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Prescott, Arizona– The Yavapai College Art Gallery in Prescott, Arizona seeks solo-exhibition proposals for its occasional series One Gallery/Two Exhibitions. 

All mediums will be considered. The YC Visual Arts Department Gallery Committee will select two exhibition proposals, and both solo exhibitions will be featured at Yavapai College’s Prescott Campus Art Gallery from June 11 to August 25, 2025.

Each artist will fill about half of our 2,332 square feet of exhibition space (1792 sq/ft of gallery space with a 540 sq/ft movable wall system). The exhibitions will be separated with distinctive titles, labels, lettering and signage. The public exhibition at the YC Prescott Campus Gallery will include a joint opening reception and artist talks, as well as online and print-media promotion. 

Applications must be submitted by April 1, 2025. Artists must submit a proposal letter and up to 20 high-quality JPGs to: https://yavapaicollegeartgallery.submittable.com/submit. Submission includes a $10 fee, which will fund the design and printing of catalog booklets for each exhibition.

Artists will be notified by April 8. Selected artists must deliver their work to the YC Prescott Campus Gallery by 5 p.m., May 30, 2025. PLEASE NOTE: The YC Prescott Art Gallery cannot pay to ship artwork. The artist is responsible for all shipping and return-shipping costs.

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Friday, February 28, 2025

Saturday, March 1, 2025

Saturday, March 1, 2025

Friday, March 7, 2025

Deadline: 20 April 2025
Call for Entries

COAL PRIZE 2025: Freshwater
Dates & location of event context : the Awards ceremony will take place in autumn 2025, on the occasion of Sans Réserve, the meeting place for creatives committed based in Paris.

The COAL Prize 2025 dedicated to fresh water is a call to fight against the drying up of our sensitivities towards WATER, to elevate it to its rightful place at the heart of general attention, to rehabilitate it in its symbolic and sacred prerogatives, to consider it as the ally and partner of our existences.

– The winning artist of the COAL Prize receives an endowment of 12,000 euros and a creative residency at the heart of the Domaine de Belval, owned by the François Sommer Foundation, led by the scientific and educational teams of the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature and the Domaine de Belval.

– The winning artist of the Jury’s Special Prize receives a prize of 3,000 euros.

– The winning artist of the Ateliers Médicis receives a residency in Clichy-sous-Bois/Montfermeil, in association with the Bondy regional forest.

– The winning artist of the mention Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles/Paris aka Le vaisseau will receive 2,000 euros and be invited to exhibit at the Paris institution.

The Prix COAL 2025 is financially supported by the French Ministry of Culture, the Office français de la Biodiversité, the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, the Fondation François Sommer and the Fondation LAccolade, as well as a partnership with the Ateliers Médicis and the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles/Paris.

entry fee – no

6. Contact adresses/URL : https://projetcoal.org/en/prize/call-for-projects-prize-coal-2025-freshwater/
for all inquiries, please contact: contact@projetcoal.fr

Deadline: 31 March 2025
Call for entries

Social Art Award 2025.
The Institute for Art and Innovation invites all artists and creatives to apply with their works to the Social Art Award 2025.
The work of the 3 winners will receive special recognition, including interviews, and may be showcased at events such as BitBasel and potential touring exhibitions, including COP 30 in Belém, Brazil.

This year, we focus on the urgent need for ocean restoration, biodiversity protection, and fostering harmony between humans and other species.
We encourage artists to address themes such as:

Human-nature relationships and coexistence
Ocean restoration and water conservation
Ecosystem recovery and biodiversity
Climate resilience and sustainable living

ELIGIBILITY
All artists and cultural actors are invited to apply with work they consider relevant to the field of social art. The Award is open to anyone aged 18 years and over. There are no restrictions based on gender, age, training, or nationality.
We encourage submissions that showcase innovative ideas, compelling narratives, and creative visions to inspire coexistence and planetary resilience. Applicants can submit one or more artworks/projects, of any medium.

PRIZES AND AWARDS
The Social Art Award seeks to invigorate social art and strengthen recognition for social artists. All selected submissions (Top 100) will be published in the Social Art Award 2024 Book. The 3 winning artists will receive:

First Winner: €1,000 prize money.
Highlighted interviews and profiles.
The opportunity to showcase their work at events such as BitBasel and potential exhibitions.
All finalists and selected artists will gain global exposure through the book, online gallery, and various media channels.
All applicants will receive a digital copy of the book free of charge and may order printed copies at their own expense.

APPLY ONLINE – No Entry Fee
For questions, contact us at: support@social-art-award.org

Deadline: 22 March 2025
Call for entries

4th-WALL
is Prospect Art’s programming arm dedicated exclusively to video art. We are a network of international organizations, galleries, artist collectives, and not-for-profit artist spaces interested in showing and promoting international video artwork in the framework of a video art biennial.

