Showing items tagged "Opportunities and open calls"
The Other MA (TOMA) 27/28
Deadline: 11/10/2026
Applications are open to join the sixth cohort of the Other MA (TOMA), a 15 month artist led education programme based in Southend on Sea. Each programme welcomes a cohort of 12 – 15 selected…
Artist in Residence at HMP Grendon and Spring Hill
Deadline: 30/09/2026
Produced by Ikon, Art at HMP Grendon and Spring Hill is a major three year artist residency funded by the Rothschild Foundation. The Artist in Residence will be supported by Ikon…
Unlimited Partner Awards 2026/27
Deadline: 28/09/2026
Applications are open for Unlimited’s Partner Awards. There are 11 awards totalling £280,000 available to disabled artists across England, Scotland, and Wales. Each award is delivered through a partnership with an organisation based in the UK.…
https://weareunlimited.org.uk/opportunities/apply/partner-awards-2026-27/
AA2A Artist Residencies
Deadline: 16/09/2026
AA2A is an artist Residency Programme and Professional Practice Development at art and design institutions across the UK. Open to practising artists who have been out of formal education for at least one year and are looking…
ArtCry Grant: Supporting Responsive, Political Artworks in Public Space
Open deadline
Artcry is closing and to celebrate and mark the ending they are funding one final grant for an artist to make political work in public space. They are looking for an…
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…