Deadline: 31 May 2021
"In their creative practice, many artists gravitate towards certain ideas that are intruding on their mind and to which they keep on returning over and over again - some forms of obsessions that drive them to create. The extraordinary perseverance and the willingness to take risks that arise from them are often the driving force that feeds artists’ productivity, allowing them to grow in their practice and deliver exceptional outcomes while expanding their singular universe.
Where is the line between returning to a theme or an idea over and over again and an obsessive behavior? Do artists nurture a pathological obsession with their creations, or is it on the contrary the necessary force that will help them persevering despite all the obstacles they will encounter along the way, allowing them to reach a certain form of greatness?
What kind of obsession drives you in your quest for images? What does it reveal about yourself and how does your photographic practice help you grow, both artistically and personally? Does it bring clarity to your deepest interrogations or have any kind of therapeutic function, for yourself or for the people involved in your projects? Does the fact of diving into the obsessions of your inner world help you existing or resisting in an anxious context like the one we are facing now?
All approaches to the topic are welcome, we are looking forward to discovering the ideas that are invading your mind!"
Entry fee
5€ (single image) - 10€ (3 images) - 15€ (series)
Prizes and awards:
The selected artists will take part in a collective exhibition at the gallery "Tête" in Berlin in July 2021.
Details:
Deadline: 12 May 2021
Il Varco is glad to inaugurate the eight edition of Prisma Art Prize, a quarterly award with cash prizes for artists from all around the world that will become a collective exhibition for the first time in June 2021 in Rome.
Organized with the goal of creating a space for visual artists to share their work with hundreds of colleagues from all around the world, it offers 2000€ in cash awards every year, purchase prizes and packages of services worth 2500€ from Biafarin and Vivivacolors in four seasonal competitions and an online gallery where the artworks are put on display forever.
Jurors are qualified and esteemed painters, curators, mixed media artists and digital artists from different countries all around the world. The exhibition will take place at Atelier Montez, a contemporary art factory born in 2012 from the redevelopment of an urban wreck on a project by the Artist Gio Montez, that has already attracted international artists like Hermann Nitsch, Cheikh Zidor and Turi Sottile.
Visit our finalists gallery and submit on our official website.
Signing up is fast and you can do it entirely online.
Entry fee:
25€
Prizes & Awards:
Various prizes:
Cash prize (500€), service prizes and interview every three months, live exhibition in a gallery in Rome every year
Details:
https://www.prismaartprize.com/
Deadline: 11 March 2021
"Lab.18 art contest, is a call for submissions open to all kind of artists. Works allowed in the art competition are: drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, graphics, mix media and video. A great opportunity for the artists, which can win a cash prize, have the opportunity to exhibit the artworks and much more.
The following types of works are admitted: Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Mixed media, Digital, Video, Graphics, Net art, other (all visual works that can be reproduced through a picture are allowed).
The contest is addressed to professional and amateur artists, graphic designers, painters, photographers, etc. from all over the world.
Entry fee
45€
Prizes / Awards
5000,00€
- collaboration award for a new Malamegi collection
- artwork acquisition award
- cash prize
- monographic book prize
Details:
Deadline: 26 February 2021
ONASSIS AiR invites artists, curators, designers, activists, collectives, educators, legal advocates, performance makers, economists, architects, filmmakers and other practitioners from any medium of expression or discipline to apply for the second iteration of The School of Infinite Rehearsals: Movements V – VIII, running between September 2021 and June 2022. In Fall 2021, Movement V & VI will collectively explore issues of governance, delving into self-organization (Movement V), and institutions (Movement VI). In Spring 2022, Movement VII & VIII will tackle areas of economies, with a focus on community economies (Movement VII) and philanthropy (Movement VIII).
Entry fee
No
Prizes / Awards
All accepted participants will receive an individual research fee (€2,500), accommodation in a shared apartment (single room occupancy for each participant) for the duration of the program, travel to/from Athens, a collective research budget of up to €5,000 (euros) that can be used for materials, invitations to other practitioners or organizations that could contribute to the research of the particular topic of Fall 2021 and Spring 2022, research trips, or other needs that the group will collectively decide upon, during their research time at Onassis AiR.
