International Art Competitions - art contest for artists

Art fair

Deadline: 9 March 2020

Visual artists and makers working in any medium, at any stage of their careers, are invited to apply for a chance to be a part #TOAF59 (July 10-12 @ Nathan Phillips Square). With 130,000+ visitors spending $2M on art over one weekend, you will grow your network, be part of a juried showcase, and be eligible to be recognized by one of TOAF’s prestigious awards, with of $40,000 cash and in-kind awarded each year.


Entry fee:
$50, or $30 for students.

There are also Booth Fees (These are prices in 2019 - Subject to change for 2020)
10'x10' Regular Booth: $575
10'x10' Prime Location Booth*: $690
10'x10' Budget-Friendly Booth: $475
10'x10' Student Booth**: $250
10'x5' Emerging Artist Packages including tent and booth fee: $450

Details:
https://torontooutdoor.art/

Biennial of drawing 2020

Deadline: 31 May 2020

The organizer of the event is OSTEN Skopje, North Macedonia. The Biennial is rather focused on a contemporary drawing, but in its widest interpretation. Feel free to submit your most innovative and creative works. Only original works are eligible for submission (not photos of the works).


Entry fee:
55 USD

Prizes:
GRAND PRIX FOR LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
SPECIAL GRAND PRIX (on the occasion of 75 years OSTEN)
WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE AWARD
5 FIRST AWARDS (5x 1000$)
5 GOLDEN OSTEN AWARDS
(Participation at the Artists Residency Program “Golden Osten” in Skopje )
JURY’s SPECIAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
OSTEN’s SPECIAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
WAVA AWARDS (World Association of Visual Arts)


Details:
https://obdskopje.com.mk/en/

Art conference

Deadline: 31 March 2020

The fourth international conference "Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science" will take place November 26–28, 2020, in Austria, hosted by the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Including theoretical and art practice presentations, TTT2020 continues to focus (a) on questions about the nature of the forbidden and aesthetics of liminality as expressed in art that uses or is
inspired by technology and science, and (b) on the opening of spaces for creative transformation in the merging of science and art.

Submissions are welcome from all art and research fields and cutting-edge technology in arts-based research. Suggested, but not exclusive topics, are those associated with: Biopunk, hybridity and aesthetics of mutation; Cyborg, augmentation and bοdy modification; Post-gender, transgressive identities and social models; Psychopharmacology, somatechnology, and post-humanism; Chemistry of the mind, natural healers, and mind enhancement; Biotechnology, DIYbio, and biohacking; Ethology, human and nonhuman; Evolution, genetics, and extended evolutionary synthesis; Cyber-eroticism, sex technology, and techno-lust; Biopolitics, displacement, and resistance.

Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science reminds applicants that this conference was formed with the intention to allow for non-restrictive topics and discussions. TTT expects authors to delve into the most obscure, pathological, visionary and/or licentious lines of questioning. So if you have topics that touch on the deepest taboos in art and technology studies, transgressions to reveal that cause seismic activity on the fault-lines of the art and science divide, or even seemingly unmentionable, cultish, transcendental SciArt visions to impart upon us, then this is the venue to allow those novel subterranean and of the beyond whispers come out loud. TTT2020 offers a platform to engage in an openly liminal discussion. This is your chance to present concepts deemed: difficult, un-sutured, challenging, giddy, tawdry, festering, elated, illuminated, libidinal, queer, unpalatable, convulsive, feral and mutagenic. Please let TTT be an echo chamber of fearless ideation and know that this is a space for free range concepts and raw cognition unencumbered by topical limits.


The conference language is English. Proposals are submitted for consideration to the members of the scientific and artistic committee.

No entry fee

Details:
https://avarts.ionio.gr/ttt/

Photography contest

Deadline: 6 January 2020

The competition is open to everyone between 14 and 25 years old, regardless of his or her country of residence.

The photographs must accurately reflect the theme, "Reveal the Silk Roads", through representations of Gastronomy and Food Production, Music and Dance, and Traditional Sports and Games

Maximum of 20 photographs per artist

No entry fee

Prizes
In each age category, three photographs will be awarded:

1st prize: A professional digital single-lens reflex camera equipped with 18-55mm lens
2nd prize: Semi-professional digital camera
3rd prize: Digital camera

In addition, winners will receive an all-expenses paid trip to the award ceremony.

Details:
https://unescosilkroadphotocontest.org/en

Nature photography competition

Deadline: 5 January 2020

8 categories:

Magnificent Wilderness (landscape photography)
The Beauty of Plants (plant phtography)
Nature as Art (shape, colour and abstraction of nature)
Artist of Wings (bird photography)
The World of Mammals (images of mammals)
Diversity of all other Animals (animal kingdom except birds and mammals)
Moments in Nature (images of special moments in nature)
Aerial Views of Nature (nature pictures by multicopter)

Artist may submit 5 images in each category.

No more than 25 total images.


Entry fee
The entry fee is € 20 per person

Prizes
The overall winner will receive € 2,500.
Each of the category winners will receive € 500.
The Junior Award winner will receive € 500 and Olympus camera equipment worth € 1,700

Total sum of prizes is more than 30,000 € (12,000 in cash, 18,000 in special prizes)

Details:
https://www.glanzlichter.com/guidelines.cfm

Deadline: ongoing



ArtOpenCalls website is visited by both: artists and curators or art gallery owners. That is why we plan to create a special place on the website where the artists will be able to show themselves to the curators, gallery owners and all art fans. It'll be a place where one can look for inspiration for their own work and share their achievements.



Every week or so we will try to pick most interesting artworks, and post them on facebook and/or instagram. Informations about artists will be posted at website of ArtOpenCalls https://artopencalls.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

There is no restriction in theme. There is no restriction in art medium.

