Opportunities archive

S+T+ARTS Regional Centres – Repairing the Present Open Call

12 Regional S+T+ARTS Centres from 11 different countries have set out to address the unintended consequences of rapid technological development contributing to the European continent’s present social,… Continue Reading S+T+ARTS Regional Centres – Repairing the Present Open Call

The Hopper Prize

The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for their Fall 2021 artist grants. They have increased grant awards to $3,500. The prize offers 2 grants in the amount of $3,500 and 4 grants in the amount of… Continue Reading The Hopper Prize

Helsinki International Curatorial Programme

Every year, the Helsinki International Curatorial Programme (HICP) offers one-month residencies in Helsinki for contemporary art curators. The programme in 2022 is co-organised by Frame Contemporary A… Continue Reading Helsinki International Curatorial Programme

YICCA 21/22 – 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 21/22 – International Contest of Contemporary Art

Spike Island- Engagement Fellowship for Artists

Spike Island and Creative Youth Network are pleased to invite applications from UK-based artists for a new Engagement Fellowship for Artists. This opportunity is part of the West of England Visual Art… Continue Reading Spike Island- Engagement Fellowship for Artists

SANE Creative Awards Scheme

The SANE Creative Awards Scheme aims to improve the quality of life for people with mental health problems, their families and carers. It awards grants of up to £300, to individuals to buy materials,… Continue Reading SANE Creative Awards Scheme

11th Edition of Sculpture in the City

The call for submissions for the 11th edition of Sculpture in the City is now open for applications. This year, the Call for Submissions will comprise of five primary categories: 3D Sculpture, 2D Grap… Continue Reading 11th Edition of Sculpture in the City

Young V&A – Design Residency

The Victoria and Albert Museum is inviting applications from UK based practitioners working in participatory and child-centred design who wish to develop their practice or portfolio of work. As a pilo… Continue Reading Young V&A – Design Residency

FACT – Curator in Residence

The FACT Curator in Residence programme invites curators based in the UK to develop a major exhibition and a public programme of events that engage with their audiences. For this opportunity, they are… Continue Reading FACT – Curator in Residence

Shoreditch and Hoxton Art Fund

Hackney council have set up a £300,000 fund to commission community arts projects that bring residents, businesses, and visitors to Shoreditch and Hoxton together. It’s made up of a planning levy plac… Continue Reading Shoreditch and Hoxton Art Fund

The Norfolk Way Art Trail: Public Art Commission

Norfolk County Council is looking to commission five dynamic new artworks to form the Norfolk Way Art Trail, a brand new outdoor public art trail spanning 250 miles of Norfolk, England. Design a multi… Continue Reading The Norfolk Way Art Trail: Public Art Commission

Arts and Heritage Alliance Milton Keynes – 6 x Artist Commissions, Community Engagement Programmes

The Arts and Heritage Alliance Milton Keynes is looking for 6 artists from diverse backgrounds to work with different Milton Keynes based communities on a cultural inclusion and diversity bridging pro… Continue Reading Arts and Heritage Alliance Milton Keynes – 6 x Artist Commissions, Community Engagement Programmes

The Prince’s Foundation / QEST – Building Arts Programme 2022

The Building Arts Programme aims to inspire a future generation of artists, craftspeople, designers and makers to create a built environment which draws on a vast array of different skills, materials… Continue Reading The Prince’s Foundation / QEST – Building Arts Programme 2022

2021 Foundwork Artist Prize

The Foundwork Artist Prize is an annual juried award to recognise outstanding practices by contemporary artists working in any media. This year, two selected artists will receive unrestricted $10,000… Continue Reading 2021 Foundwork Artist Prize

Jerwood Arts – 1:1 FUND

This new fund offers awards of £2,000 for two early-career practitioners (artists, curators and producers) to connect, experiment, learn from each other and share ideas. Jerwood Arts anticipates makin… Continue Reading Jerwood Arts – 1:1 FUND

Lewisham Borough of Culture: Artists of Change residencies

Lewisham Borough of Culture are inviting expressions of interest for two artists, artist collectives or companies to be resident at the heart of Lewisham Council as part of the Mayor of London’s Borou… Continue Reading Lewisham Borough of Culture: Artists of Change residencies

Artists Access to Art Colleges (AA2A)

The AA2A project is a national set of schemes, providing visual artists and designer makers with the opportunity to undertake a period of research or realise a project, using workshop and supporting f… Continue Reading Artists Access to Art Colleges (AA2A)

Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund – Small Grant Scheme

The Small Grant Scheme fund aims to support local organisations and individuals to create new jobs, learning, training, and educational programmes through the means of arts, culture, innovation, publi… Continue Reading Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund – Small Grant Scheme

The Ingram Prize

The Ingram Prize is an annual purchase prize open to visual artists who are within five years of graduation from a UK-based art school, over the age of 18. Entry is free, and artists can submit up to… Continue Reading The Ingram Prize

fourbythree: fully-funded exhibition for early career artists

Fourbythree is a new initiative which will award four emerging artists a fully-funded exhibition at the Huxley-Parlour gallery project space in Piccadilly throughout 2022.  Each selected artist will r… Continue Reading fourbythree: fully-funded exhibition for early career artists

ING Discerning Eye 2021

The ING Discerning Eye is calling for entries for a brand-new edition in 2021. The show gives artists the opportunity to showcase their work at the Mall Galleries in London and in a unique virtual exh… Continue Reading ING Discerning Eye 2021

Signal Film and Media – Unwrap the Image artist call out

Signal Film and Media are accepting proposals for creative projects from Photographers or Artists who will work collaboratively with local people to produce a new artistic commission that responds to… Continue Reading Signal Film and Media – Unwrap the Image artist call out

Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Studio Award Scheme 2021/2022

The award offers recent graduates an opportunity to continue developing their practice in a 200ft studio based within Lewisham Arthouse artist-led cooperative. The scheme encourages the selected artis… Continue Reading Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Studio Award Scheme 2021/2022

Open Call – Contemporary British Painting Prize 2021

The Contemporary British Painting Prize Exhibition 2021 will be selected from an open call for contemporary painters working in the British Isles. The prize is in two stages: shortlisting for the exhi… Continue Reading Open Call – Contemporary British Painting Prize 2021

Stratford Circus: East London Emerging Artist Research & Development Awards

Stratford Circus believe in supporting artists and understand the value and importance of resourcing and developing ideas. Stratford Circus will fund five emerging artists with a £2,000 award to contr… Continue Reading Stratford Circus: East London Emerging Artist Research & Development Awards

Omni Colour – Omni Artist Award

In 2020 the Omni Artist Award was launched to support artists at a time when many opportunities were disrupted. This year Omni colour are continuing their support – £4,000 of digital print to enable a… Continue Reading Omni Colour – Omni Artist Award

Sonic Acts – Overexposed: Virtual residency programme

Sonic Acts invites you to apply for the continuation of the OVEREXPOSED residency programme. The residency enables artists and researchers to develop their practice around the core questions underlyin… Continue Reading Sonic Acts – Overexposed: Virtual residency programme

Robert Walters Group UK New Artist Of The Year Award

Three organisations are collaborating to provide a significant platform and steppingstone for new artists. Now in its second iteration, The Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year Award in part… Continue Reading Robert Walters Group UK New Artist Of The Year Award

Open Call: BALTIC Archive Artist’s Residency

As BALTIC approaches its twentieth year, they have announced a new residency opportunity supporting an artist based in the UK to undertake a long-term residency engaging with BALTIC Archive during 202… Continue Reading Open Call: BALTIC Archive Artist’s Residency

George Blunden Public Art Prize

Both emerging and established artists, from all disciplines are invited to pitch their ideas for a chance of winning £75,000 in a new national public art competition. The winning artist will be commis… Continue Reading George Blunden Public Art Prize

South London Gallery’s 2021-2022 post-graduate residency

The South London Gallery Postgraduate Residency is an open submission six-month live-in residency which enables the production of a new body of work and a rare opportunity for an early-career artist t… Continue Reading South London Gallery’s 2021-2022 post-graduate residency

The Spectrum Art Award

The Spectrum Art Award is a national competition, created to celebrate the creative excellence of artists on the autistic spectrum. It is open to all UK adults over the age of 18 who identify as being… Continue Reading The Spectrum Art Award

RPS Environmental Bursary 2021

The Royal Photographic Society in partnership with The Photographic Angle is offering a 1-year bursary to support a photographic project that will promote environmental awareness. Applications are inv… Continue Reading RPS Environmental Bursary 2021

Amersham Museum Residency & Commission

Essex Cultural Diversity Project and Farnham Maltings invite proposals from creative practitioners, to work with Amersham Museum. Amersham Museum turns 30 this year and they are looking for a proactiv… Continue Reading Amersham Museum Residency & Commission

