International Art Competitions - art contest for artists

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 include local residents and school children and may also include technology and creative start‐ups and businesses, as the site transitions towards a new campus at the heart of the proposed Grand Canal Innovation District (GCID). The new site will have a focus on technology and creative arts, housing researchers, industry and start‐ups, as well as providing a welcoming space and opportunities for local residents. It is intended that this artist‐in‐residence position will be the beginning of a long‐term commitment to integrating art into the campus and wider innovation district. Submissions are welcome from artists working in any art form.

The artist‐in‐residence will focus on collaborative, community oriented programming, working with
local residents of all ages, school children and community groups. Applicants will be expected to
produce new work, engage with the history and culture of the area and site, as well as considering the
proposed plans for development. Our hope is that they will listen to the issues that affect this
community and respond to these issues with collaborative art that is ambitious, radical, engaged, and
meaningful. This is an open brief and artists may use a range of art forms, including but not limited to
theatre, story‐telling, film‐making, music, visual art, dance, writing, animation.

No entry fee

Residency offers:
The Artist‐in‐Residence position will be for one year part‐time (3 days/week) with a fee of €33,000 to include the artist fees, materials and other expenses/ inclusive of VAT. Working days/hours are negotiable.

Details:
https://www.tcd.ie/innovation-district/news/2019/12/artist-in-residence/

Artists residency in Dubai

Deadline: 1 January 2020

Alserkal Residency is a platform for artistic and discursive exchange, seeking to support cultural practitioners as they realise projects pertinent to their respective practices. The programme is designed to be immersive and engage the local interdisciplinary community through a series of public events and conversations. Founded by Abdelmonem Bin Eisa Alserkal and the Alserkal family, the Residency focuses on research-based and socially-engaged practices. Alserkal Residency is part of Alserkal Arts Foundation.


The Alserkal Residency Summer programme will run from 1 June 2020 - 1 August 2020. Proposals are reviewed competitively by our Selection Committee.

The Alserkal Residency Summer Cycle is open to artists, writers, architects, curators and researchers who are currently citizens and/or permanent residents of the MEASA* region (Middle East, Africa, and South Asia).

*Middle East candidates must be citizens and/or permanent residents of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey.
Africa candidates must be citizens and/or permanent residents of the countries of the continent of Africa.
South Asia candidates must be citizens and/or permanent residents of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and/or Sri Lanka.

No entry fee

Residency offers:
-Return flights from the resident’s home city to Dubai
-Single-room accommodation, in a shared space with up to three other residents
-Monthly living stipend
-Research stipend
-Programming stipend
-24-hour access to an individual studio at Alserkal Residency
-Support from Alserkal Residency team
-Introductions and critiques with international and local art professionals, who are part of Alserkal Avenue’s network of peers

Details:
https://alserkalavenue.ae/en/residence.php

Artist residency in Philippines

Deadline: 5 January 2020

Applications are now open for the annual instalment of The Travel Writers Workshop - Asia (TTWW - Asia), an intensive week-long outdoors camp and writing fellowship which aims to create spaces for Asian and non-Asian travelers and emerging travel writers.

Submissions should be set or based within Asia.

There are ten (10) writing fellowships available.

No entry fee

Residency offers:
-free board and lodging, and domestic transportation allowance
- study on the craft and techniques of travel writing across genres through lectures, discussions, critique, mentoring, and writing exercises as well as inputs on publishing, arts project management, and travel photography, while touring in partner establishments and tourist spots in Siargao.


Details:
https://www.cfplist.com/CFP/22314

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

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

Deadline: periodicaly

We believe that each person has its way to Feel and contribute to the world with different ways of expressing it through Creative Arts. That is why we are promoting a New Talents Contest.

Six different Disciplines:

Story: Between 500 and 1.000 words long in the Spanish, English or French languages and about any of the Feelings or Attitudes specifically proposed in this section.

Illustration: Color drawing of a Character that identifies with the Feelings or Attitudes specifically proposed in this Section.

Comic: Between 3 and 6 sheets in DINA4 size, without any texts inside, either in black and white or in color, and concerning any of the Feelings or Attitudes specifically proposed in this section.