We are looking for video works for our 2027 programming, “Change/Exchange.” Entries will be considered for physical exhibitions and screenings presented in Los Angeles, Lisbon, and Budapest, a series of online screenings on our BROADCAST program, as well as the publication of articles on our ONE WORK program that will provide critical context to the works included in the project. The organization of how the works will be presented and on what platform(s) will depend on the nature of the selected works and will be at the discretion of the curatorial team.

We will select existing video works that resonate with the curatorial statement (see below.) We are looking for emerging and established visual artists who work in the medium of video from anywhere in the world. The works can be experimental, non-narrative, or narrative so long they are in the realm of video art, are conceptually based, and relate to the theme of the show, curated by Prospect Art’s Curatorial Fellow Maximilian Lehner, with the technical support of Prospect Art’s 4th-WALL Program Manager Pedro Inock.

Single channel multi-channel works and video installations will be considered. Performance-based works that include video elements will not be considered, nor will video documentation of past performances or documentation of video installations.

In addition to submitting existing works, you may also submit a project proposal to produce a new work in response to the Change/ Exchange theme. This added $1000 COMMISSION opportunity will be awarded to ONE artist to produce a new single-channel video work that will premiere on-line during the 2027 4TH-WALL Biennial.

All selected artists will receive artist fees in line with W.A.G.E. guidelines.

Curatorial Statement:

Change and exchange are closely related, maybe similar in some ways, but a mere notion of exchange cannot capture change. Change might be closer to a gift, an investment without its effects visible during one’s lifetime. For many, the “pure” idea of a gift is located outside the realm of imagination and is often perceived as something that asks for immediate reciprocity. What does it mean, then, to give something back? Does this gesture fuel change, or does it perpetuate exchange?

Change/ Exchange is an invitation to reimagine change without exchange. Let’s amplify practices that bring forth notions of change that do not rely on economic exchange and bring out individuals who give or accept a gift without any expectations or who would appreciate the unexpected. There must be more space for ‘weak’ proposals and mysterious gifts that can subtly bring about change.

REQUIREMENTS

We will consider single-channel and multi-channel video works and video installations. Please provide us with a single-channel version of the project you want us to review (you can composite a two-channel project or create ONE video file with consecutive video works in case of multi-channels; please insert title cards when necessary: channel 1, channel 2, etc.).

Answer all biographical questions.

Multiple entries are accepted; please fill out one form per entry.

Complete new project proposal requirements if you also want to apply for the $1000 mini-grant.

We ask for a $10 administrative fee per entry to complete the application.

As a small artist-run not-for-profit, the fee helps us offset the cost of administering the open call (if the fee is not manageable, please email 4thwall@prospectart.org for a waiver.)

Artists need a PayPal account to receive screening fees and a mini-grant if selected.

Please use PayPal and send the funds to ProspectArtProject@gmail.com or use the QR available in the application form.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS can be found https://www.prospectart.org/4th-wall-2024-open-call-1

Previous 4th-WALL Exhibition https://www.prospectart.org/performing-time

Upcoming 4th-WALL Exhibition (Opens August 2025, at the Torrance Art Museum) https://www.prospectart.org/affective-territories-alternate-belongings

Please prepare the following and submit it through the Google form below:

Artist name, address, phone number, email, and country of origin.

Artist bio (200 words)

Artist Statement (150 words)

Title of completed work submitted for review, medium/format, RT, year of production.

Link to submitted video work (with password) only Vimeo/YouTube links on private channels or a custom page on a personal website.

Description of work (200 words)

Upload a portfolio of previous works. (pdf)

Link to personal artist website if available.

Social media handle if available.

Upload an additional New Project Proposal if you want to be considered for the $1000 commission: a 3-page pdf that must include a description of the single channel project, approximate RT, and can include sketches, a storyboard, or relevant visual references.

DUE DATE
Applications are due March 22, 2025, at 11:59 PST.

You can direct further questions to 4thwall@prospectart.org

About the Curator:

Maximilian Lehner is a curator, critic, and art historian who emphasizes horizontal work structures, conceiving art and curating as epistemological forms to understand critical temporalities and the non-normative. For Kunstmuseum Moritzburg (Halle/Saale, GER), he is currently preparing the public program for Planetary Peasants (2025.) He was associate curator for ok.oskar, the 70th-anniversary festival at International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Salzburg in 2023, and curated exhibitions, among others, for Salzburger Kunstverein (Salzburg, AT), aqb (Budapest, HU), Škuc Gallery (Ljubljana, SI), Nova BAZA (Zagreb, HR) and ElectroPutere (Bucharest, RO). Next to academic publications and artist books, Maximilian’s writing is published in Camera Austria, MOST Magazine, Parnass, Artforum, RevistaArta, Kajet, and BLOK Magazine. He was part of the experimental research platform Anomalies, run by kulturpunkt.hr from 2023-24, and Critic-in-Residence at Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory in 2022. He studied art theory and philosophy in Paris, Stuttgart, and Linz and at CuratorLab at Konstfack Stockholm.