V&A Digital Wonderlands Residency

The Victoria and Albert Museum is inviting applications from UK based practitioners working across the mediums and disciplines of digital creative arts who wish to develop their practice or portfolio… Continue Reading V&A Digital Wonderlands Residency

Liberty Open Call: Funding for D/deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent artists

The Mayor of London is offering new funding towards Research & Development projects by London based D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists or organisations. £70,000 of grant funding available… Continue Reading Liberty Open Call: Funding for D/deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent artists

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew at Wakehurst – Open call to artists for Summer 2022

RBG Kew Wakhurst are seeking submissions for artists of all disciplines eg. sound designers, sculpture artists, food artists etc for their Summer programme 2022. The main theme of the summer 2022 prog… Continue Reading Royal Botanic Gardens Kew at Wakehurst – Open call to artists for Summer 2022

GASS Showcase – Invitation to tender – professional visual arts writers

The GASS showcase is a live residency and exhibition showcasing 13 post Graduate artists who have been supported by the Cultivator Graduate Start Up programme based in Cornwall. This is an opportunity… Continue Reading GASS Showcase – Invitation to tender – professional visual arts writers

The Artists’ Collecting Society (ACS) Studio Prize 2021

The Artists’ Collecting Society (ACS) is offering one student or recent graduate £4,500 to contribute to the cost of an artist’s studio in a UK city of your choice. The Studio Prize was established by… Continue Reading The Artists’ Collecting Society (ACS) Studio Prize 2021

UK New Artists: Future Producers

UK New Artists are offering a new programme to support artists and creatives across the UK and invest in the next generation of creativity. Future Producers is seeking three projects led by you and yo… Continue Reading UK New Artists: Future Producers

The Elephant Trust: Grants for the fine arts

The Trust offers grants to artists and for new, innovative visual arts projects. It aims to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when confron… Continue Reading The Elephant Trust: Grants for the fine arts

Cambridge City Council: Public Art Expression of Interest

Cambridge City Council is working in partnership with Cambridge Junction to offer a commission/s to an artist or artist partnership, to deliver a work/s of public art that explores the theme of playfu… Continue Reading Cambridge City Council: Public Art Expression of Interest

Stanley Picker Fellowships in Design & Fine Art 2021

The Stanley Picker Gallery at Kingston University is seeking to appoint two contemporary practitioners to the Stanley Picker Fellowships in Design & Fine Art 2021. Each Fellowship provides up to £… Continue Reading Stanley Picker Fellowships in Design & Fine Art 2021

Black Cultural Collections Commission

The Black Culture Collective and Peabody are seeking creative and ambitious proposals to celebrate Thamesmead’s diverse cultures and heritage with the wider community. £30,000 is available to commissi… Continue Reading Black Cultural Collections Commission

Zsuzsi Roboz Art Scholarship 2020/21

The scholarship, which was established in 2015 in partnership with the Alfred Teddy Smith and Zsuzsi Roboz Art Trust, is an opportunity for emerging artists to develop their creative vision and skills… Continue Reading Zsuzsi Roboz Art Scholarship 2020/21

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2021

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize is celebrating its 26th annual exhibition in 2021. The exhibition and awards are open to applications by emerging, mid-career and established artists and makers fr… Continue Reading Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2021

Open Screen 2021 : Call out for disabled artists working in the digital realm

Developed in partnership with Shape Arts, Open Screen is seeking proposals for new works that respond to the theme of Realities, as part of arebyte on Screen, arebyte’s expanded and innovative online… Continue Reading Open Screen 2021 : Call out for disabled artists working in the digital realm

Lumen Prize 2021

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 Lumen Prize 2021

Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop – Open Call Solo Residency

Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop is offering one artist access for three months to one of its studio spaces. The successful applicant has the opportunity to network with artists, curators, collectors and the… Continue Reading Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop – Open Call Solo Residency

Wells Art Contemporary (WAC) Awards 2021

Wells Art Contemporary (WAC) Awards welcomes submissions from artists over the age of 18 working in any medium based in the UK or internationally. There are several prizes to be awarded including the… Continue Reading Wells Art Contemporary (WAC) Awards 2021

artsdepot – 10k Commission Opportunity

artsdepot looking for artistic collaborators to work with them to devise and deliver a creative, imaginative and innovative schools workshop programme around the theme of environmental sustainability… Continue Reading artsdepot – 10k Commission Opportunity

