE, with Cockpit Arts, Four Corners and Photofusion. SPACE supports vi… Continue Reading London Creative Network
International Awards for Art Criticism
The Fourth Edition of the International Awards for Art Criticism (IAAC 4) of 2017 is open to candidates from anywhere in the world, writing in Chinese or English about any contemporary art exhibition… Continue Reading International Awards for Art Criticism
Columbia Threadneedle Prize
A first prize of £20,000 and a solo exhibition is awarded for a work of figurative and representational art. A further prize of £10,000 is awarded by visitors to the exhibition, which takes place at M… Continue Reading Columbia Threadneedle Prize
Buckley Memorial Public Art Commission
Flintshire County Council is commissioning a public art work at the Buckley War Memorial site, north Wales. The commission is open internationally to both professional artists or groups of artists tha… Continue Reading Buckley Memorial Public Art Commission
Horizon Public Art Commission
Beam, on behalf of Wakefield Council, is seeking to commission a new permanent site specific artwork for a key gateway to the City Fields urban extension just East of Wakefield city centre. The commis… Continue Reading Horizon Public Art Commission
Travelling Fellowships
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust awards Travelling Fellowships for research projects which involve overseas travel. Two important criteria for Travelling Fellowships are that they could not be carried… Continue Reading Travelling Fellowships
Media Arts Residency
This residency program is part of the “Project to Support Nurturing of Media Arts Creators” organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan (Bunka-cho). Emerging artists in Media Art… Continue Reading Media Arts Residency
Fake Exhibition
Science Gallery Dublin is seeking proposals for up to 20 works for Fake, a free exhibition that asks if life is better when we embrace the artificial. Proposals may be new or existing works, and will… Continue Reading Fake Exhibition
Princeton Fellowships
The Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University offers two artist fellowship opportunities. Both are designed to support artists, in all artistic disciplines, who demonstrate great promise. Prin… Continue Reading Princeton Fellowships
Crossing Borders Commission
Heritage and Culture Warwickshire is looking to commission a contemporary arts practitioner to deliver a series of arts workshops with an Asian women’s group in Rugby to explore recent migration stori… Continue Reading Crossing Borders Commission
Artist-in-Residence-Programme
In co-operation with KulturKontakt Austria, the Austrian Federal Chancellery makes available 50 residencies in Austria (Vienna and Salzburg) for the year 2018. The residency is designed to offer an op… Continue Reading Artist-in-Residence-Programme
RAUM Makers-in-Residency
RAUM invites applications for its makers-in-residency programme for 2018. RAUM will be based at Berlijnplein in Utrecht, the Netherlands, an open square that is part of a new housing project, Leidsche… Continue Reading RAUM Makers-in-Residency
Welcome to the Anthropocene
‘Welcome to the Anthropocene’ is an art/science collaboration between Constance ARI, The Centre for Marine Socioecology (CMS), The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and The Commonwealt… Continue Reading Welcome to the Anthropocene
WimmelResearch-Fellowship
The »WimmelResearch-Fellowship« will be awarded as part of a joint project between Robert Bosch GmbH, Akademie Schloss Solitude and Wimmelforschung. The purpose of the fellowship is to support encount… Continue Reading WimmelResearch-Fellowship
Biennial of Digital Art
Digital Art Festival opens registrations for the Digital Art Biennial 2018 that will have editions in Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The theme of the festival is “Hybrid Languages”. The fe… Continue Reading Biennial of Digital Art
Artists in Residence at Tadeusz Kantor House
Tadeusz Kantor Foundation and Adam Mickiewicz Institute are announcing an open call for artists for an autumn Artists in Residence programme in Tadeusz Kantor House in Hucisko. The residency programme… Continue Reading Artists in Residence at Tadeusz Kantor House
British Seaside Photography Exhibition
Call for photographic work to be included in a major photography exhibition at Turner Contemporary in Summer 2019. The exhibition will examine the relationship between photographers, photography and t… Continue Reading British Seaside Photography Exhibition
Research Fellowships
Annually, the Canon Foundation in Europe grants up to 15 Fellowships to European and Japanese researchers. European Fellows are expected to pursue a period of research in Japan whereas Japanese Fello… Continue Reading Research Fellowships
Muralism
The city council of Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Barcelona, Spain) is launching a public competition to paint a large mural (400m2), with artistic residence. This intervention is part of the full remodeli… Continue Reading Muralism
Large Objects Moving Air
Large Objects Moving Air 2018 is a one day conference exploring the presence, agency and materiality of air from the microscale to macroscale, through both literal and figurative interpretations. The… Continue Reading Large Objects Moving Air
Raw Materials: Textiles Residency
Bow Arts is looking for makers / designers / artists for two residencies that will form part of Raw Materials: Textiles. The residencies are research-based – with no working / studio space provided –… Continue Reading Raw Materials: Textiles Residency
Left Overs: Exhibition and Mother Art Prize
Procreate Project is inviting visual artists and live art performers to respond to the theme of ´Left Overs’ – What is left of our sanity, bodies, sexuality, time and identities when mothering? What r… Continue Reading Left Overs: Exhibition and Mother Art Prize
South London Gallery Post-Graduate Residency
The South London Gallery Post-Graduate Residency is an open submission six month residency opportunity available to artists completing an MA, MFA, PGDip, MRes or an equivalent programme of study (incl… Continue Reading South London Gallery Post-Graduate Residency
East Bristol Contemporary
East Bristol Contemporary welcome submissions for ebc015. This is an open call for works of painting and drawing only, but they are interested in expanded painting / drawing practices. ebc015 will run… Continue Reading East Bristol Contemporary
Bettws Lifehouse Artist Residency
Oriel Davies is seeking a creative practitioner with a background in participatory practice to take on a six-day residency in Oriel Davies’ pop-up project and event space The Kitchen, working with a g… Continue Reading Bettws Lifehouse Artist Residency
LUX London Critical Forum
The LUX Critical Forum is a free monthly discussion, development and support group for artists who work with the moving image. The aim of the group is to develop a new mutually supportive environment… Continue Reading LUX London Critical Forum
Bauhaus Residence
The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation invites international artists to live and work in the Schlemmer house in Dessau. The programme is catering to artists with an overall interest in the areas that are histo… Continue Reading Bauhaus Residence
Settlers Commission
Oxford University Museum of Natural History announces an artist commission to coincide with their new exhibition, Settlers, opening in February 2018. The Museum would like to commission up to two piec… Continue Reading Settlers Commission
Artist Commissions: Creative Consultation
Gloucester Culture Trust and Festivals and Events International are seeking ideas from artists & creatives in order to better understand what the people of Gloucester think of Festivals and Events… Continue Reading Artist Commissions: Creative Consultation
Kostka Gallery
MeetFactory, a centre for contemporary art in Prague, announces an open call for the submission of projects to complement the Kostka Gallery 2018 exhibition program. Kostka Gallery is characterized by… Continue Reading Kostka Gallery
Bridgeman Award
Bridgeman Images announces this year’s Bridgeman Studio Award competition. They are calling artists to submit artworks of any medium, on the theme of ‘Dark Summer’. One entrant will be selected to win… Continue Reading Bridgeman Award
ICAF Lagos Artist-In-Residence
ICAF (Iwaya Community Art Festival) Lagos 2017 is calling for works and artistic ideas from artists that explore issues in the area of spiritual, economical, sociological, ecological and marital dimen… Continue Reading ICAF Lagos Artist-In-Residence
Axisweb Artist Award
The Award offers £1,000 cash, a personalised support package, an artist film produced by Axisweb plus editorial and promotion on their website and social media platforms. In addition to the Artist Awa… Continue Reading Axisweb Artist Award
Design Residency & Exhibition
The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art invites proposals from designers to develop a new body of work for exhibition, through a residency at Plymouth College of Art, making use of their workshop facil… Continue Reading Design Residency & Exhibition
FiLiArt: Feminism, Class and Art
Call for artists and filmmakers for an exhibition that will be part of the FiLiA (Feminism in London) Conference at the Institute of Education, London, October 14-15th. They are looking for films and… Continue Reading FiLiArt: Feminism, Class and Art
A Grand Exposition
Cornbrook Creative announce an open call for artists and scientists to be part of ‘A Grand Exposition’ – a four day event exploring the blending of art, science and technology to take place in Manches… Continue Reading A Grand Exposition
Bomb Factory Artist Film Festival
The Bomb Factory Artist Film Festival series offers artists the opportunity to have their films screened in a cinema setting where they will be watched in their entirety. They welcome single-channel f… Continue Reading Bomb Factory Artist Film Festival
Practice Makes Practice Residency
Practice makes Practice ~ A Social Residency is a 1-month residency at The NewBridge Project. It will provide artists with time & space to reflect on their practice through interaction & colle… Continue Reading Practice Makes Practice Residency
William Morris Gallery Artist in Residence
The William Morris Gallery is inviting applications for a three month residency to take place in the autumn/winter of 2017 (timing negotiable). The opportunity is aimed at emerging and mid-career arti… Continue Reading William Morris Gallery Artist in Residence
Emergency 2017
Emergency is an annual platform for live art and contemporary performance. In 2017 the eighteenth Emergency takes place on Saturday 30 September, at Z-arts, Manchester. Artists working in live art and… Continue Reading Emergency 2017
National Trust Commission
Call out for Expressions of Interest from artists/designers/architects. National Trust Castle Drogo wishes to appoint a socially engaged creative practitioner to work with them in 2017-2018 during the… Continue Reading National Trust Commission
Chronus Art Center Research and Creation Fellowship
Chronus Art Center (CAC) invites applications for a 3-month research and creation fellowship. This program is designed to host one international artist and researcher of in the area of new media art i… Continue Reading Chronus Art Center Research and Creation Fellowship
Standpoint Futures
Standpoint Futures visual art development residencies are for emerging/mid career artists, based outside Greater London. Standpoint Futures awards artists a 6 week residency, working at residency part… Continue Reading Standpoint Futures
Harvest Short Film Competition
Harvest Film Festival is hosting the competition of short films on the themes of farming, food and land. A selection of submissions will be showcased at the festival, to be held at Lower Hewood Farm i… Continue Reading Harvest Short Film Competition
Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary
The 2018 Shape Arts Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary, an annual award to support mid-career disabled artists is now open for applications. The award offers the successful recipient an award of £10,000 a… Continue Reading Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary
Firecracker Photographic Grant
The Firecracker Photographic Grant is an annual award providing funding for a female photographer to aid with the completion of a documentary photographic project. The Grant fund is a minimum financia… Continue Reading Firecracker Photographic Grant
aceartinc Exhibition Program
aceartinc. in Winipeg, Canada exhibits 5 exhibitions a year by contemporary visual artists. They encourage applications from all contemporary artists and curators, groups and collectives in all visual… Continue Reading aceartinc Exhibition Program
New Light Prize Exhibition
Entries are now open for New Light Prize Exhibition, with prizes including the £10,000 Valeria Sykes Award, Emerging Artist Award and Printmakers’ Prize. Shortlisted works will be exhibited in the Bow… Continue Reading New Light Prize Exhibition
Akiyoshidai International Art Village Residency
The residence program at Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Japan invites applications for a residency to take place in January – March 2018. The theme of the residency is The Future of This Land.… Continue Reading Akiyoshidai International Art Village Residency
EVA International Curatorial Scholarship
Applications are invited for the 2017–2019 EVA International Curatorial Scholarship: MA Practice-Based Research in Curatorial Studies at EVA International in partnership with Limerick School of Art an… Continue Reading EVA International Curatorial Scholarship
Public Artwork Commission
Trafford Council are seeking expressions of interest for new permanent site-specific public artworks to be suited in Sale, Greater Manchester, commemorating 200 years since the birth of physicist Jame… Continue Reading Public Artwork Commission
Matieschön Residency
Matieschön, visual arts team at Club Cultural Matienzo, independent cultural venue in Buenos Aires, invites artists who live outside Argentina –active in visual or audiovisual arts, new media, context… Continue Reading Matieschön Residency
Tenderflix 2017
The submissions are now open for the 2017 edition of Tenderflix. Tenderflix is an experimental film and video competition organised by Tenderpixel. In 2017, the theme is ‘Daydreaming’. They are mainly… Continue Reading Tenderflix 2017
Bloomsbury Festival In A Box
Bloomsbury Festival and the University of London are seeking to commission an artistic response to materials associated with their ‘Festival in a Box’ project. This artwork will be programmed during t… Continue Reading Bloomsbury Festival In A Box
Blueproject Foundation Residency
Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona, opens a call for artists-in-residence, a public programme open to all types of formats, ideas, artistic and cultural proposals. Submissions should be for original an… Continue Reading Blueproject Foundation Residency
East London Group Commissions
The Nunnery Gallery is looking to commission three contemporary in-situ artworks on and around Bow Road, London. These works will be the focus of walking tours of the local area that will run alongsid… Continue Reading East London Group Commissions
Watershed Artist in Residence
Watershed’s Artist in Residence call is an invitation to research and make work at the intersection of art and technology. It is open to all artists of any discipline, who have been practising for two… Continue Reading Watershed Artist in Residence
The Horniman Residency
The annual research residency from Artquest in partnership with the Horniman Museum and Gardens is now open for applications. The 2017 residency is focused on the museum’s music collection. One select… Continue Reading The Horniman Residency
Pier-2 Art Center Photographers-in-Residence Program
Pier-2 Art Center is located in Taiwan’s second largest city, Kaohsiung. During October 2017-December 2017, PAIR will host a residency for photography. At the end of residency, selected artist will ha… Continue Reading Pier-2 Art Center Photographers-in-Residence Program
COAL Prize
The COAL Prize, created in 2010 by the COAL Art and Ecology Association, invites submissions from artists working on environmental issues in the field of visual arts. The prize-winner receives an awar… Continue Reading COAL Prize
Residency for European Media Artists
The European Media Art Network offers residencies for Media Artists in the fields of digital media including Internet and computer-based artists, filmmakers, and those working in media based performan… Continue Reading Residency for European Media Artists
Frieze Writer’s Prize
The Frieze Writer’s Prize, an annual award to discover and promote new art critics, is open for entries. The winner will be commissioned to write a review for frieze magazine and will be awarded GBP£2… Continue Reading Frieze Writer’s Prize
Spare Parts
The Spare Parts season at Science Gallery, London explores how medical practice and research are increasingly akin to engineering and design, investigating the mobility of human organs, the generation… Continue Reading Spare Parts
Impakt Festival
Impakt is calling for curatorial proposals for the Impakt Festivals in 2018 and 2019. The Impakt Festival is the annual culmination of Impakt’s activities as an organisation that focuses on critical m… Continue Reading Impakt Festival
Making Neighbourhood Mobilities Residency
Jiwar announces a call for the selection of two projects which relate to the theme of “Making neighbourhood_5_Mobilities” for a research, creative and production residency at Jiwar (Barcelona) from th… Continue Reading Making Neighbourhood Mobilities Residency
The Pier Commission
the exchange invite proposals from practitioners for a contemporary arts installation at the 360m long pier in the Thamesside town of Erith for the period of Totally Thames. A budget of £8,000 is avai… Continue Reading The Pier Commission
Fountain