Details:
https://www.onassis.org/open-calls/open-call-onassis-air-202122-the-school-of-infinite-rehearsals
International Photomarathon from PHOTO IS:RAEL and Chutzpah Center
10:27
Deadline: 16 February 2021
PHOTO IS:RAEL invites artists to take part in a unique 24 hour online Photomarathon.
Entry fee
$15
Prizes / Awards
1st Place:
3 online courses courtesy of ׳Magnum׳ Photos with the Agency’s World-class Instructors.
A mentoring program by one of Canon’s Ambassadors including five one on one sessions.
A feature in Daylight digital magazine, a non-profit organization dedicated to publishing art and photography.
Global Leaders of Innovation online course courtesy of The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation.
A private Portfolio review session with Rocco Venezia curator for PHmuseum and co-founder of PHmuseum Lab, Bologna.
2nd Place:
3 online courses courtesy of ׳Magnum׳ Photos with the Agency’s World-class Instructors.
A one-on-one session with Krzysztof Candrowicz, Curator and Researcher, Lodz Fotofestiwal, Ci.CLO Bienal Porto
A one-on-one session with Michael Itkoff Photographer, Photojournalist and Cofounder of Daylight, a nonprofit organization dedicated to publishing art.
3rd Place:
3 online courses courtesy of ׳Magnum׳ Photos with the Agency’s World-class Instructors.
A one-on-one session with Angélica Dass, Brazilian photographer based in Madrid and the creator of the project Humanæ."
Details:
Deadline: 10 February 2021
"GETXOPHOTO’s Open Call provides an opportunity for visual artists and photographers to exhibit their work in the Festival’s next edition, in September 2021. To Share will be the theme of GETXOPHOTO’s 15th anniversary, aiming to create and use non-conventional installations in physical and digital spaces.
The international jury made up of Cristina de Middel –photographer–, Mariama Attah –curator of the Open Eye Gallery Photography Museum (Liverpool) –, Jon Uriarte –digital curator of Photographers’ Gallery– and Gwen Lee –director and co-founder of the Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF)– will select 3 projects that will be part of the artistic programme in the next edition of the Festival."
Entry fee:
20€
Prizes / awards
"3 artists will benefit from (if the jury finds it convenient, the number of winners may be increased):
The production of an exhibition at GETXOPHOTO Festival alongside recognized contemporary visual artists
Fee of 400€ as participant of the Festival
Accomodation for 2 nights during the Opening Week.
Inclusion in the Festival’s programme and publication
Inclusion in the Festival’s communication marketing campaign
Dedicated entry on the Festival website
Being seen by a large number of visual arts and media professionals"
Details:
Deadline: 28 February 2021
Festival for Experimental Music, Sound Art & Performance
No entry fee
Organizer provides
We can pay for travel, accommodation and food.
Details:
Deadline: 8 March 2021
Canada’s leading contemporary outdoor art fair is celebrating 60 years of of launching artists careers, and the #CallForArtists is now open! Visual artists and makers of all backgrounds are invited to apply for the hybrid online/outdoor 60th @torontooutdoorartfair in July 2021. Each year, a loyal following of Fair-goers spend $2 million on art purchases, providing an income to independent artists that contributes to their economic prosperity. The 60th Anniversary Fair will be one to remember with new special programs and awards!
Accepting applications until March 8. Get more info and apply now at www.torontooutdoor.art
Entry fee
$50 CAD
Prizes / Awards
$40,000 cash and in-kind awards, Biggest prize $6,000 to one artist
Details:
Deadline: 5 February 2021
"Call for photographers"
Theme: CONNECTIONS
The selected artists will take part in a collective exhibition at the gallery « KlanGalerie » in Berlin in April 2021."
Entry fee:
5€ for single images,
10€ for 3 images and 15€ for series
Prizes / awards
Exhibition opportunity - publication in the exhibition catalogue +online
Details: