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…

https://www.hampshireculture.org.uk/event/artist-residency-william-allen-and-his-work-open-call-creative-response-allen-gallery

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,…

https://www.cavendish-artscience.org.uk/open-call/

VISUAL Carlow Open Call 2027

Deadline: 22/05/2026

VISUAL and Carlow Arts Office announce a new open call for exhibition proposals, which will result in a new project at VISUAL in 2027. The winning application will be given time and resources to realise…

https://visualcarlow.ie/whats-on/open-call-2027

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

Fruitmarket Hull public art commission

Deadline: 26/05/2026

Wykeland Group, their Managing Director and the Brignall family, Hull, want to commission an experienced and inspired artist or artist team to produce an ambitious and celebratory artwork for Hull’s iconic Fruit Market area. This…

https://www.fruitmarkethull.co.uk/sculpture/

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.…

https://artesmundi.org/am12-nominations/

FLAMIN Fellowship 2026-27

Deadline: 01/06/2026

Film London and Arts Council England present The FLAMIN Fellowship, a major development programme for early career moving image artists based in England. Each year, The FLAMIN Fellowship supports six artists at the early stages of their…

https://filmlondon.org.uk/resource/apply-to-the-flamin-fellowship

Magnetic 5 Residencies

Deadline: 02/06/2026

Magnetic is a joint Franco UK initiative that brings together ten institutions to create a programme of artist residencies of 2 to 3 months each: five in France and five in the United Kingdom. Each residency pairs…

https://fluxusartprojects.com/residencies

Remote ecologies: art, climate and the Amazon at the British Library

Deadline: 02/06/2026

The Eccles Institute is inviting applications for a new creative fellowship aimed at a UK based creative practitioners interested in exploring the British Library’s collections about the Amazon region…

https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/remote-ecologies-art-climate-and-the-amazon-at-the-british-library

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

ACS Studio Prize 2026

Deadline: 30/06/2026

The ACS Studio Prize is now open, offering a recent graduate the chance to win £6,000 to contribute to the cost of an artist’s studio in a UK city of their choice. If you are a…

https://artistscollectingsociety.org/acs-studio-prize/about-acs-studio-prize/

Liberty Art Award

Deadline: 29/07/2026

The Liberty Speciality Markets Art Award aims to elevate graduate artists by providing funding, training, exhibition and sales opportunities within a comprehensive two year programme. Selected participants will each receive £1,000 for their work being exhibited in…

https://artopps.co.uk/opportunities/libertyartaward2026

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…

https://www.fvu.co.uk/projects/fvulab

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Artist Grants

Open deadline

The Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from professional visual artists who are painters, sculptors, and/or artists who work on paper, including printmakers. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis: there are no deadlines. Grants are…

https://www.pkf.org/grants/grant-for-artists/

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…

https://www.artcry.co.uk/apply

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…

https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/projectgrants

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…

https://creativedebuts.co.uk/bag/