The Hopper Prize

The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for their Spring 2021 artist grants. For this open call, grant awards have been increased to $3,500. They are offering artist grants in the amount of $3,500 (… Continue Reading The Hopper Prize

Artwork Archive Art Business Accelerator Grant

Open to both emerging and established professional visual artists worldwide over the age of 21, the Art Business Accelerator grants resources to invest in your art business as well as six weeks of car… Continue Reading Artwork Archive Art Business Accelerator Grant

Film and Video Umbrella – BEYOND #2 Commission

BEYOND #2 is the latest edition of a new commissioning initiative from Film and Video Umbrella, which was first launched at the start of lockdown in Spring 2020. As before, they are looking for propos… Continue Reading Film and Video Umbrella – BEYOND #2 Commission

Commission opportunity: Mary Seacole statue in St George’s Hall, Liverpool

St George’s Hall Trust is seeking to commission a portrait statue in marble that will celebrate the life and work of Mary Jane Seacole (1805 – 1881) for the interior of the magnificent Grade I Listed… Continue Reading Commission opportunity: Mary Seacole statue in St George’s Hall, Liverpool

The Royal Photographic Society – International Photography Exhibition

The worldwide open-call is now open for the 163rd edition of the International Photography Exhibition. Photographers and image-makers, of all ages, are invited to submit work for exhibition. Submissio… Continue Reading The Royal Photographic Society – International Photography Exhibition

8th edition ArtGeminiPrize 2021

The ArtGemini Prize is a celebration to promote international contemporary art for emerging and established artists around the world. Open to all medium and genres of 2D and 3D including painting, oil… Continue Reading 8th edition ArtGeminiPrize 2021

YICCA 2021 – 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 2021 – International Contest of Contemporary Art

Nomadic Island project – Artist in Residence Camp

The Nomadic Island project is an artist residency project that merges a creative residency with the experience of living in an international community. It is an experimentation platform involving a he… Continue Reading Nomadic Island project – Artist in Residence Camp

London Art Biennale 2021

Applications are now open for the 5th edition of the London Art Biennale commencing in 2021. A celebration of modern art, and a calling for artists from all over the world with every stylistic choice… Continue Reading London Art Biennale 2021

Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize 2021

The Ruth Borchard Collection invites all artists to enter the 2021 Self Portrait Prize, a celebration of contemporary self portraiture. There are no restrictions on size or media and artists of all ba… Continue Reading Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize 2021

Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2021-22

The Mark Tanner Sculpture Award is unique in its combination of offering both £8000 in financial support towards the production of new work and a solo exhibition to an exceptional emerging sculptor. T… Continue Reading Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2021-22

Concord Art Prize

Applications are open for the Concord Art Prize. The prize encourages visual artists at any stage in their career, to select one of the 10 chosen songs to act as inspiration to create their own artwor… Continue Reading Concord Art Prize

Bildingship Artist Residency/ Fellowship

bildingship “is a working fellowship for young artists, to use bilding as space for their own artistic work as well as actively engaging in the regular workshop programs for the duration of half a yea… Continue Reading Bildingship Artist Residency/ Fellowship

Artist in Residence, Elan Valley

Applications are invited from visual artists for the 2021-22 Artists Residency programme in the Elan Valley, mid-Wales. Visual artists are invited to apply for one of three residencies, one in the 202… Continue Reading Artist in Residence, Elan Valley

The Liverpool Plinth 2021: Artist Call

dot-art, Liverpool BID Company and Liverpool Parish Church are looking for the fourth artist to have their work installed on The Liverpool Plinth in 2021. The sculptor, who must live and work in the N… Continue Reading The Liverpool Plinth 2021: Artist Call

International Belfast Photo Festival

Belfast Photo Festival is offering artists/photographers the opportunity to exhibit their work in the main Festival gallery  and have their work taken on tour to be exhibited at the 2022 Photo Schwiez… Continue Reading International Belfast Photo Festival

Society of Graphic Fine Art: Annual Open Exhibition

Applications are open for the Society of Graphic Fine Art’s (SGFA) 99th Annual Open Exhibition, at Mall Galleries, London. Submissions of work are invited from visual artists working in any medium whi… Continue Reading Society of Graphic Fine Art: Annual Open Exhibition

Call for Submissions My Online Bedroom – virtual exhibition

In collaboration with Queer Direct, and in response to Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings’ exhibition In My Room, MOSTYN launches a call for submissions for inclusion in a virtual exhibition of visual… Continue Reading Call for Submissions My Online Bedroom – virtual exhibition

