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Sunny Art Prize 2020

The Sunny Art Prize is an international art prize hosted by Sunny Art Centre, London. This fine art competition, based in the UK, is a global platform offering art opportunities for emerging and estab… Continue Reading Sunny Art Prize 2020

Artists’ Collecting Society (ACS)

The Artists’ Collecting Society (ACS) Studio Prize 2020 is offering an artist the chance to receive £4500 to contribute to the cost of an artist’s studio in the UK. The Studio Prize was established by… Continue Reading Artists’ Collecting Society (ACS)

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize is celebrating its 25th annual exhibition in 2020. In this anniversary year, Trinity Buoy Wharf are delighted to announce two exciting changes to the Trinity Buoy… Continue Reading Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020

Stanley Picker Fellowships in Design & Fine Art 2020

The Stanley Picker Gallery at Kingston University is seeking to appoint two contemporary practitioners to the Stanley Picker Fellowships in Design & Fine Art 2020. Each Fellowship provides up to £… Continue Reading Stanley Picker Fellowships in Design & Fine Art 2020

Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop – Solo Residency Programme

Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop is now accepting applications for the Solo Residency Programme (September – November 2020). Offering one artist access for three months to one of Unit 1 Gallery’s 350 square… Continue Reading Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop – Solo Residency Programme

Art360 Foundation – Curator in Residence

Art360 Foundation and International Curators Forum are seeking curators and researchers interested in engaging with and developing work around the archive of British-Caribbean artist Aubrey Williams.… Continue Reading Art360 Foundation – Curator in Residence

The Lumen Prize 2020

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 as long as it engages… Continue Reading The Lumen Prize 2020

How to be together again – Residencies at home

Deptford X is pleased to offer 6 one month paid residency opportunities for artists, writers and/or thinkers to begin developing work or research on the subject of ‘how to be together again’. With tal… Continue Reading How to be together again – Residencies at home

Open Call: Blue Skies – A Conversation Series

ICF | International Curators Forum are inviting creative practitioners to participate in a collective conversation entitled Blue Skies around the potential for this moment to elicit change, as a means… Continue Reading Open Call: Blue Skies – A Conversation Series

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

Film and Video Umbrella – FVU: BEYOND commission

This rolling call for entries is looking for new moving image works that are made with minimal equipment, crew, and space. At present, due to the current situation with COVID-19, selected artists will… Continue Reading Film and Video Umbrella – FVU: BEYOND commission

LUX Curatorial Fellowship

The LUX Curatorial Fellowship is a new initiative which offers an emergent curator the opportunity to curate the on and offsite LUX London programme over an 18-month period with professional developme… Continue Reading LUX Curatorial Fellowship

Two online, home-based collaborative residencies: Live Art Development Agency (LADA)

LADA are inviting proposals for two online, home-based, collaborative residencies. The residencies can be about whatever you want them to be – you might want to focus on the impact of the Covid-19 cri… Continue Reading Two online, home-based collaborative residencies: Live Art Development Agency (LADA)

Deptford X Supported

Supported is intended to widen access to participation in the festival by providing funding, production and curatorial support to successful applicants. Deptford X are committed to the aim of celebrat… Continue Reading Deptford X Supported

Film and Video Umbrella – Curatorial Practice Award

Returning for 2020, the Curatorial Practice Award is an open call for people looking to develop their practical curatorial and commissioning skills via a year-long placement at Film and Video Umbrella… Continue Reading Film and Video Umbrella – Curatorial Practice Award

DIY 2020

DIY supports professional development projects BY artists FOR artists, LADA invites artist proposals to lead DIY workshops as part of DIY 2020, with selected projects to take place between June and No… Continue Reading DIY 2020

Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival 2020

Applications to the 16th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival (BFMAF) are now open for entries. Film entries of all lengths and formats are encouraged and will be considered across all areas of the… Continue Reading Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival 2020

John Moores Painting Prize 2020

The John Moore Painting Prize supports artists from all over the UK, whether they’re undiscovered, emerging or established in their careers, the prize provides a platform for artists to inspire, disru… Continue Reading John Moores Painting Prize 2020