Deadline:
Saturday, March 22, 2025 (All day)
Submission links:

https://www.prospectart.org/4th-wall-2025-open-call

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9W0BgoAqSpWiUg0fLGPCpBJDmwCfv1CczdyTNLqa0HQFBLA/viewform

Submission fees:
Fees charged – Waiver available

Contact Email:
4thwall@prospectart.org

Deadline: 23 February 2025
Call for entries

ALTOFEST 2025
International Contemporary Live Arts Fest

2nd > 15th June NAPLES
Residency + Program

Invitation for proposal
[deadline 23rd February 2025]

Applications may include one or more original work, previously created for a formal space, already completed and performed in front of an audience. All archived or repertoire works are also accepted. Projects that are still a work in progress or unpublished works are excluded.

Performances must be original and any subject, contents and themes are welcomed. Proposals can be considered only if they belong to the field of Live Arts (theatre, dance, performance, experimental and interdisciplinary formats).

Professional artists can apply from all over the world, with no distinction among nationality, country of residence, language or age. Amateur groups cannot apply.

International artists and citizens live together for two weeks sharing time and space. So in Altofest the intimate dimension of the home is fused with the aesthetics and poetics of all artworks and artistic processes.

In Altofest, artists are invited to requalify their work during the residency’s days after which the performance is scheduled in the program of Altofest the public opening days.

The presence of the artist is required for the entire period of Altofest, two weeks.

Altofest ensures accommodation with the use of a kitchen, a production grant, and additional technical and human resources under the terms specified in the regulations that you find on the website, besides the application form online.

SEND US YOUR PROPOSAL

To apply please send proposals by filling the online form on this link
OPEN CALL (EN)

By filling the form, you declare to have read and accepted all the terms of the application unconditionally.

The online application is the only way to send the artistic proposals for Altofest 2024.

INFO

info@altofest.net
+39 320 0304861 (Whatsapp/Telegram)

https://www.altofest.net

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Deadline: 28 February 2025
Call for entries

ZK/U Berlin is an artist-led independent art residency and project space. It hosts a multidisciplinary residency program, offering a living and working space for practitioners of all kinds (artists, researchers, activists, professionals of various fields) whose work or approach explores the dynamics and experiences of the city. The residency program encourages proposals that challenge conventions, take daring positions, and include extraordinary perspectives.

Applications are open until 28.02.2025. You can find detailed information on the call below. If you have any questions, please contact apply@zku-berlin.org.

Open Call with Application Form: https://www.zku-berlin.org/open-call/
Residency Program & Space: https://www.zku-berlin.org/residency/
Facebook: https://fb.me/e/8m7GPDBVt

Deadline: 6 March 2025
Call for entries

The Monsignor Sante Montanaro Foundation announces the third edition of the International Don Sante Prize for Contemporary Art, aimed at promoting and enhancing art in the area in memory of Don Sante, an illustrious citizen of Casamassima, historian, and lover of art, music, and literature.

The theme of the competition will be “Reality as a mirror of the inner dimension: new geographies of expression.” This theme represents an invitation to reflect on the present, encouraging artists to explore its dynamics, between interiority and exteriority, between the subjective world and the surrounding reality, presenting updated visions of the contemporary according to their personal languages.

The Prize is open to all Artists, without age, gender, nationality, or other qualifications. Each artist can participate with only one work, published or unpublished. The work must not visibly bear the artist’s name to allow free evaluation by the Scientific Committee.

Techniques: painting, sculpture and installation, photographic art, video art, performance, virtual and multimedia art.

The single winning artist will be awarded the Don Sante Prize for contemporary art, which consists of a purchase prize of € 2000.00. The work will become part of the collection of the Monsignor Sante Montanaro Foundation. The registration for the Prize is entirely free. The registration date has been extended. Artists can register by March 6, 2025.

For the complete announcement:

https://fondazionemontanaro.it/arte-contemporanea/3-edizione.html

premiodonsante@gmail.com

Deadline: 31 March 2025
Call for entries

REBECCA VASSIE MEMORIAL AWARD 2025
UK 2025

Submissions open for sixth Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award, a £2,000
narrative photography bursary

Who can apply: An early-to-mid-career photographer in or from the UK

The award: £2,000 to undertake a narrative photography project with a social
or political context; mentorship; support from the Trust towards public and
industry exposure of the work; mentorship from Shutter Hub.

How to apply: Full submission information at https://www.rebeccavassietrust.org

Judges include: Caroline Hunter (Guardian), Emma Lynch (BBC) and Jennifer Thatcher (critic and curator)

entry fee – no

hello@rebeccavassietrust.org
https://rebeccavassietrust.org/award/2025-award/

Deadline: 4 September 2025
Call for entries

Deadline: 3 March 2025
Call for entries

The 32st Women Make Waves Int’l Film Festival
presented by Taiwan Women’s Film Association, will be held in Taipei, Taiwan in October, 2025.
We are now accepting international submissions for our upcoming edition!