We want to give you a chance to promote you and your art.



Rules (as simple as it can be):



1. All artists from around the world may enter this contest



2. The Entrant guarantees that the work entered for the competition is original and that he or she is the sole owner of the exploitation rights attached to this work. As such, the Entrant shall personally obtain permission from any third parties [both actual persons featured, and third parties that may claim intellectual property rights to the aforementioned photographs or videos (for example, photographs or videos featuring architectural monuments or sculpture)] having participated directly or indirectly in producing the work and/or who believes themselves to hold any right whatsoever concerning it. In the event of a third party claim, the Entrant will be liable for any eventual payments resulting therefrom.



3. Artists must be over 18 years old


4. Only completed entries will be taken under evaluation


5.  Artists give unlimited in time permission to the ArtOpenCalls to publish images or videos sent by artist in the selection process:

- on the website of ArtOpenCalls

- on Facebook page of ArtOpenCalls

- on instagram account of ArtOpenCalls

All authors will be credited under the image/video of artwork


6. Taking part in the competition means accepting its rules.



No entry fee


Link to submission:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YTfpXNE0aHjtAqKuHsD_rthK_cnvcLFb-sh5nX72ikU



contact:

If you have any questions please contact through facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/artopencalls/

To see artists selected in the past please visit:
https://artopencalls.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

Photography and film awards

Deadline: 5 January 2020

Siena International Photo Awards is a photographic contest open to professional and non-professional photographers from all around the world.

There are 10 categories:

· Journeys & Adventures
· Fascinating faces and characters
· The beauty of the nature
· Animals in their Environment
· Architecture & Urban Spaces
· Sports in action
· Story-telling (sequences of images that tell a story)
· Still Life
· Documentary & Photojournalism
· Short Documentary Film

Entry fee:

Professional photographers and amateurs
· 1 image: free to enter
· 3 images: € 20
· Photo story: € 35

Short Documentary Film
· € 35 per entry

Under 20 (born after 27 October 1999)
· 3 images: free to enter
· Photo story: € 35

Prizes:
SIPAContest Photo of the Year - € 1.500,00 worth of photography equipment
Best Author - € 500,00 worth of photography equipment
SIPAContest Storyboard Winner - € 500,00 worth of photography equipment
There are more prizes and awards.

Details:
https://sipacontest.com/contest/regulation/

Photo competition 2020

Deadline: 2 January 2020

Send your images to participate in Asferico 2020, one of the most important contest of naturalistic photography, arrived at its 14th edition.

Each entrant is allowed a total of thirty (30) entries

CATEGORIES

A - Landscape The majesty of a scenario or the intimacy of a glimpse represent the inspiration of every photographer, who has to instill the feeling of amazement given by the uncontaminated nature.

B - Underwater worlds The underwater world is unknown to most people. The submarine life (plants, animals or habitats), from marine to freshwater environments, is a fascinating subject and it can be portrayed with images able to tell their essence in a unique and unforgettable experience.

C - Mammals - D - Birds - E - Other animals C – D – E The fantastic diversity of shapes, behaviors and relationships of the animal kingdom can be pictured through portraits, settings or action scenes able to instill the character or the soul of the subject in an original and exciting way.

F - Plants and fungi The delicacy of a flower or the strength of an ancient tree are few examples of a biodiversity that can be portrayed in many different ways through the sensitivity of a careful observer.

G - Composition and forms The beauty of nature can be resumed with imagination and creativity playing with shapes and colors and with blurry and reflections while looking for unique and personal visions.

H - Man and nature A combination of contrasts and contradictions, but also of balances and coexistence. Every photographer for once in his/her life must have photographed meaningful pictures able to impress the observer sensitizing to a respect for nature that is often lacking.


Entry fee
€25.

There is no entry fee for the young photographers (aged 17 and under).


Prizes:
The overall winner will receive:
- €3.000
- 10 days trekking in Malawi
- carbon gimbal type Kevlass Z

Each of the category winners will receive a prize of €500.
The runner up of each category will receive €250.

Two young photographers will each receive €200 gift card.



Details:
https://lnx.asferico.com/concorso/en/home_english/

Comic competition 2020

Deadline: 4 January 2020

Fumetto Comic Festival Lucerne annually publishes a competition. It should offer comic creators the opportunity to face an international comparison and present it to the general public.

We connect us with other people, the clima is linked with the whole globe and for some of us, the heating at home is connected with the cellphone. How we do get connected – no matter if voluntarily or unavoidably – is still individual at the moment. But how is that in the future: what is the benefit of more networking, where does this lead us to? What is the advantage, what are the risks? How do we handle networking in the future?

Draw us your comic, that includes the topic «networked» in any form.

Categories:
18 years or older
13 to 17 years
up to 12 years of age Reference date is the deadline

Format: A4 or A3 (other formats will be disqualified)

Form and number of pages: Only comics (stories in picture form), no entries via e-mail. Maximum 4 pages (only 1 comic story).

No entry fee

Prizes:
Fumetto will award three prizes in each of three categories: 18 years or older, 13 to 17 years, up to 12 years of age. The winners will receive cash prizes.


Details:
https://www.fumetto.ch/en/wettbewerbe/fumetto-wettbewerb-2020/

Site-specific commission

Deadline: 12 January 2020


A once in a lifetime opportunity to create a site-specific commission on the sub-Antarctic
Island of South Georgia.

This commission by the South Georgia Heritage Trust (SGHT) will celebrate the whale
through a reinterpretation of the former Flensing Plan, offering a message of hope for future
generations by demonstrating how humankind can move from exploitation to conservation.