Cornwall Council – Public Arts Trail Commission: EXPERIENCE Project Penzance

As part of the EXPERIENCE project, Cornwall Council is looking to commission an artist/a consortium of artists to create an arts trail along the Marazion – Penzance Coast Path. This is an exceptional… Continue Reading Cornwall Council – Public Arts Trail Commission: EXPERIENCE Project Penzance

Kresen Kernow Public Art Commission

This is a call for artists interested in applying for a visual public art commission being offered by Cornwall Council for Kresen Kernow, the new archive centre in Redruth. Funded by Arts Council Engl… Continue Reading Kresen Kernow Public Art Commission

Bursary: Helping Artist Make Work-East

Helping Artists Make Work – EAST, in association with Civic State & Hackney Wick Underground. Supported by Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund. Coaching support for 25 artists and people wor… Continue Reading Bursary: Helping Artist Make Work-East

apexart International Open Call 2021-22

apexart’s Open Calls are opportunities for artists, curators, and other professionals to turn their curatorial idea into an apexart exhibition. Every February apexart accept proposals for exhibitions… Continue Reading apexart International Open Call 2021-22

Broomhill Estate – National Sculpture Prize 2021

The British National Sculpture Prize for emerging sculptors returns for the 11th year with prize purse tripled to £45,000. 10 artists selected for the shortlist and will be awarded £2,500 each to crea… Continue Reading Broomhill Estate – National Sculpture Prize 2021

Solo Residency at Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop in London

Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop is offering one artist access for three months to one of its studio spaces. The successful applicant has the opportunity to network with artists, curators, collectors and the… Continue Reading Solo Residency at Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop in London

LACMA – Art + Technology Lab Artist Grant Award

Applications for The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Art + Technology Lab grant program is open for applications. While there is a preference for projects that explore emerging technology, pr… Continue Reading LACMA – Art + Technology Lab Artist Grant Award

Lakeland Arts – Wrecked! Exhibition design commission

Lakeland Arts are excited to announce the commission of an exhibition installation, forming a part of our Wrecked! programme of events and activities at Windermere Jetty Museum. This opportunity is op… Continue Reading Lakeland Arts – Wrecked! Exhibition design commission

Catalyst Arts Online Residencies

Catalyst Arts have announced four seasonal online residency opportunities that will take place throughout 2021. They are now welcoming applications to the Spring and Summer editions. Each residency wi… Continue Reading Catalyst Arts Online Residencies

SET Free-Studio-Prize

SET will be awarding 15x free 400sq ft workspaces to select artists, collectives or projects for one year starting March 2021.SET are interested to hear from a variety of applicants from emerging to m… Continue Reading SET Free-Studio-Prize

Royal Society of Sculptor – First Plinth: Public Art Award 2021

First Plinth: Public Art Award 2021 is designed to offer sculptors an opportunity to extend their practice into competing for public art commissions. The winning sculptor is awarded £15,000 to produce… Continue Reading Royal Society of Sculptor – First Plinth: Public Art Award 2021

World Illustration Awards 2021

This year The AOI, in partnership with USA-based Directory of Illustration, will be celebrating great illustration from across the globe, with an emphasis on supporting illustrators many of whom have… Continue Reading World Illustration Awards 2021

Dover Art Prize 2021

The Dover Prize 2021 has launched with a prize fund of £17,500 to support excellence and experimentation in the arts, and is available to artists and creative practitioners from across the UK. Applica… Continue Reading Dover Art Prize 2021

Liverpool Biennial, a-n & Open Culture – Artist Bursaries

As part of a shared commitment to supporting artists across the UK, Liverpool Biennial 2021, a-n The Artists Information Company and Open Culture are joining forces to offer five support and research… Continue Reading Liverpool Biennial, a-n & Open Culture – Artist Bursaries

Holt/Smithson Foundation Research Fellowships 2021

The Holt/Smithson Foundation Research Fellowships aim to encourage new research on the work, ideas, and creative legacies of Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson. The Fellowship Program is open to graduate… Continue Reading Holt/Smithson Foundation Research Fellowships 2021

Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2021

The seventh year of the internationally successful Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize is open for entries! The prize is open to artists working across all genres, styles and backgrounds. Artists who enter… Continue Reading Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2021

The Abbey Scholarship and Fellowships in Painting

Abbey Awards offer all expenses paid residencies at the British School at Rome for artists showing exceptional merit and promise. The Abbey Scholarship offers one annual nine month residency for an ea… Continue Reading The Abbey Scholarship and Fellowships in Painting