Eligibility

*Directed at least by one female (including self-identifying female) director. For Queer films, filmmakers of all genders are welcome.
*Completed no earlier than 1st March 2023.
*A Taiwan Premiere is required.
*WMWIFF is open to all forms, styles, lengths, and formats. Anything related to LGBTQI+ communities, women themes and topics related to gender, feminism and beyond, and current events around the world that reflect the status quo.

Entry Fee and Deadline

*USD$15 or NTD$450.
*The deadline for submission is 03 March 2025.

How to Submit

*To submit, please make sure to read the guideline first, and fill in our entry form.
*Or, the entrants can also submit via Filmfreeway
*Please note that for the film submissions, entry fees are required. Your entry will only be accepted if WMWIFF receive complete entry form (including valid screeners) AND entry fees on time.

About Us

Established as a non-profit organization in 1993, Women Make Waves International Film Festival, Taiwan has been one of the major film festivals in Taiwan and has established itself as the biggest one dedicated to supporting female talents. WMWIFF aims to celebrate the achievements of outstanding female talents, to explore different aspects of women’s lives as well as to promote equality and rights of all genders. By covering a wide range of genres, issues, and representations of women, WMWIFF seeks to promote great cinematic arts by female directors and to advocate gender equality through films with feminist consciousness and various subjects.

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Deadline: 7 March 2025
Call for entries

Open call for Singapore Fringe Festival 2026
7 March 2025, 12 noon Singapore time

14 – 25 January 2026, Singapore

Be part of Singapore Fringe Festival 2026!

In our increasingly connected, complex and often conflicted world, the Fringe seeks to present meaningful, socially engaged and provocative art to encourage civil and open dialogue and collaboration. Through our programming, we hope to collectively dream and create a more inclusive and compassionate future.

No application fee

Contact adresses/URL
For more info and to apply, visit https://bit.ly/sgfringe2026

Deadline: 3 March 2025
Call for entries

VRHAM! 2025 – Digital Art Biennale Hamburg
11 – 18 June 2025
Hamburger Oberhafenquartier

Call for Projects – Share your ideas!

For the upcoming VRHAM! Biennale, we are looking for outstanding works that redefine the future of digital and immersive art.

We are seeking projects that…

…bridge traditional artistic disciplines such as painting, sculpture, or photography with digital media and are suited for exhibition in a fine art context.

…are bold in both aesthetics and concept, exploring contemporary themes through innovative approaches.

…engage audiences interactively and examine the connection between physical and digital spaces.

…challenge visual conventions and create multisensory or participatory experiences through innovative use of digital technologies.

If you know of a groundbreaking project – or have created one yourself – we want to hear about it! Simply share it with us via this link: Google Forms

Deadline: 3 March 2025

Deadline: 31 July 2025
Call for entries

MAIL Art

OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS Message in a bottle / Flaschenpost Mail Art Exhibition

DEADLINE: 31.07.2025

SIZE: A6 Postcard size only (10x15cm / 4×6 inch)

TECHNIQUE: all kind of printing techniques (Rubber, Lino, Etching, Letterpress, Riso…)

RULES: no jury, no return, no age limit kid friendly, only originals (no copies)

EXHIBITION:
8. Sep – 21. Nov 2025 in Grafikdruckwerkstatt (print studio), Werk 2 in Leipzig

SHIPPING ADDRESS:
WK2 Mailart
Lützner Str. 135
04179 Leipzig Germany

INSTAGRAM:
@mailart23 (all works are shown here)
@werk2_grafikdruck
WERK 2 – Kulturfabrik Leipzig e.V.
@werk2leipzig
@etcetera23

Questions to:
etcetera23 (Andre Radke)
info@etcetera23.com

Deadline: 27 March 2025
Call for entries

?? WINTER * $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo
Deadline: Thursday, March 27, 2025 11:59pm PST

WINTER 2025 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce our newly increased award amounts of $1,800.00.

Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (12) honorable mentions (6 in art and 6 in photo), will be featured on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. Innovate Grant’s commitment extends beyond the grant cycle by promoting the work of selected winners and honorable mentions into the future. For more information and to apply visit https://innovateartistgrants.org

Innovate Grant supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants. We’ve simplified the grant process, so that artists and photographers can focus on making their innovative work. The work should speak for itself and our application reflects that.

Innovate Grant awards:
+ 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Visual Artist
+ 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Photographer
+ 12 x Honorable Mentions

Explore the work of ALL Past Innovate Grant recipients and read their interviews at https://innovateartistgrants.org

How to Apply: Visual Artists and Photographers 18 years and older, from all around the world, are eligible to apply. All media and genres are accepted. All applicants retain the right to the work they submit. Apply today at https://innovateartistgrants.org

Category: Multiple disciplines and genres accepted
Deadline: Thursday, March 27, 2025 – Submit by 11:59PM Pacific Standard Time
Region: US & International
Awards: 2 x $1,800.00 USD Grants // 12 x Honorable Mentions

Apply Online Today
https://innovateartistgrants.org

Deadline: 1 March 2025
Call for entries

The 12th West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival
Dates & location of event context
April 10 – 12, 2025
Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

The West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival invites submissions in video/film, animation, VR, video installation & performance to its 12th edition, which takes place April 10 – 12, 2025 on the campus of West Virginia University. We’re looking for innovative, provocative, highly charged and deeply personal works in a variety of genres and exploring multiple themes. This year we also welcome submissions to a special thematic category, exploring new insights into evolving definitions and understandings of Space, in all of its many contexts. Deadline for entries is March 1, 2025.

