Showing items tagged "Opportunities and open calls"
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/
Art Explora – Cité internationale des arts Residency Programme,
Deadline: 30/10/2026
Art Explora – Cité internationale des arts are accepting applications for its 2027 Artist’s Residency Programme in Paris. The programme is open internationally with no age limit. Applicants need at least…
https://www.artexplora.org/en/the-artists-residencies-programme-presentation
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…
Radical Sabbatical 2027 Residencies
Deadline: 20/11/2026
Radical Sabbatical is a collaboration between University Collections, University of Birmingham and Eastside Projects which offers the opportunity for two artists to each undertake a six month residency at the University of Birmingham centred on research…
https://eastsideprojects.org/projects/apply-now-radical-sabbatical-2027-residencies/
ARRIVAL Grant
Open deadline
ARRIVAL Gallery invites artists from all backgrounds and disciplines to apply for the £100 ARRIVAL Grant, a free rolling funding opportunity designed to keep support simple, open, and accessible. The grant is open internationally and there is no…
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…
Tender: Better Open Calls
Better Open Calls is a research project that looks at how arts organisations find artists to work with. It proposes and tests equitable processes for organisations to find and choose artists. If you would like to…
The White Pube Creatives Grant
Open deadline
The White Pube Creatives Grant is a one off £500 grant to be given out to a different working class creative practitioner based in the UK once every month. This grant has been set up…
Supporting Whitechapel Gallery’s open call for London Open Live
Building on our research, Artquest are supporting Whitechapel Gallery’s application and selection process for London Open Live. Whitechapel Gallery’s open call exhibition, The London Open, is back with an exclusive focus…
Unlocking the Collections
A research residency for an early career, London based artist to engage with The Collections Library at the Museum of the Home. Residencies took part in 2021 and 2022 with advice from Artquest on improving application and…
Lifeboat
Studio residency, peer mentoring and career development award for MA postgraduates from University of the Arts London The Award Between 2012 and 2018 the Lifeboat award supported artists who had completed a postgraduate course at UAL in the previous…
Sarah Roberts: on developing practice in the face of deadlines
How can you balance the demands of deadlines with the needs of your practice? Deadline vs Live Development I’m not a ‘loans’ exhibitior, so a new exhibition means a new…
Laura Fowle: on artist opportunities
Can do / Must do : Lost in a Sea of Artist Opportunities Continuing to pursue my practice post University was a consistent challenge. I found it harder to define my work since leaving. One…
Is it discrimination under UK law to advertise an opportunity for artists under a certain age?
An opportunity states that it is only open to artists under or over a certain age. Is this discriminatory under UK law? UK equal…
Types of artist commission
This article introduces different kinds of commissions. It suggests things to consider when taking one on. What is a commission? A ‘commission’ can cover different opportunities, including: Types of commissioner There are many different kinds of…
Public art commissions: expressions of interest
An expression of interest is the first stage in the commissioning process. A Commissioner will: As an Artist you should:
Project budgets
Most funding applications will ask for a budget at some time during the process. Your budget should remain within the guideline amounts provided. It needs to clearly show how any monies provided will be spent, as well as…