Deadline: 3 January 2021a.topos Venice is pleased to present THE CREATIVE ROOM, an original initiative created by the Curatorial Collective to promote emerging creatives, following the CC’s commitment to enhance their visibility by providing an exhibition space to selected artists in the venetian contemporary art scene.In this OPEN CALL first edition, we are inviting participants to send proposals that address a challenge imposed by...
New place to search for open calls. I've been working on an application for android devices, where you can search for art competitions. And here it is. I'm still working on it in a free time but even now you can:- look for art competitions from 8 websites in one place- mark art contests that seems the most interesting for you- get notification...
Call for artistsDeadline: 6 November 2020Art gallery called Bleur that is currently looking to ad an artist to their collective.Since its creation in 2019, Bleur’s mission is to showcase emerging talents and make space for diverse voices to be heard. For us, buying art is about creating a strong bond between art buyers and artists by sharing the stories behind the artist’s work.Bleur is...
Photo festivalDeadline: 10 November 2020Rotterdam Photo Festival is back for a brand new edition 2021! We are extremely excited to launch this year’s open call on the theme #PlanetHuman.The 2021 edition of the festival takes place from 04 until 07 February 2021.Entrants must be at least 16 years old.You may enter any number of entriesEntry feeThere is no entry fee, however there are...
Design competitionDeadline: 27 November 2020The subject of the competition is to compete, a sustainable seat (chairs, armchairs, lounge chairs, stools, benches and sofas) and/or table (meeting and conference tables, center or auxiliary) design must be presented that meets all the specifications that Andreu World presents in the product briefing, solving its technical and formal problems in the terms indicated for its production in...
Poster contestDeadline: 30 November 2020All the posters need to have been published after 1 January 2018.There are three categories:• Environmental posters• Homes and Habitation – Wood in Homes for Sustainable Development• Ideological, social and cultural postersMaximum 4 posters per artistEntry fee:€20Prizes:Grand Prix5,000 €The Grafia Tapani Aartomaa Prize4,000 €The Lauri Tarasti Prize for Environmental Posters4,000 €The Lahti Prize3,000 €The Special Prize of the Asko Foundation3,000...
Performance festivalDeadline: 30.10.2020Festival will take place from May 25th - 30th 2021in Hildesheim, Germany.We are looking for six guest-performances considering especially the scope of performing arts, although works which align with related art forms or have a transdisciplinary approach are also welcome to be submitted.No entry feeFestival offers:• Salary• travel expenses, accommodation and food during the festivalDetails:http://transeuropa-festival.de/2021/call-for-arts/ ...
sound installations and/or live music performancesDeadline: 26 November 2020Cryptic is inviting Scottish based artists to submit existing sound installations and/or live music performances with visuals to be shown at Sonica Glasgow which returns for its sixth edition from 10 – 20 March 2022.No entry feeThe successful artist will receive:– A guaranteed fee of £500, which is above the Scottish Artist Union and Musicians’...
Photography competitionDeadline: 23 September 2020You may enter up to ten (10) images or filmsphotographs of films must be taken or produced in the past 3-years.There are 8 categories:Landscape PhotographyPortraitureArchitectural PhotographyPhotojournalismAerial & Drone PhotographyTravel PhotographyMacro PhotographyShort Film & Moving ImageNo entry feePrizes:In each category, there will be:1 Winner1 Runner-up5 Shortlisted photographersOverall Winner – $3,000 (USD) / digital imaging equipment / Flights and accommodation to...
Photography competitionDeadline: 20 September 2020The 212 Photography Competition is a fully independent body, run by 212 Photography İstanbul and showcasing the best up-and-coming talents of the year from the country, region and around the world. Our team administers a series of photography prizes that call for the very best in photography.You may submit up to 10 (ten) photos.We are accepting photos taken at...
Video art call - sustainable viewsDeadline: 30 August 2020The call is addressed to Italian and International artists involved in video making, who want to propose a creative view in terms of environmental sustainability and responsible recycling.The aim is to provide ideas for a sustainable lifestyle through the videodocumentation of solutions already in place, or to approach the issues of environmental sustainability (including recycling...
Photography contestDeadline: 30 August 2020BiF magazine announces a call for entries for BiF Prize '20. It is an annual international photo contest that aims to support authors who think outside the box of traditional standards. The choice of theme is unrestricted. You can submit a photo series (from 5 to 12 images). A project may also include additional media attachments. Entry fee:The application fee is €15Prizes:The ten...
International competition for an illustrated children's book projectDeadline: 15 December 2020The aim of the competition is to launch the process of creating beautiful and valuable books for children and to give the opportunity to talented authors, illustrators and book designers to become known on the book market. Participants must be at least 18 years old.The purpose of the competition is to prepare a project (draft)...
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TOKYO ANIME AWARD FESTIVAL 2021
21:59 Anime FestivalDeadline31 October 2020 for Short Animation10 November 2020 for Feature AnimationTokyo Anime Award Festival 2021(TAAF2021) calls for feature and short animated films with high potential and strong messages from all over the world. Our aim is to screen high-quality animated films superior in originality, provide opportunities to inspire audience as well as creators, cultivate new talents, and contribute in the development and...