Entry Fee:
Regular Entry: $12
College Students: $5
Students should be currently enrolled at a university or college and must send a current student ID (photocopy is fine) to: wvmsff@gmail.com.

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES: We welcome works in a broad range of styles and categories:

Experimental
Short Narrative
Documentary
Animation
Student Work
Theme: Space
Two-channel video installation
VR
Planetarium / 360-degree dome projection

Space Theme:
For this year’s themed category, we’re thinking about “space” – in all dimensions – physical, social, psychological, conceptual, philosophical, cosmological and local. The festival seeks submissions that ruminate on the many social, psychological, philosophical, and material meanings of space. How do we experience space, both architectural and natural, in a bodily way? How do we make space for meaningful dialogue that bridges ideological gaps? How does the fantasy of outer space offer the promise of new possible futures? How do digital spaces permeate our material lives? Are we “in space” or do we make it? How do war and peace shape it? What philosophical, psychological, spiritual or political resonances cause these layers of space to intersect and fold in on themselves? Indeed, how might our understanding of the very nature of space itself be shifting at this notably tenuous moment in human history?

Video Installation, VR and Planetarium Dome Projection:
In addition to single-channel videos for screening, there are 3 other opportunities to consider as part of the festival. These include a 2-channel video installation space, a VR experience option, and a 360-degree dome projection option.

Two-Channel Video Installation:
We are seeking proposals for two-channel video installations in a white cube gallery space. There are two 1080p projectors that can by synchronized with up to 2 channels of audio. The dimensions are 2122 square feet and a ceiling height of 10 feet.

VR:
We seek submissions that are designed to be experienced in virtual reality and that engage with the festival theme. Submitted works can take the form of VR films, interactive experiences, etc. Please reach out to Jason Zeh at Jason.zeh@mail.wvu.edu for technical inquiries.

360-Degree Dome Projection / Planetarium:
We are accepting submissions both for live performance works and single channel experimental works designed to be experienced in a 360-degree dome projection environment that engage with the festival theme. This event will take place at the WVU planetarium. More information about the space can be found at https://planetarium.wvu.edu/. Please reach out to Jason Zeh at Jason.zeh@mail.wvu.edu for technical inquiries.

Submissions for the planetarium must conform to the following specs: Codec: h265 (HEVC) (or h264 is fine as well); Container: mp4; Framerate: 30 fps; Resolution: 4K (4096 x 4096 pixel); Target bitrate: 40-50 mbit/s

To Submit:
Submissions may be made through FilmFreeway (https://filmfreeway.com/TheWestVirginiaMountaineerShortFilmFestival)
Or through our website/online submission form:
(https://www.wvmsff.com/submissions)

Dates:
Deadline: March 1, 2025
Festival Date: April 10 – 12, 2025

Agreements:
• Maximum running time of 15 minutes.
• Works must have been completed after January 1, 2023.
• Separate entry form and fee required for each entry.
• Deadline for entry: March 1, 2025.
• Applicants allow festival organizers use of accepted works for all promotional materials and events

entry fee – Yes
Regular Entry: $12
College Students: $5

Contact addresses/URL
wvmsff@gmail.com

Dans le cadre de ses missions de soutien et d’accompagnement à la création, Le Lieu de la Photographie lance la Bourse de l’Image Photographique. D’une dotation de 3 000 €, cette bourse vise à soutenir un·e photographe dans la poursuite ou le démarrage d’un projet de recherche et de création artistique.

Cette bourse offre l’opportunité de développer un travail inédit, ouvert à toutes les écritures photographiques, documentaires ou artistiques. Le jury portera un intérêt particulier aux projets qui interrogent le récit photographique et expérimentent les possibilités du médium, dans ses formes et ses langages contemporains.

Le·la lauréat·e bénéficiera d’un accompagnement par les équipes du Lieu dans la poursuite de son projet.

Sélection & jury

Parmi les dossiers reçus, un pré jury sélectionnera les candidatures finalistes qui seront présentées à un jury composé de cinq experts de la profession :

• Patricia Morvan, chargée des projets culturels et expositions – Agence VU’
• Anne-Lise Broyer, photographe
• Emmanuel Hermange, directeur de l’EESAB – site de Lorient
• Fabien Ribery, auteur, journaliste et critique d’art, créateur du site lintervalle.blog
• Émilie Teulon, directrice artistique du Lieu de la Photographie

Le jury se réunira dans le courant du mois d’avril et annoncera le·la lauréat·e au début du mois de mai. Chaque candidat·e recevra, en amont de l’annonce publique, un mail l’informant de la décision du jury.