Eligibility:
Open to individuals, collaborative partnerships or organisations from varying artistic
disciplines.
Open to mid-career or established practitioners with a proven interest in one or
more of the following areas - cultural heritage, the natural environment, ecological
issues or conservation.
5+ years’ experience practicing in your chosen artform

There are two stages of application process
After the first stage, three selected proposals will be given a fee of £3000 (based on Scottish Artist
Union rates) to prepare for Stage 2, the fee covers all expenses including travel for
interview.

no entry fee

Residency offers:
- Artist Fee £50,000 (incl. of VAT if applicable)
(we expect the period of engagement to be 24 months, but this is subject to
concept, production, Government priorities, maintenance & fundraising – artist fee
covers all stages outlined below)
- Production Budget of between £150,000.00 – £2,000,000.00


Details:
http://www.sght.org/commission-grytviken-whaling-station-south-georgia

one-year scholarship with residence

Deadline: 15 December 2019

The Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Stormarn announces a one-year scholarship with residence obligation for visual artists. The award is open to artists who have completed their artistic studies and who live and work in Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

No entry fee

Details:
https://www.stiftungen-sparkasse-holstein.de/was-wir-tun/kunststipendium/ausschreibung-2020/

18-day scholarship in Berlin

Deadline: 8 December 2019


The International Forum is a 18-day scholarship programme of the Theatertreffen in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut and Pro Helvetia that promotes young artists from all parts of the world.

The open call is aimed at artists interested in theatre up to the age of 35 from all artistic disciplines. The International Forum sees itself as a platform for comprehensive theoretical and practical exchange. The programme includes the presentation of the invited artists and their aesthetic practice in lectures, the participation in workshops held by renowned artists, experts from various disciplines and scholars, opportunities to see theatre productions invited to Theatertreffen and Stückemarkt, open space events and discussions on contemporary art as well as excursions into the diverse cultural landscape of Berlin.

The programme includes the presentation of the invited artists and an exchange of their artistic practices, opportunities to see productions invited to the Theatertreffen as well as the staged readings and performances of the Stückemarkt and to attend workshops held by renowned artists, experts and
researchers from various disciplines, open space events and discussions on current trends in contemporary art as well as excursions into the diverse cultural landscape of Berlin.

No entry fee

Scholarship includes:
- tickets to Theatertreffen-performances and selected Stückemarkt-events
- travel expenses (full coverage / partial coverage / no coverage – depending on country of origin, most economic travel option)
- expenses for travel within Berlin by public transport
- hotel accommodation incl. breakfast (excluding fellows who are residents in Berlin)
- per diem (according to the performance agreement, this depends on the country of origin and does not apply to fellows who are residents in Berlin)
- catering


Details:
https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/theatertreffen/das-festival/internationales-forum/open-call/open-call.html

Conference

Deadline: 31  December 2019


It is a conference taking place at Natlab, the former Philips physics laboratory, aiming to invent new avenues for playful and imaginative future developments in Economics.
We welcome academic researchers, designers, artists, scientists, students, scholars, (social) entrepreneurs, visionaries and other creative thinkers and practitioners to submit proposals. The selected participants will be invited to present their paper/research as part of the conference in Eindhoven.

Economia – The Limited Edition is a conference taking place at Natlab, the former Philips physics laboratory, aiming to invent new avenues for playful and imaginative future developments in Economics.

Themes:
1. The economy as evolution
2. The economy as a game
3. The economy as magic
4. The economy as a playground
5. The economy as a caretaker
6. The economy of the commons

Proposal Requirements

Proposals should explore at least one (or more) of the proposed themes. The selected participants will be invited to present their paper/research as part of the conference in Eindhoven.

Artwork proposals

We will select art projects based on quality, feasibility and the connection to the theme. We have limited budget to cover for artists fee, lodging and travel.

Travel and Accommodation

Participants are kindly requested to cover their own travel and accommodation costs (limited funding is available in some cases – see below). We will provide you with an official invitation letter, encouraging you to apply for travel support from your home university. During the conference, lunch and drinks will be provided.

Funding for independent applicants

We have limited funding available to support the travel/ accommodation of independent artists/researchers. We also welcome proposals from countries outside the EU. For more information how to be eligible, please contact us after acceptance of your proposal.

Conference Registration Fee

Early Bird: €30,00 until 1st of April 2020 / Full Price: €40.00.
Student Early Bird: €15.00 / Student Full Price: €20.00.
Early Bird registration will be open from the end of January, 2020.


Details:
https://www.baltanlaboratories.org/library/call-for-papers-and-artworks-economia-2020

Art residency in France

Deadline: 15 December 2019


This program is aiming at foreign artists, researchers and culture professionals who aren't living in France and who want to develop projects within French cultural Centers in a heritage site. 14 Centres culturels de rencontre - CCR (Heritage sites for culture) are participating to the programme this year. Each CCR has its own and unique artistic and cultural orientation (cf. list). In order to be validated, the applications projects must be related to the orientation of the selected CCR.

The period of residency can vary between 1 and 6 months.

No entry fee

Residency offers:
1200€ per month and the refunding of their travel fees.
Residents are staying free of charge, within the Centre that has accepted them.
Some Centers offers restauration on the spot, others reimburse restauration fees within a certain limit).
Material necessary for their residency project.

Details:
https://www.accr-europe.org/en/residencies/call-for-application-2020--odyssee-programme

Art prize

Deadline: 22 November 2019

Once every 2 years an international jury select four finalists whose works are exhibited in our gallery. Of the four selected artists, one is awarded the LEAP. We're making a final call for artists connected to Luxembourg or the so-called Greater Region who have reached a significant professional milestone in the last 3 years.