For AirSpace Gallery’s exhibition as part of, and in partnership with, the British Ceramics Biennial 2017, they are seeking proposal responses from artists for a new fountain for Fountain Square in St… Continue Reading Fountain
The Wheatley Bequest Fine Art Fellowship
Birmingham School of Art is seeking applications from contemporary visual artists for its annual Wheatley Fine Art Fellowship. The £9,000 tax-free stipend fellowship is intended to give a practitioner… Continue Reading The Wheatley Bequest Fine Art Fellowship
WetlandLIFE Bursaries
WetlandLIFE is seeking to commission new artworks relating to the three case study areas: the Somerset Levels, Humber Levels and Thames Estuary. They are open to artists from any artform working in a… Continue Reading WetlandLIFE Bursaries
EIKON Award
EIKON – International Magazine for Photography and Media Art announces an open call for women photographers and media artists 45 years and older. The award winner will receive € 5,000 in cash, in addi… Continue Reading EIKON Award
National Open Art
National Open Art competition is open for submissions. The categories for submission are paintings, drawings, photography, original print, wall hung installations, digital art, and moving image. Final… Continue Reading National Open Art
Photoworks Annual
The next issue of Photoworks Annual will explore how photography and visual culture can be used to foreground LGBTQ+ rights. The Editors are currently looking for fully-resolved projects responding to… Continue Reading Photoworks Annual
CRIPTA747 Residency
Cripta747 announces its Residency Programme to support artists, curators and researchers, from any field of contemporary culture, without any geographical or age limit. The Residency Programme takes p… Continue Reading CRIPTA747 Residency
VARI Embedded Residency
The Victoria & Albert Museum Research Institute (VARI) is inviting nominations and applications for a yearlong embedded residency at the Museum for practitioners working with data as their medium.… Continue Reading VARI Embedded Residency
Griffin Art Prize
The Griffin Art Prize 2017 is an exhibition and studio award for emerging artists in painting and drawing. The Griffin Art Prize will be offered to one UK based candidate at their location of choice.… Continue Reading Griffin Art Prize
West Dean College Artist in Residence
Co-ordinated alongside the full-time Visual Arts programmes at West Dean College, the Artist in Residence Open Call is designed to support contemporary practitioners in developing research projects an… Continue Reading West Dean College Artist in Residence
Cultural Institute Cultural Fellowships
The University of Leeds’ Academy of Cultural Fellows invites applications from artists working in the area of arts and science/hybrid arts. Cultural Fellows support the exploration of an art/science p… Continue Reading Cultural Institute Cultural Fellowships
For A Rainy Day: Publishing As A Site Of Collectivization
PRAKSIS invites applications for Residency No. 7, For A Rainy Day: Publishing As A Site Of Collectivization with artist Iz Öztat (Turkey), in collaboration with non-profit bookshop and publisher Torpe… Continue Reading For A Rainy Day: Publishing As A Site Of Collectivization
FLACC Residency
The call for a residency at FLACC, located in Genk, Belgium is open for all visual artists. The application is open for projects in various media and disciplines. Projects with interest in artistic la… Continue Reading FLACC Residency
Light Work Artist-in-Residence Program
Artists selected for the residency program are invited to live in Syracuse, USA for one month. They receive a $5,000 stipend, an apartment to stay in, a private digital studio, a private darkroom, and… Continue Reading Light Work Artist-in-Residence Program
Artists’ Collecting Society Studio Prize
The Artists’ Collecting Society (ACS) is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company that administers intellectual property rights on behalf of visual artists. ACS is offering an artist the chance to… Continue Reading Artists’ Collecting Society Studio Prize
National Disability Arts Collection and Archive Grants
Applications are now open for the National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA)’s new Research and Development mentoring grants for emerging disabled artists. NDACA, the Disability Arts Move… Continue Reading National Disability Arts Collection and Archive Grants
Institut Potemkin Residency
Institut Potemkin announces a call for entries and residencies for Begehungen arts and culture festival, to take place at Kulturpalast Rabenstein, a former recreation centre and TV studio in Chemnitz… Continue Reading Institut Potemkin Residency
Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral Residency
Residential fellowships in the Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral in Bad Ems, Germany are awarded to international visual artists. Residencies last 3 or 9 months. The topic for the Balmoral residential fel… Continue Reading Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral Residency
Artist in Residence/Britain to Brazil
British Council Brazil and People’s Palace Projects are launching a year’s programme of three residencies for 3 UK based emerging artists in Brazil to take place between September 2017 and March 2018.… Continue Reading Artist in Residence/Britain to Brazil
UK/Ukraine Artist Residency Programme
The British Council in Ukraine and the Liverpool Biennial announce the second iteration of SWAP: UK/Ukraine Artist Residency Programme, aiming to connect artists from Ukraine and the UK and support th… Continue Reading UK/Ukraine Artist Residency Programme
Jerwood Drawing Prize
Artists are invited to submit entries for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2017. The Jerwood Drawing Prize is open to all artists who are based in the UK to submit their drawings. Up to 70 drawings will be s… Continue Reading Jerwood Drawing Prize
HIAP Residency Programme
HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme is seeking applications from artists worldwide for residencies taking place at HIAP Suomenlinna and HIAP Cable Factory in 2018. The programme focuses on… Continue Reading HIAP Residency Programme
Deep Adaptation Commission
The NewBridge Project in Newcastle upon Tyne is looking to hear from artists, activists and collectives interested in collaborative projects that engage with ideas and themes connected to the Deep Ada… Continue Reading Deep Adaptation Commission
32° East Ugandan Arts Trust Residency
Gasworks are accepting applications from artists based in the United Kingdom for a fully funded, two-week residency at 32° East | Ugandan Arts Trust, Kampala, Uganda. The focus of the residency is KLA… Continue Reading 32° East Ugandan Arts Trust Residency
AirSpace Graduate Residency
AirSpace Gallery announces the return of its Graduate Residency Programme and invites students graduating from BA Fine Art courses in summer 2017 and MA Fine Art courses in autumn 2016 to apply. The P… Continue Reading AirSpace Graduate Residency
Curatorial Development Bursaries
ENGINE is the professional development programme for artists and curators in West Midlands. They are currently offering two curatorial opportunities: a bursary of £2,000 to support an artist/curator t… Continue Reading Curatorial Development Bursaries
Pytheas Research Institute / Calanques National Park / Camargo Foundation Program
The Pythéas Research Institute, the Calanques National Park, and the Camargo Foundation invite artists to submit applications for an art & science residency, in order to think, create and work on… Continue Reading Pytheas Research Institute / Calanques National Park / Camargo Foundation Program
Smart Oxford Playable City Commission
The Smart Oxford Playable City Commission is a commission to produce an idea for the city of Oxford. The Commission invites artists to propose ideas which respond to the theme Shared City. Applicants… Continue Reading Smart Oxford Playable City Commission
Sidney Nolan Trust Artist Residency
Sidney Nolan Trust invites applications for a group exhibition at the Rodd, Herefordshire and an international residency for UK artists. Artists of any age or stage of their career are invited to appl… Continue Reading Sidney Nolan Trust Artist Residency
Stanley Picker Fellowships Design & Fine Art
The Stanley Picker Gallery at Kingston University is currently seeking to appoint two contemporary practitioners to the Stanley Picker Fellowships in Design & Fine Art 2017. Each Fellowship provid… Continue Reading Stanley Picker Fellowships Design & Fine Art
Exeter Contemporary Open
An annual, open submission exhibition that presents work from emerging and established artists from the UK and beyond. The submission process for the 2017 exhibition is now open and artists working ac… Continue Reading Exeter Contemporary Open
Gefail yr Ynys Artist in Residency
Addo are inviting applications from artists and makers with a collaborative/ participative approach to undertake a residency based at the forge at Gefail yr Ynys in Caernarfon, Wales. This residency i… Continue Reading Gefail yr Ynys Artist in Residency
Audio-visual Project Residency
Tabakalera announces an open call for a residency for artists who are developing an audio-visual project within the practices of the contemporary field. The residency, which will last between four and… Continue Reading Audio-visual Project Residency
HOME Slough Town Centre Artist Commissions
HOME Slough wants to animate the town centre with one or more artist commissions that will connect and express Slough’s people and inspire a sense of pride in the town. The outcome may be a permanent,… Continue Reading HOME Slough Town Centre Artist Commissions
Lucie Foundation Scholarship Program
The Lucie Foundation is offering three cash grants to support the work of emerging photographers – one $2,500 scholarship with an open theme and two $1000 scholarships for photographers working in the… Continue Reading Lucie Foundation Scholarship Program
Light Night Leeds Commission
Leeds City Council is looking to commission a new projection mapping and soundscape for the city’s annual Light Night Leeds event. Light Night Leeds is a multi-arts and light festival which takes plac… Continue Reading Light Night Leeds Commission
Curatorial Open
Applications are open for the Lewisham Arthouse Curatorial Open Call 2017. Based in Deptford’s former library Lewisham Arthouse provides access to artist studios, workshops, exhibitions and learning.… Continue Reading Curatorial Open
Diverse Actions Leadership Bursaries
The Live Art Development Agency (LADA) is offering two Leadership Bursaries for artists and/or arts workers from culturally diverse backgrounds (BME: Black and Minority Ethnic) as part of Live Art UK’… Continue Reading Diverse Actions Leadership Bursaries
Guest Projects
Guest Projects is an initiative conceived by Shonibare Studio to offer an opportunity for projects of any artistic discipline (dance, visual arts, music, film screenings, seminars and talks on any su… Continue Reading Guest Projects
Exhibition: Robotics & A.I.
QUAD, Derby’s centre for contemporary visual art, are seeking submissions from artists, collaborators and collectives who utilise Robotics or Artificial Intelligence in the production of their artwork… Continue Reading Exhibition: Robotics & A.I.
Kuldīga Photography Residency
The residency programme will provide three photography artists an opportunity for concentrated personal work in Kuldīga, Latvia. The residency period is from 15 September to 15 October 2017. The artis… Continue Reading Kuldīga Photography Residency
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival is open for entries. Entries are welcome from any genre, and in any format and on any subject. Submissions will be considered for all areas of the programme incl… Continue Reading Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
Creekside Artists Graduate Studio Award
Creekside Artists is offering its inaugural Graduate Studio Award. The recipient will receive a free studio with Creekside Artists in Bermondsey for a fixed period of 6 months, from 1st July 2017 – 31… Continue Reading Creekside Artists Graduate Studio Award
The Spur / ETACEC 16-18 Residencies
As part of the call for Euroregion and Creative Europe – Cooperation Projects, The Spur / ETACEC 16-18 project is launching a second selection process for European artists from a member state of the E… Continue Reading The Spur / ETACEC 16-18 Residencies
Finnish Museum of Photography Project Space Exhibitions
The Project space is intended for exhibitions and projects that use photography or other lens-based media as tools for art or research. Photography professionals and students as well as visual artists… Continue Reading Finnish Museum of Photography Project Space Exhibitions
Environmental Bursary
The Royal Photographic Society in partnership with The Photographic Angle offers two, one-year bursaries to support a photographic project that will promote environmental awareness. Applications are i… Continue Reading Environmental Bursary
Bibliothek Andreas Züst Residency
Bibliothek Andreas Züst, Switzerland, offers three studio residency stipends. The length of the stay can vary from one to four weeks according to the needs of the stipendiaries. Application for the St… Continue Reading Bibliothek Andreas Züst Residency
Prosper
Applications are open for Prosper, a business support programme for the arts. Prosper offers the opportunity for arts and cultural organisations, companies or individual entrepreneurs in England to pa… Continue Reading Prosper
bb15 Residency
The call is open to artists who work at the interface between sound, music and auditory research / practice. bb15 (Linz, Austria) are looking for exhibition concepts that explore the specific artistic… Continue Reading bb15 Residency
Gleis70 Residency
The Cooperative Gleis70 together with the Cultural Department of the State of Zurich and Pro Helvetia, Swiss Cultural Foundation provide a residential artist studio, including a living/working space a… Continue Reading Gleis70 Residency
Writer in Residence
Jerwood Visual Arts is seeking applications for the Writer in Residence programme, running from June – December 2017. It invites resident writers to engage with the programme as they choose and with t… Continue Reading Writer in Residence
Berwick Visual Art and Centre for Rural Economy Artists Residency
Berwick Visual Arts announces its fifth annual residency opportunity for visual artists, in partnership with the Centre for Rural Economy (CRE) at Newcastle University, which specialises in teaching a… Continue Reading Berwick Visual Art and Centre for Rural Economy Artists Residency
Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award
The Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award will be granted annually to a professional woman photographer towards the initiation or completion of a compelling and cohesive documentary photo essay which a… Continue Reading Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award
Photography Residency
The residency is an opportunity for an artist or photographer to work with individuals and communities in Stoke-on-Trent, to lead participatory workshops and to create an artwork for public display du… Continue Reading Photography Residency
Great Exhibition of the North Commission
The Great Exhibition will celebrate the North of England’s art and culture, design and innovation. NewcastleGateshead is creating an exhibition across the city. Beginning with an exhibition hub at Gre… Continue Reading Great Exhibition of the North Commission
Litmus Commission and Residency
Litmus is an exhibition and development programme offering curatorial and practical support for five early career artists based in Wales and the Welsh Borders to research, develop and present new work… Continue Reading Litmus Commission and Residency
Alchemy Film & Arts Exhibitions Programme
Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival invite proposals of moving image installations for their exhibition space on Hawick High Street, to take place year-round from August 2017. Proposals of artist… Continue Reading Alchemy Film & Arts Exhibitions Programme
VR Arles Festival
VR Arles is a festival of virtual reality, designed to discover cinema, documentary and artistic creation, part of the program of Les Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles. The selected movies will be… Continue Reading VR Arles Festival
Michael O’Pray Prize
Michael O’Pray Prize is an award for new writing on innovation and experimentation in the moving image. The recipient of the Michael O’Pray Prize will receive £500 and their submitted text will be pub… Continue Reading Michael O’Pray Prize
The New Gallery Main Space
The New Gallery (TNG) in Calgary, Canada, provides opportunities and venues for artists that foster social and political creative practices, while engaging and educating audiences through contemporary… Continue Reading The New Gallery Main Space
Engine and Grain Bursary
Engine and Grain are jointly offering a bursary of £1,000 to an artist living and working in the West Midlands region. Photography should be an integral element of the artist’s practice. The bursary s… Continue Reading Engine and Grain Bursary
Artist Inspiration Days at Battersea Arts Centre
Battersea Arts Centre is looking for 30 disabled and non-disabled visual artists and makers from a variety of backgrounds who work with different fabrics and materials to take part in a paid 1 day dev… Continue Reading Artist Inspiration Days at Battersea Arts Centre
Research Residency and Exhibition
A is for Apple is an art project that looks at how Brexit will affect apple farming in England and artists are invited to respond to what is happening. The project is open to up to 4 artists who work… Continue Reading Research Residency and Exhibition
The Happy Hypocrite – Tolstoyevsky
Issue 10 of The Happy Hypocrite – Tolstoyevsky will be published by Book Works in October 2017. They are now issuing a call for text or image submissions. The call invites a response to the guest edit… Continue Reading The Happy Hypocrite – Tolstoyevsky
MK50 Canal Residency