Le jury sélectionnera le·la lauréat·e en fonction des critères suivants :

• l’originalité et la singularité de la pratique du ou de la candidat·e
• la richesse, la complexité et la profondeur des interprétations possibles du projet proposé
• l’attention portée aux enjeux contemporains
• la pertinence du projet au regard du parcours du ou de la candidat·e

Le Lieu de la Photographie est un centre dédié à la photographie contemporaine installé à Lorient depuis 1979. C’est un espace de découverte, de réflexion et de rencontre entre les artistes et le public.

Le Lieu produit des expositions originales, accompagne les auteurs et soutient la création émergente, organise des résidences, diffuse des expositions, gère sa collection photographique, développe et prête sa documentation artistique et déploie un travail d’éducation à l’image auprès d’un large public.

Alors que nous sommes submergés d’images, la nécessité de sensibiliser et forger un regard averti est au cœur de notre démarche. Avançant à la frontière entre plasticité des approches et sensibilité des regards portés sur nos sociétés, nous souhaitons créer un espace de liberté propice à la contemplation et à l’expression.

Le Lieu s’inscrit également dans une démarche collective et entretient des relations constructives avec d’autres structures pour réfléchir, concevoir et créer ensemble. Le centre porte également une biennale, les Rencontres Photographiques, qui rassemble à chaque édition les travaux d’une dizaine de photographes présentés dans les structures du Pays de Lorient (école supérieure d’art, espace d’art contemporain, galeries, artothèque…).

L’appel à candidature est ouvert à toute personne physique majeure, française ou étrangère résidant en France et maîtrisant l’usage de la langue française. Les candidats devront pouvoir justifier d’un statut de photographe ou d’artiste professionnel.

Les candidat·es doivent adresser leur dossier avant le 15 mars 2025, 23h59 (heure de Paris) exclusivement par mail à : bip@galerielelieu.com avec comme objet “BIP 2025 – NOM Prénom”.

Chaque dossier devra contenir :

• Un portfolio au format PDF, contenant un CV récent comportant vos coordonnées et une biographie, présentant la démarche et les précédents projets (10mo maximum)
• Une note d’intention du projet au format PDF (texte 1 page maximum), éventuellement accompagnée d’images s’il s’agit d’un projet déjà entamé, ou de recherches (10mo maximum)
• Un portrait libre de droits au format JPG de 3000px

Chaque document sera nommé comme suit : NOM_Prénom_BIP2025

Chaque candidat·e recevra un accusé de réception de sa candidature après son traitement par les équipes du Lieu. Tout dossier incomplet ne pourra être présenté au jury.

L’Observatoire de l’Espace lance un appel à projets pour la création d’une œuvre qui interroge la place et le rôle des messages que nous recevons depuis l’Espace et l’évolution de cette influence dans l’histoire des sociétés.

Des messages émanant de sources divines ou de la nature, à ceux reçus en continu grâce aux technologies spatiales, en passant par ceux qui approfondissent notre connaissance du cosmos, les messages de l’Espace prennent des formes multiples et influent à des échelles variables sur nos sociétés. Dans le cadre de cet appel, les artistes sont invités à considérer ces flux d’informations qui proviennent de l’Espace, et à créer une œuvre plastique qui témoigne des différentes interactions de ces messages avec les sociétés humaines.

Le projet retenu sera annoncé en mai 2025. L’œuvre sera exposée à Paris en 2025 et entrera dans la collection d’art contemporain de l’Observatoire de l’Espace et sera déposée aux Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse.

L’Observatoire de l’Espace du Cnes, acteur atypique de la création contemporaine, favorise, via ses programmes de soutien à la création et sa politique de production et d’acquisition, l’émergence de nouveaux récits de l’Espace, pensés à partir d’expérimentations avec le milieu spatial ou d’explorations des archives spatiales sur des problématiques contemporaines.

Cet appel s’inscrit dans le programme de création Archéologie de l’Espace qui invite les artistes à se saisir des traces que laissent les activités spatiales sur Terre comme matériaux artistiques. Il s’adresse aux artistes ou collectifs d’artistes dont la pratique relève du champ des arts visuels et plastiques. L’originalité du projet, le parti pris esthétique, la pertinence du projet en rapport avec la thématique proposée ainsi que la capacité de mise en œuvre de la proposition formulée seront les critères principaux considérés par la commission artistique.

Le bureau des arts visuels de l’Institut français d’Allemagne lance en partenariat avec le Kunstmuseum de Bochum un appel à candidature destiné aux commissaires d’exposition de moins de 36 ans français ou vivant en France pour une résidence curatoriale de six mois. Dans ce cadre, le Kunstmuseum Bochum offre l’opportunité de travailler en étroite collaboration avec son équipe sur un projet d’exposition autour du mouvement Fluxus et l’Estate de la galerie Inge Beacker.