No entry fee

Prize:
Winner gets 12.500€ + a solo exhibition in the RTL Grouo building.
Exhibition for 4 finalists


Details:
https://rotondes.lu/agenda/details/event/leap-2/

Art residency in Ireland

Deadline: 13 December 2019


Artlink are seeking two Visual Artists; one Irish and one International, to take part in paid artist residencies at Artlink Fort Dunree, Donegal, Ireland, in 2020. Applications are open to professional visual artists working in any discipline.

Duration: 4 Weeks, March to December 2020

During the residency artists are expected to develop new work or new ideas based on the unique site, and engage with local artists and Artlink members. Resident artists are expected to actively create within the studio space for at least 20 hours a week and be willing to hold open studio hours with the public for a minimum of one day a week. Public engagement could be through presenting artist talks, workshops, demonstrations or other events.


The [INTL] residency is available to any artist living and working outside the island of Ireland, and the [IRL] Residencies are open to  any artists living and working on the island of Ireland including NI.


No entry fee


Residency offers:
1 x  Visual Artist living anywhere in the world [INTL] - €6500
1 x  Visual Artist living and working in Ireland[IRL]   - €5000
Artilink will offer time, space and professional support for work, reflection, research and experimentation.

Facilities available:
- Links to the local community
- 24-hour secure access to studio space (if required)
- Broadband Internet (intermittent)
- Alternative photographic processing kit (hinged back printing-out frames 1 x 20”x16”, 4 x 12”x16”, UV light, flat hake brushes, weighing scales, thermometers, glass cylinders, developing trays up to 20 x 16, print washer)
- Digital Imaging Suite
- Colour Printer
- Technical assistance
- “The Potting Shed” community garden and studio
- Digital projector
- Large flat screen monitor
- Glass kiln
- Ceramic kiln


Details:
http://www.artlink.ie/residency-open-calls

Support and mentorship for artists, designers and architects

Deadline: 31 December 2019

bang. Prix is Turkey’s leading platform where art, design, technology and science intersect,
founded in 2015 by a team of interdisciplinary minds with backgrounds in various fields and the
common desire to share their curiosities and develop beyond the scope of their fields.
To date, bang. Prix has provided the support and mentorship to 57 participants in the
development of their projects, showcasing them to thousands of audiences in 13 exhibitions in
Turkey and abroad. In its fourth year, bang. Prix is expanding beyond support for project-based
development and exhibitions as a platform that supports practitioners from different disciplines
and countries to develop themselves at the nexus of art, technology, design and science.
Under the scope of the bang. Prix 2020 program, we open our call for applications to those
interested in participating. The program provides resources, mentorship and networking
opportunities customized to each participant.

Who can participate?
Creatives who apply digital technologies or science, including:
● Artists
● Designers
● Architects

Criteria of selection:
● Level of curiosity and motivation towards working in the intersection of art, science,
design and technology
● Need for support provided by the bang.prix program
● How realistic the development goals are
● Clarity in expression of the applicant’s self and work


No entry fee

Details:
http://www.bangprix.org/eng.html

Art residency in Berlin

Deadline: 1 December 2019

Each year around 20 internationally renowned and highly qualified visual artists, writers, filmmakers,
composers and sound artists of all ages, who have developed their own distinguished artistic voice and body of work, are invited to Berlin. For visual arts, literature and music divisions, the residency lasts 12 months, for film 6 months.

Residencies are scheduled to begin between January 1 and May 31 of the subsequent calendar year, or later in exceptional cases.

German nationals may not apply. Foreign artists who are residents of the Federal Republic of Germany are also excluded from applying.

No entry fee

Residency offers:
- Monthly grant installments for living expenses and rent
- Provision of a furnished apartment
- Travel and baggage expenses (regular airline, economy class), also for spouse and children who will be staying in Berlin for the entire duration of the invitation
- If required: health, accident and long-term care insurance (contributions will be deducted from the fellowship award)
- German language lessons (optional)

Details:
http://www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/en/stipendien.html

Animation festival

Deadline: 1 December 2019

The Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) is one of the most outstanding events for animated film worldwide. The Festival presents a full, up-to-date spectrum of animated filmmaking and its intersections with visual effects, architecture, art, design, music and games. The ITFS offers a platform to directors, production companies and distributors where they can showcase their films and transmedia projects to an interested, broad audience and numerous industry representatives. For six days and nights, the Stuttgart region will again become the global centre for animated film in the spring of 2020!


Any animated film including computer generated animation and combinations of life action and animation completed after October 1, 2018 may participate

No entry fee

Details:
https://www.itfs.de/en/branche/call-for-entries/

Deadline: 7 December 2019

The Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre - KÉK together with LEAP Collective invites contributions to the workshops accompanying the exhibition The Art of Joining: Teamwork. The two-day workshop to be held between 10-11 December aims to create a platform for the exchange of knowledge on historical and contemporary collaborative practices in architecture and design. We welcome contributions from groups and individuals in any form, conceived in relation to the three thematic sections of the workshops:

[1] Factory: How do we work cooperatively? -- This workshop will focus on understanding modes of collective production, starting with the stark contrast between capitalist systems of factory labour and communist work brigades, juxtaposing their influences on architectural production. Drawing on historical case studies, the session will engage with contemporary issues through the question of ownership and authorship in the collective work in the past and in the present of global knowledge sharing infrastructures.

[2] Network: How do we organize? -- We will explore the network as both a figure of collaboration and a form of labor in this workshop. Working from Konrad Wachsmann’s concept of the interdisciplinary web, we will ask how collaborators past and present have built connections across geographic and disciplinary distances. How has the network been produced historically as an effect of technologies such as the telephone, fax, and airplane? Now, when networking routinely takes place online, what advantages might exist in sharing space and being present together? We invite contributors to reflect on networks and networking in their own practices or as observed in historical cases.