Optional: The Comic may consist of several vignettes i.e. comic drawings with descriptive-reflective texts underneath them that help us understand the Comic as well as make us Think and Feel.

Fashion: Design of a garment (from a Sock to a Haute Couture clothing), using contents from our website: Logos, Characters, enlarged/modified vignettes or parts of those vignettes or concerning any of the Feelings or Attitudes specifically proposed by ME&MYLIFE in this section.

Jewels: 3D design, concerning any of the Feelings or Attitudes specifically proposed in this section.

Music: Instrumental, vocal and/or mixed musical composition, in any language, concerning any Feeling or Attitude specifically proposed in this section.

No entry fee

Prizes:
6 prizes of 3.000 euros
6 prizes of 2.000 euros
6 prizes of 1.000 euros

Details:
https://www.meandmylife.com/en/new-talents.html

Art residency in New York

Deadline: 31 July 2019


For the fourth 店面 Residency, we are calling for individual artists or a pair of artistic collaborators to create a window display for the storefront at 26 Mott Street in New York City in celebration of the lunar new year and the year of the rat.

This is a funded 6-month residency runs from September 1, 2019 to February 31, 2020. There are no restrictions on artists’ mediums, age, nationality, ethnicity, gender, or any other criteria. Visual artists, writers, poets, activists, filmmakers, curators, designers, architects, makers & tinkerers and more are all invited to apply. We only require that applicants be based in the New York area with a preference given to those who currently reside in Chinatown. We strongly encourage members of the Asian diaspora and those with a socially engaged practice to apply.


Residency Offers:

$1,000 artist honorarium
$800 for materials and production
Studio space in Wing on Wo & Co’s basement studio, equipped with silkscreen facilities*
Exhibition space (storefront window) to exhibit proposed project, to be shown Jan 23 - Feb 31, 2020.
Project support from the W.O.W. Project
3 visits from curators and arts professionals, selected by the W.O.W Project in accordance with the artist’s practice
Artist Talk
1 Public Program
Opening reception party for the unveiling of the window display

No entry fee
Note that application fees are not required, however we are requesting a suggested donation of USD $25 to support administrative costs for this initiative.


Details:
https://chinaresidencies.com/news/258

https://www.wingonwoand.co/artist-residency

Art residency in Tallin

Deadline: August 1, 2019


Kai Art Center is a new cultural hub for local and international art, located in the historic and culturally- vibrant Noblessner area on Tallinn’s waterfront. Kai is set to open in September 2019 in a former submarine production plant and will present four main exhibitions each year in collaboration with Estonian and international curators, and its 100-seat auditorium will host a programme of events drawn from all fields of culture. In addition to the residency, the exhibition space and the auditorium, Kai Art Center has a shared office space for up to five Estonian art organisations.

Kai Residency
Kai Art Center’s core programme, the Kai Residency invites international visual artists, curators, writers and other contemporary art professionals to apply for its inaugural programme. The residency provides the opportunity for selected participants to live and work in Tallinn for between two and four weeks, while being immersed in the city’s dynamic art scene. Launching in October 2019, the Kai Residency will host up to 14 participants in its first year. Five places in the programme will be specifically allocated for residents from the Nordic and Baltic countries.

Residents will be invited to take full advantage of all activities taking place at Kai Art Center, including exhibition tours, talks, screenings and seminars. Residents will also be expected to present one public program (a talk, screening, gathering or other event), to introduce their work and research to local audiences.

Residency offers:
Kai Art Center will cover all costs of the incoming residents including travel to and from Tallinn, local transport, accommodation and administrative support. The resident will have a private furnished 20 square metre room in the newly-built Kai Art Center facilities, as well as access to WiFi, a shared kitchen area and bathroom with shower. Workspace will not be offered. With this in mind, Kai is particularly interested in artists and other professionals with a research-based practice, or those intending to undertake research rather than production during their residency.

No entry fee

Details:
https://kai.center/residency.html

Scholarship for artists

Deadline: 31st August 2019


The scholarship association Otte1- Schleswig-Holsteinisches Künstlerhaus awards 27 scholarships by the ministry of education of Schleswig-Holstein eyery year- subject to the courage of state budjet. Candidates from the field of fine arts, music and literature can apply.

The scholarships are awarded as work-scholarships for a different number of months. The application is by portfolio. The scholarships do not necessarily have be project based, research and elaboration work is also funded.

No entry fee

The monthly scholarship value is 700 Euros.


Details:
https://www.otte1.org/en/bewerbung/

Open call for writers residency in Switzerland

Deadline: 15 September 2019


The Jan Michalski Foundation is inviting applications for its fourth annual writers’ residency program. The residencies take place at the foot of Switzerland’s Jura Mountains and the selected writers each live and work in modern treehouses.

Writers from around the world are invited to apply, and applications from new or emerging writers are welcome.

Residencies can run from between two weeks and six months, and the length of stay should match the scope of the project.

As well as receiving accommodation in their own treehouse, residents will be paid a monthly allowance of 1200 Swiss Francs (approximately US$1200). Travel expenses will also be covered by the foundation and daily breakfasts and lunches are provided. Residents can also participate in cultural activities organised by the Foundation.

Criteria of qualification:

the quality of the project
the candidate’s professional background
whether or not the duration of the stay matches the scope of the project.

No entry fee

Details:
http://www.fondation-janmichalski.com/en/residence-pour-ecrivains/devenir-resident/

Deadline: 2 September 2019

You, you, and you again.
A call for participation, to answer our letters. We want to go around the world on postal way.
Simply send us your postal- or Fax-address, and we will send you a letter. There will be two questions at stake.
„Who are you and where is your freedom standing?"
Here is our email address: exformation.art@gmail.com
We will write, create, correspond all over the world promoting sincere art. Each correspondent is free to respond with writing, drawing, photography, whatever. Everyone is free of himself and his own fantasy. The art is to pay attention to what surprises you and to imagine a relevant interpretation of it.
„Anonymous letters have the great advantage that you don't have to answer them“.
ExFormation?!
We propose a form of resilience with oneself, an open door to the writing of one's own history.
„Finding something other than what we were looking for"
Our ExFormation in the Silhalle, will be visible from 26th of july untill 6th of september, 2019.
We propose in our new „Office“, the Silhalle, during this 2 months, to write and answer global letters. In order to achieve a quality answer to the question:
„who am I, or where does my freedom stand? »
A combination of circumstances because these anonymous letters received by post counter each other and form a common history, bearing the borders that separate them. From a writing that makes our singular expression, we form a common space. We will monitor each other from Monday morning with cameras placed throughout the space that will continuously broadcast, the curiosities of passers-by, private interviews (portrait and drawing)

No entry fee

Details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2422417791350070/

Art residency 2019

Deadline: Monday 1 July 2019

West Dean College is pleased to announce an open call for applications to the 2019/20 residency programme.

Co-ordinated alongside the full-time Fine Art programmes at West Dean College, the residency is designed to support contemporary practitioners in developing research projects and studio-based practices. The residencies are informed by West Dean's rich history of supporting skills-based making as well as the legacy of its founder, Edward James, renowned for his support of individual artists and avant-garde collaborations across a variety of creative fields.

The Fine Art programmes are based in the School of Arts, which also incorporates Creative Writing, Contemporary Craft, and Historic Craft Practices. The College is also renowned as a centre of excellence in Conservation and Collections Management and has a range of facilities that support skills-based making, such as ceramics, metalwork, bookbinding, furniture making and horology.

The residency programme provides artists with full board accommodation for a three-week period. Studio space is provided, as well as access to a variety of resources and facilities, including the College Library, technical support, the Historic House and the West Dean Archive and Collection. Applications are encouraged from artists whose interests align with a variety of thematic areas related to the College's history and current activities including, but not limited to:
Architecture, Archives and Collections, Conservation, Dance, Design, Education, Horticulture, Music, Patronage, Publishing, Surrealism, Theatre, and Writing.

Artists are invited to send proposals outlining how they wish to spend their time at West Dean College, what facilities they would require in order to fulfil their proposal, and an indication of any additional support.