Gongoozler is an open call residency, exhibition, and professional development opportunity on the Grand Union Canal in Milton Keynes taking place between July – November 2017. Gongoozler has been crea… Continue Reading MK50 Canal Residency
British Council Aarhus Residency
The British Council, in partnership with the Creativity World Forum 2017 (CWF), is seeking applications from practitioners to participate in a residency programme in Aarhus, which will culminate with… Continue Reading British Council Aarhus Residency
Venice Agendas: The Contract
Live artists are invited to submit proposals for pop-up performances in Margate and Folkestone as part of Venice Agendas 2017: The Contract. Responding to the theme of The Contract, proposed performan… Continue Reading Venice Agendas: The Contract
Aomori Artist in Residence
The Aomori Contemporary Art Centre (ACAC), Aomori Public University, Japan, opened in December 2001 as an artistic institution centered on an ‘Artist in Residence’ (AIR) program. They invite to their … Continue Reading Aomori Artist in Residence
3-Phase
An exhibition and development opportunity offering curatorial and practical support for early career artists to make and exhibit new work at three UK locations. Open to artists within 10 years of esta… Continue Reading 3-Phase
Contemporary Drawing Research
Drawing Room invites proposals that examine critical issues around contemporary drawing. This offers postgraduate students and scholars the chance to field test and peer-review research, and to networ… Continue Reading Contemporary Drawing Research
Screen Archives Residency
University of the Arts London announces a new residency opportunity, supported by the British Board of Film Classification. The Screen Archives Residency is an opportunity for an artist to be in resid… Continue Reading Screen Archives Residency
Braunschweig Projects
The Braunschweig University of Art/The Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig (HBK) invites applications for Braunschweig Projects scholarships for artists in Sound Art and Fine Art. This program… Continue Reading Braunschweig Projects
Heritage Open Days Commissions
Heritage Open Days are looking for 4 artists or artistic collaborations to work with local organisers to respond to the history of towns, cities and places through art inspired by LGBTQ heritage. Open… Continue Reading Heritage Open Days Commissions
Stuart Croft Foundation Awards
The Stuart Croft Foundation enables filmmakers, researchers and exhibitors working between the gallery and the cinema to undertake and complete small-scale projects, where other funding options may be… Continue Reading Stuart Croft Foundation Awards
London Creative Network
London Creative Network is a London-wide development programme for creative practitioners with a focus on innovative technologies or processes. The emphasis is on developing new products and services… Continue Reading London Creative Network
Inter/sections Commission
Inter/sections is a symposium organised by students in the Media and Arts Technology (MAT) programme at Queen Mary, University of London. In September 2017, Inter/sections discusses issues of Politics… Continue Reading Inter/sections Commission
Contemporary British Painting Prize
The Contemporary British Painting Prize is now accepting applications. From the submissions 12 artists will be invited to bring three works chosen by the selectors to form The Contemporary British Pai… Continue Reading Contemporary British Painting Prize
Hidden Lines of Space
Hidden Lines of Space is an artistic and curatorial research project focussing on the floor plan as medium of depiction as well as conception. HLOS is interested in the potential of its artistic use a… Continue Reading Hidden Lines of Space
Artangel Everywhere
Artangel Everywhere is an open call for new ideas. Over the past two decades, through a number of open calls, Artangel has commissioned works in performance, film, installation, and radio, each situat… Continue Reading Artangel Everywhere
Embassy of Foreign Artists
The Embassy of Foreign Artists is a Geneva-based residency program for creators and researchers involved in artistic and cultural projects. Given Geneva’s global role as a city with many NGOs and inte… Continue Reading Embassy of Foreign Artists
Micro Residency Programme
Applications are invited from artists working in any medium for the 2017/18 Micro Residency Programme at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. The Micro Residency programme is a research and development oppor… Continue Reading Micro Residency Programme
Bitamine Faktoria Residency
Call for artists from any country and nationality (excepted Spanish) who do not live in Spain and wish to stayin the region of Bidasoa (Irun, Hendaia and Hondarribia), located on the French/Spanish bo… Continue Reading Bitamine Faktoria Residency
Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Studio Award
Lewisham Art House is an artist cooperative providing access to artist studios, workshops, exhibitions and learning. They are inviting recent London-based fine or applied arts graduates to apply for t… Continue Reading Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Studio Award
Women’s Beat League Study Week
Women’s Beat League is a Portland, Oregon collective dedicated to teaching and co-learning DJing and music production skills. Women’s Beat League hosts workshops, lectures and parties focused on repre… Continue Reading Women’s Beat League Study Week
John Ruskin Prize
The 4th John Ruskin Prize invites applications from artists and makers. This year’s theme: Hand & Eye: Master of All Trades in The Age of Jack refers to the Artist as Polymath. The selection panel… Continue Reading John Ruskin Prize
Assembling Newtown Commission
Artist with skills and experience in public engagement and event design to work in Newtown, Powys. The Global-Rural Project is based at Aberystwyth University’s Department of Geography and Earth Scien… Continue Reading Assembling Newtown Commission
Digital Art Commission
The British Science Festival and Brighton Digital Festival are looking to co-commission a new digital artwork that will be presented in a gallery space at the University of Brighton, Edward St Campus… Continue Reading Digital Art Commission
Medialab Prado Madrid Artist-in-Residency
Medialab-Prado announces an open call directed at audiovisual artists, asking for their participation in a collaborative production residency at the Medialab-Prado headquarters. The residency period w… Continue Reading Medialab Prado Madrid Artist-in-Residency
Idle Women Residency
idle women are inviting women to join them in an open boat invitation – women are welcome to express an interest to stay on board the Selina Cooper to work with them to generate an offer for other wom… Continue Reading Idle Women Residency
Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize
The Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize offers a £10,000 prize, and the chance for work to be purchased for the Ruth Borchard Next collection. One-hundred and twenty works will be selected for the Ruth… Continue Reading Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize
Arcus Project Artist-In-Residence
Artist-In-Residence Program of ARCUS Project in Ibaraki, Japan aims to support the artistic activities of emerging artists. ARCUS Project Artist-In-Residence Program has focused more on the “process”… Continue Reading Arcus Project Artist-In-Residence
Aarhus Center for Visual Art Residency
Aarhus Center for Visual Art (Aarhus Billedkunstcenter, AaBKC) invites international visual artists to apply to AaBKC Residency’s Fall 2017 program. The aim of AaBKC Residency is to introduce internat… Continue Reading Aarhus Center for Visual Art Residency
Algorithms that Matter Residencies
Algorithms that Matter is an artistic research project hosted by The Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria. It aims at understanding… Continue Reading Algorithms that Matter Residencies
Lucy Art Residency
The Lucy Art Residency announces an open call for its first short residency program and commission for visual artists. The programme offers the opportunity for an EU/EEA based artist whose main practi… Continue Reading Lucy Art Residency
Pete Lloyd Lewis Studio Award
Applications are now open for the 2017/18 Pete Lloyd Lewis Studio Award, which offers a free studio to one artist for one year from 1st June. The award is open to applications from Fine Art MA/MFA gra… Continue Reading Pete Lloyd Lewis Studio Award
The Artist Entrepreneur Residency
PRAKSIS, Unge Kunstneres Samfund (UKS) and The Moving Museum are working with artist Jeremy Bailey(CA) to develop PRAKSIS’s summer 2017 residency The Artist Entrepreneur. Artists are invited to apply… Continue Reading The Artist Entrepreneur Residency
Race Relations Acts Residency
The Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art seeks applications to be the House of Commons’ Artist-in-Residence, tasked with exploring and celebrating the legacy of the 1965, 1968 and 1976 Race Re… Continue Reading Race Relations Acts Residency
Sensory Atelier Artist in Residence
Attenborough Arts Centre is seeking proposals from experienced visual artists and musicians with experience and specialism of working with SEN schools and children with complex needs and disabilities… Continue Reading Sensory Atelier Artist in Residence
Public Art Residencies
Mayo County Council and Aras Inis Gluaire/Erris Arts Centre invites submissions for three public art projects/residencies in Erris, County Mayo, Ireland. This is an opportunity for artists to work wit… Continue Reading Public Art Residencies
Chisenhale Studios Summer Residencies
Chisenhale Studios are inviting proposals for Studio4 Residencies. Residencies will take place between July and September 2017, ranging between one and two months depending on project needs. The resid… Continue Reading Chisenhale Studios Summer Residencies
Jerwood/FVU Awards: Unintended Consequences
The Jerwood/FVU Awards are an annual opportunity for moving-image artists in the first five years of their practice. The open application programme invites artists to make proposals for new works, two… Continue Reading Jerwood/FVU Awards: Unintended Consequences
Near Now Fellowship
Near Now is Broadway’s (Nottingham) studio for arts, design and innovation. They invite applications for the the Near Now Fellowship, their artistic and professional development programme. The Near No… Continue Reading Near Now Fellowship
Woon Foundation Prize
The Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Art Prize offers an opportunity annually for students currently in the final year of their undergraduate study within the United Kingdom. The first prize is… Continue Reading Woon Foundation Prize
Friday Island – Power
Friday Island is looking for artists working in any medium (performing arts, fine arts, video/film, literature, etc.) for its next event, taking place in May 2017 in Luxembourg. The theme of the event… Continue Reading Friday Island – Power
Queen’s Hall Online Commission
This is an ongoing programme to commission a regular new artwork for the Queen’s Hall Digital site. Currently they are looking to commission 3 artists. This call is open to all UK based artists, techn… Continue Reading Queen’s Hall Online Commission
Aberdeen Fishing Memorial Commission
Aberdeen City Council is seeking to appoint an artist, craftsperson, maker or creative practitioner to develop a design for a new artwork which will commemorate the major contribution fishing has made… Continue Reading Aberdeen Fishing Memorial Commission
Jon Schueler Scholarship, Visual Artist in Residence
Applications are now being accepted for the fifth Jon Schueler Scholarship, Visual Artist in Residence, an international residency opportunity to take place in the Isle of Skye, Scotland in the summe… Continue Reading Jon Schueler Scholarship, Visual Artist in Residence
BigCi Environmental Awards
Australian and International Artists from various fields – visual art, installation, multimedia, performance, literature, music, photography, film making, curating – are invited to submit entries for… Continue Reading BigCi Environmental Awards
On Paper Award
The On Paper Award first prize is 1000€. The second prize is The Awagami Paper Award – 100 sheets of Awagami editioning paper worth 500€, sponsored by The Awagami Factory, Japan. The shortlisted arti… Continue Reading On Paper Award
ENLIGHT Residencies
Four funded residency opportunities for mid-career artists across Europe to take part in new international partnerships developing installations that combine light and sound. Curated Place with SPECTR… Continue Reading ENLIGHT Residencies
Griffin Gallery Project-Based Residencies
Griffin Gallery invite proposals from any practising artist for ad hoc, project based residencies. Artists will be offered space, materials and specialised knowledge to develop projects focussed on th… Continue Reading Griffin Gallery Project-Based Residencies
Call for Exhibition Proposals
Exhibition proposals for 2017 and beyond are invited from art practitioners and curators, for the Alison Richard Building (‘ARB’), a new exhibition space at the University of Cambridge. They are looki… Continue Reading Call for Exhibition Proposals
Daiwa Foundation Grants
The Foundation awards grants to individuals and institutions in the UK and Japan in all areas of the visual and performing arts, the humanities, the social sciences, science and engineering, mathemati… Continue Reading Daiwa Foundation Grants
SOLO Award
The SOLO Award is an annual contemporary art prize open to artists working in all media. The finalists are exhibited in a group show each spring and the overall winner receives a £1000 cash prize and… Continue Reading SOLO Award
Waterford Healing Arts Trust Artist-in-Residence
Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) invites applications from artists of all arts disciplines for a six month residency based at University Hospital Waterford in Ireland. The focus of this residency w… Continue Reading Waterford Healing Arts Trust Artist-in-Residence
Experimental Studio Residency
Based at Abject Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne, The Experimental Studio is a 3 week in-gallery residency to create new work, culminating in a 2 week exhibition. The residency will take place between J… Continue Reading Experimental Studio Residency
Roberto Cimetta Fund Valletta 2018 Mobility Funding
Applications are open for the Roberto Cimetta Fund and the Valletta 2018 Foundation travel grants. Artists and cultural operators living and working in the Euro-Arab region who wish to undertake colla… Continue Reading Roberto Cimetta Fund Valletta 2018 Mobility Funding
Young Masters Art Prize
Artists working in any medium and from anywhere in the world are invited to apply for the Young Masters Art Prize – an international prize for emerging and established contemporary artists who pay hom… Continue Reading Young Masters Art Prize
Eyebeam Residency
The Eyebeam Residency is an for artists engaged with technology and technologists working in the arts. Residents work in Eyebeam studios in Brooklyn for one year on experimental, interdisciplinary pro… Continue Reading Eyebeam Residency
Bomb Factory Artist Film Festival
The Bomb Factory Art Foundation invite artists to submit films for their spring programme. They welcome single-channel film and video works up to 7 minutes, although videos up to 15 minutes in length… Continue Reading Bomb Factory Artist Film Festival
Connect/Exchange Residency
Connect/Exchange artist’s residency involves exchange/research/networking residencies for artists with a screen-based practice. Northern Film & Media are looking for early and mid-career artists w… Continue Reading Connect/Exchange Residency
Peer Forum at Cubitt
Applications are open for PEER FORUM 2017 at Cubitt. This opportunity will provide selected artists with £1,800 of funding to run their own peer mentoring group at Cubitt. Cubitt welcomes applications… Continue Reading Peer Forum at Cubitt
PACT Zollverein Residency
PACT is as a developmental working and presentation space for contemporary performance art at the interface between science, technology and society. PACT is launching a new long-term research and deve… Continue Reading PACT Zollverein Residency
Collusion Artists’ Labs
Two opportunities for artists to apply to take part in specialist week-long labs working with Collusion in Cambridge. Lab A: Virtual, augmented & mixed reality will take place in May and Lab B: Ar… Continue Reading Collusion Artists’ Labs
Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition
The Society of Women Artists invites submissions for its annual exhibition, which will take place at the Mall Galleries, London in July 2017. Categories of work which are acceptable: painting, pastels… Continue Reading Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition
Peer Forum at The Photographers’ Gallery
Peer Forum, Artquest’s annual Peer Mentoring programme aims to assist artists by providing them with the funding, space and resources necessary to establish their own peer mentoring groups. Calls for… Continue Reading Peer Forum at The Photographers’ Gallery
DIY Cultures
DIY Cultures 2017 is a day-long festival of zines, artist books, comics, talks, films, exhibitions and workshops at Rich Mix, London. They invite applications to participate in the event. They are off… Continue Reading DIY Cultures
alt.barbican
The Barbican and The Trampery are looking for artists working at the intersection of art, technology and entrepreneurship to take part in a new project. The six-month programme for up to five artists,… Continue Reading alt.barbican
Rome Fellowship in Contemporary Art
The British School at Rome invites applications for The Rome Fellowship in Contemporary Art. The fellowship is an opportunity for an early-career artist, working in any discipline, who has a significa… Continue Reading Rome Fellowship in Contemporary Art
Development Lab
Metal are looking for disabled & non-disabled practitioners to take part in an intensive research & development LAB. These four day workshops are aimed at artists (from all artforms) that work… Continue Reading Development Lab
Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale Residency
Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dale/Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale (NKD) invites visual artists, designers and architects to apply for a residency of two or three months duration in 2018. Curators are eligible t… Continue Reading Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale Residency
DIY 14
DIY is an opportunity for artists working in Live Art to conceive and run unusual research, training and professional development projects for themselves and other artists. DIY is about creating space… Continue Reading DIY 14
Textile Artist Commission
An opportunity has arisen for a textile creative who has the experience of delivering an engaging and accessible project, with a mixed age group, to produce a banner for the Model Village whilst explo… Continue Reading Textile Artist Commission
COLLIDE International Award
COLLIDE International Award welcomes proposals from artists from any country who are inspired by the research environment at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva. One artist… Continue Reading COLLIDE International Award
Belfast Photo Festival
Belfast Photo Festival is offering artist’s/photographers the opportunity to exhibit their work in the Festival gallery. The winners will be eligible for an award of £1,000. Submissions must be photo… Continue Reading Belfast Photo Festival
Henry Moore Institute Visiting Research Fellowships
Henry Moore Institute offers Fellowships to enable researchers of different backgrounds and disciplines to develop their work. Research Fellowships are intended for artists, scholars and curators work… Continue Reading Henry Moore Institute Visiting Research Fellowships
Creative Schools Project Commission
artsdepot is looking for artistic collaborators to work with them to devise, create and deliver a workshop programme for five schools in the London Borough of Barnet (two x Primary, two x Secondary, o… Continue Reading Creative Schools Project Commission
British Ceramics Biennial Award
The Award exhibition will take place during the fifth British Ceramics Biennial in Stoke-on-Trent in autumn 2017. Artists are asked to submit proposals, outlining what work they would seek to present… Continue Reading British Ceramics Biennial Award
Prix Ars Electronica
The Prix Ars Electronica is a media arts competition. Winners are awarded the Golden Nica statuette, prize money ranging up to € 10,000 per category and an opportunity to show their work at the Ars El… Continue Reading Prix Ars Electronica
STARTS Prize
Appointed by the European Commission, Ars Electronica, BOZAR and Waag Society are launching a prize for collaborations and results at the crossings of science and technology with the arts. Two prizes,… Continue Reading STARTS Prize
Croome Park Commission
Croome is looking for an emerging artist, maker or designer to develop and make new work responding to Robert Adam’s vision and designs at Croome. The work(s) will be designed in collaboration with fo… Continue Reading Croome Park Commission
Litmus Commission
Open to emerging artists based in Wales and the Border counties. Litmus is a 12-month programme of new artists’ commissions at Oriel Davies between May 2017 and April 2018. Litmus – Part 1 is the firs… Continue Reading Litmus Commission
Quarry Bank Artist in Residence
The National Trust is offering a two-month residency and commission opportunity at Quarry Bank, Cheshire for an emerging to mid-career contemporary visual artist to make new site-responsive artwork. B… Continue Reading Quarry Bank Artist in Residence
Mark Tanner Sculpture Award
The Mark Tanner Sculpture Award offers a combination of financial support towards the production of new work and a solo exhibition to an emerging sculptor. The financial award to assist in the product… Continue Reading Mark Tanner Sculpture Award
Creekside Open
The Creekside Open 2017 is a visual arts open competition run by the Art in Perpetuity Trust. Work for two exhibitions will be independently selected from one anonymous submission. Both exhibitions wi… Continue Reading Creekside Open
Crofters’ Memorial Commission
Atlas Arts, working in partnership with Staffin Community Trust (Urras An Taobh Sear), invites applications from artists interested in researching and developing a contemporary memorial to acknowledge… Continue Reading Crofters’ Memorial Commission
Apexart Franchise Exhibition Program
apexart’s Franchise Exhibition Program is an open call for group exhibitions to be presented anywhere in the world outside of New York City as part of apexart’s program. Curators, artists, writers, an… Continue Reading Apexart Franchise Exhibition Program
SEA Foundation Residency
SEA Foundation invites visual artists, art critics and curators to apply for a residency in 2017 in Tilburg, Netherlands. Candidates can apply for one term. Either April – June or September – November… Continue Reading SEA Foundation Residency
Edith-Russ-Haus Grants for Media Art
The Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art in Oldenburg, Germany will award three Grants for Media Art 2017 of the Foundation of Lower Saxony (€10,000 each). The Foundation of Lower Saxony grant at the Edith-R… Continue Reading Edith-Russ-Haus Grants for Media Art
Intersection Commission
Intersection is a commission opportunity created by Fabrica, centre for contemporary art in Brighton & Hove, and Project Art Works, Hastings. They wish to co-commission an artwork for Fabrica’s sp… Continue Reading Intersection Commission
McKinney International Art and Design Residency
The School of Art and Design at Indiana University Bloomington invites applications for a 4-6 week Fall 2017 McKinney International Art and Design Residency. The residency is open to artists at all le… Continue Reading McKinney International Art and Design Residency
The Cultures of Machine Participation
The research group for the design of information systems (DESIGN) at the University of Oslo (UiO) invites up to 10 European artists and designers for a 2-day workshop on the 3rd and 4th of April 2017… Continue Reading The Cultures of Machine Participation
La Ira de Dios Residency
Residency at La Ira de Dios, Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 27/March – 29/May 2017 for UK-based artists. Supported by a partnership with British Council. The selected artist will participate in the Apr… Continue Reading La Ira de Dios Residency
Fujifilm Residency
Open call to photographers regardless of nationality, for a one-month residency to take place between April and May 2017 in Viseu, Portugal. The challenge is to look at the neighboring parishes of Vis… Continue Reading Fujifilm Residency
MOSTYN Open 20
MOSTYN, Wales UK announces the call for submissions for MOSTYN Open contemporary art exhibition, to be shown from July 2017. The exhibition of selected works takes place at MOSTYN, with a cash prize o… Continue Reading MOSTYN Open 20
Alternate Realities Commission
Sheffield Doc/Fest and FACT announce an opportunity for an artist to create an interactive or immersive documentary work for Sheffield Doc/Fest in June 2017, with a second opportunity to exhibit at FA… Continue Reading Alternate Realities Commission
Milton Keynes University Hospital Commission
Artists are invited to submit applications to undertake the design and production of artwork/s for a side room on Ward 2 at Milton Keynes University Hospital. The commission is managed for the hospita… Continue Reading Milton Keynes University Hospital Commission
Summer Academy Paul Klee
Call for applications to a new two-year Summer Academy for artists, hosted by the Berne University of the Arts HKB and the Zentrum Paul Klee. The Summer Academy Paul Klee is a program for artists work… Continue Reading Summer Academy Paul Klee
Dorothy Una Ratcliffe Artist Fellowship
The National Trust is offering a 3-month artist residency and commission opportunity at Acorn Bank through its annual Dorothy Una Ratcliffe Artist Fellowship award. Artists at any stage in their profe… Continue Reading Dorothy Una Ratcliffe Artist Fellowship
PHmuseum Grant
The PHmuseum Grant is an annual grant to support photographers. Applicants are invited to submit visual projects centred around a specific theme, narrative or concept. The first prize is £ 7000 and th… Continue Reading PHmuseum Grant
Artlink Residency
Artlink are seeking four Visual Artists to take part in paid artist residencies in Fort Dunree, Donegal, Ireland, in 2017. Applications are open to professional visual artists working in any disciplin… Continue Reading Artlink Residency
Frieze Artist Award
The Frieze Artist Award is an international open call for an artist 25–40 years of age to realize a site-specific work at Frieze London. Proposals should be new, site-specific works, which respond to… Continue Reading Frieze Artist Award
AaBKC Residency
Aarhus Center for Visual Art (Aarhus Billedkunstcenter, AaBKC) invites international curators of contemporary visual art to apply to AaBKC Residency’s Spring 2017 program. The aim of AaBKC Residency i… Continue Reading AaBKC Residency
A Global State Of Pareidolia Praksis Residency
PRAKSIS and Fotogalleriet invite international, national and local applications from interested individuals to participate in a residency led by artist Lindsay Seers (UK) between 24 March and 24 April… Continue Reading A Global State Of Pareidolia Praksis Residency
The Morning Boat Residency
The morning boat is an international artist residency on the island of Jersey that aims to generate a discourse on issues and practices that are central to the island’s economy, social fabric and way… Continue Reading The Morning Boat Residency
East Street Public Art Commission
We Made That has been appointed by Southwark Council to carry out a series of improvements in the East Street area of Walworth, London. They wish to commission an artist or designer to deliver a perma… Continue Reading East Street Public Art Commission
Spectral Paradigms
Spectral Paradigms is a contemporary art exhibition taking place as part of As The Wandsworth Arts Festival 2017. They are currently seeking submissions from artists over the age of 45, working within… Continue Reading Spectral Paradigms
Guest Artist at Art City
Art City in Winnipeg, Canada invites local, national, and international professional artists to submit proposals to lead collaborative art workshops at our studio in 2017/18. Most participants are ele… Continue Reading Guest Artist at Art City
Intermedia Gallery
Intermedia is an independent gallery space funded by Glasgow City Council and managed by the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) in partnership with Glasgow Life. Proposals for exhibitions at Intermedi… Continue Reading Intermedia Gallery
Woman’s Hour Craft Prize
The Woman’s Hour Craft Prize is a BBC, Crafts Council and V&A initiative. It will be awarded to a craft practitioner or designer-maker resident in the UK. A shortlist of 12 craft practitioners wil… Continue Reading Woman’s Hour Craft Prize
Commission: Visual Art Installation created with Young People with Disabilities
artsdepot is looking to commission the creation of a visual art installation that will be presented at TogetherFest on Saturday 22 July 2017. The work will be made over a 7 week workshop programme wit… Continue Reading Commission: Visual Art Installation created with Young People with Disabilities
MDP Summer Design Residency
The Media Design Practices (MDP) program at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA invites Designers, Filmmakers, Architects, Artists, and Makers to submit a proposal for design-driven research… Continue Reading MDP Summer Design Residency
British School at Rome Fellowships
The British School at Rome has a number of fellowships open for application. The Bridget Riley Fellowship is an opportunity for artists at an early to mid point in their career, whose work has a signi… Continue Reading British School at Rome Fellowships
Amsterdam Light Festival
Amsterdam Light Festival invites artists, designers, engineers and architects to submit interpretations of the theme Existential. The festival presents two exhibitions, following two routes in Amsterd… Continue Reading Amsterdam Light Festival
EVA International Ireland’s Biennial
EVA International – Ireland’s Biennial announces the Open Call for artists’ proposals for the 38th edition in 2018. For EVA 2018, the revision and selection process of the Open Call is a call to respo… Continue Reading EVA International Ireland’s Biennial
McKinney International Art and Design Residency
The School of Art and Design at Indiana University Bloomington invites applications for a 4-6 week Fall 2017 McKinney International Art and Design Residency. The residency is open to artists at all le… Continue Reading McKinney International Art and Design Residency
Groundwork Residency
Groundwork is looking for two (inter)national Site Artists, and one Milton Keynes associated Citation Artist to participate in Groundwork 2017. Site Artists adopt the position of artist-in-research to… Continue Reading Groundwork Residency
Institute of Imagination Commission
The Institute of Imagination is inviting artists, scientists, technologists, makers and those who work across disciplines to create an installation that can live interactively within their new space,… Continue Reading Institute of Imagination Commission
Dublin City Gallery Commission
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane and Create the national development agency for collaborative arts in Ireland announce this opportunity for a collaborative artist(s) to research and deliver a new com… Continue Reading Dublin City Gallery Commission
Fellowship Program For Art And Theory
Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen invites visual and media artists, art critics, theorists, and curators to apply for a fellowship in 2017–2018. Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen, located in Innsbruck, Austria, is… Continue Reading Fellowship Program For Art And Theory
Hospitalfield Residencies
Hospitalfield invites applications for its Summer and Autumn residencies. Selected artists receive a £1000 research and development bursary. The residencies also provides full board catering. The Res… Continue Reading Hospitalfield Residencies
Ridges & Furrows Public Art Commission
artsNK are seeking artists for new contemporary public art commission for Waddington, Lincolnshire. Ridges & Furrows is an arts and heritage project involving the community in the development of n… Continue Reading Ridges & Furrows Public Art Commission
Bloomberg New Contemporaries
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2017 is open for applications. Applications are welcome from final year undergraduates and current postgraduates studying Fine Art at UK art colleges, as well as those who… Continue Reading Bloomberg New Contemporaries
Artists’ Pavilion Venice Biennale 2017
Artquest are calling for proposals from London based artists for a window based commission to be exhibited in Artquest’s Artists’ Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale. One artist will receive a £3,000… Continue Reading Artists’ Pavilion Venice Biennale 2017
Holding Space
Holding Space is a one-year programme of research and support for eight UK based artists. The group will meet for a series of seminars in London and visit cultural organisations across the UK and Eur… Continue Reading Holding Space
National Trust LGBTQ Residency
The National Trust has planned a programme exploring LGBTQ heritage represented at its places, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England in 2017. They … Continue Reading National Trust LGBTQ Residency
Wysing Polyphonic Residencies
During 2017 Wysing will be exploring ‘many voices’ across their programmes under the title Wysing Polyphonic. They are inviting artists, musicians and writers to apply to be in-residence within the Wy… Continue Reading Wysing Polyphonic Residencies
Connect/Exchange Residencies
Connect/Exchange is a national UK residency scheme led by Northern Film & Media for artists with a screen-based practice. Artists are supported with the initial research & development of a new… Continue Reading Connect/Exchange Residencies
Terra Summer Residency
The Terra Summer Residency invites applications from doctoral scholars of American Art and emerging artists worldwide for a nine-week residential program in the village of Giverny, France. The program… Continue Reading Terra Summer Residency
Pacific Contemporary Art Commission
Royal Museums Greenwich invite applications to create a contemporary art installation for the ‘Pacific Encounters’ gallery, part of a new gallery development at the National Maritime Museum in London.… Continue Reading Pacific Contemporary Art Commission
Stanford University Arts Research Fellowships
The Stanford Arts Institute, invites applications for one-year visiting fellowships. Fellows are expected to conduct interdisciplinary research on the theme “Creative Cities.” Each Fellow will be affi… Continue Reading Stanford University Arts Research Fellowships
Jerwood Visual Arts Artist Bursaries
The Artist Bursaries support UK-based artists within 10 years of beginning their practice. They support experimentation and activity that may be hard to find specific funding for elsewhere, specific p… Continue Reading Jerwood Visual Arts Artist Bursaries
V&A Ceramics Residency
The V&A is inviting applications from mid-career and established UK-based studio ceramicists who wish to develop their practice in new ways by working with the V&A’s collections and developing… Continue Reading V&A Ceramics Residency
City & Guilds Art School Artist Residency
Early career artists whose main practice is based in either painting, sculpture or installation are invited to apply for an artist residency running from February to September 2017 at City & Guild… Continue Reading City & Guilds Art School Artist Residency
Art, Cities & Landscape Festival
Maison de la Culture d‘Amiens is organising the Art, cities & landscape – Amiens Hortillonnages Festival in France, which will take place from June to October 2017. Maison de la Culture d’Amiens i… Continue Reading Art, Cities & Landscape Festival