[3] School: How do we learn together? -- In this workshop we would like to discuss and experiment with collaborative methods of learning. Taking Konrad Wachsmann’s strictly designed educational formats as a starting point, we ask if there is a learning method that matches the collaborative design-process in architectural and design production? Sharing, re-reading and re-assembling information are key techniques in our knowledge production. Through historical case-studies and contemporary practices we will (and you are invited to) discuss the tools that serve today’s global knowledge network.

No entry fee

Details:
http://kek.org.hu/en/projekt/teamwork/

Poetry prize

Deadline: 31st December 2019

The Moth Poetry Prize is one of the biggest prizes in the world for a single unpublished poem. The prize is open to anyone (over 16) as long as the poem is previously unpublished, and each year it attracts thousands of entries from new and established poets from over 50 countries worldwide.

There is a no line limit, and the poems can be on any subject.

Entries must be in English, typed, with each entry on a new sheet.


Entry fee:
€15 per poem.

Prizes:
1st prize: 10,000 €
3 runner-up prizes of €1,000

Details:
http://www.themothmagazine.com/a1-page.asp?ID=8466&page=21

four-week art residency

Deadline: 15 January 2020


The Parent Grant is a four-week residency for an artist with at least one dependent child under the age of 18. Artists may choose to work in any of our studio disciplines: intaglio, letterpress, papermaking, screenprinting, photography, or ceramics.

No entry or residency fee

Residency offers:
$1450 childcare stipend, up to $250 for travel costs, free onsite housing, and 24/7 studio access. WSW can also provide technical advice and production assistance.

Details:
https://wsworkshop.org/residencies/parent-residency-grant

Open call for video works

Deadline: 15 December 2019

ASG is pleased to announce our Seventh International Video Open Call for time-based media! Yearly we receive dozens of submissions. The theme of the show will grow out of the quality of the submissions we receive and we will start evaluating the submissions immediately.

Videos of all types and genres will be considered.

One entry per artist

Entry fee: $15

Details:
https://aggregatespacegallery.org/voc/

Open call for artists and curators

Deadline: 1 December 2019


The festival is fully supported, designed and created by young artists.

You can be part of KONVOOI 2020...

You are a perfect match for this project when:

You have an artistic idea that can play a central role in an arts festival
You want to co-curate the festival
You are open to collaborate with artists, curators and the organisation
You are between 16 and 30 years old, or your collective mainly exists of people around that age


 Dates:
31.01-01.02: first meeting: starting weekend @ Het Entrepot
01.02 - 01.06: 8-10 curatorial meetings
01.06 - festival: several production meetings


No entry fee

Festival offers:
A fee of 1000 euros
A production budget of 2000 euros
Production and technical support from Het Entrepot and its partners
A possible residence in Het Entrepot 


Details:
https://www.hetentrepot.be/open-call-konvooi-2020

Water colours exhibition 2020

Deadline: 3 January 2020


Any artist over 18 may submit.

Acceptable media: Watercolour or water-soluble mediums, including watercolour, acrylic, ink or gouache (with the exception of water-soluble oils) painted on paper or paper based support.

Maximum of six works submitted.

Maximum of four works selected.

Paintings must be well presented, glazed and suitably framed (no metal or clip frames are permitted).
Works should not be larger than 2.4m high and 1.5m wide including the frame.


Entry fee:
£18 per work (or £12 per work for artists aged 35 or under)


Prizes:
The Winsor & Newton Award: £3,000

The Winsor & Newton Product Prize: £1,000 worth of Winsor & Newton art materials

The Leathersellers' Prize: £1,000 awarded by The Worshipful Company of Leathersellers to an artist aged between 18 and 30 years old

NEW The President’s Choice Award: An award of £750 for the most deserving work in the exhibition, donated by a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) and judged by the President of the RI, Rosa Sepple

The ArtsBox Solo Prize: A solo exhibition at The ArtsBox in Vicenza, Italy

The Cass Art Prize: A prize of £200 of art supplies from Cass Art, awarded to a work demonstrating the most innovative use of colour

The Matt Bruce RI Memorial Award: An award of £500 for what is considered the most outstanding use of light and colour in a watercolour

The John Purcell Paper Prize: Paper to the value of £100 awarded to a work chosen by John Purcell

The Debra Manifold Memorial Award: Presented by the Linda Blackstone Gallery, an award for the most innovative work in the exhibition

The Escoda Barcelona Award: A set of Escoda’s finest brushes for an outstanding landscape painting

The Schmincke Prize: A Horadam Aquarell Artists’ Watercolour set awarded to an outstanding exhibitor

Anthony J Lester Art Critic Award: An outstanding work chosen by the art critic and broadcaster Anthony J Lester

The Frank Herring Easel Award: An easel presented for an outstanding work in the exhibition by Frank Herring & Sons

The Dry Red Press Award: The winning work will be published as a greeting card in the Dry Red Press ‘Prize Winners’ range, with royalties from the sale of the cards going to the artist.

Megan Fitzoliver Brush Award: For a work that most inspires a connection with the natural world.

The James Fletcher-Watson RI Award: £500 for the best use of watercolour in the exhibition

The Neil Meacher RI Award – an award of £250 for an outstanding watercolour

The Chaoshan Watercolour Award: £250 awarded by Chinese artist, Professor Li Xiaocheng, for the best classically inspired watercolour

The Baohong Artists’ Watercolour Paper Prizes: Two prizes of £250 each, awarded to a member and non-member for excellence

The Richard Plincke RI Prize for Colour: an award of £250 for creative use of colour


Details:
http://royalinstituteofpaintersinwatercolours.org/ri-2020-how-to-enter/

Open call for bad video art

Deadline: 31 December 2019


We are looking for videos which are at the intersection of bad art, bad painting and bad cinema. We propose to study extreme forms of video art and single out certain video art works as bad videos or "B-videos". Join us if you are interested in the issues of quality and boundaries of art, or just love video art. 

maximum 3 works per artist;

maximum duration 10 minutes

No entry fee

Details:
https://www.badvideoart.com/iv-open-call-2019

Photography competition

Deadline: 31 December 2019

IKEI PHOTO CONTEST is an international competition of social and company photography.