Wellcome Photography Prize 2021

The Wellcome Photography Prize 2021 is now open for application. This international photography prize seeks to tell provocative visual stories about the health challenges of our time. This year, the W… Continue Reading Wellcome Photography Prize 2021

Engage Micro grants programme

Ten micro grants of £500 and ten micro grants of £1000 will be made for grant activity which takes place between 27 January and 22 March 2021. The grant is to enable members to try new ways of working… Continue Reading Engage Micro grants programme

Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition

The Royal Society of Portrait Painters invites artists from all over the world to submit portraits for their Annual Exhibition in 2021. The Society welcomes paintings, drawings and original prints fro… Continue Reading Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition

BBC Arts Culture in Quarantine Fund

To mark the 25th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act, BBC Arts, Arts Council England, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council of Wales and Creative Scotland have launched a new Cul… Continue Reading BBC Arts Culture in Quarantine Fund

Jerwood UNITe 2021 Open Call

UNITe is a nine-week artist studio residency programme based at g39 in Cardiff for artistic development, experimentation, research, creative discussions, and more. Presented in collaboration with Jerw… Continue Reading Jerwood UNITe 2021 Open Call

Art Gene Digital U: Artists Opportunity

Art Gene invites applications from artists working in digital media including film, animation, performance and sound to exhibit on our online exhibition space Digital U. Artists will be selected by th… Continue Reading Art Gene Digital U: Artists Opportunity

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 a free development p… Continue Reading Open School East Associates Programme

Arte laguna prize 15

Arte Laguna Prize offers artists the opportunity to join a huge network of collaborations around the world, get free visibility on the online platform artelaguna.world, win cash prizes for a total amo… Continue Reading Arte laguna prize 15

Art Gene Digital Artist-Curator Commission

Art Gene is seeking a Digital Artist with an interest in curation to produce a series of online exhibitions or events, including a digital exhibition of your own work, as part of Art Gene’s Extreme Vi… Continue Reading Art Gene Digital Artist-Curator Commission

Creative Commission: Night Light Installation

To celebrate their 40th birthday year Emergency Exit Arts are commissioning a unique light piece that they will use at a number of the illuminated winter outdoor festivals they have coming up in their… Continue Reading Creative Commission: Night Light Installation

Collide Residency Award 2021

Collide invites entries from artists of any nationality over the age of 18 interested in interacting with fundamental research and the extraordinary CERN community. The programme is targeted at artist… Continue Reading Collide Residency Award 2021

Small Grants Scheme: In the Making

Small grants scheme, in the making, is a new funding programme for community projects that share the aim of embedding art, culture and heritage at the heart of the major development and regeneration p… Continue Reading Small Grants Scheme: In the Making

Newham Heritage Month grants

Newham Heritage Month will return for 2021 and this time there are grants of up to £7,000 available to support you in creating a project for next year’s programme. The theme for 2021 is ‘Shops, Docks… Continue Reading Newham Heritage Month grants

London Open 2021

Artists and collectives over the age of 26 who are living and working in London, are invited to apply to exhibit your work at Whitechapel Gallery in The London Open 2021. The London Open 2021 is a tri… Continue Reading London Open 2021

Brentwood Dunton Hills Garden Village Artist Commission

Essex Cultural Diversity Project has teamed up with Brentwood Borough Council to create a new opportunity for artists. They are looking for creative responses to the evolving development of a new Gard… Continue Reading Brentwood Dunton Hills Garden Village Artist Commission

The Hopper Prize

The Hopper Prize was established to increase recognition of the work of visual artists and they are now accepting entries for their Fall 2020 artist grant. They seek to advance the careers of visual a… Continue Reading The Hopper Prize

Axis Digital Residency 2021

The Axis Digital Residency seeks to support artists who require additional resources and support to develop and disseminate new work over a three month period. Axis are looking for artists interested… Continue Reading Axis Digital Residency 2021

Jerwood Arts – Live Work Fund

This new fund, worth £660k, will support at least 33 exceptional individuals over 12 months with awards of £20,000 to adapt their approach to making and sharing live work. It is for artists, creatives… Continue Reading Jerwood Arts – Live Work Fund

Gender House Queer Arts Fest Call Out for Performances

The GENDERhouse#2 Queer Arts Festival is open for applications for full length performance works that either tackle themes of gender, sexuality or identity or that defy traditions, queer the boarders… Continue Reading Gender House Queer Arts Fest Call Out for Performances

