Avant-Garde Lawyers

‘Keep it au courant’ was the editorial steer given for writing the Artlaw column in Art Monthly’s first issue of October 1976. The column has always been free to choose subjects, and how to treat them: whether to…

East Bank SEEDED Residency

Deadline: 16/11/2026

East Bank SEEDED is a part time, funded residency programme for an artist / creative practitioners to work in partnership with each East Bank host institution, to explore and grow ideas relating to their socially engaged practice. During the residency…

https://www.queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk/east-bank/seeded-residency

n-Space Fellowship 

Deadline: 07/12/2026

Applications are open for the next n Space fellowship, using prediction as a line of enquiry. The Fellowship hosts 5 London based fellows and welcomes proposals from artists, designers, engineers, lawyers, scientists, and technologists interested in joining a…

https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/somerset-house-studios/residencies-and-opportunities/n-space-fellowship-open-call-predicition

Public Art Commission: 220 Blackfriars Road

Deadline: 04/01/2027

Southwark Charities invites artists, designers, makers and interdisciplinary teams to send expressions of interest for a major new public artwork at 220 Blackfriars Road. The commission is intentionally open in its approach, inviting proposals…

https://www.southwarkcharities.co.uk/public-art/

International Visual Arts Prize IDEA – Vila d’Amer

Deadline: 10/01/2027

IDEA Associació Cultural presents the first edition of the International Visual Arts Prize IDEA – Vila d’Amer, a new initiative aimed at promoting contemporary artistic creation, raising the visibility of artists from…

https://www.ideagc.com/en/idea-mundoarti/

FLAMIN Productions 2026

Deadline: 09/12/2026

Part of Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), FLAMIN Productions aims to support the most exciting, innovative and challenging moving image projects with development and production finance. In 2026, FLAMIN Productions will be investing production funding…

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

The Cape Town Workshop

Deadline: 01/12/2026

The Cape Town Workshop is a 12 day research and practice led programme of workshops, discussions and encounters with historical archives and contemporary practice. The programme offers the opportunity for graduate students in art history and…

https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/forthcoming/open-call-the-cape-town-workshop

François Schneider Foundation: Talents Contemporains

Deadline: 22/11/2026

On the theme of water, artists are invited to submit their proposals, realistic or utopian, figurative or abstract, with a singular and sensitive look at this theme. Up to 7 winners will each receive a…

https://www.fondationfrancoisschneider.org/concours-talents-contemporains/concours-talents-contemporains-leau-wattwiller/

The Mick Bateman Memorial Award

Deadline: 29/12/2026

The Mick Bateman Memorial Award is an award set up with the specific intention to support and encourage emerging artists working in metal. Each award offers 2 years of financial support towards the whole cost…

https://form.jotform.com/262734108887366

Selby Park Artworks

Deadline: 16/11/2026

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) wishes to commission an artist to create a new site specific artwork or artworks integrated into a programme of small scale improvements projects planned for Selby Park. The artist should spend an initial…

https://culturenorthyorkshire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Selby-Park-Improvements-Project-artist-brief.pdf

Two Together: Porthmeor Studios Residencies 2027

Deadline: 30/11/2026

The 2027 Two Together: Porthmeor Studios Residencies offer the opportunity for three pairs of visual artists to undertake a shared residency at the historic Porthmeor Studios in St Ives, Cornwall, to enable exchange and…

https://freelandsfoundation.co.uk/engage/apply/residencies/two-together-porthmeor-studios-residencies-2027

G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation Art Prize

Deadline: 30/12/2026

The Art Prize supports contemporary artists by offering them the opportunity to create a new, site specific artwork which will remain on permanent display in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, will become part of the…

https://gnamamidakisfoundation.org/en/vraveio-technis/

Cove Park Awarded Residencies 2027 & 2028

Deadline: 11/12/2026

As one of Cove Park’s key programmes, the biennial call for Awarded Residencies reflects the ongoing commitment to the support of local, national, and international artists, researchers, writers, and creative practitioners, working in…

https://covepark.org/awarded-residencies-2027-2028/

Art in Manufacturing Artistic Residencies

Deadline: 23/11/2026

The National Festival of Making invites applications for two paid artist residencies with manufacturers in Lancashire as part of Art in Manufacturing, its headline commissioning programme. Each residency offers the opportunity to develop new work…

https://festivalofmaking.co.uk/news/art-in-manufacturing-open-call-crown-paints-foxs-burtons-companies-uk/

Connected Canvas: The National Gallery Digital Commission

Deadline: 17/11/2026

The National Gallery invites UK based emerging creatives to develop a digital work for the Connected Canvas, a group of linked large scale digital screens in the Sainsbury Wing entrance. The opportunity is…

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/national-gallery-x/connected-canvas

Mamidakis Foundation Art Prize 2027 

Deadline: 30/12/2026

The G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation Art Prize 2027 is an international art prize for visual artists proposing an original, large scale sculptural installation for an outdoor site at Minos Palace in Agios Nikolaos, Crete.…

https://contemporaryperformance.com/2026/10/09/mamidakis-art-prize-2027/

Shoeburyness Commission

Deadline: 24/11/2026

Essex Cultural Diversity Project invites proposals for a new project to creatively respond to the history of Shoeburyness near Southend. The commission aims to engage local communities, and underrepresented voices enabling them to tell their own stories in…

https://essexcdp.com/commission/shoeburynesscallforproposals/

Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Studio Award 2027

Deadline: 16/11/2026

The Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Award is an opportunity providing recent graduates from universities colleges and alternative art education programmes with a free studio space, a mentorship programme and production support for nine months. The…

https://www.lewishamarthouse.org.uk/graduateaward