Deadline: 31 August 2025
Call for Entries

The Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology 18th Triennial Symposium
March 26–28, 2026

Keynote Speaker: Katerina Cizek

Commissioned artists:
Kate Ladenheim, Gestural Publics
Mathieu Pradat, Giants and Susuwataris
Tansy Xiao, LUCA

Proposal deadline for general submissions: August 31, 2025

The Ammerman Center at Connecticut College seeks submissions for its 2026 Symposium on Arts and Technology being held March 26–28, 2026, at Connecticut College. The aim of the Symposium, celebrating its 40th anniversary, is to create an inclusive forum for multidisciplinary dialogues, exhibitions and performances at the intersection of arts, technology, and contemporary culture.

What is the Arts and Technology symposium, and what makes it unique?

As much a media-arts festival as it is an academic symposium, the event functions as a creative, interdisciplinary retreat, mixing up to 100 outside participants of wildly different backgrounds with our own faculty and students at our beautiful campus-arboretum, halfway between Boston and NYC. We strongly emphasize having no passive observers: all participants tend to also present in some venue throughout the weekend, and we work to create multiple formal and informal spaces for conversation, creative exchange and interaction.

Participants, selected via an open call, come from all backgrounds, with a mix of those fully based in academia as well as emerging, independent and local artists, supported via our participation grants. They come from across the region and the country as well as internationally.

Our keynote speaker will be Katerina Cizek, Artistic Director, Co-Founder and Executive Producer of the Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Documentary Lab. The Symposium will feature presentations from several multi-disciplinary works commissioned by the Ammerman Center over the past year, alongside panel discussions and paper presentations, workshops, artist talks, gallery exhibitions, music and sound concerts, installations, screenings, public interventions and live performances.

Symposium 2026 Site
Symposium 2026 Submission Form

SYMPOSIUM THEME: ALL TOO HUMAN

What does it mean at this particular moment and place to be human, more-than-human, or within the spectrum between? What is the state of humanistic ideals in our precarious techno-political landscape? Scientific and technological advances affect bodies–as extensions, prostheses, knowledge producers, resistance, and beyond. This year’s theme seeks to read the human with and against the grain using arts and technology as potent vectors of inquiry.

“All Too Human” centers the Human and troubles its boundaries: it seeks definition into what is essential to the human, how humanness unites communities, yet also divides through xenophobia. It engages with the state of Humanism as a philosophy, and the challenges to it. How do technology and techno-optimism collide or collaborate with Humanism? How do we remain humanistic in the face of extreme strife, from authoritarian rule, to climate crisis, war, and automation? Who gets to decide what or who is human, and how are technological and representational systems implicated in this process?

“All Too Human” considers the Non-Human: it expresses the aspirations, anxieties and critical thought over the non-human as it becomes more powerful, autonomous, and generative. Is there a point at which technological agents could be considered human? What would other forms be that these agents could take that stretch or disrupt our understanding of what humanity is? As we grow more aware, through old and new ways of knowing, of the agency of non-humans from plants to animals to fungi, where are the lines drawn? And what is the role of art and technology in catalyzing and criticizing all of the above?

“All Too Human” is simultaneously strength and precarity; it gets at the heart of collective knowledge and collaboration as much as it considers radical individualism. To be human, all too human, is to be creative, generative, and in conversation with those around you and a larger, globalized experience.

We seek:

Papers: 15 minute presentations of scholarly work, theory, artist talks, and more.
Panels: set of 3-4 presenters together; otherwise we will curate panels out of submitted talks
Workshops: technology focused crash-courses, work-in-process feedback or participation, or art/social practice based activities
Music and sound performances
Artwork in all old and new media for the symposium exhibition: including site-specific interventions and performances and experimental design.
Performing arts: Dance, Theater, and Performance Art
Single channel screen-based work: Video, Film, and Animation (for exhibition or evening screenings)
Demo/poster tables: works in progress or completed
Lightning talks: brief, 5-8 artist talks, works in progress or completed

See below for details on each of these areas, and the Resources page on our website for the available support and spaces for each.