Présent en Allemagne depuis 1996, le Bureau des arts visuels de l’Institut français d’Allemagne sensibilise les acteurs du monde de l’art basés sur le territoire allemand, tant institutionnels que marchands, à la création contemporaine française
dans les domaines des arts visuels et de l’architecture. Initiée par le bureau en 2014, avec le soutien de l’Office franco-allemand pour la jeunesse, la plateforme « Jeunes commissaires » développe différents programmes (résidences, voyages, bourses, curation d’exposition) visant à soutenir l’intégration de commissaires et professionnel.les des métiers de l’exposition vivant en France sur le territoire allemand.

– Vous avez une formation dans le domaine du commissariat d’exposition ainsi qu’une excellente connaissance de la scène artistique internationale.

– Vous possédez une bonne connaissance du fonctionnement d’un musée, vous nourrissez un intérêt particulier pour le mouvement Fluxus et vous éprouvez une affinité avec le projet du Kunstmuseum.

– Vous avez une conception précise de l’avenir de l’institution muséale et êtes à même de concrétiser cette conception par des projets. Vous avez une connaissance approfondie des débats sociaux et politiques contemporains.

– Vous êtes conscient.e de l’importance du travail de médiation pour une institution artistique publique et vous êtes prêt.e à collaborer assidûment avec les membres de l’équipe de médiation analogique, numérique et hybride.

– Vous savez rédiger des textes à des fins diverses et pour des publics variés.

– Vous êtes sensible à la diversité et aux discriminations dans votre rapport aux publics et à vos collègues.

– Vous possédez la nationalité française ou résidez en France.

– Vous avez la possibilité de séjourner à Bochum de mai à octobre 2025 et d’organiser votre hébergement par vous-même.

– La maîtrise de l’anglais est obligatoire, celle de l’allemand est un atout.

– Vous aurez moins de 36 ans au début de la mission.

OPEN CALL 2025 | Annual Grant

Residency Program ZARATAN AIR

DEADLINE | until the 20th of March, 2025 (24h00)

ELIGIBILITY | Emerging and professional artists, performers, musicians, curators, writers and other cultural agents are eligible to apply. The residency program is designed for international artists - or national artists residing abroad - for the development of artistic projects, individual or collective. Zaratan defends a multidisciplinary and experimental attitude, where all the areas and the languages of the artistic expression are considered.

DURATION | 4 weeks

RESIDENCY PERIOD | Between May 2025 and April 2026

GRANT | Once a year Zaratan offers a 4 weeks residency grant, which covers the studio and accommodation fees for one artist selected through the application process. THE OPEN CALL IS OPEN FROM JANUARY 28TH TO MARCH 20TH 2025.

ABOUT ZARATAN AIR | Driven by the desire to intensify and exchange knowledge with artists through creative and productive practices, in 2015 Zaratan announced the promotion of an international art residency. Our goal is to mix experienced with emerging artists and give them the possibility to bring their work in an experimental context through exchange and collaboration within the local network. The artists-in-residence at Zaratan are given the opportunity to develop a project over a fixed period of time, and to reflect and consolidate their artistic practice in the specific context of Lisbon.

We provide private accommodation, 24/7 private working studio, technical assistance, promotion and communication support, open public presentation of the residency process. Although labs and technique-specific facilities are not available, we will do our best to fulfill your needs, providing logistical support for producing work and events within our network of partners and collaborators. All artists are encouraged and welcome to share the outcome of their residency through talks, performance, open studios or other formats of public presentations.

APPLICATION PROCESS | If you wish to apply to our annual grant please email us at production@zaratan.pt with the following information (1 PDF file not exceeding 24mb):

- Bio/CV;

- Portfolio or website;

- Description of the work/project you intend to carry on during the residency;

- Period you intend to stay at Zaratan.

APPLICATION EVALUATION | Applications are evaluated by a selection committee composed of artists, curators, community members and spaces board members. Applicants will be notified via email as soon as possible after selections have been made.

Beside being submitted for our annual grant, the applications will be evaluated for our regular program of residencies in 2025, which requires the payment of a residency fee.

If accepted, we are available to assist residents with funding applications.

MORE INFORMATION | production@zaratan.pt | [+351] 967 580 235 | www.zaratan.pt

Writers, visual artistsand composers as well as scholars with a research project on Romanticism or onquestions relating to the previously divided Germany can apply until April 15, 2025, for a three-months residency at Schloss Wiepersdorf in 2026.

The application for The Umbrella Arts Center’s 2025-2026 Artist-in-Residence program is now open! Join an active and vibrant multidisciplinary art center with 50 artist studios, an independent ceramics studio and classroom, a fully equipped woodshop, and gallery and performance spaces in the historic center of Concord, MA. 

Our Artist in Residence (AiR) program primarily offers a studio space with exhibition and teaching opportunities available. Applicants must be within the first five years of completing an MFA or equivalent program, and may work in any medium including painting, sculpture, installation, photography, textiles, digital media, film, mixed media, and interdisciplinary or public art. 