Eco-Syntax Residency

Proposition Studios invites artists to apply for their new residency in Derbyshire. The Eco-Syntax Residency provides accommodation and large studios for up to 20 creatives, affording time and space f… Continue Reading Eco-Syntax Residency

Distinctly Birmingham Open Call: Public Realm Residencies

Distinctly Birmingham by Fierce offers four artists / companies a 4-day residency or digital residency, in Birmingham (or remotely) for research and inspiration by drawing on the people, places and hi… Continue Reading Distinctly Birmingham Open Call: Public Realm Residencies

Multidisciplinary residency: A Vanished Sea (Without a Trace)

Climate Art and Bridgepoint Rye, in collaboration with Sussex Wildlife Trust, announce a call for applications from artists, creative practitioners, and environmental researchers to work on a site-res… Continue Reading Multidisciplinary residency: A Vanished Sea (Without a Trace)

OVEREXPOSED – Sonic Acts Home-Based Residency

Sonic Acts invites you to apply for the OVEREXPOSED residency programme. Residents are expected to develop their artistic practice around the core questions underlying the Sonic Acts OVEREXPOSED progr… Continue Reading OVEREXPOSED – Sonic Acts Home-Based Residency

apexart NYC Open Call

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 2021-22 exhibition season. Curators, artists, writers,… Continue Reading apexart NYC Open Call

Barbican Arts Group Trust’s ArtWorks Open 2020

Submissions are now open for Barbican Arts Group Trust’s ArtWorks Open 2020 prize-winning show selected by Alex Schady & Michelle Williams-Gamaker. There are several prizes for selected exhibiting… Continue Reading Barbican Arts Group Trust’s ArtWorks Open 2020

YICCA 20/21 – 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 20/21 – International Contest of Contemporary Art

Radio Arts Catalyst Artist Residency

Arts Catalyst is pleased to offer an exciting new residency opportunity for four UK-based early career practitioners from BIPOC backgrounds who are interested in expanding their practices into the dig… Continue Reading Radio Arts Catalyst Artist Residency

William Morris Gallery Artist in Residence 2020-21

Applications are now open for the 2020-21 Artist in Residency programme at the William Morris Gallery. The residency is an opportunity for an artist to immerse themselves in the Gallery’s world-class… Continue Reading William Morris Gallery Artist in Residence 2020-21

The London Creative Network (LCN) Programme

London Creative Network (LCN) is a tailored professional development programme for London-based visual artists, craft makers and photographers. Delivered by SPACE, Cockpit Arts, Four Corners and Photo… Continue Reading The London Creative Network (LCN) Programme

3 x 1-month Residential Studio Residencies for BNC Alumni with British School at Rome

New Contemporaries, in partnership with British School at Rome, are offering three, one-month residential studio residency opportunities open to artists working in all media. The opportunity is open t… Continue Reading 3 x 1-month Residential Studio Residencies for BNC Alumni with British School at Rome

Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund

New Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund launches small grant scheme for East London .The Small Grant Scheme is looking for project proposals from individuals, groups and organisations that will… Continue Reading Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2020

Entry is now open for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2020. The winner of the competition will receive £15,000. In addition, the judges, at their discretion, will award cash prizes to o… Continue Reading Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2020

Residency & Exhibition Opportunities for Outside In Artists at The Art House

The Art House and Outside In are seeking proposals from individual artists who would like to develop and progress their practice through a residency at The Art House’s purpose-built studios in Wakefie… Continue Reading Residency & Exhibition Opportunities for Outside In Artists at The Art House

Wachtmeister Award

VCCA is offering a fully-funded fellowship for established visual artists who have not had a previous residency at VCCA. One recipient will be awarded a $1,000 honorarium and a fully-funded residency… Continue Reading Wachtmeister Award

Jerwood Arts / FACT Digital Fellowship

In partnership with Jerwood Arts, FACT is pleased to invite emerging artists, curators, technologists, and cultural activists, in particular those from underrepresented backgrounds, to apply for a new… Continue Reading Jerwood Arts / FACT Digital Fellowship

Artist in Residence, Philharmonia Orchestra

The Philharmonia seeks a socially engaged artist or collective to collaborate with the Orchestra. The Artist in Residence will create new artistic experiences across the 2020-2021 programme of activit… Continue Reading Artist in Residence, Philharmonia Orchestra

Omni Colour – Omni Artist Award

With so many exhibitions and opportunities disrupted, it is an important time to support artists and facilitate experimentation.  The Omni Artist Award is £4,000 of digital print to enable artists to… Continue Reading Omni Colour – Omni Artist Award

South London Gallery Postgraduate Residency 2020/2

The South London Gallery Postgraduate Residency is an open submission six-month live-in residency that provides an early-career artist with a rare opportunity to produce a new body of work, which is t… Continue Reading South London Gallery Postgraduate Residency 2020/2

Wales Contemporary / Cymru Gyfoe 2020

Wales Contemporary / Cymru Gyfoes is an international open competition for 2D artwork in any medium excluding photography. Developed by the Waterfront Gallery in association with the Welsh Government,… Continue Reading Wales Contemporary / Cymru Gyfoe 2020

Aesthetica Art Prize 2020

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 2020

Jerwood Art Fund Makers Open 2021

Jerwood Art Fund Makers Open 2021 is an award for five early-career UK-based artists and makers to develop and present ambitious new works using all forms of making and material experimentation. There… Continue Reading Jerwood Art Fund Makers Open 2021

Nuffield Residency 2020

Lancaster Arts is seeking applications for the fourth Nuffield Residency: a practice-based initiative offering one artist, company or collective the opportunity to undertake a supported residency incl… Continue Reading Nuffield Residency 2020

Join the Docks Autumn Programme

Join the Docks is a creative and cultural programme exploring and celebrating East London’s Royal Docks, developed by the Royal Docks Team, a joint initiative between the Mayor of London and the Mayor… Continue Reading Join the Docks Autumn Programme

Arts Council England: Culture Recovery Fund Repayable Finance

£270 million will be available through the Culture Recovery Fund: Repayable Finance programme, which will be open to both charitable and commercial organisations for long-term loans of £3 million plus… Continue Reading Arts Council England: Culture Recovery Fund Repayable Finance

Artist Residency Callout – Artcore: Present Tense, Future Perfect?

Artcore are looking for two artists to take up supported residencies responding to the title ‘Present Tense – Future Perfect?’ Through the residency the two artists will have the opportunity to make n… Continue Reading Artist Residency Callout – Artcore: Present Tense, Future Perfect?

Open Call: UK/Australia Season 2021-22

Applications are open for UK-based arts organisations and individuals to submit project proposals for inclusion in the UK/Australia Season. Proposals should clearly align with the Season theme “Who ar… Continue Reading Open Call: UK/Australia Season 2021-22

Time and Tide Bells Commission

Time and Tide Bells commission is a major new commission for artwork around the UK coast in the Summer of 2021. Time and Tide Bells are installed at 7 locations round the UK coast, with 7 more under d… Continue Reading Time and Tide Bells Commission

Commission for D/deaf or Disabled Artist from Trinity & Cambridge Junction

In these challenging times, Trinity and Cambridge Junction have come together to offer a £3,000 commission to a D/deaf or DisabledArtist(s) to create work for an online audience. One new piece of work… Continue Reading Commission for D/deaf or Disabled Artist from Trinity & Cambridge Junction

g39 Commission: Intermission

g39 is pleased to be able to offer support to Wales based / Welsh artists to create new work. All forms of work that can be publicly presented or shared safely are welcomed, this could be in an online… Continue Reading g39 Commission: Intermission

Wells Art Contemporary 2020

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 2020

Season for Change – Common Ground Commissions

Season for Change are delighted to launch Common Ground, a programme of four £10,000 commissions for artists, makers or creators, and a professional development programme focused on cultural climate l… Continue Reading Season for Change – Common Ground Commissions

Pier – Residencies for Black Artists

As part of their Re-Imagine Europe programme, Lighthouse has developed a ‘residency at home’ series awarding support for three black artists. This is an opportunity for artists, practitioners, produce… Continue Reading Pier – Residencies for Black Artists

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

Call for filmpro online commissions for disabled artists and mentors

During lockdown creative production and exhibition has necessarily been moving onto online platforms. For some people it has been an easy transition, but many artists and audiences have found the expe… Continue Reading Call for filmpro online commissions for disabled artists and mentors

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

Call for proposals — Engage Journal 43: Profession and Practice (working title)

Engage, the National Association for Gallery Education, is calling for proposals from colleagues in the UK and worldwide that reflect on the development of gallery education policy and practice, highl… Continue Reading Call for proposals — Engage Journal 43: Profession and Practice (working title)

Jerwood 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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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