In our continuing efforts toward equity, diversity, and collaboration in the field, and how the fields of arts and technology are shifting in the 21st century, scholars and artists from underrepresented communities and early career practitioners from the northeast region are especially encouraged to apply, including independent artists, scholars, and adjuncts. Available funding will be prioritized to support such applicants. Registration will be available on a sliding scale, with several full participation and travel grants available (see below).
SUBMISSIONS

For information on venue specifications and technical capabilities, see our Resource and Venue Information Page.

All submissions must be completed on our website. If you cannot use a Google account, please email requisite material described below to cat@conncoll.edu with subject line “Symposium Submission.” Some submissions may be recommended for alternative forms of presentation depending upon material and curatorial necessity, to be communicated and discussed between those who submit and the conference committee.
All submissions must include: the submitter’s contact information, CV, a basic title and up to 150 word description of the submission and any additional information and supporting materials as required by the submission category: see below for details.

All submissions are limited to 2 per person, with the exception of panel organizers.

PANELS

Proposals for special sessions and panel discussions of 3-4 participants and a moderator are encouraged. To apply for such a session, a panel proposal must be submitted, alongside individual submissions for each of the speakers. These may be submitted by the speakers themselves or by the organizer of the panel on their behalf. Each individual submission must indicate that it is aiming to be part of a panel. Panels are expected to last for about an hour.

Additional required information: 1-2 page abstract, including title, presenters, and presentation topics.

PAPERS

This category includes scholarly work and reports on research, theory, or artwork, artist talks, and position papers raising original and provocative theoretical or practical discourses and questions. The default duration of all paper presentations and talks is 15 minutes. Papers may be submitted independently or as a group submitting a full panel (see above).

Additional required information: two-page extended abstract or complete paper, upon acceptance, a revised 4-8 page paper must be submitted as a PDF in provided format for publication in the Symposium Proceedings. All rights will remain with the author. Paper authors will give 15 minute oral presentations during the paper sessions.
WORKSHOPS
Technology, Project-based and Participatory, or Work-in-progress sharing

Technology demonstrations and hands-on workshop submissions in all forms of media are welcome. For demonstrations or workshops we assume that the presenters will provide the necessary equipment and materials. The Ammerman Center will be able to provide classroom space and a limited selection of tools and hardware. Duration of the workshop is flexible and can be negotiated with the Symposium coordinators.

Technology workshops: These could include presentation of approaches to creative and experimental uses of technology or skill shares.

Project-based / Participatory workshops: Opportunities for demonstrations of work and collaborative / participatory project development.

Work-in-Progress sharing: Demonstrations can be part of specific projects and could be formatted to solicit feedback from the audience. Multiple presentations in a single session serve to connect practitioners and encourage engagement and collaboration at all stages of development.

Some submissions may be recommended for this type of presentation depending upon material and curatorial necessity, to be communicated and discussed between those who submit and the conference committee.

Additional required information: optional extended description including goals and duration (pdf); a technical rider (pdf) as needed to include: materials and tools supplied by the presenter, complete technical needs from the Ammerman Center including workspace, seating, tools, software/hardware, lighting, power, and all other requirements.

DEMO / POSTER TABLES

We invite display tables of creative and/or research praxis as part of a session with a number of other presenters. Presenters will be able to engage with questions and feedback in a designated session, and engagement throughout the Symposium is also possible. This is a useful opportunity to develop new work, work in progress, or as a conclusion/demonstration of a past work. It is expected that materials and tools are supplied by the presenter. Some submissions may be recommended for this type of presentation depending upon material and curatorial necessity, to be communicated and discussed between those who submit and the conference committee.

Additional required information: none, optional extended description / tech requirements may be included
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LIGHTNING TALKS

This set of brief (5-8 minute) presentations is for feedback and discussion of work. All types of presentations are welcome. This is a useful opportunity to develop new work, work in progress, or as a conclusion/demonstration of a past work. Several talks will be groups as one event.

Some submissions may be recommended for this type of presentation depending upon material and curatorial necessity, to be communicated and discussed between those who submit and the conference committee.