The Residency includes room and board and covers all travel within the UK. A material budget
of £200 is available

Residencies are available for three week blocks within the following dates:

Block 1 - Monday 8 October 2019 to Friday 13 December 2019
Block 2 - Tuesday 14 January 2020 to Friday 8 March 2020
Block 3 - Tuesday 21 April 2020 to Friday 5 June 2020

Applicants must be 18 or over.
Residencies can only be awarded to individual artists, not collaborative groups.
This is an international opportunity, with travel covered within the UK.
The Open Call is open to all artists living within the UK and the European Union. Applicants must
hold a British passport or one from a country within the EU. The residency is not available to fulltime students, although PhD candidates can apply.

No entry fee

Details:
https://www.westdean.org.uk/study/school-of-arts/artist-in-residence-open-call

Artist Residency in Channel Islands of California (USA)

Deadline:31 May 2019

The Artist Lock In, now in its fifth year, is the flagship residency produced by ArtHouse Jersey in partnership with WildWorks.

We are currently seeking artists from all backgrounds and disciplines to apply for this inspiring experience. Facilitated by Sue Hill (Wildworks, Eden Project), artists will spend 10 days living and working together, learning from each other’s practice and responding to the natural environment.

Key information:

Dates of the 2019 Artist Lock In: 22 September – 1 October 2019 (inclusive).
Location: Greve de Lecq Barracks, Jersey, Channel Islands.

Away from the distractions of everyday life, the Lock In encourages an atmosphere in which to explore new approaches and different styles of making. This is a supported opportunity to fill your lungs with fresh sea air, step out of your com fort zone and collaborate with artists from across the globe without the pressure of a deadline or expectation of a fully finished outcome.

For the first time, the Artist Lock In will take place at Greve De Lecq Barracks, ArtHouse Jersey’s new home. In a sheltered bay on the North coast of Jersey, Greve De Lecq Barracks will become your playground for the duration of the residency.

Dating from 1810 the Barracks are in close proximity to coastal paths, beaches and woodland making it the perfect environment to rewild your practice. We are particularly interested in hearing from artists who are
keen to explore what our role might be in shaping our future and how the arts can have a positive impact in a rapidly changing environment.

Details: 
https://arthouse.je/opportunities/opportunities-for-artists/overview/opportunity-artist-lock-in-2019

Deadline: 30 April 2019


Disciplines:
• Visual arts: painting, drawing, sculpture, media art, installation, graphic arts
• Performing arts: theater, dance
• Film, photography
• Music and sound art
• Literature and literary translation
• Illustration and design
• Art theory, curatorial and art management

ACCOMMODATION AND STUDIO
Our residence program offers all entering participants a fully furnished private room within a communal apartment located on the aqb premises, as well as a studio space catering to the project’s requirements.
Studios are assigned based on the project requirements. All studios are heated, have natural light, ventilation, wi-fi and are accessible 24/7.

OUTCOME
We offer varied services to integrate our residents into the local art scene and assist in establishing professional connections that best support their work and career. The residency program offers broad possibilities for artists, including cooperation among various disciplines, backgrounds and interests to serve as sources of inspiration.
• Mediation in organizing a solo show or presentations as a closure of the residency period at aqb.
• Meetings and lectures with Hungarian curators and art critics. • Tours of Budapest and places of interest in the surrounding area.

DURATION
1 to 3 months.

APPLICATION
Applicants should send the following material as a pdf to Dorottya Magyar: md@aqb.hu
• Artist or group’s professional CV.
• A portfolio of related works.
◦ Visual artists: images or video links.
◦ Performing artists: a synopsis of previous works, video links and reviews.
◦ Literature: a list of publications and professional acknowledgements.
• A project description which clearly elaborates the residency goals and the work to be created while at aqb.
◦ Performing artists: the description should contain a list of production partners and expected date and place of the first performance.
• A statement explaining how coming to aqb, to Budapest, or to Hungary is relevant to the development of your project. For example, how does the geographic, social, political or cultural dynamics of Budapest, Hungary play a role in your project?
• Completion of the downloadable application form.

LOCATION
aqb is located about 10 kms from Budapest’s city centre, near the Danube River. The public transport system is comfortable and efficient, with several bus lines (inc luding night bus service) and a train line running close to aqb.

PARTICIPATION FEE

The fee for participating in the aqb Artist-in-Residence Program is EUR 850 per month. This fee serves as an important contribution to the maintenance and operation of our institution.