Curatorial Practice Award #2

Returning for its second year, the Curatorial Practice Award is a call for entries for people from low-income backgrounds to support them to pursue curatorial careers in the arts. The winning applican… Continue Reading Curatorial Practice Award #2

Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award 2020

Applications for the Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award are now open. The award offers a £2000 bursary for a professional photographer to undertake a photography project with a social or political context.… Continue Reading Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award 2020

Somerset House Studios Bursaries

Applications are now open for five new 12-month bursaries for artists to join the Somerset House Studios community from April 2020. Bursaries are available to support one non-London based artist, one… Continue Reading Somerset House Studios Bursaries

Jerwood WB Artist Attachments

Artist Call Out for three Jerwood WB Artist Attachments which will provide paid time and support over a year for three early-career artists. This is a significant opportunity for three artists to deve… Continue Reading Jerwood WB Artist Attachments

Test Valley Borough Council – Public Art Commission for Abbotswood

Test Valley Borough Council wish to commission an interactive public art trail for the new community development of Abbotswood in Romsey. The art trail will enable residents of Abbotswood and Romsey t… Continue Reading Test Valley Borough Council – Public Art Commission for Abbotswood

Travel Grant for International Curators for Garage Triennial, Russia

Garage announces an open call for grants for international curators allowing them to visit the 2nd Garage Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art entitled A Beautiful Night for All the People. The 2nd G… Continue Reading Travel Grant for International Curators for Garage Triennial, Russia

The RBA Rome Scholarship 2020

The Royal Society of British Artists are calling for entries for their Rome Scholarship 2020. Open to artists who live, work or study in the UK and who are aged 35 years or under, the scholarship incl… Continue Reading The RBA Rome Scholarship 2020

Open Space: Curatorial Residency

Open Space’s two-month residency in Istanbul gives young London-based curators the opportunity to engage with the Huma Kabakci Collection, whilst facilitating encounters with a network of Istanbul-bas… Continue Reading Open Space: Curatorial Residency

apexart International Open Call 2020-21

apexart is accepting proposals for its International Open Call for exhibitions, proposals of up to 500 words should describe focused, idea-driven, original group exhibitions, and the country and city… Continue Reading apexart International Open Call 2020-21

BigCi Environmental Awards 2020

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 2020

The British School at Rome (BSR) – Visual Arts awards

Visual art awards at the BSR offer artists access to Rome and Italy as an exceptional repertory of the visual culture of the past, and encourage informed and innovative responses to that cultural heri… Continue Reading The British School at Rome (BSR) – Visual Arts awards

Chisenhale Studios Summer Residencies

Chisenhale Studios are inviting proposals for Studio4 Residencies. Residencies will take place between April and September 2020, ranging between four and six weeks depending on your project needs (spe… Continue Reading Chisenhale Studios Summer Residencies

Derwent Art Prize 2020

The Derwent Art Prize aims to reward excellence by showcasing the very best 2D & 3D artworks created in pencil or coloured pencil as well as water soluble, pastel, graphite and charcoal by British… Continue Reading Derwent Art Prize 2020

The Jerwood Newlyn Residency

The Jerwood Newlyn Residency will offer opportunities for up to six artists to be in-residence within Jerwood Arts, exploring and developing their own practice in response to the wider mission of the… Continue Reading The Jerwood Newlyn Residency

Axisweb Award: Project Commission

The Axisweb Project Commission seeks to support members who require additional resources and support to develop and disseminate their ideas. There will be two rounds of the Project Commission in 2020… Continue Reading Axisweb Award: Project Commission

Axisweb Award: Research and Development Bursary

The Axisweb Research and Development Bursary seeks to support members in the evolution of ideas to support their artistic practice. There will be three rounds of the R&D Bursary in 2020 supporting… Continue Reading Axisweb Award: Research and Development Bursary

Lucy Art Residency 2020

Applications are now open for 2020 Lucy Art Residency program and commission for visual artists working with photography. An artist based in Europe or the Mediterranean whose main practice is photogra… Continue Reading Lucy Art Residency 2020

