Deadline: ongoing 2023

Prisma is a volunteer-led cultural association in the most diverse quarter of central Lisbon (Mouraria). Our space exists to provide opportunities for emerging artists through exhibitions and events.

As a resident, you will become immersed in Lisbon’s underground cultural scene developing your practice through independent research and collaboration. The residency is run alongside our exhibition program and schedule of cultural events in which residents are encouraged to participate! Included in the fee is accommodation with castle views, studio space, curatorial guidance, and a final exhibition/performance.

We are accepting applications from all cultural actors, including but not limited to visual artists, performers, filmmakers, writers, curators, and researchers. 

Places are available from April 3rd (1-3 months).

We offer residents the possibility to explore techniques, concepts, ideas, and collaborations, to develop a final project. Throughout you will receive curatorial guidance and support from our welcoming community.

At the end of the program, each resident will be offered the opportunity to exhibit their works in a final exhibition, publication, workshop, open studio, or performance in the gallery space in Prisma.

Artists will receive an official invitation letter to apply for international mobility funds.

If you are already based in Lisbon and are interested in applying for the studio residency, please find further details on our website.

Entry fee

The cost for each month of the residency is 750€. Studio residencies cost 350€.

Details:

https://prismalx.com/en/creative-residency-programme-in-central-lisbon

Deadline: 15 August 2021

"

The project is just related to the audiotape as an object. Please send me your tapes manipolated, smashed, broken, etc etc...

Show on line:

psycheoutprojects.tumblr.com

Submission address:

Silvano Pertone

Via Nuova Cantalupo 42a/1

17019 Varazze, Savona (Italy)

Info:

psycheoutfanzine@gmail.com "

psycheoutprojects.tumblr.com

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:

https://www.pep.photography/calls

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:

https://www.lab.malamegi.com/

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

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:

https://www.photoisrael.org/international_marathon/en/

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:

https://contests.picter.com/getxophoto-open-call-2021

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:

www.experimance.de

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:

https://torontooutdoor.art/

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:

www.pep.photography/calls

Deadline: 3 January 2021

a.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 the exceptional reality of lockdown and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: How to recreate oneself? Exercising the gaze towards the outside? Repositioning self as subject/object? Share your artwork with us so that we can convert our gallery in an extension of your own CREATIVE ROOM.

Entry fee:

20€

Prizes / Awards:

2 exhibitions

Details:

https://atoposvenice.com/thecreativeroom

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 about new competitions, so you don't have to look for them manually

- and more

Application is free. And here's the link for downloading it from google play store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.art.open.calls.kreavufuybksmxpimwha

If you think it might help you in your art development you can do few things:

- share it with your friends

- make a donation through paypal:

paypal donation

If you have any websites (with art competitions) that you think it should be in this application, comment below this post with a link. I can't use every site in this application, but i'll try to do my best.

Take care & Merry Christmas 

Call for artists

Deadline: 6 November 2020

Art 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 artist-led which means that we understand the challenges artists can face. Supporting artists at the start of their journey is the reason why Bleur

exists. From talking through career choices, business decisions and artistic direction to giving mothers and fathers headspace by looking after their little ones while they create, we are there every step of the way.

Apply by:

Email artists@bleurart.com

With your artist statement, links to your works and a short paragraph about why you think Bleur is

the right fit for you.

No entry fee

Details:

https://www.facebook.com/bleurart/

Photo festival

Deadline: 10 November 2020

Rotterdam 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 entries

Entry fee

There is no entry fee, however there are exposition fees

You can sell your work at Rotterdam photo, the organisation does not take any commissions

Details:

https://www.rotterdamphotofestival.com/visit

Poster contest

Deadline:  30 November 2020

Performance festival

Deadline: 30.10.2020

Festival 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 fee

Festival offers:

• Salary

• travel expenses, accommodation and food during the festival

Details:

http://transeuropa-festival.de/2021/call-for-arts/

sound installations and/or live music performances

Photography competition

Photography competition

Deadline: 20 September 2020

The 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 any time, any place, and in any context.

No entry fee

Prizes:

€5000

Details:

https://212photographyistanbul.com/en/

 Video art call - sustainable views

The 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 and waste disposal) with a proactive, utopic and positive view, in order to stimulate reflection on climate change.

The contest is addressed both to individual artists and to collectives.
Each artist/group of artists can submit one single video.


No entry fee


PRIZES
Artistic Residency Prize: promoted by Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto.
A week long residency with Unidee (University of Ideas).
The winner video will be projected at events and exhibitions in accordance with
Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto.

Workshop Prize: promoted by PAV - Parco Arte Vivente.
Two workshops with artists from the PAV art program.
The winner will be allowed not only to participate at the workshops, he/she will
also be allowed to film them.

The winner video will be projected at events and exhibitions in accordance with
PAV Parco Arte Vivente.

Exhibition Prize: promoted by Espronceda - Institute of Art & Culture
The two winners will also have the opportunity to show thier videos during an
exhibition at Espronceda - Institute of Art & Culture, under the Collettivo IF
curatorship.

The two winners will be awarded publicly during the event “Dove lo getto? -
Quello che devi sapere sul monouso compostabile e il riciclaggio”, in a ceremony
that will include the projections of their videos.

Photography contest

International competition for an illustrated children's book project

Anime Festival

Deadline

31 October 2020 for Short Animation

10 November 2020 for Feature Animation

Tokyo 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 promotion of animation cultures and industry.

Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2021 (TAAF2021) is an international animation film festival organised by the Association of Japanese Animations and TAAF Executive Committee, and co-hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. TAAF2021 will take place in Tokyo in March 2021.

Two categories:

Feature Animation (60 min. or longer)

Short Animation (less than 30 min.)

No entry fee

Prizes:

Grand Prize (both for Feature and Short): 500,000 yen

Award of Excellence (both for Feature and Short): 100,000 yen

Details:

https://animefestival.jp/en/award/competition/