Each participant may submit a maximum of two photographs per category. It is possible to participate in either or both of the two categories:

1.
SOCIAL LIFE.
The purpose of this category is to reflect social life in its broadest terms, portraying a person interacting with others and with their surroundings.

2.
COMPANY LIFE.
The purpose of this category is to reflect the above but in a more specific sense. It aims to capture life in companies.

No entry fee

Prizes:
1. "Social life" category
First prize: € 1,000
Second prize: € 600

2."Company life" category
First prize: € 1,000
Second prize: € 600

Details:
http://www.ikeiphotocontest.es/en/

Festival of animated films

Deadline: 31 December 2019

A lot of the people think that the animation equals a cartoons for the children. An opinion like this could not be more wrong! A fine example of the fact that the situation is completely different is International Animated Film Festival Animocje. This event is focused on an ambitious cinema searching for its artistic character.


Specifications:
- running time does not exceed 30 minutes,
- implemented in any technique, with the reservation that the animation must be at least 50% of the screening time,
- produced no earlier than 1/01/2018.


No entry fee

Prizes:
Total sum: PLN 10,000.00

Details:
https://www.animocje.com/animocje-international-animated-film-festival

Photo exhibition in Berlin

Deadline: 17 November 2019

For the final exhibition of the year, we invite you to share what is at the very heart of your practice as a photographer. For this special occasion, we decided to change the rules and keep the theme open: we want you to show us what you have the most talent for. We would like to discover what really matters to you and intrinsically moves you in your quest for images. Let it be experimental, documentary, portrait, travel or any other approach to photography - show us your talent by revealing what is at the heart of YOUR work. This call is open for single images as well as series - all themes, techniques and styles are welcome. Inspire us by sharing what you are most passionate about!

Entry fee
1 image - 5 €
3 images - 10 €
Series up to 10 images - 15 €

Prizes:
The selected artists will take part in a collective exhibition at the gallery "Tête" in Berlin in December 2019.

Details:
https://www.pep.photography/calls

Art residency in Germany 

Deadline: 30 November 2019

An artist in residence position is open, starting at the earliest possible date and continuing for a 6-
month period, in the Office for Academic Heritage, a major division of the TU Dresden.


At the Schaufler Lab@TU Dresden, researchers and artists engage in an exploration of the
interactions among technology, art, science and entrepreneurship. The focus is primarily on
technology as a resource, as a means of distribution and as an element of discourse.

The Lab’s guiding theme is “Artificial Intelligence and Social Transformation.”

No entry fee

Residency offers:
-Access to a competitive array of institutes and workshops for artistic research
-A stipend of 3,000.00 euro (net) a month for 6 months
-A workspace or studio at the TU Dresden
-Production support
-Solo exhibition at the conclusion of the residency with a catalogue by a respected fine arts
publishing house
-Assistance finding accommodation
-Optional purchase of one or more pieces produced during the residency for the TU
Dresden Office for Academic Heritage’s art collection


Details:
https://tu-dresden.de/kustodie/ressourcen/dateien/Schaufler-Residency-TU-Dresden_Ausschreibung_Announcement.pdf
https://tu-dresden.de/kustodie/artsciencelabs/news/ausschreibung-announcement-schaufler-residency-tu-dresden

Photo competition 2020

Deadline: 31 December 2019

The Muhammad Ali Center is honored to announce the topic of its seventh annual “Shining a Light” International Photography Contest and subsequent exhibition, titled Women’s Fight for the Right.

As 2020 is the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the United States’ 19th constitutional amendment and the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, the Muhammad Ali Center is commemorating this occasion with Women’s Fight for the Right, in hopes that it will honor the women around the world who have fought and continue to fight for the right to vote without bias, without discrimination, without violence, and without fear.

The contest host will produce a documentary-style exhibition, which will be exhibited at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky beginning March 8, 2020.


CONTEST THEME

"Shining a Light: Women’s Fight for the Right"

The Muhammad Ali Center is asking for photographs, new or old, so that we might be able to tell the most holistic story, spanning history to today, with moments from as many nations as possible.


All photographers are welcomed; both amateur and professional.

Only one photo per photographer

No entry fee

Prizes
1st prize: $1000
2nd prize: $750
3rd prize: $500


Details:
http://form.jotform.com/91545522211145

Art residency for NYC-based artist

Deadline: 15 November 2019


Applications for the Fellowship and Residency are accepted once annually. Artists may apply to either the Fellowship or the Residency, or both.

ENGAGING ARTISTS (EA) is More Art’s 2-tiered, Fellowship and Residency program for artists seeking to both develop and sustain their public art and socially-engaged practice. The program curriculum encompasses a professional development series, public art commission opportunities, mentorship, and peer networking. The EA Curriculum is valued at $25,000 per participant.

Fellowship
The twelve-month Fellowship provides an infrastructure and laboratory for NYC-based emerging and underrepresented artists to gain a deeper understanding of the history of the field of public art, incubate and develop their early-stage research and project, collaborate with communities in shaping society, and build sustainable careers.
For more Information and to apply, click here

Residency
The nine-month Residency provides an opportunity for NYC-based early career and underrepresented artists to gain a deeper understanding of the history of the field of public art, and is focused on the incubation and commissioning of  a public art project. The Residency carries a $8000 award to realize the project.