Site specific art contest Deadline: 19 April 2020 As a part of the Visual stage, Pohoda Festival is launching the sixth year of Pohoda Visual Art Contest. Anyone can send their proposals for a site-specific art installation for Pohoda festival and the author(s) of the chosen project will be granted 3500 € to implement it. The contest is open to any kind of site-specific...
Art residency in Japan Deadline: 27 March 2020 CCA Kitakyushu operates Fellowship Program for young artists and researchers those who are engaged in art, curatorial work, design and architecture. In the end of the program, the fellows are required to present the results of their project either in the report, exhibition, etc. with advice from the directors. For curators, architects, designers and artists up...
Art residency in Italy Deadline: 29th February 2020 Altofest was born in 2011 as an act of resistance, both artistic and political. The aim is to give rise to a community that, generating critical thinking, is able to recognise every attempt of imposing depersonalized and consumerist cultural policies. A community that is able to recognize culture as a primary good, feeling its need daily....
Art Residency in Denmark Deadline: 23 February 2020 Malt AIR is a new visual arts residency programme in Denmark. The residency is run in collaboration between The Danish Art Workshops, Kunsthal Aarhus and Maltfabrikken, and is supported by The Danish Arts Foundation. Malt AIR invites professional artists from all over the world to participate in a three-month visual arts residency programme at Maltfabrikken...
Mail art Deadline: 1 April 2020 As one type of the Fluxus movement; Mail Art, opening its doors to everyone and bringing together different types of culture and art, is a world art which has an important place in today’s art and is based on participation by ”mail.” Mail Art is a platform where small-sized works are usually created by using different techniques...
Video art festival Deadline: 1 March 2020 The International Video Art House Madrid is an initiative to support contemporary video artists and promote their work internationally. Only selecting works made after 1st January of 2019. There is no time limit for the submissions. Competition has no specific theme. No entry fee Details: http://ivahm.com ...
Video art Deadline: 20 February 2020 We are looking for a range of VFX and Video artists to answer the question on their own terms, and present it through their art. Each video will be shown alongside music from up and coming DJs at a video art rave set to take place in the new year, therefore must be silent. Applicants must send...
Textile design award Deadline: 30 March 2020 The World of WearableArt Awards is an internationally renowned wearable art competition that, each year, attracts entries from over 40 countries around the world. The Awards Competition is an opportunity for designers to create the unimaginable, to challenge the conventional, and defy creative expectations. For three weeks every year, the finalist garments in the Competition are...
Art competition Deadline: 4 March 2020 The competition is open for Indian, Indian diaspora artists and artists residing in India at any stage of their careers. Artists are invited to submit in any of the following mediums: painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, mixed media, and print. The Indian Contemporary Art Competition (ICAC) aims to discover and promote talented artists from India, the Indian diaspora,...
Art & design Award Deadline: 27 February 2020 There are two categories for which you can submit your masterpiece: the Rijksstudio Design Award and the Rijksstudio Young Talent Award (ages 21 and under) Rijksstudio Award is the biennial art- and design prize from the Rijksmuseum. With this competition the Rijksmuseum invites everyone to create their own masterpiece inspired by the Rijksmuseum's collection. All...
Contest for illustrators Deadline: 14 February 2020 From Apila Ediciones we are committed to illustrators who try to make their way in the world of children’s illustration. Therefore we created the award PREMIO APILA PRIMERA IMPRESIÓN in 2013, aimed at illustrators who still do not have any children’s picture book published with ISBN (except for self-publishing). That way we want to give the...
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27 International Biennial Exhibition of Modern Exlibris – Malbork 2020
13:05 Exlibris exhibition Deadline: 14 February 2020 Over its many years, the International Biennial Exhibition of the Modern Exlibris has become one of the most distinct forms of activity engaged in by the Malbork Castle Museum. Ever since the first edition in 1963, it has been enjoying continued recognition of graphic artists from across the world, and of connoisseurs familiar and excited about this...
Artist in Residency India Deadline: 20 February 2020 Artists of all disciplines creating in any media are welcome to apply: dance, theatre, music, sound, performance art, writing, painting, drawing, printmaking, textiles, culinary, photography, video/film, animation, architecture, sculpture (any material), ceramics, mixed-media / multi-media, interdisciplinary, installation, other new/alternative media, etc. Researchers, curators, and art critics are also welcome to apply. Open to emerging and...
Artist Residency in France Deadline : 29 February 2020 Created in 2011, Artistes en Residence develops two residency programs: the Cross Residencies and the Intramuros Residencies. The three main goals are the studio work, the exchange between different contemporary art agents and the promotion of the international mobility. For 2020, Artistes en Résidence launches a new residency format: The Intramuros Residency – 100...