The Umbrella is particularly interested in artists who will: 

• Use their residency as an opportunity to explore, experiment with, and elevate contemporary art practices and conversations

• Foster internal and external interdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships

• Engage our local and broader community in The Umbrella’s mission to promote creativity, learning, personal growth, and cultural exchange through accessible arts programming

• Provide opportunities and points of departure for panel discussions or experiential exchanges with colleagues doing related work

Learn more about our program here: https://theumbrellaarts.org/artist-in-residence

"Metamorphosis" is an exploration of transformation, growth, and rebirth in art. This art competition, hosted by Sfumato, offers artists the chance to gain recognition, showcase their work globally, and be permanently featured in our online store.

Awards & Recognition

Solo Exhibition Opportunity – One outstanding artist will be awarded a solo online exhibition on Sfumato.
Honorable Mentions – Three artists will receive an official certificate.
Exclusive Interviews – Three selected artists will be featured in an in-depth interview on Sfumato’s website.
Virtual Exhibition – All selected artists will be showcased in the exhibition.

Exhibition Services & Benefits

Virtual Exhibition & Artist Profiles

• Each selected artist will have a dedicated profile on the Sfumato website.
• Artwork will be permanently available in Sfumato’s online store for purchase.

Marketing & Promotion

• Featured across Sfumato’s website, social media, and email campaigns.
• Dedicated posts highlighting selected artists and their works.

Deadline: March 15 | Submission Fee: $10

The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit original works about looking and being looked at. Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media, including 2D, 3D, etc.

What does it feel like to be looked at?

A part of us craves the attention of others. Kids beg to be observed as they dive into a pool. So many of us post pictures online, waiting for responses from our audience of friends and strangers. Being watched means that we may be loved, or that we may be important. Maybe others will be impressed! Maybe they will like us more—or maybe they will like us less. We modulate our behavior for that attention. It changes us. It creates ‘culture'.

The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit works of any genre, subject matter, and/or content that measures no more than 7 inches in any direction.

Every year Manifest produces a special exhibit of LITTLE works of art from around the world. 

Each iteration of the exhibit brings in hundreds of powerful yet diminutive works for our jury to consider. Inevitably this results in a gallery full of diverse, compelling, and exquisite little gems. Manifest’s patrons eagerly await the Magnitude SEVEN event each year. This annual project is one of the most varied exhibits in our season. So we are always excited to offer this call to artists to submit works no larger than seven inches in any dimension (any proportion). 

Standard presentation devices such as pedestals, mats, and frames that are not considered part of the work of art are not limited by the 7" criteria.

The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit works created by college juniors, seniors, and recent undergraduates in 2024, 2025, or 2026. Open to any and all 2d and 3d traditional and non-traditional visual arts media, genre, subject matter, and content.

Every year through this exhibition Manifest surveys work by students and recent graduates of art and design programs, seeking to assemble, promote, and document examples of the excellence being achieved by new or emerging artists for Rites of Passage. This exhibit, season publication, and award are intended to support that emergence. 

For a twenty-first straight year we offer this challenge to students and the recently graduated in regional, national, and international college undergraduate programs to show us what they have achieved, bring it off campus, and share it with our international viewing public. To date Manifest has exhibited student works representing over 232 different academic institutions!

The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit complete applications to the Manifest Artist Residency program (MAR) and Scholar in Residence (SIR) located in the vibrant historic urban neighborhoods of East Walnut Hills and Clifton in Cincinnati, Ohio near the Ohio River, Eden Park, the Cincinnati Art Museum, numerous Universities, and within three miles of downtown Cincinnati and 'Over the Rhine’.

Applications will be reviewed on a competitive basis. Awards consist of 24/7 use of a private studio, free programming at Manifest Drawing Center, teaching consideration, public exposure, free entry to Manifest calls for entry, potential inclusion in a final showcase exhibit and end of season Manifest Exhibition Annual publication, as well as the presentation of a public artist talk at or near the conclusion of the Residency.

Each application must be accompanied by a $50 non-refundable submission fee.

Artists and photographers worldwide are invited to submit their best flora and fauna-inspired artworks. Best in Show receives a $150 cash prize, free entry into the Blu Sky Artist Award (with a chance to win $500), and their artwork featured as the official exhibition poster. All winning artists receive a digital award certificate. Submissions to our online art contests and exhibitions are open to artist from around the world over 18yrs. Entry fee: $12 per submission. Deadline: May 1st, 2025.

Learn more and apply here:

https://tenmoirgallery.com/03b6

Artists and photographers worldwide are invited to explore and celebrate the many shades of blue in their artwork. Whether you're drawn to the calm of soft pastels or the power of deep indigo, this competition is your opportunity to showcase your best work. Submissions to our online art contests and exhibitions are open to artist from around the world over 18yrs

Best in Show wins a $150 cash prize, free entry into the Blu Sky Artist Award (with a chance to win $500), and will have their artwork featured as the official exhibition poster, along with exclusive promotion and a professionally designed award certificate.

Entry Fee: $12 per submission.

Deadline: April 30, 2025.

Learn more and apply:

https://tenmoirgallery.com/thok