No entry fee

Residency offers:
A $8,000 Residency commission to realize a public art project
Optional professional development workshops and peer network support (concurrent with Fellowship programing, valued at $25,000 per participant)
Strategic meetings with More Art to receive feedback, mentorship, and curatorial support
Feedback sessions with More Art Fellows, staff, and guest practitioners in the field (both arts and non-arts professionals, including artists, public art administrators, educators, urban planners, community organizers)
Studio visits and professional network building
Review of current trends in funding, philanthropy, and the art market
Introduction to international Residency opportunities
Suggested list of events and subsequent group discussions
Public events curated and promoted by More Art, featuring research, works-in-progress, and completed works inspired or generated through the Fellows and Residents community-based work
Marketing via the More Art network, email list, and social media
Access to Materials for the Arts
Residency is research and curriculum based. We do not provide housing or studio space

Details:
https://form.jotform.com/92814617664162
https://mailchi.mp/moreart/more-art-in-the-public-eye-a-book-launchrsvp-1524585

Art residency in Malaga

Deadline: 15 November 2019

La Térmica launches the call for the fifth edition of the international programme Creators 2020. So far, 36 artists have already taken part on this project that started in 2013, and has since closed every edition with group shows exhibiting the artistic works of the Creators every different year.

This support programme to the contemporary creation seeks to boost the creators’ artistic and professional development that requires either spaces for their own projects or financial, technical and training support.


La Térmica promotes this open program to international and national creators, linked to any artistic discipline.

The maximum period for the projects development and the use of the facilities will be 120 days from February to the beginning of June 2020, with no possibility of extension.

 Individual or collective candidates should have training and a career related to the creation and could submit projects related to any artistic discipline.

No entry fee

Residency offers:
Accommodation, workspaces and individual rooms.
Financial support: 2400 euros per creator to production costs.
Maintenance costs will be borne by La Térmica.

Details:
https://www.latermicamalaga.com/la-termica-creators-2020-english-call/

Art residency in Czech Republic 2020

Deadline: 17 November 2019


Brno Artists in Residence and Vašulka Kitchen Brno is happy to announce an Open Call for artist or theoretician in the field of new media art of any nationality for residency stay in June 2020 in The Brno House of Arts, Czech Republic.

The resident will be presented with facilities of the Center of New Media Art with access to the digital archive of the founders of video art and new media art Steina and Woody Vašulka, moreover to the reference library, and the exhibition of works of Woody Vašulka with the opportunity to present the resident´s work to professional and public audiences. The Vašulka Kitchen Brno residency program serves to strengthen the legacy and work with the making of the founders of video production of the Vašulka´s spouses, concerning current approaches and discourse. We offer a platform for the exchange and development of discussions on the historical and contemporary form of the new media art, which constitutes an essential part of the current intermedia art scene. The Brno House of Arts and Vašulka Kitchen Brno support live communication and realization of various projects of contemporary artistic approaches in their plurality and openness.


Date of the residence: 1 st – 31 st June 2020

No entry fee

Residency offers:
- artistic stipendium: 10 000 CZK in gross + per diem 300 CZK;
– accommodation and studio at House of the Lords of Kunštát, Dominikánská 9, 602 00
Brno, Czech Republic;
– available technical equipment and workshops.


Details:
https://vasulkakitchen.org/en/open-call-brno-air-2020

Fashion design

Deadline: 13 November 2019

Attention artists, designers, students of fine art academies, fashionistas and plain shoe lovers from all around the World: the very unique gallery in the very unique location in Poland requests your participation in the juried open call to display your art shoes at ART YOUR FEET exhibition at the unique interiors of totally different art gallery at SLOW Art Center.



Entry fee:
$10 per application


Details:
https://www.slowartcenter.com/en/events/art-your-feet/

Art award

Deadline: 8 November 2019 (extended deadline)

The YouFab Award seeks and evaluates works that promote the asking of new questions and push the limits of current 'Fab' models.We want to challenge the status quo, fight “sound judgement”, and hack “common sense”.
We look forward to gathering works that align to this spirit with great anticipation.

YouFab is category-free. All works are acceptable for submission, whether they fall under the category of art, performance, architecture, or a multidisciplinary area. Products and services are also acceptable.
If the work is in it’s draft or prototypal stage, we will base our evaluation on the way it has been attempted and it’s future potential.

Conviviality
Emerging from the space between the old and new OS

Whenever I look at events and revolutions that are shaking up the world, I relive the feeling that systems from an older era are finally approaching their limit. Regardless if we are thinking of issues in business, culture, or politics, it has become more and more challenging to address them through a stream of constant updates, and the limitations of the entire system have become increasingly apparent. When people perceive this to be a minor issue and attempt to find a solution to it, they are led to a myriad of problems entrenched in the entire industry, issues with the legal system, or even problems associated with deep-rooted mindsets, which often result in them ultimately losing sight of the actual site of the problem itself.


Categories:
- students
- general

No entry fee

Prizes:
Grand Prize:
Trophy/ 1000 USD

First Prize 1 Winner
Trophy/ 500 USD

STUDENT Prize 1 Winner
Award Certificate / 300USD

GENERAL  Prize 1 Winner
Award Certificate / 300USD

SPECIAL Prize 1 WINNER
Award Certificate / 1000 - 3000 USD


Details:
https://www.youfab.info/2019/entryinfo.html

Digital exlibris

Deadline: 18 November 2019

Ex DIGITALIS is a biannual international review promoting the latest techniques in bookplate production, known as consecutively numbered Salons.

This year’s Ex DIGITALIS Salon 2019 admits works dedicated to any subject matter or to the eminent Polish composers Stanisław Moniuszko and Fryderyk Chopin, the patrons of 2019. The bookplates selected by the Jury will be presented at an exhibition to be staged by the Centre of Contemporary Art in December.