Art award Deadline: 10 February 2020 Internationally renowned, Wildlife Artist of the Year brings together a wide range of artists and art-lovers from all over the globe to celebrate our planet’s wildlife through some of the world’s most exciting and diverse wildlife art. Since the competition began in 2008, it has attracted more than 10,000 entries, raising more than £1.2m to fund David...
Print exhibition Deadline: 5 February 2020 The aim of this juried biennial exhibition is to promote the art of printmaking and to foster international cultural exchange with the participation of talented artists around the world. Through the competition and the exhibition, this event shall serve as a key platform for artistic exchange and cultural collaboration, and help contribute to the diversity and vitality of...
Art and Design Residency Deadline: 2 February 2020 The Eskenazi School of Art Architecture + Design at Indiana University Bloomington invites applications for a 4-6 week McKinney International Art and Design Residency. An established artist or designer will be selected whose primary country of residence is outside the United States. Applicants should be actively engaged in a contemporary artistic practice and show evidence...
Artists in residency in Germany Deadline: 15 January 2020 The Atelier Josepha invites visual artists/writers/composers to spend three weeks in fall 2020 in Ahrenshoop, Germany. There are two consecutive single residencies within the period of September to December. The Arts Residency Atelier Josepha promotes critical reflection on both historical and current circumstances of the Baltic Sea Region. The residency stands in a tradition...
Artist grant Deadline: 5 February 2020 The Foundation of Lower Saxony grant at the Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art supports a wide spectrum of media art, from video art and net-based projects to audio works and audio-visual installations. Each of the three grants will be awarded for the production of a new project in the area of media art. The grant is valid for...
Artist in residency in Ireland Deadline: 3 February 2020 Trinity College is pleased to invite applications from artists for a 12 month artist‐in‐residence position commencing in March 2020. The artist will be based at TTEC (Trinity Technology & Enterprise Centre), Grand Canal. The aim is to enable the artist to develop new work through a collaborative process of engagement with communities which should...
Residency for dance artists Deadline: 31 January 2020 Bora Bora Residency Centre welcomes proposals from professional dance artists for projects to be researched and/or developed in season 2020-21 (August 2020 to June 2021). There are 6 residencies open to professional dance artists or dance ensembles or stage directors with a strong choreographic idea from all over the world. In addition, it is possible...
Design contest Deadline: 28 February 2020 The competition is open to all forms of commissioned, published, unpublished and personal work from professionals and enthusiasts created between March 2019 and February 2020 (but not entries that have been submitted into last year's competition). For newly-graduated professionals and/or Canadians working in smaller communities or smaller businesses there are the Young Blood and Community categories. Work...
Exhibition in NY open call Deadline: 15 January 2020 THE BORDER is a project space that focuses on supporting, nurturing and showing talented immigrant artists and their siblings living in the United States along with a few locals. The open call is for everyone and not just immigrant artists. The Border Project Space was recently featured in Hyperallergic’s top 15 shows of 2018...
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Open call for papers and artworks- -Economia - The Limited Edition 2020
21:47 Open call for papers and artworks Deadline: 15 January 2020 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. In the search for new economic insights and alternatives to the current model, why not start by treating the economy like any other...
Drawing contest Deadline: 17 February 2020 Derwent, renowned pencil manufacturers, are proud to announce the fifth instalment of The Derwent Art Prize. Its aim is to reward excellence by showcasing the very best artworks created with any pencil (including water-soluble, pastel, graphite, charcoal or colouring pencils) by British and International artists. Artists are invited to submit up to 6 images. The works entered...
Awards for illustrators Deadline: 18 February 2019 The World Illustration Awards promotes exceptional work by illustrators and presents illustration as a major force in global visual culture. The Awards are international and open worldwide to illustrators working across all sectors and in any medium. Categories: Advertising Book Covers Commercial Publishing Alternative Publishing Children's Publishing Design, Product & Packaging Editorial Exploration Science & Technology...
Artist in Residence in Japan Deadline: 31 January 2020 6–10 participants will take part in the Artist in Residency programme (Including two participants recommended by artist-in-residence host institutions outside of Japan) Residence period: You must select at least one and up to seven terms. 1.June 17(Wed)―June 30 (Tue) 2.July 1(Wed)―July 14 (Tue) 3.July 15 (Wed)―July 28 (Tue) 4.July 29 (Wed)―August 11 (Tue) 5.August...
Art residency in Germany Deadline: 20 January 2020 The programme is aimed at international artists whose work relates to the historical disciplines represented at the Bauhaus and the subsequent developments of these core disciplines – among them painting, product design, textile design, music, theatre, performance, architecture and photography. The Bauhaus Residency comprises three different possibilities for participation: an Open Call, which is addressed to...
Grant for research project in France Deadline: 10 January 2020 As a higher education institute, ésam Caen/Cherbourg trains creators in the fields of art, graphic design and edition. In partnership with the École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen and the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Normandie within the ComUE Normandie-Université, ésam Caen/Cherbourg created the practice-led PhD program RADIAN. Besides, ésam Caen/Cherbourg developed...