Showing items tagged "Opportunities and open calls"
Fore Street Public Art Commission
Deadline: 31/07/2026
The London Borough of Enfield is seeking public art practitioners for an upcoming commission in Angel Edmonton. They are seeking artists, collectives or creative organisations with demonstrable experience of delivering public art integrated within the…
Outside In and David Zwirner exhibition open call
Deadline: 10/09/2026
Outside In is inviting artists to submit work for a group exhibition at David Zwirner London. This exhibition is dedicated entirely to artists whose work has never had the platform it deserves.…
TED x POSCA Global Artist Residency
Deadline: 31/07/2026
The TED x POSCA Global Artist Residency, curated by Fine Acts, invites artists from around the world to explore Visible Mending, a theme centred on repair, hope, and transformation as a lived practice. Four…
The Ingram Prize 2026
Deadline: 25/08/2026
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. Shortlisted artists will be invited to showcase their entries in a…
Connections Through Culture Grants 2026
Deadline: 12/08/2026
Connections Through Culture (CTC) grants are designed to enable meaningful partnerships, cross cultural exchange and long term collaboration between the UK and participating countries. Grants of between £5,000 and £15,000 are available to support creative…
Axis Artist Awards 2026
Deadline: 26/07/2026
The Axis Artist Awards support artists to develop their practice, test ideas, make work and keep going. This year, 38 artists will receive awards. There are 35 development awards of £1,000 to start something, test an…
2026 Liu Shiming Artist Grants
Deadline: 31/08/2026
The Liu Shiming Artist Grants support the creation or completion of new projects that explore the interplay between traditional cultural or historical influences and contemporary artistic practice. Each year, up to five visual artists will…
The New Emergence Art Prize 2026
Deadline: 03/08/2026
The New Emergence Art Prize 2026 is an international open call for emerging artists. There is no set theme, and artists may submit work in any medium. The prize fund is worth over £5,000,…
Submission fee: https://www.newemergenceart.com/apply
Hugo Burge Foundation: 2026 Grant Programme
Deadline: 31/07/2026
The Hugo Burge Foundation is a new arts funding body. The grant funding is focused on three key areas: Creative Education, Creative Communities, and Creative Individuals The Creative Individuals Fund will have £50,000 available…
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…
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…
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…