Every Entrant may submit 4 to 10 works to the Review.

 Only digital techniques will be accepted. The Review will comprise works created within last two years.

No entry fee

Details:
https://csw.torun.pl/csw/ex-digitalis-salon-2019-miedzynarodowy-przeglad-ekslibrisu-cyfrowego-29903/

Art residency in South Korea

Deadline: 15 November 2019


Daegu Foundation for Culture recruits International artists for Artist Residency Program. Gachang Art Studio features in contemporary art and offers International residency program. There are programs such as Foreign Artists exchange program, Incubating program, Local community revitalization program and so on. The vision of the project is to enhance the understanding and communication between the artists who are working in Daegu and the internationally invited artists through diverse cultural backgrounds. The organizer of the program expects the diverse background and aesthetic interests of the residents will lead to an exciting and successful exchange, and lasting friendships. We look forward to having a lot of applications from young and passionate artists for the program.

For artists under 40 years old

6 artists will be selected

No entry fee

Residency offers:
- One studio per Artist (33㎡, with cooling and heating facility)
and one accommodation per Artist
- 1,000,000KRW for monthly support fund (total 3,000,000KRW)
- Solo exhibition by the end of residency program

Details:
http://www.gcartstudio.or.kr/21485

Art residency in Norway

Deadline: 15 November 2019

ALDEA is a creative ecosystem that aims to foster the creative ambitions of our open community. Professional grade workshops (metal, wood, digital fabrication), gallery, working studios, residency program and online cultural management systems are all part of our broad set of resources. Innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship across art, design, and technology is at the core of our methodical approach used to push creative boundaries.

Aldea is offering the opportunity to undertake a one-month residency for three artists and an additional exhibition in the Aldea gallery.

The selected artists will be housed within a 15-minute walk from the downtown core in the beautiful Christinegård Villa. It has a fully equipped kitchen, functional fireplace, large shared bathroom, multiple living rooms, large balcony and front yard. It has one of the best views in Bergen, Norway situated atop one of the many mountains surrounding Bergen overlooking the Norwegian Fjords.

The residency is not open for Norwegian residents.

No entry fee

Residency offers:
- a single room inside the Villa
- Artist Fee 6000 NOK
- Travel expenses maximum 5000 NOK
- Shipping expenses maximum 2000 NOK
- Production Fee 4000 NOK
- Free access to the Aldea workshops
- In addition, the group will be given 2500 NOK to employ a text writer for their exhibition.

Details:
http://aldea.art/residency

Art residency in Spain

Deadline: 4 November 2019

3 residencies, each lasting between one and two months, will be made available to artists from around the world. Residencies are to be held between January and March 2020 at the Etopia centre for Art and Technology in Zaragoza, Spain. The work produced will make up part of the VisionarIAs exhibition, which will be held at the centre from May to October 2020, as part of the programme of activities offered by the European ARTificial Intelligence Lab.

The link between creativity and AI is already well established. What we are looking for in this open call is to add another dimension to this dynamic, in which we can explore the concepts of vision and visuality in relation to the creativity of machines, as well as the impact this has on artistic creation. Our senses are the way we access the physical world, and from our experience of the tangible, our creativity grows. One of the traditional functions of art is the remaking, or recreation of, reality. With VisionarIAs, we want to compare machine vision with human vision, and investigate how differences between the two manifest themselves when creating, or recreating, a world view.

This open call is for artists and creators that want to create work or develop projects that, as stated above, exist within the field of Vision and visuality of machines, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence.


No entry fee

Residency offers:
- A fee of €2000
- A maximum of €2000 for production costs
- A residence in Etopia lasting no more than 60 days, to be held between January and March 2020
- Full board (to be arranged with management)
- Access to Etopia’s production facilities
- Scientific and technical assessment
- Exhibition of the work, alongside other national and international creators, in an exhibition beginning in May 2020.
- The chance to promote your work along with the rest of the institutions that make up the European ARTificial Intelligence Lab.


Details:
https://www.fundacionzcc.org/es/noticias/lanzamos-convocatoria-internacional-visionarias-international-open-call-2472.html

Open call for performance and multimedia works

Deadline: 15 November 2019

Now in its fourth year, the Performing Media Festival [PMF~ 2020] will be held February 20-21st in South Bend, Indiana on the campus of IU South Bend. We are seeking performative audio-visual works to present at this year's festival.

There are three categories:
1) Live Multimedia Ensemble Works: For performance by the Audio-Visual Collective (AVC) (see criteria)
2) Audio-Visual Performance (performance hall https://bit.ly/2pdFy4Q or Langlab https://www.langlabsb.com/): video, 2-5 channel. Criteria: The Audio-Visual Collective at South Bend seeks works that meet the following 3 requirements:
1. Involve performative media (Live)
2. Involve at least two media (Audio & Visual)
3. Involve at least two performers (Ensemble)
For more information about the ensemble, visit: https://www.facebook.com/AVC.Ensemble/
3) Screenings (generative or fixed-media, audio-visual): 10 minutes or less, video, 2-70 channels of audio. For our screenings, due to the nature of the festival, we seek works that are either generative or live captures of performative media.

Unfortunately, the Performing Media Festival will not be able to provide compensation or accommodation for artists and performers to attend the festival. Artists who choose to submit a work for performance by the Audio-Visual Collective or for screening during the festival (categories 1 & 4) are not required to attend. For performers and artists who are able to attend and perform during the festival, we will be able to provide you with documentation of your work. We will provide all artists with a copy of the program from the festival.


No entry fee

Submission link:
https://forms.gle/bNM33uSmMwvhfcwQ7

Contact:
musctech@iusb.edu