Details:
https://www.facebook.com/art.quarter.budapest/
https://www.aqb.hu/artist-in-residence-program

Deadline: 24th of April 2019

Residency program for writers, researchers & text-based artists
at Arteles Creative Center in Hämeenkyrö, Finland
1 month periods in October & November 2019


Enter Text is an international residency program for writers, researchers and artists working with text. The program brings together a diverse group of writers & artists from various backgrounds, with different ways of applying text & language in their work.


Novels & short stories, research & non-fiction, poetry & spoken word, comic art & graphic novels, playwriting & screenwriting, text art & calligraphy, typography & asemic writing…


At Arteles, artists are given the freedom to create and deepen their focus in a stress-free environment. Share ideas and approaches, form collaborations and gain fresh perspective to your usual practice, without the pressure of producing a finalized body of work.

As well as for connecting and experimenting with other writers & artists, the residency can be used for concentrating intensively on your ongoing work/research, starting a brand new project, or stopping to contemplate your practice and being. Participation in group activities is voluntary, allowing you to barricade into your writer's chamber anytime you want.

What is provided:
For creative practice:

studio spaces and facilities 24 h access — See facilities here
creative equipment & tools, incl. projectors, sound gear, printers, telescope etc. — See list here
assistant(s) to help you with practicalities and creative work
weekly meetings and support
artist promotion through our online network
artist pages in Arteles Catalogue

For everyday life:

private bedroom, incl. towels and bedlinen
(Note: There are large working desks also in the bedrooms.)
organic breakfast (Mon-Fri)
fully equipped kitchen facilities
traditional Finnish wood-burning sauna
meditation / yoga space with matts, cushions & benches
residency car (with automatic gears) for getting around the region
bicycles
Wifi in all spaces
laundry facilities
pure Northern nature and silence

For starters:

pick-up service for arrivals and departures — See how to get here
Orientation & introduction to get you settled in
Assistance in finding the materials you need


Entry fee
registration fee (120 € / person - non-refundable)

Program fees ( registration fee included)

We offer financial aid for applicants otherwise unable to join the program.
The financial aid provided covers 40 % of the full program fee.

Contributor's fees (fees without support)
1 person: 1950 € / month
2 persons (duo): 2980 € / month

Accommodation in a private bedroom
Organic breakfast included (Mon-Fri)

Fees with support
1 person: 1170 € / month
2 persons (duo): 1790 € / month

Accommodation in a private bedroom
Organic breakfast included (Mon-Fri)


Details:
https://www.arteles.org/enter_text_residency.html

Deadline: 30th April 2019

The award is open to any poet writing in English who has not had a full-length book of poetry published previously.

Manuscripts should be between 48 and 100 pages.

Manuscripts being considered by other publishers are allowed, but if a manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere, please notify the Press in writing.

Entry fee
$25.

Prize
The prize carries a cash award of $5,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press in the Pitt Poetry Series under its standard royalty contract.

Details:
https://www.upress.pitt.edu/starrett-prize-submission-guidelines/

Deadline: 1st May 2019

The competition is open to anyone.

You may enter as many poems as you wish, accompanied by the appropriate entry fee.

Entries must be in English, your own unaided work, and not a translation of another poet. Entries must not have been previously published or self-published, in print or online, or have won a prize in another competition. The maximum length is 80 lines.

Entry fee
For Poetry London subscribers the entry fee is £3 per poem; for non-subscribers £7.

Prizes
• 1st prize: £5,000
• 2nd prize: £2,000
• 3rd prize: £1,000
• four commendations: £500

Details:
http://poetrylondon.co.uk/competition/

Deadline: 1st May 2019

The competition is open to all writers around the world whether published or unpublished. Entrants must be over 16 years old on the closing date, May 1st 2019.

Stories can be on any theme or subject and are welcome in any style including graphic, verse or genre-based (Crime, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Romance, Children’s etc.). The maximum length of submissions is 4,000 words, there is no minimum length. All entries must be in English.

Entry fee
£9 for each story

Prizes
• 1st prize: £1,000
• 2nd prize: £500
• 3rd prize: £250
• Each of the 17 remaining shortlisted writers will receive £100.

Details:
https://www.bristolprize.co.uk/