Queen Mary University of London – Public Artwork Commission
Deadline: 23/04/2026
QMUL are looking for an east London based artist to design an original artwork to be displayed in a permanent outdoor public location on the Queen Mary Mile End Campus. A…
Young V&A Design Placement 2026: The Shed residency
Deadline: 27/04/2026
Young V&A invites applications from early to mid career designers, studios, or collectives for a six month design placement within The Shed, a public facing residency studio in Young V&A’s Design Gallery.…
https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/young/apply-now-to-become-young-vas-designer-in-the-shed-2026
Holly House public art commission
Deadline: 28/04/2026
Field Art Projects, working with Curo, is inviting expressions of interest from artists for a new public art commission at Holly House, the final phase of The Willows housing development in Lawrence Weston. The appointed…
The COAL Prize 2026: The Night
Deadline: 28/04/2026
The COAL Prize 2026 is dedicated to the theme of night. Artists are invited to defend the night as a common good, a major ecological issue for the regeneration of life, a refuge, a…
https://projetcoal.org/en/prize/coal-prize/call-for-projects-2026/
Artist ResidenciesVila 31 x Art Explora
Deadline: 01/05/2026
The Tirana Art Residency – Vila 31 x Art Explora is an international residency programme supporting contemporary artistic creation and research, with a strong emphasis on engagement with the cultural, social, and political contexts…
Fundación Botín Art Grants 2026/2027
Deadline: 08/05/2026
Since 1993, Fundación Botín has awarded Art Grants each year, aimed at artists of any nationality. Each grant provides funding of 23,000€ and promotes and supports those artists who need resources to carry out a…
https://www.centrobotin.org/en/beca/becas-de-arte-2026-2027/
Creative Response to the work of William Allen
Deadline: 15/05/2026
Hampshire Cultural Trust invites an artist working in painting or ceramics to develop a creative response to the works in the Allen Gallery collection, with a particular focus on the contributions made…
Wachtmeister Award for Visual Artists- Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency
Deadline: 15/05/2026
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) is now accepting applications for their 2027 Wachtmeister award. This year’s award will be awarded to an interdisciplinary visual artist whose…
https://www.vcca.com/apply/fully-funded-fellowships/wachtmeister-award/
Cavendish Arts Science Fellowship at Girton College
Deadline: 16/05/2026
The Fellowship supports the Cavendish Arts Science ethos of experimenting, decentring and re imagining. It is designed for artists to develop thought provoking ideas through engagement with physicists and those in other fields,…
FLAMIN Animations
Deadline: 25/05/2026
FLAMIN Animations is a commissioning programme for early career Black and global majority* artists working with animation based in England, organised by Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN). Now in its sixth year, the programme aims to…
https://filmlondon.org.uk/resource/apply-to-flamin-animations
Artes Mundi 12 Exhibition and Prize
Deadline: 31/05/2026
Nominations for AM12 can be made by anyone who is interested or involved in visual arts. Artists from anywhere in the world are eligible. Every nomination received will be reviewed by an independent jury.…
Leith School of Art’s Graduate Residency programme
Deadline: 05/06/2026
Leith School of Art’s Graduate Residency programme offers a unique opportunity to develop a substantial body of new work within an established Art School leading towards professional practice or further postgraduate study. The…
https://www.leithschoolofart.ac.uk/course-info/13/graduate-residency-programme
FVU:LAB
Open deadline
FVU:LAB is delivered in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University and provides opportunities for four UK based emerging moving image artists to work with cutting edge technologies at NTU’s new Design and Digital Arts building. This can be either for…
ARTCRY
Open deadline
ARTCRY is a new fund supporting urgent artistic responses to current social and political events. The fund aims to encourage artists to create bold political work with funding in seven days to enable fast action. ARTCRY are seeking applications…
Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants
Open deadline
National Lottery Project Grants is an open access programme for arts, museums and libraries projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations. National Lottery Project Grants supports a broad…
Black Artists Grant
Open deadline
The Black Artists Grant is £1,500 given out monthly to black artists in the UK, with each artist selected receiving £500 each.The BAG is no strings attached financial support to help the selected artists in whatever they…
Interfaces Monthly
Open deadline
Interfaces Monthly is a get together for people working at the junction of art and technology, organised by the Barbican and The Trampery. Each event includes selected artworks, presentations and discussions. They accept proposals on any form of work…
Jonathan Ruffer curatorial grants – Small grants
Open deadline
The Jonathan Ruffer curatorial grants support UK curators, museum professionals and researchers to undertake travel and other activities that will extend and develop their curatorial expertise, collections based knowledge and art historical interests.…
https://www.artfund.org/professional/get-funding/programmes/jonathan-ruffer-curatorial-grants