Artsadmin’s Artists’ Bursary Scheme 2020

Applications to Artsadmin’s Artists’ Bursary Scheme are now open. This year, the Bursary scheme will offer a maximum of six bursaries to UK-based artists at any stage in their career working in live a… Continue Reading Artsadmin’s Artists’ Bursary Scheme 2020

Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2020

The sixth year of the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize is open for entries. The prize is open to artists working across all genres, styles and backgrounds. The winner, selected by a judging panel of emin… Continue Reading Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2020

McKinney International Art and Design Residency

The Eskenazi School of Art Architecture + Design at Indiana University Bloomington invites applications for a 4-6 week McKinney International Art and Design Residency. An established artist or designe… Continue Reading McKinney International Art and Design Residency

University of Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design : Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence Program

University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design invites applications for the Roman J. Witt Residency Program. The program awards one residency per academic year for a visiting artist/designer… Continue Reading University of Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design : Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence Program

Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop – Solo Residency

Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop is offering one artist access for three months to one of its studio spaces. Working above the gallery space, the successful applicant has the opportunity to network with arti… Continue Reading Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop – Solo Residency

Dare Art Prize 2020-21

Challenging artists and scientists to collaborate on new approaches to the creative process, the £15,000 DARE Art Prize awarded by the University of Leeds and Opera North is open for applications. The… Continue Reading Dare Art Prize 2020-21

OMM International Artist Residency

OMM – Odunpazarı Modern Museum’s residency program in Eskişehir introduces visiting artists from anywhere in the world to a new atmosphere. The program aims to form a connection between local culture… Continue Reading OMM International Artist Residency

University of Reading: Artist Residency and Commission

The University of Reading Art Collection in partnership with Reading Museum are seeking an artist in residence to use the upcoming exhibition at Reading Museum, Rubens to Sickert: The Study of Drawing… Continue Reading University of Reading: Artist Residency and Commission

Towner International 2020: Open Call

Towner International is a new biennial exhibition of contemporary art that will take place at Towner in 2020, featuring British and International artists. The Brewers Prize of £10,000, sponsored by Br… Continue Reading Towner International 2020: Open Call

Earth Water Sky Residency at Science Gallery Venice

In this second year of the Earth Water Sky open call to find the next Science Gallery Venice artist in residence, the theme is Wind – one of the invisible forces which has shaped our history – includi… Continue Reading Earth Water Sky Residency at Science Gallery Venice

Open Call: exhibition and off-site commission, Fabrica/Brighton Festival 2020

Fabrica are seeking proposals for an artist commission for a Fabrica and Brighton Festival 2020 exhibition split across two sites in Brighton & Hove. These sites are: Fabrica, a contemporary art g… Continue Reading Open Call: exhibition and off-site commission, Fabrica/Brighton Festival 2020

Wirksworth Festival – The Lodge Project

The Lodge Project will enable an established artist with a minimum of 5 years’ experience to undertake a funded residency, in the Derbyshire Dales, in July, August and September of 2020. They are look… Continue Reading Wirksworth Festival – The Lodge Project

PRAKSIS’s 16th residency: Live or Buy

Residency 16, Live or Buy is developed with artist Nina Sarnelle, clothing designer Ida Falck Øien and clothing label HAiKw/ with the intention of re-thinking ecologies of consumption in intimate, per… Continue Reading PRAKSIS’s 16th residency: Live or Buy

Abandon Normal Devices x Somerset House Studios – Open Call

Abandon Normal Devices (AND) and Somerset House Studios are working together in commissioning a new live audio-visual performance responding to the site and themes of AND Festival 2020. This resulting… Continue Reading Abandon Normal Devices x Somerset House Studios – Open Call

FLAMIN Productions Round 9

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 Round 9

Creekside Artists Graduate Studio Award 2020

Creekside Artists is proud to offer its third 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 fixed… Continue Reading Creekside Artists Graduate Studio Award 2020

Dorich House Museum Studio Residency 2020

Dorich House Museum is the former studio home of the Russian sculptor, artist and designer Dora Gordine (1895-1991) and her husband the Hon. Richard Hare (1907-1966), a diplomatand scholar in Russian… Continue Reading Dorich House Museum Studio Residency 2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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