Royal British Society of Sculptors Public Art Award
The Royal British Society of Sculptors announce that the 2017 FIRST@108: Public Art Award is now open for entries, providing an opportunity for sculptors to extend their practice into competing for pu… Continue Reading Royal British Society of Sculptors Public Art Award
Collyer Bristow Graduate Art Award
The Collyer Bristow Award is a biennial competition for graduates 2013-2016 (BA or MA) to apply for the opportunity to be part of a curated group exhibition at Collyer Bristow Gallery (22 February – 1… Continue Reading Collyer Bristow Graduate Art Award
Home Made Commission
Knowle West Media Centre, Bristol, is leading a programme of work, Home Made, that brings together a multi-disciplinary team of local people, artists, designers, architects and policy experts to colla… Continue Reading Home Made Commission
Public Feature Commission
Leading Link invites Expressions of Interest for a commission to create a new public feature for Bedlington, Northumberland. The artwork must acknowledge the heritage of the town, whilst looking to th… Continue Reading Public Feature Commission
Barbican Concert Hall Wall Commission
Barbican are inviting artists, collectives and designers across all disciplines, including those working with digital technology and new media, to respond to the phrase: What’s going on here, then? Th… Continue Reading Barbican Concert Hall Wall Commission
Passen-gers Exhibition
Passen-gers – a site specific exhibition series based at the Brunswick Centre, London – is seeking submissions from London based artists working in any medium for a solo presentation of work. They are… Continue Reading Passen-gers Exhibition
Stuart Hall Library Research Network
The Research Network is Stuart Hall Library’s public programme of monthly talks and events. It is a space for researchers, artists, academics, curators, students and activists to meet and discuss aspe… Continue Reading Stuart Hall Library Research Network
Artistic Strategies in Psychiatry Residency
The Van Abbemuseum and the GGzE (Mental Health Care Institute Eindhoven, Netherlands) invite national and international artists or artist groups working in the fields of socially engaged art, communit… Continue Reading Artistic Strategies in Psychiatry Residency
Berlin Feminist Film Week
Submissions for the Berlin Feminist Film Week 2017 are open. They are interested in feature films, documentaries and short films which deal with the topic of gender and feminism in some way, have str… Continue Reading Berlin Feminist Film Week
CUT Festival
CUT Festival – The Art of Barbering is a 10 day multidisciplinary arts festival that explores how artists, barbers and activists use barbering to creatively explore the themes of race, gender and comm… Continue Reading CUT Festival
Hotel Elephant Small Commissioning Program
Hotel Elephant is launching its first small commissioning program for recent graduates. This program will commission 6 new pieces of artwork from emerging artists who have graduated in last 3 years. T… Continue Reading Hotel Elephant Small Commissioning Program
WMA Commission
The WMA Commission invites entries for proposals from artists and photographers from both Hong Kong and the international community, to create new research based photography work in Hong Kong, focusin… Continue Reading WMA Commission
Camac–Ténot Fondation Bursary
Camac Art Centre and Fondation Ténot invite applications for a residency bursary. The bursary offers a 1 month residency at Camac in 2017, with board, lodging, and a studio. Camac is a multi-disciplin… Continue Reading Camac–Ténot Fondation Bursary
ArtCenter/South Florida Residency
The MFU: MIAMI is the pilot semester of ArtCenter/South Florida’s Fellowship Program. The program provides residents interested in working outside traditional disciplinary boundaries with the resource… Continue Reading ArtCenter/South Florida Residency
Digital Artists Residency
Coventry City of Culture Trust invite an artist to produce a piece of work reflecting on the architecture, subculture and people of the city. The call is for a digital artist, but they are open to pro… Continue Reading Digital Artists Residency
Collusion Data-Culture Lab
Collusion is looking for artists to take part in their data-culture lab in January 2017, a week long development session that will explore ideas and ways in which artists can engage with mass data cul… Continue Reading Collusion Data-Culture Lab
Priors Hall Park Public Art Commission
Fermynwoods Contemporary Art invite artists with experience of working in the public realm to develop a series of site-specific artworks. The artwork must create a visual or narrative link between th… Continue Reading Priors Hall Park Public Art Commission
Belluard Festival
Festival Belluard Bollwerk International and Migros Culture Percentage are looking for new or nascent artistic projects happening in unexpected places. The selected projects will be realized at outdoo… Continue Reading Belluard Festival
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival Residency
Applications are open for the Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival annual artist’s residency. The residency is for a six month period beginning in April 2017 and is an opportunity for an artist with… Continue Reading Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival Residency
Meet You at The Green? Research Residency
Meet You at The Green? Research Residency is a two month residency to take place between February and May 2017 at Callan Workhouse Union, Ireland. They‘re seeking an artist/designer/architect who wish… Continue Reading Meet You at The Green? Research Residency
Exe Riverside Valley Park Commissions
Two opportunities for artists to work within Exeter over the next 12 months on socially engaged and action research led projects. For the first opportunity, West Exeter Riverside Artist Residency, Eas… Continue Reading Exe Riverside Valley Park Commissions
Community Orchard Commission
The Whitchurch and Hengrove Community Orchard is a public art project by UK artist David Thorpe. The work is located in Hengrove, South Bristol and was commissioned as part of the Future Perfect publi… Continue Reading Community Orchard Commission
Window Project
Gazelli Art House invites graduating students and recent graduates to show a body of work in an allocated space within the gallery with its own street frontage, as well as the windows of the first flo… Continue Reading Window Project
Rising Stars at New Ashgate Gallery
Rising Stars is a curated platform for students and recent graduates from BA and MA crafts, design and applied arts programmes across the UK. The programme will consist of the Rising Stars exhibition… Continue Reading Rising Stars at New Ashgate Gallery
Artist Development Programme at SPACE
The London Creative Network (LCN) at SPACE is a professional artist development programme that delivers mentoring and project-specific support for professional artists in London. LCN at SPACE respond… Continue Reading Artist Development Programme at SPACE
Art on the Tideway Commission
Tideway are looking to commission an artist to develop an integrated artwork, or series of artworks, for a new area of public land that will be created by the construction of the Thames Tideway Tunnel… Continue Reading Art on the Tideway Commission
Tower Bridge Artist in Residence
Tower Bridge Exhibition will be hosting its first Artist in Residence from January to March 2017. They are looking to appoint a visual artist, with a strong background in school and community engageme… Continue Reading Tower Bridge Artist in Residence
In Context 4 – In Our Time Commissions
South Dublin County Council through its public art programme for 2016 – 2019, IN CONTEXT 4 – IN OUR TIME, invites applications from artists and arts practitioners to become a part of this programme of… Continue Reading In Context 4 – In Our Time Commissions
Cove Park Residencies
In 2017 Cove Park will award a minimum of three funded Visual Arts and three Crafts Residencies of between one to three months each. National (UK) and international artists and designer/makers are we… Continue Reading Cove Park Residencies
Trans Atlantic Artists’ Residency Programme
This opportunity will enable two UK based visual artists, art critics or curators to undertake a fully funded practice or research-based residency in Jamaica and Trinidad for two months, from March 1… Continue Reading Trans Atlantic Artists’ Residency Programme
Atopic Art Micro-Residency
ASCUS announces a micro-residency within the School of Medicine and Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. They are offering two artists the opportunity for an eczema based art-science residency and commission b… Continue Reading Atopic Art Micro-Residency
Philosophy and Visual Art Residency
King’s College London’s Centre for Philosophy and Visual Art (CPVA), in partnership with Kunsthuis SYB (the Netherlands), is inviting artists to apply for their joint residency programme. This two-sta… Continue Reading Philosophy and Visual Art Residency
Akademie Schloss Solitude Fellowships
Akademie Schloss Solitude is granting approx. 70 residency fellowships of three to twelve months in duration. International artists up to 35 or if older, who have completed a university or college deg… Continue Reading Akademie Schloss Solitude Fellowships
Muir Trust Residency
The Muir Trust invites applications from established, mid-career, UK-based studio artists who wish to develop their creative practice by working with the Buckinghamshire County Museum collections. The… Continue Reading Muir Trust Residency
Hors Pistes Residency
During a month long residency, designers and craftsmen share their respective skills and explore a crafted technique. Hors Pistes will invite 6 designers and an editorial team composed of 2 members fo… Continue Reading Hors Pistes Residency
Vilém Flusser Residency
With the Vilém Flusser Residency Program for Artistic Research Transmediale are calling for artistic research projects that explore the capabilities and limitations of transdisciplinary and transmedia… Continue Reading Vilém Flusser Residency
Peninsula Arts Film Commission
Peninsula Arts commissions new work from filmmakers and visual artists annually in support of working and emerging artists. The commission for 2017 will offer two distinct prizes for filmmakers and cu… Continue Reading Peninsula Arts Film Commission
Camargo Foundation Residency
The Camargo Foundation, located in Cassis, France is a residential center offering programming in the Arts and Humanities. The Camargo Foundation welcomes applications from all countries, nationalitie… Continue Reading Camargo Foundation Residency
The Baron Ash Project Commission
Packwood, Warwickshire would like to work with a visual artist to explore and present a new way of looking at and thinking about Graham Baron Ash, who restored Packwood house and collected textiles an… Continue Reading The Baron Ash Project Commission
Baltic 39 Figure Four Exhibition
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art announces BALTIC 39 FIGURE FOUR, an open submission exhibition held at BALTIC 39. The exhibition is an opportunity for artists working across all media to test works… Continue Reading Baltic 39 Figure Four Exhibition
NXT Residency
As part of the NXT project – Making a Living from the Arts (co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union), ELIA – European League of Institutes of the Arts is organising a residenc… Continue Reading NXT Residency
IMéRA: Laboratory for Cross-disciplinary Exploration Residencies
A foundation of Aix-Marseille University, IMéRA is an Institute for Advanced Study, a research centre aimed at fostering cross-disciplinary projects. It receives scientists and artists of all discipli… Continue Reading IMéRA: Laboratory for Cross-disciplinary Exploration Residencies
Bar Tur Photobook Award
The Bar Tur Photobook Award offers an emerging photographer the opportunity to work with The Photographers’ Gallery and independent UK based publisher Bemojake, to produce their first book to a value… Continue Reading Bar Tur Photobook Award
Inhabitant Zero Residency
Inhabitant Zero is a call for proposals for a research residency in the suburb of Jarfalla in Stockholm. The proposal could be for a study of the surrounding area, a diary of their stay, a research on… Continue Reading Inhabitant Zero Residency
Artist’s Book Residency Grant
The Artist’s Book Grant at Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, NY is a six- to eight-week residency for artists to produce a limited edition book work. The grant includes a stipend of $350/week, up… Continue Reading Artist’s Book Residency Grant
The Spur Artists in Residence
The THE SPUR / ETACEC 16-18 project, which the Euroregion takes part in, offers 6 grants for 6 artists in residence to carry out research work with particular emphasis on working and creative processe… Continue Reading The Spur Artists in Residence
Warwick Stafford Research Fellowship
Northumbria University are accepting applications to the Warwick Stafford Fellowship 2016/17. They invite early-mid career practitioners in fine art to apply to the fellowship which offers a £20,000 b… Continue Reading Warwick Stafford Research Fellowship
idle women artist in residence
idle women is an organisation that initiates and creates contemporary art with and by women. They are seeking a socially motivated artist with collaborative practice to live and work with them for thr… Continue Reading idle women artist in residence
Art on the Tideway Commission
As part of its Art on the Tideway programme, Tideway announces a series of commissions for the Thames Tideway Tunnel for London. This commission is for an artist to develop designs of the 15m-high bes… Continue Reading Art on the Tideway Commission
2 Degrees Festival
2 Degrees Festival is Artsadmin’s biennial festival of art, environment and activism, with a programme of performance, debate and public installations based in and around Toynbee Studios in East Londo… Continue Reading 2 Degrees Festival
Unlimited Commissions
Unlimited is a commissions programme, delivered by Shape Arts and Artsadmin, funded by Arts Council England with additional funding from Arts Council Wales, British Council and Spirit of 2012. They ar… Continue Reading Unlimited Commissions
Fashion Space Gallery Residency
Fashion Space Gallery announces its third annual residency for 2017. The residency was created to support designers working within fashion or associated fields, in particular those whose practice is e… Continue Reading Fashion Space Gallery Residency
Loewe Craft Prize
The Loewe Foundation invites applications for the Loewe Craft Prize, an annual international prize recognising a work of craftsmanship that pairs an original artistic concept with a modern application… Continue Reading Loewe Craft Prize
Tabakalera Residencies
Tabakalera is a centre for contemporary culture in San Sebastián, Spain. They invite applications for their residency programme. The aim of this call is to offer a residency to contribute to the produ… Continue Reading Tabakalera Residencies
WWF Cymru Earth Hour Public Art Project
WWF Cymru invites proposal for artists for the WWF Cymru Earth Hour 2017 Public Art Project. WWF’s Earth Hour is an annual international event when people turn off their lights for one hour on the sam… Continue Reading WWF Cymru Earth Hour Public Art Project
Jerwood/Photoworks Awards
The Jerwood/Photoworks Awards are a commissioning opportunity for UK-based artists and photographers within ten years of beginning their practice. They support early career artists who are approaching… Continue Reading Jerwood/Photoworks Awards
Site-Responsive Art Residency & Biennale
I-Park, East Haddam, CT (U.S.) announces that it will be hosting its sixth international, multi-disciplinary Site-Responsive Art Residency & Biennale. The three-week residency begins on Monday, Ma… Continue Reading Site-Responsive Art Residency & Biennale
Apexart Unsolicited Exhibition Program
apexart’s Unsolicited Exhibition Program is an open call for group exhibitions to be presented at apexart’s New York City location as part of the season program. Curators, artists, writers, and creati… Continue Reading Apexart Unsolicited Exhibition Program
Open School East Associate Artists
Applications are invited from emerging artists to join Open School East. Open School East will be based at Resort Studios, Margate. Associates at Open School East are emerging practitioners with or wi… Continue Reading Open School East Associate Artists
Künstlerhaus Lauenburg Residential Fellowships
Künstlerhaus Lauenburg in Germany is a society for fine art, literature, and composition and offers emerging artists the possibility to create new projects and to present them to an interested public.… Continue Reading Künstlerhaus Lauenburg Residential Fellowships
Helsinki International Curatorial Programme
Helsinki International Curatorial Programme (HICP) offers curatorial residencies in Helsinki for international curators of contemporary art. The programme is co-organised by HIAP – Helsinki Internatio… Continue Reading Helsinki International Curatorial Programme
Beyond the Frame and Tactical Interventions
The International Curators Forum, in partnership with University of the Arts London, have launched two projects aimed at tackling the under-representation of people from racially and culturally divers… Continue Reading Beyond the Frame and Tactical Interventions
FLAMIN Productions Commissions
FLAMIN Productions is a two-stage commissioning fund for artist filmmakers. This year up to three projects will be commissioned with production support of £30,000 each, following an initial developmen… Continue Reading FLAMIN Productions Commissions
Open Online Seven – “Can You Hear Me?”
Fermynwoods is seeking proposals from artists for new or past artworks to be presented online from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2017 and inspired by the way in which coded transference of data can br… Continue Reading Open Online Seven – “Can You Hear Me?”
