International Art Competitions - art contest for artists

Open call for video art

Deadline: 12 January 2020

The Festival presents the most significant lines of research emerged in recent years in the international audiovisual arts.
Over The Real aims to create an opportunity for meeting and promotion for video artists which
favors visibility and contacts with the public, with curators, art critics and cultural institutions that
already during the other editions of the Festival has attracted.
The selected works will show during the fifth edition of the International Festival of Video Art Over
The Real will be in Lucca in april 2020.


Artists must be over 18 years old.

No works are accepted with a date prior to 2018.

Maximum duration of 10 minutes

Photo online exhibition

Deadline: 12 January 2020


Online Exhibition opening in March 2020
In the In-Between seeks contemporary B&W photography in all its forms for its next online exhibition. Primal Sight will be juried by NYC-based curator and writer, Efrem Zelony-Mindell. Selected entries will be included in the online exhibition Primal Sight, to be published on In the In-Between in March 2020.


This exhibition is open to all photographic styles and techniques (in keeping with the theme of B&W)

Entry fee:
-We request a $6 submission fee, which helps to offset our administrative costs and support future programming.
-If you can’t afford the fee or are otherwise opposed to it, you may email your submission to: editor (at) inthein-between (dot) com


Details:
https://www.inthein-between.com/primal-sight-call/

Artist Residency in Sweden

Deadline: 12 January 2020


Our residency program is a production based one. We like to give the selected artist the opportunity to work in our many workshops, fully equipped with machineries and tools.
The artist will be invited for a week in March 2020 to do research and get to know us at KKV Luleå (Artist Collective Studio), as well as artists, art institutions and the area we live in. KKV will arrange activities and meetings in the art and cultural context during the stay.

The second part of the residency is two months, between 28th of April and 18th of June. The artist will work independently according to one’s needs and interests. Before the second part of the residency, the artist has to send in a sketch of work plan, his/her needs in terms of workshops, machinery, tools etc. The artist also has to make sure the work material will be in place before coming back in April.
During the stay, we like the artist to present his/her previous work during an 'artist get-to-gather'.

Criteria for applicants
Professional artists with minimum 2 years work experience.
Be 30 year or older.
Live in Europe (we do not accept applications from Swedish Artists on this occasion)

No entry fee

Residency offers:
A grant of 20 000 SEK (SEK- Swedish kronor)
Travel up to 10 000 SEK
Material up to 5 000 SEK
Transportation of work up to 2 000 SEK
Accommodation in private apartment is included

Details:
http://www.swedishlaplandair.se/open-calls/kkv-luleå-2020-43711488

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