OverFlow Conference
Performance Studies international Annual Conference invites submissions. The conference theme “OverFlow” takes a reverse view on the political tropes customary in “times of crisis” – “OverFlow” focuse… Continue Reading OverFlow Conference
The White House Residency
Create are looking for an artist living in Barking & Dagenham to take part in a paid, three-month residency at The White House, a new public space for art and social activity on the Becontree Esta… Continue Reading The White House Residency
Ibero-American Arts Award
The Embassy of Brazil to the UK is inviting entries for its Ibero-American Arts Award. Following the pre-selection process conducted by the curatorial committee, up to 30 artworks will then go on disp… Continue Reading Ibero-American Arts Award
‘A Romance with Revolution’ Residency
Artists from around the world are invited to apply for the International Studio Program of the ACC Galerie Weimar and the City of Weimar on the theme of “A Romance with Revolution”. Three selected ar… Continue Reading ‘A Romance with Revolution’ Residency
Hooked Exhibition
HOOKED is the first international, open-call gallery exhibition and event programme at Science Gallery London, opening in 2018 on the Guy’s Campus at London Bridge. It explores the neuroscience, psych… Continue Reading Hooked Exhibition
KulturKontakt Artists in Residence
In co-operation with KulturKontakt Austria, the Austrian Federal Chancellery makes available 50 residencies in Austria (Vienna and Salzburg) each year. The residency is designed to offer an opportunit… Continue Reading KulturKontakt Artists in Residence
Lighthouse Works Fellowship
Lighthouse Works invites applications for its fellowship program. Artists at any stage of their career are welcome to apply. Fellowships are six weeks in length and occur year-round. The Lighthouse Wo… Continue Reading Lighthouse Works Fellowship
Artist Film Festival
The Bomb Factory Art Foundation invites submissions of films for their Autumn Film Festival to take place in November 2016. They welcome single-channel film and video works that seek to expand, redefi… Continue Reading Artist Film Festival
Extra City
Extra City Kunsthal in Antwerp, Belgium is launching an open call for project proposals to be realised during 2017-2019. Applicants can submit a proposal for a project-based collaboration: the realisa… Continue Reading Extra City
Creative Wales – British School at Rome Fellowship
The Creative Wales-British School at Rome Fellowship is an opportunity for artists at a significant juncture in their careers (usually at early- to mid-career stage), who live in Wales, to undertake a… Continue Reading Creative Wales – British School at Rome Fellowship
Philip Jones Griffiths Award
Applications are open for the inaugural Philip Jones Griffiths Award from The Philip Jones Griffiths Foundation. The award is for documentary photography and must be used to complete a body of work, r… Continue Reading Philip Jones Griffiths Award
Creative Fellow – The Workhouse, Southwell
The Creative Fellowship scheme is an annual programme of residencies with The National Trust at The Workhouse, Southwell. The scheme is intended to support the production of new creative work, in coll… Continue Reading Creative Fellow – The Workhouse, Southwell
Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award
Applications are now open for the Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award. The award is a £1,200 bursary, plus printing, exhibition and mentorship, for an emerging photographer in or from the UK to complete a n… Continue Reading Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award
Horniman Museum Commission
The Horniman Museum and Gardens would like to commission a visual artist interested in South Asia, its environmental issues and the interactions between people and nature in the region, to produce an… Continue Reading Horniman Museum Commission
HeARTland Commissions
HeARTland is a collaboration between the National Trust, Shropshire Hills AONB Partnership, Arts Alive, Ben Osborne Photography and the Stiperstones & Corndon Hill Country Landscape Partnership Sc… Continue Reading HeARTland Commissions
Exhibition at Half Moon Theatre
Half Moon Theatre is collaborating with New Contemporaries to source artists who wish to present their work at Gallery @ Half Moon – a space specialising in exhibiting work of mixed mediums and scale… Continue Reading Exhibition at Half Moon Theatre
Shape Open
The Shape Open is Shape Arts’ annual exhibition of artwork by disabled and non-disabled artists created in response to a disability-centred theme. This year’s theme is ‘Power: The Politics of Disabili… Continue Reading Shape Open
Fondation des Treilles Photography Prize
The Photography Prize of the Fondation des Treilles provides the means for the production and the promotion of photographic works related to the Mediterranean world. The prize is open to all professio… Continue Reading Fondation des Treilles Photography Prize
Harpo Foundation Emerging Artist Residency Fellowship
The Harpo Foundation’s Emerging Artist Residency Fellowship at the Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) provides an annual opportunity to an emerging visual artist 25 years and older who needs time and space… Continue Reading Harpo Foundation Emerging Artist Residency Fellowship
Dover Prize Fund
The Dover Prize is a 2-year bursary of £10,000. The bursary will be awarded to an artist or artists to provide them with time to think, research, reflect and/or experiment with new ideas that will cre… Continue Reading Dover Prize Fund
Time and Space Residencies
Metal’s Time and Space Residencies are open opportunities for artists working in all disciplines to access Metal’s spaces, the support of its staff and its local, national and international networks. … Continue Reading Time and Space Residencies
MMCA Residency Changdong
MMCA Residency Changdong, run by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea (MMCA), is now receiving applications for the International Artists Residency Program 2017. Visual Art… Continue Reading MMCA Residency Changdong
Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize
Mountridge Art Foundation is holding its inaugural Purchase Prize exhibition at the Cello Factory in London during November 2016. You are eligible to apply if you have graduated from a UK Art School w… Continue Reading Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize
Experimenta Speed Pitch
For this speed pitching event BFI London Film Festival teams up with Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN) to offer a chance to win the Experimenta Pitch Award of £1000 towards developmen… Continue Reading Experimenta Speed Pitch
Stuart Hall Library Artist’s Residency
Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) and the Stuart Hall Foundation announce a new collaborative artist’s residency opportunity commencing in January 2017. The Stuart Hall Library Artist’s R… Continue Reading Stuart Hall Library Artist’s Residency
International Awards for Art Criticism
The third edition of these Awards for an exhibition review, in English or Chinese, is open for submissions. The Awards are open to candidates from anywhere in the world, writing in Chinese or English… Continue Reading International Awards for Art Criticism
Jerwood Makers Open
Jerwood Makers Open is a biennial opportunity encouraging ambitious and/or radical proposals from UK-based makers and collaborators within 10 years of beginning their practice. It focuses on makers an… Continue Reading Jerwood Makers Open
AA2A Project
The AA2A project (Artists Access to Art Colleges) is a national set of schemes, providing visual artists and designer makers with the opportunity to undertake a period of research or realise a project… Continue Reading AA2A Project
Princeton University Fellowships
The Lewis Center for the Arts, in collaboration with other Princeton University departments, offers two artist fellowship opportunities. Both are designed to support artists, in all artistic disciplin… Continue Reading Princeton University Fellowships
Gasworks Participation Residency
Gasworks invites applications for a 6 month participation residency for a London-based artist. Gasworks is seeking to appoint an artist whose practice is concerned with the advancement of participatio… Continue Reading Gasworks Participation Residency
Archisle Photographer in Residence
Archisle: The Jersey Contemporary Photography Programme, hosted by the Société Jersiaise (Jersey Society) in the British Channel Island of Jersey aims to promote contemporary photography through an on… Continue Reading Archisle Photographer in Residence
Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Residency
Kuenstlerdorf Schoeppingen Foundation supports writers, visual artists, artists in the field of new media and and interdisciplinary projects as well as composers by the way of artist in residence stay… Continue Reading Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Residency
Into the Wild
Into the Wild is a free artist development programme led by artist members of Chisenhale Studios, which aims to support and inspire artists in the early stages of their career by providing practical a… Continue Reading Into the Wild
English Folk Dance & Song Society Exhibitions
The English Folk Dance and Song Society’s (EFDSS) visual arts exhibition programme at Cecil Sharp House focuses on exhibitions about the culture and community of folk arts and art that takes folk arts… Continue Reading English Folk Dance & Song Society Exhibitions
Project Pressure Nepal Expedition
Project Pressure and The Glacier Trust invite proposals from artists using photography and video to contribute to Project Pressure’s archive. This opportunity will see an artist travel to the Nepalese… Continue Reading Project Pressure Nepal Expedition
FORMAT Photography Festival
FORMAT photography festival in Derby is looking for submissions that explore the theme of Habitat. They are looking for a wide variety of works for presentation in the festival, from long term researc… Continue Reading FORMAT Photography Festival
Standpoint Futures Residencies
Standpoint Futures visual art development residencies are for emerging/mid career artists, based outside Greater London. The residency’s aims are to provide opportunities to develop the artist’s pract… Continue Reading Standpoint Futures Residencies
Bauhaus Residency
The foundation Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau invites applications from international artists to live and work in the Muche/ Schlemmer duplex house. The programme is catering to international artists with an… Continue Reading Bauhaus Residency
Hayward Touring Curatorial Open
Hayward Touring invites proposals for an exhibition of contemporary art to be shown in four UK galleries in 2017/18. The exhibition will open in MAC, Belfast in autumn 2017 and then tour to DCA, Dunde… Continue Reading Hayward Touring Curatorial Open
Tate Exchange Residency
Nine Elms on the South Bank and Tate Exchange are looking for an artist or arts collective to create new work with three local art organisations (Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall, Gasworks and Pump House… Continue Reading Tate Exchange Residency
The Sustainable Arts Foundation Grants
The Sustainable Arts Foundation is a non-profit foundation supporting artists and writers with families. They provide financial awards to parents pursuing creative work. The foundation offers awards i… Continue Reading The Sustainable Arts Foundation Grants
Tapestry Commission
West Dean Tapestry Studio announces an open call tapestry commission in the UK for 2016. Artists working in any medium are invited to propose a design or concept for a tapestry to be woven by Master W… Continue Reading Tapestry Commission
Thalie Art Foundation Residency
The Thalie Art Foundation’s mission is to support various forms of socially-engaged contemporary art, accompanying socio-artistic projects as well as promoting intercultural exchanges. The residency w… Continue Reading Thalie Art Foundation Residency
Aesthetica Art Prize
The Aesthetica Art Prize is presented by the international art and culture publication, Aesthetica Magazine and is open to entrants of all ages and nationalities. It includes a £5,000 main prize and a… Continue Reading Aesthetica Art Prize
Villa Ruffieux Residency
The residence at Villa Ruffieux in Switzerland is open to all professional artists working in the field of visual arts, music, literature, theatre or cinema, with no distinction made on the basis of… Continue Reading Villa Ruffieux Residency
Saari Residence
The Saari Residence in in Mynämäki, Finland, offers Finnish and non-Finnish artists, critics, curators and translators the chance to work intensively for a period of two months from September to April… Continue Reading Saari Residence
Socially Engaged Commission at Tate Liverpool
Tate Liverpool opens the call for collaborative socially engaged artist/s born in or resident in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Finland, Hungary or Germany, (partner countries within the Collaborative Arts P… Continue Reading Socially Engaged Commission at Tate Liverpool
Participatory Artist In Residence
Photofusion invite expressions of interest for 90-day residencies for emerging participatory lens-based artists. Residents on the programme will have access to the residents’ studio space; access to p… Continue Reading Participatory Artist In Residence
Curator-in-Residence Program
The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska, USA is now accepting applications from national and international curators for its inaugural Curator-in-Residence Program. Starting in Januar… Continue Reading Curator-in-Residence Program
South London Gallery Graduate Residency
This year the South London Gallery Graduate Residency is an open submission six month residency opportunity available to artists completing a postgraduate MA, MFA, PGDip, MRes or equivalent programme… Continue Reading South London Gallery Graduate Residency
Wimbledon College of Arts – Artist in Residence
Wimbledon College of Arts is looking for an artist to be in residence in the Painting pathway for six weeks in the autumn term. The resident will solely occupy two adjoining spaces within which to mak… Continue Reading Wimbledon College of Arts – Artist in Residence
Media Arts Residency
This program, as a part of the “Project to Support the Nurturing of Media Arts Creators” organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan (Bunka-cho), is an artist in residence progra… Continue Reading Media Arts Residency
Wschodnia Residency
Foundation In Search Of… together with Wschodnia Gallery are launching a short term international Artist-in-Residence program in Lodz, Poland. The term of the residency is up to 1 month. The specific… Continue Reading Wschodnia Residency
Faena Prize
Faena Art invites international artists across disciplines to submit proposals for the Faena Prize. The prize will awarded to winning proposals for the creation of new site-sensitive work that engages… Continue Reading Faena Prize
The Drawing Room Residency
Oriel Davies Gallery in Wales invites artists and makers with a background in participatory practice to take up residency in The Drawing Room between 22 October and 25 February 2017. They are seeking… Continue Reading The Drawing Room Residency
OpenART
OpenART is a public art biennial and takes place in Örebro, Sweden. This call is open to both individuals and groups in various disciplines. They welcome projects “in situ” that respond to our city. N… Continue Reading OpenART
The Horniman Residency
Applications are now open for a new Artquest research residency hosted at the Horniman Museum and Gardens. One selected artist will received an award of £3000 and privileged access to develop their pr… Continue Reading The Horniman Residency
Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary
The annual Shape Arts Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary, set up in memory of sculptor Adam Reynolds to support mid-career disabled artists, is now open for submissions. This year’s successful recipient w… Continue Reading Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary
Punto y Raya Festival
Punto y Raya Festival invites submissions of short films built up entirely with non-representational imagery. They invite authors to focus on the expressivity of all the constituent elements of audiov… Continue Reading Punto y Raya Festival
Guest Projects
Guest Projects is an initiative conceived by Shonibare Studio to offer an opportunity for projects of any artistic discipline (dance, visual arts, music, film screenings, seminars and talks on any sub… Continue Reading Guest Projects
Firecracker Photographic Grant
The Firecracker Photographic Grant is an annual award providing funding for a female photographer to aid with the completion of a documentary photographic project. The Grant fund is a minimum financia… Continue Reading Firecracker Photographic Grant
Magdalen Road Studios Residency
Magdalen Road Studios in Oxford are seeking applicatons for an artist residency opportunity. The residency would be held in their project space Filament 14 with an exhibition of work to be held at Wol… Continue Reading Magdalen Road Studios Residency
Public Art Commission, Merthyr College
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council wish to appoint an artist or artists to create public artworks for two recently created public spaces in front of Merthyr Tydfil College. This commission is for t… Continue Reading Public Art Commission, Merthyr College
Exhibition Commission
artsdepot is commissioning one exhibition and/or installation to be presented in the Apthorp Gallery. The week long exhibition will take place during the October Half Term (Sunday 23 – Sunday 30 Octob… Continue Reading Exhibition Commission
Modern Body Festival
Modern Body Festival will take place at the beginning of December in The Hague, the Netherlands. The festival will present works filling the spectrum of intermediality, seeking the modern body within… Continue Reading Modern Body Festival
Kirkstall Public Art Commission
The Tetley is working in partnership with Leeds City Council to commission a new public artwork in the community of Kirkstall in Leeds. It will be sited on an area of landscaping in front of the Kirks… Continue Reading Kirkstall Public Art Commission
European Light Expression Network Residencies
Four funded residency opportunities for mid-career artists across Europe to take part in new international partnerships developing installations that combine light and sound. The project invites four… Continue Reading European Light Expression Network Residencies
Bridget Riley Fellowship
The British School at Rome announces a new residency funded by the Bridget Riley Art Foundation. The Bridget Riley Fellowship is an opportunity for artists, at an early to mid point in their career, w… Continue Reading Bridget Riley Fellowship
Frieze Writer’s Prize
Frieze Writer’s Prize is now open for entries. The winner will be commissioned to write a review for frieze and will be awarded GBP£2,000. This year the prize will be judged by frieze assistant editor… Continue Reading Frieze Writer’s Prize
Penrhyn Castle Residency
The National Trust, through a partnership with Arts Council of Wales is engaging in a 3-year programme of creative residencies at Penrhyn Castle. Applications are now invited from an artist/collaborat… Continue Reading Penrhyn Castle Residency
Blueproject Foundation Residency
The Blueproject Foundation is a multidisciplinary arts centre in Barcelona. Applications are open for a residency in 2017. This call is open to any artist interested as an individual or on behalf of a… Continue Reading Blueproject Foundation Residency
Curatorial Research Residencies
Hangar Barcelona in association with Curators’ Network is offering two fully-funded one-month-residencies in Barcelona, Spain. The is open to all curators and researchers who currently do not live and… Continue Reading Curatorial Research Residencies
Lubomirov / Angus-Hughes Summer Salon
Lubomirov / Angus-Hughes invites submissions for its second annual Summer Salon exhibition. The exhibition will open on 23 July and continue until 14 August. Selections will be made by looking at artw… Continue Reading Lubomirov / Angus-Hughes Summer Salon
Uncertain States
Uncertain States invites new submissions via Open Call 2016. The work is curated by a panel of selectors and exhibited at Arts Pavilion Mile End, London. Each judge will select their own best of show… Continue Reading Uncertain States
Live Art Development Agency Residencies
LADA (Live Art Development Agency) are inviting proposals for two artist residencies. The Privilege and the Displaced residency is a two-week research-based residency in LADA’s Study Room exploring Li… Continue Reading Live Art Development Agency Residencies
Watershed Artist in Residence
Watershed invites applications for its artist residency programme at the Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol, to explore ideas at the point where art and technology meet. The residency is aimed at artis… Continue Reading Watershed Artist in Residence
Craft Emergency
Aspex invites emerging craft artists, designers and makers working in all media to apply for their open submission exhibition Craft Emergency. A maximum of fifteen artists will be selected for a group… Continue Reading Craft Emergency
Tenderflix
Tenderflix is an international film and video competition open to all moving image works. In 2016 the theme for submitting to Tenderflix is Better Living. The shortlisted 10 films will be screened in… Continue Reading Tenderflix
Newcastle University Artist in Residence
Fine Art at Newcastle University and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art invite artists who use clay in their practice to apply for the Norma Lipman Trust & Baltic/Fellowship for artists. This… Continue Reading Newcastle University Artist in Residence
MK City Club Digital Commission
Bletchley Park, working with Milton Keynes’ arts and heritage organisations along with the Open University, is inviting artists to submit proposals to create a site specific or time based public realm… Continue Reading MK City Club Digital Commission
Sound::Gender::Feminism::Activism
Sound::Gender::Feminism::Activism is a bi-annual research event initially established in 2012 as a network for researchers, artists and performers working within intersectional fields of sound, gender… Continue Reading Sound::Gender::Feminism::Activism
Flux: Beach Huts for Southend Pier
Metal have been commissioned by Southend Borough Council to create ten Beach Huts for Southend Pier as a visitor attraction for the summer of 2016 and beyond. One of these huts will be a Gallery Hut w… Continue Reading Flux: Beach Huts for Southend Pier
Brighton Photo Fringe Open16
Brighton Photo Fringe OPEN16 is an open submission solo exhibition opportunity for an early-career photographer, as part of the Brighton Photo Fringe festival during the Brighton Photo Biennial. One a… Continue Reading Brighton Photo Fringe Open16
Workweek Prize
Art Licks Weekend began in 2013 to support and promote artist-led and small-scale exhibitions and projects in east and south-east London. From its first year, Artquest has awarded the Workweek Prize t… Continue Reading Workweek Prize
Hidden Civil War Commission
Hidden Civil War is a month long programme of activity in Newcastle upon Tyne, commissioned by The NewBridge Project. This programme will include artworks, performances, public-realm interventions, ta… Continue Reading Hidden Civil War Commission
Videonale
Videonale – Festival for Video and Time-Based Arts will include an exhibition and festival programme at the Kunstmuseum Bonn and in the city of Bonn. With PERFORM! as its subject, Videonale invites ar… Continue Reading Videonale
Griffin Art Prize
The Griffin Art Prize 2016 is an exhibition and residency award in painting and drawing. An exhibition of 6 short-listed artists will be held at Griffin Gallery in November. The winner of Griffin Art… Continue Reading Griffin Art Prize
Research Residency
S-AIR in association with Curators’ Network is offering a fully funded residency opportunity for curators in Sapporo, Japan, from August 9 – September 13, 2016. The successful candidate is expected to… Continue Reading Research Residency
Light Work Artist-in-Residence Program
Each year Light Work invites 12-15 artists to participate in its residency program. Artists selected for the residency program are invited to live in Syracuse for one month. They receive a $5,000 stip… Continue Reading Light Work Artist-in-Residence Program
Unseen Dummy Award
The Unseen Dummy Award is open to all designers and photographers. The winner will have their photobook dummy published by Lecturis and a selection of 50 photobook dummies will be exhibited during Uns… Continue Reading Unseen Dummy Award
Northern Artist Film Programme
Quays Culture invites artists and filmmakers based in the North of England to apply for the Northern Artist Film Programme. The programme will include two strands for entries: a General Open Call stra… Continue Reading Northern Artist Film Programme
Koumaria Residency
Artist collective Medea Electronique organizes an annual 10-day experimental artist residency, Koumaria, near Sparta in Greece (the village of Sellasia), focusing on improvisation and new media practi… Continue Reading Koumaria Residency
Luxembourg Art Prize
The Luxembourg Art Prize is open to any artist, amateur or professional, with no limits on age, nationality or place of residence. The Prize is aimed at artists working in one or more of the following… Continue Reading Luxembourg Art Prize
Digital Solitude
As part of the Digital Solitude program, each year Akademie Schloss Solitude will be awarding a total of 24 months of fellowships to two to four people in 2016 and 2017. The fellowship program is inte… Continue Reading Digital Solitude
Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral Fellowships
Residential fellowships in the Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral in Bad Ems are awarded to international visual artists. Two 3-month fellowships and four 9-month fellowships are available. The focus of th… Continue Reading Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral Fellowships
Artist in Residence – Headway East London
Headway East London is a charity supporting people affected by brain injury in London. Their Hackney-based Day Service is home to Submit to Love Studios, a community of self-taught artists who are bra… Continue Reading Artist in Residence – Headway East London
William Morris Gallery Residency
The William Morris Gallery is inviting applications for a three month residency to take place in the autumn of 2016 (timing negotiable). The opportunity is aimed at emerging and mid-career artists and… Continue Reading William Morris Gallery Residency
Searching for the centre
Confluence is seeking to appoint an artist or artists’ collaboration, with a process based practice and an interest in place-based narratives, to produce a work for publication in a multiple edition f… Continue Reading Searching for the centre
Jerwood Drawing Prize
Artists are invited to submit entries for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2016. The Jerwood Drawing Prize is open to all UK based artists working with drawing. The selectors will bring together up to 70 ori… Continue Reading Jerwood Drawing Prize
Cockpit Arts Artist-Maker Residency
The Residency is a development opportunity for an artist-maker whose practice is based in craft and explores ideas and concepts. Cockpit Arts will provide a support structure for the selected artist-m… Continue Reading Cockpit Arts Artist-Maker Residency
SWAP: UK/Ukraine Artist Residence Programme
The British Council Ukraine announces its new artistic residence programme, connecting artists from Ukraine and the UK and supporting their professional development and internationalisation. They are … Continue Reading SWAP: UK/Ukraine Artist Residence Programme
London Creative Network
London Creative Network (LCN) is a new London-wide development programme for creative practitioners with a focus on innovative technologies or processes. The emphasis will be on developing new produc… Continue Reading London Creative Network
International Print Biennale Awards
The awards are open to all British and international artists working with print in its widest interpretation, from traditional to contemporary print processes, including 2D, 3D, video, installation an… Continue Reading International Print Biennale Awards
Stanley Picker Fellowships
The Stanley Picker Gallery at Kingston University is currently seeking to appoint two contemporary practitioners to the Stanley Picker Fellowships in Design & Fine Art 2016. Each Fellowship provid… Continue Reading Stanley Picker Fellowships
Imagine 2020 Summer Lab – Art, Ecology and Possible Futures
The Imagine 2020 network of European arts organisations, of which Artsadmin is a founding member, run a continuing programme of international Summer Labs for artists. This is an opportunity for a UK-b… Continue Reading Imagine 2020 Summer Lab – Art, Ecology and Possible Futures
GRAIN and IED Madrid Residency
GRAIN and IED Madrid are seeking submissions from artists, photographers and curators from the West Midlands, UK, to apply for a residency in Madrid, Spain. The applicant must have a photographic prac… Continue Reading GRAIN and IED Madrid Residency
Artraker Biennial Award
The Artraker Biennial Awards are for contemporary artists / organisations that shape how people and organisations understand, engage and respond to violent conflicts and its effects. In 2016 Artraker… Continue Reading Artraker Biennial Award
Airspace Graduate Residency
AirSpace Gallery invites graduating students from BA and MA Fine Art courses to apply for their graduate residency scheme. Any fine art or related practitioner graduating from a UK BA or Masters cours… Continue Reading Airspace Graduate Residency
Artists’ International Development Fund
The Artists’ International Development Fund offers early stage development opportunities for individual freelance and self-employed artists and/or creative practitioners (including, for example: produ… Continue Reading Artists’ International Development Fund
European Network for Contemporary Audiovisual Creation Residencies
LABoral and the nine artistic and cultural institutions that take part at the European Network for Contemporary Audiovisual Creation (ENCAC) have launched its second open call addressed to artists/dev… Continue Reading European Network for Contemporary Audiovisual Creation Residencies
Visiting Guest Artist Fellowship
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice invites applications for its Visiting Guest Artists Fellowships. Each fellowship lasts 6 weeks and is offered to established, as well as emerging printmakers… Continue Reading Visiting Guest Artist Fellowship
IdeasCity Athens
The New Museum and NEON announce an open call for participants in the residency program for IdeasCity Athens, which explores the future of cities with arts and culture as driving forces and will take… Continue Reading IdeasCity Athens
Visions in the Nunnery
Visions in the Nunnery is an exhibition of recent performance and moving image works by emerging and established artists at the Nunnery Gallery in Bow, London. Artists from all over the world are invi… Continue Reading Visions in the Nunnery
Off The Shelf Commissions
An opportunity for 5 x artists to produce an outdoor sculpture or installation on the themes of books and freedom to be commissioned by the Freedom Festival Arts Trust and Hull Culture and Leisure Lib… Continue Reading Off The Shelf Commissions
EUPORIAS | Met Office | Kaleider Commission
EUPORIAS, the Met Office and Kaleider are seeking an individual or group to create an experience that will take place during the EUPORIAS General Assembly at the Met Office in October 2016. The succe… Continue Reading EUPORIAS | Met Office | Kaleider Commission
Evolve Artist in Residence
Aspex is inviting applications for an artist-in-residence with a disability. As a part of the ‘Evolve’ pilot project, this residency will form part of a summer season of events taking place at Aspex a… Continue Reading Evolve Artist in Residence
Berwick Visual Arts Residency
Berwick Visual Arts announces a residency opportunity for visual artists, in partnership with the Centre for Rural Economy (CRE) at Newcastle University, which specialises in teaching and research on… Continue Reading Berwick Visual Arts Residency
WimmelResearch-Fellowship
The »WimmelResearch-Fellowship« will be awarded as part of a joint project between Robert Bosch GmbH, Akademie Schloss Solitude and Wimmelforschung. The collaboration is based on the development of Pl… Continue Reading WimmelResearch-Fellowship
art&science Residency
Artists above the age of 18 from all countries are invited to apply for a residency at ESA – the European Space Agency. The winning artist is subject to obtaining clearance to work on site at ESA-ESTE… Continue Reading art&science Residency
Derwent Art Prize
Applications are invited for the Derwent Art Prize for artworks created in pencil. Artists can submit 2D and 3D works created with any pencil or coloured pencil as well as water soluble, pastel, graph… Continue Reading Derwent Art Prize
Hotel Maria Kapel Residency
Hotel Maria Kapel (HMK) is an artist-in-residence, exhibition space and cinema for contemporary visual art in Hoorn, the Netherlands. The studio/exhibition space of HMK is located in an early 16th cen… Continue Reading Hotel Maria Kapel Residency
Lumen Prize
The Lumen Prize is an annual award for digital art. Any art created by a digital device using proprietary, open-source or creatively-coded software is eligible. Entries using animation techniques, CGI… Continue Reading Lumen Prize
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival invites submissions and proposals in response to X – this year’s Festival theme. Entries will be considered for all elements of the Festival, including its main… Continue Reading Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Commissions
The 2016 Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival will be an eight-day festival opening with a weekend of free outdoor events throughout the town. Venues for the 2016 festival encompass Bournemouth’s gard… Continue Reading Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Commissions
Gasworks International Fellowships
Gasworks’ International Fellowships Programme offers UK-based artists the opportunity to undertake a residency at one of Gasworks’ partners abroad. The Programme enables artists to spend between 4 and… Continue Reading Gasworks International Fellowships
Chimera Art Award
Chimera-Project invites applications for the Chimera Art Award. The prize is a solo exhibition at the Chimera-Project Gallery (Opening: October 28, 2016). The prize includes an exhibition budget, trav… Continue Reading Chimera Art Award
Royal Photographic Society’s International Print Competition
The Royal Photographic Society is calling for entries to the International Print 159 competition. 100 selected prints will be mounted and framed by The Royal Photographic Society and will tour to six… Continue Reading Royal Photographic Society’s International Print Competition
Environmental Bursary
The Royal Photographic Society in partnership with The Photographic Angle offers two, one-year bursaries to support a photographic project that will promote environmental awareness. Anyone can apply w… Continue Reading Environmental Bursary
V&A Ceramics Residency
The V&A is inviting applications from early-career UK-based studio ceramicists (around 2-5 years since MA, or 5-10 years since BA) who wish to develop their practice in designing and making cerami… Continue Reading V&A Ceramics Residency
MAP Creative Residency – Transcultures
In the framework of Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes’ MAP programme, Transcultures, Interdisciplinary centre for digital and sound cultures, together with the City of Mons (Belgium) invites… Continue Reading MAP Creative Residency – Transcultures
Curatorial Open Call
Lewisham Art House is offering free use of their project space to an artist, curator or collective for a period of 4 weeks. They are inviting proposals from an artist/curator interested in working bey… Continue Reading Curatorial Open Call
COLLIDE International Award
Arts@CERN announces the COLLIDE International Award, an international residency programme and a new collaboration between CERN and FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Liverpool). The com… Continue Reading COLLIDE International Award
Artist Film Commissions at EEFF
The East End Film Festival (EEFF) presents a programme of artists’ filmmaking work and events in partnership with the Whitechapel Gallery. The EEFF invites artist filmmakers to submit proposals for sh… Continue Reading Artist Film Commissions at EEFF
East Tower Residency
At the end of August, the East Tower of the former BBC Television Centre will be demolished. As part of their work in White City, White Noise are offering an opportunity for creative residencies to oc… Continue Reading East Tower Residency
The Artists Fund
The Artists Fund is a community interest company led by Artquest, DACS and a-n the Artists Information Company to provide small grants to visual artists based in the UK: in England, Scotland, Wales an… Continue Reading The Artists Fund
INSIDE: Disabled Artist Commission
QUAD and D-Lab in partnership with LEVEL and Junction Arts, supported by DASH, seek to commission a disabled artist or disabled led collective/company to produce new work focusing on the broad theme o… Continue Reading INSIDE: Disabled Artist Commission
Transfer North Residencies
Applications are open to curators, writers and thinkers interested in pursuing research, curatorial and critical writing opportunities in the northern regions of Norway, Finland, Sweden, Northwest-Rus… Continue Reading Transfer North Residencies
bb15 Residency
bb15 is an alternative, non-commercial location for the arts in Linz, Austria. The call is open to artists who work at the interface between sound, music and auditory research / practice. They are loo… Continue Reading bb15 Residency
Remote Intimacy Commission
Remote Intimacy is a commission opportunity created by Fabrica, Brighton & Hove’s centre for contemporary art. They will commission one artist (or a pre-existing artist group), with a strong track… Continue Reading Remote Intimacy Commission
neo: printprize
neo:printprize 2016 invites artists to submit works across the full range of printmaking techniques from the traditional to the digital, including 3D prints, printmaking related video, monoprints and… Continue Reading neo: printprize
1215 Today Film Commission
1215.Today invite a filmmaker, animator or artist/maker/practitioner working with moving image to work with them in the development of a new artistic digital commission. Filmmakers / artists do not ne… Continue Reading 1215 Today Film Commission
Finnish Museum of Photography’s Project Space
The Project space is intended for exhibitions and projects that use photography or other lens-based media as tools for art or research. The space shows exhibitions by both fresh talents and more estab… Continue Reading Finnish Museum of Photography’s Project Space
Fundación Botín Visual Arts Grants
The Fundación Botín invites applications for its new program of 8 Visual Arts Grants. Grants can be awarded for study,individual projects and artistic (non-theoretical) research and are open to artist… Continue Reading Fundación Botín Visual Arts Grants
You Must Locate A Fantasy
Book Works invites artists to propose a project that engages creatively and critically with either Chelsea College of Arts Library & CHELSEA space or Glasgow Women’s Library special collections/ho… Continue Reading You Must Locate A Fantasy
Book Artist In Residence
Maine Media invites applications for its Book Artist in Residence Program. The program is open to emerging and practicing book artists and letterpress printers working on a project that combines words… Continue Reading Book Artist In Residence
Contemporary British Painting Prize
Artists of any age and nationality,presently living and working in the UK are invited to submit work to The Contemporary British Painting Prize. The winner will receive a solo exhibition at Swindon Mu… Continue Reading Contemporary British Painting Prize
Fondazione per l’Arte Fellowship
Fondazione per l’Arte invites applications for a fellowship for a one month residency in Rome. Fellowships are open to visual artists, curators, architects, designers, performing artists, writers and… Continue Reading Fondazione per l’Arte Fellowship
Frankfurt LAB Residencies
The Frankfurt LAB is a rehearsal and performance space for experimental work in the performing arts and music with two performance halls. The residency is meant for artists from every discipline. It o… Continue Reading Frankfurt LAB Residencies
MAC International
MAC International 2016 is an open arts prize,based at the Metropolitan Arts Centre in Belfast, that will present contemporary visual art practice across all disciplines. Shortlisted artists will be se… Continue Reading MAC International
Photoworks Annual
Photoworks invites submissions for the next issue of its annual photography and visual culture journal, which will be themed on the politics of fashion and style photography. They welcome new or previ… Continue Reading Photoworks Annual
Chronotopia: Centralen and Olskroken
Public Art Agency Sweden and the Swedish Transport Administration are launching Chronotopia: Centralen and Olskroken. Artists will get the opportunity to make large-scale artistic designs for the West… Continue Reading Chronotopia: Centralen and Olskroken
KARST Curatorial
KARST, an independent, artist-led contemporary art venue in Plymouth, is announcing an international open call to curators, collaborators and artists to submit exhibition proposals for 2017/18. They a… Continue Reading KARST Curatorial
Elysiumgallery Residency
From the Station to the Sea and elysiumgallery are offering an artist residency opportunity at their High Street venue in Swansea to begin in July 2016. From the Station to the Sea is an Arts Council… Continue Reading Elysiumgallery Residency
East Street Arts 130 Vicar Lane Commission
East Street Arts are working in collaboration with Hammerson, Leeds College of Building and Leeds City Council Skills & Employment to offer free workshops and a project space targeted at 18 – 30 year… Continue Reading East Street Arts 130 Vicar Lane Commission
Sculpture Symposium
ForumArts invites UK based and international artists to participate in an outdoor Sculpture Symposium for 11 days during the summer 2016. The Symposium is a residency opportunity for artists to make a… Continue Reading Sculpture Symposium
SOLO Award 2016
The SOLO Award is an annual contemporary art prize established by WW art gallery in London in 2012. The winner receives a £2000 cash prize and a solo exhibition at London Art Fair 2017. The prize is o… Continue Reading SOLO Award 2016
Random String Fellowship
Ludic Rooms are inviting artists from across disciplines to apply for the Random String Fellowship. It is a development programme based in the West Midlands to explore interactive technology, involvin… Continue Reading Random String Fellowship
Wild Card Award
In Between Time (IBT) in partnership with Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA), Fierce Festival, Trinity Centre, supported by Arnolfini, seek to commission an artist to make new work to pr… Continue Reading Wild Card Award
studio das weisse haus Curator Residency
studio das weisse haus in Vienna offers a curatorial residence of one month, which is accompanied by a public event, in order to introduce the proposed curatorial project to a wider audience. The sele… Continue Reading studio das weisse haus Curator Residency
Venice-Cardiff Residency
Arts Council of Wales, Glandŵr Cymru (the Canal & Trust in Wales) and the curating agency Addo invite UK and international artists to submit short proposals in response to a residency opportunity on w… Continue Reading Venice-Cardiff Residency
Kuldīga Photography Residency
Association ISSP is an education and networking platform for photographers in Latvia and internationally. Its residency programme organised in co-operation with Kuldīga Artists’ Residence will provide… Continue Reading Kuldīga Photography Residency
Photobook Dummy Award Kassel
The Fotobookfestival Kassel invites photographers to submit their unpublished photobooks. 50 books will be shortlisted by a pre-jury and will be exhibited at international photo events amongst others… Continue Reading Photobook Dummy Award Kassel
Braunschweig Projects Scholarships
The Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig (Braunschweig University of Art) in Germany invites applications for scholarships for artists to be awarded in 2016. Three scholarships for artists of S… Continue Reading Braunschweig Projects Scholarships
Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Studio Award
Lewisham Arthouse is an artist-run co-operative based in an Edwardian ex-library in Deptford. They run studios,a gallery,classes,workshops,community activities and events. Applications are now welcome… Continue Reading Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Studio Award
Interactivos?’16 Residencies
Medialab-Prado in collaboration with the Banco Sabadell Foundation is launching an open call for projects to be developed during a three-week residency at Medialab-Prado in June and July. The aim of t… Continue Reading Interactivos?’16 Residencies
Beyond Words
Beyond Words seeks proposals for artist’s publications responding to the theme of Freedom. Beyond Words open call for proposals is an opportunity to produce an artist’s publication on the theme of Fre… Continue Reading Beyond Words
As Above So Below – Artists’ Residencies
Allenheads Contemporary Art is offering residency opportunities for artists to join its current arts, research and education programme, As Above So Below (AASB). The inspiration for AASB stems from th… Continue Reading As Above So Below – Artists’ Residencies
Art360
Applications are now open for Art360,a major action research project from DACS Foundation supporting the development and sustainability of artists’ archives. Over a period of three years,Art360 will s… Continue Reading Art360
SPILL National Platform
SPILL invites applications from artists or companies at the start of their career and living in the UK or Ireland who make experimental performance, sound, film, video, installation, new media or digi… Continue Reading SPILL National Platform
Jackson’s Open Art Prize
The Jackson’s Open Art Prize invites submissions from contemporary and traditional visual artists,both emerging and established,working in any 2D media (except photography,unless used as a component o… Continue Reading Jackson’s Open Art Prize
Hatton Gallery Offsite Commission
The Hatton Gallery has received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England to develop a programme of offsite activity whilst the gallery is closed for significant redevelopment,fr… Continue Reading Hatton Gallery Offsite Commission
Core Residency Program
The Core Program at the Glassell School of Art,Museum of Fine Arts,Houston,USA awards residencies to visual artists and critical writers who have completed their undergraduate or graduate training and… Continue Reading Core Residency Program
Diane Dammeyer Fellowship in Photographic Arts and Social Issues
The Diane Dammeyer Fellowship in Photographic Arts and Social Issues is a collaboration between the Photography Department at Columbia College Chicago and Heartland Alliance,a global anti-poverty orga… Continue Reading Diane Dammeyer Fellowship in Photographic Arts and Social Issues
Kim Fielding Award
The Kim Fielding Award (KFA) invites submissions to its annual award. The Award provides financial and artistic support and critical engagement,for the Awardee/s to advance their artistic and professi… Continue Reading Kim Fielding Award
Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Art Prize
Submissions are open for the Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Art Prize. The Prize is open to all UK undergraduate Fine Art students who are in their final year of study,graduating in summer 201… Continue Reading Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Art Prize
KALEID 2016 Call for Submissions
KALEID editions represents a collection by European-based artists who do books. Submissions of artists’ books are invited from European-based artists. KALEID 2016 Oslo is sponsored by the Kunsthøgskol… Continue Reading KALEID 2016 Call for Submissions
Documentary Photography and Film Grants
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation announces the opening of the 2016 call for documentary photography and film grant entries. All proposed projects and submissions must be works of non-fiction and must be… Continue Reading Documentary Photography and Film Grants
Het Nieuwe Instituut Fellowship
Het Nieuwe Instituut announces an open call for three research fellows to work in residence from June to December 2016. Alongside the institute’s exhibitions,lectures,publications,and archives,the fel… Continue Reading Het Nieuwe Instituut Fellowship
Jerwood Visual Arts Writer in Residence
The Writer in Residence engages with Jerwood Visual Arts’ programme of exhibitions and Project Space commissions,with the aim of opening up wider contextual debate around the enquiries and themes of e… Continue Reading Jerwood Visual Arts Writer in Residence
Video Mapping and Facade Projection Competition
Artists are invited to submit their concept ideas for the Genius Loci Weimar Festival in Germany. Submitted concepts will be displayed in a public exhibition in Weimar in Spring 2016. The three winnin… Continue Reading Video Mapping and Facade Projection Competition
DIY 13
DIY is an opportunity for artists working in Live Art to conceive and run unusual training and professional development projects for other artists. DIY projects can take any form,can be based anywhere… Continue Reading DIY 13
Pete Lloyd Lewis Studio Award
Chisenhale Art Place seeks applications for the Pete Lloyd Lewis Studio Award,which offers a free studio to one artist for one year from 1st June 2016. The Award commemorates the work and life of Pet… Continue Reading Pete Lloyd Lewis Studio Award
Institute for Advanced Study at Central European University Artist in Residence Fellowships
The Institute for Advanced Study at Central European University (IAS CEU) invites applications for its Artist in Residence Program for the academic year 2016/2017 under the annual theme of ”Space and… Continue Reading Institute for Advanced Study at Central European University Artist in Residence Fellowships
The Marmite Prize for Painting
The Marmite Prize for Painting is a biennial open submission painting exhibition in the UK and Ireland. UK and international submissions are welcome. Shortlisted artists will participate in the exhibi… Continue Reading The Marmite Prize for Painting
Foam Talent Call
Foam is an internationally operating organisation in the field of photography,based in the Foam museum in Amsterdam. Foam Magazine is its photography magazine that appears three times a year,each issu… Continue Reading Foam Talent Call
Art Language Location
Proposals are invited for this year’s Art Language Location (ALL2016),the fifth festival of art,text and place being staged in locations at Anglia Ruskin University and across Cambridge. ALL2016 will… Continue Reading Art Language Location
Green Festival Commission
Peterborough Environment City Trust is looking to commission six artists (open to all disciplines) to create new works for their annual Green Festival. The artists will work alongside PECT and an Arti… Continue Reading Green Festival Commission
Art in the Dockyard
Art in the Dockyard invites submissions for The Historic Dockyard Chatham’s annual open art submission competition. Open to emerging and professional artists,the competition will culminate in an exhib… Continue Reading Art in the Dockyard
Artist Residencies La Box
The École Nationale Supérieure d’Art (National School of Art/ENSA) in Bourges invites applications for residencies for young artists,with the financial backing of the Regional Cultural Affairs Offic… Continue Reading Artist Residencies La Box
PhD Scholarship on Artist Live / Work Scheme
East Street Arts,Leeds in partnership with the University of Huddersfield are offering a PhD scholarship based on research into artist-led Live/Work space. The aim of Live/Work is to provide good qual… Continue Reading PhD Scholarship on Artist Live / Work Scheme
Speke Hall Makers Residency
Speke Hall,a National Trust property in South Liverpool,is offering a two month residency for a contemporary maker between June – July 2016.This will culminate in a presentation of new work at Speke H… Continue Reading Speke Hall Makers Residency
Residency at Triangle Arts Association, New York
Gasworks’ International Fellowships Programme offers UK-based artists the opportunity to undertake a residency at Triangle Arts Association,New York for 2 months. Triangle Arts Association is a NYC ba… Continue Reading Residency at Triangle Arts Association, New York
Visual Art and Climate Change Commission
As part of an art science research project examining the effectiveness of visual language on perceptions of climate change,Climart in Trondheim,Norway seeks to commission an artist to collaborate with… Continue Reading Visual Art and Climate Change Commission
Amsterdam Light Festival Call for Concepts
Amsterdam Light Festival invites artists,designers,engineers and architects to submit ideas for artworks to be staged at the festival’s 2016 – 2017 edition. The festival will include two themes which… Continue Reading Amsterdam Light Festival Call for Concepts
Jerwood/FVU Awards
The Jerwood/FVU Awards are major awards for moving-image artists in the first five years of their practice. The open application programme invites artists to make proposals for new works,two of which… Continue Reading Jerwood/FVU Awards
British Council Residency Programme at FLORA
FLORA ars+natura is a space for contemporary art in Bogotá,Colombia,that specializes in the relationship between art and nature. Escuela FLORA is its Independent Study Programme. The guest professors—… Continue Reading British Council Residency Programme at FLORA
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Residency
The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute School of Art Artists-in-Residence Program consists of two emerging artists from different disciplines recruited via an open call to live and work on the MWP… Continue Reading Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Residency
Nene Park Artist Commissions
Vivacity Culture and Leisure Trust,‘Peterborough Presents’ (the Creative People and Places programme for the city) and Nene Park Trust are seeking to commission five artists to create new temporary ar… Continue Reading Nene Park Artist Commissions
LIVE WORKS Performance Act Award
Live Works is a platform dedicated to live contemporary practices that contribute to deepening and broadening the idea of performance,following the current evolution of performance and its styles. Nin… Continue Reading LIVE WORKS Performance Act Award
Call for Exhibition Proposals 2017
The Kunsthalle Exnergasse (KEX) in the WUK Werkstätten- und Kulturhaus in Vienna is a platform and exhibition space for the presentation and realization of contemproary art projects in its different f… Continue Reading Call for Exhibition Proposals 2017
Interfaces Monthly
Interfaces Monthly is a get-together for people working at the junction of art and technology, organised by the Barbican and The Trampery. Each event includes selected artworks, presentations and disc… Continue Reading Interfaces Monthly