Additional required information: supporting media based on the proposed presentation (images / audio / video etc).
MUSIC AND SOUND PERFORMANCES
Music and sound submissions could take many forms including: work for live instruments with electronic sounds and/or digital media, voice, interactive performances, live laptop improvisations, customized or hand-made electronics, or electronic sounds alone (fixed media). All works representative of any of the rich array of approaches, styles, and media possible within electroacoustic musics are welcome.
Works under 12 minutes will receive preference.
Pianist available to perform submitted pieces.

Additional required information: sample audio / video materials, optional extended (1 page or less) description, technical rider with: complete technical, equipment and performance needs, what the artist will provide (i.e. laptop with customized software, hand-made electronics), indication of who will be performing (artist, additional musician/performer, fixed media playback), and accompanying scores/recordings as appropriate.

EXHIBITION and INTERVENTIONS

Potential media includes: 2D and 3D objects, responsive environments, bio-art, kinetics, audio, video, net.art, AR/VR and hybrid installations, Performance Art, Social-Practice Art, as well as socio-eco design including experimental architecture and environmental interventions. Works that challenge disciplinary boundaries are specifically encouraged. A series of smaller works may be considered as one submission.

Single channel screen-based work should be submitted through its own category, and may be shown either in one of the exhibition venues or in one of our evening programs. See below.

Sound work: may be submitted either to the exhibition or to the listening program in one of our concert events.

Selected works will be presented in a group exhibition or as pop-up installations / interventions / performances at any of the following venues (artists may indicate their interest in these in their application):

Main venue–the Arts and Technology Gallery at Cummings: large (roughly 100 x 100 foot) open shared “pop-up” exhibition space in the first floor of the Cummings Art Center (see photos). Duration: 1 month.
Pop-up installations / exhibits – JTC Atrium Gallery at Cummings and additional spaces throughout the Art Center (the main venue for the symposium). Duration: 3 days (the symposium weekend) or longer based on availability and viability.
Outdoors location / elsewhere on campus (including our arboretum) maybe possible for site specific proposals pending approval of relevant entities, as long as installation is undertaken by the artist.
Projection mapping: We’re interested in proposals for site-specific projection mapping work, for which we can provide a 7000 Lumens laser projector and a PA system. The work should engage with particular surfaces on campus – in particular those of Cummings Art Center or Palmer Auditorium.

Complex projects may be presented in a paper and/or panel presentation, with a smaller accompanying work in the exhibition.

Installation of selected work is the artist’s responsibility. We will provide technical assistance for primarily safety or heavy equipment related issues, and may provide some additional installation help as available.

Shipping is the artists’ responsibility, although a small budget is available for return shipping of small items.

Additional required information: dimensions and/or duration, media details, technical rider if needed, sample digital materials, shipping needed.

PERFORMING ARTS: DANCE, THEATER, AND PERFORMANCE ART

Dance compositions, theater works, and performance art pieces that incorporate technologies in meaningful ways are being solicited for performances, live demonstrations, or digitally recorded presentations.

Also of interest are proposals for workshops, demonstrations of software for dance or theater notation, choreographic analysis, interactive studies and/or multimedia studies of performance in dance and theater–see the appropriate submission categories for each (i.e Papers, Workshops and Demos, etc). Acceptance of performances will depend on financial considerations as well as technical and space needs.

Works under 15 minutes will receive preference.

Additional required information: optional extended description/abstract, technical rider, complete technical, performance and spatial needs, plus digital media that show the work under consideration.

SCREEN BASED WORK:
VIDEO, FILM, AND ANIMATION

Submissions of short single-channel, screen-based video or digital film are being solicited. Submissions may span a range of formats, from experimental to documentary, video-essay, narrative short, or other emerging forms intended for onscreen viewing. For other types of moving-image presentation such as live cinema or installation see previous categories.

Selected work may be screened as part of an evening event and/or as part of the exhibition at the symposium.

Guidelines: for review, please submit samples no longer than 5 minutes, alongside 3 representative images and a short description.

Additional required information: duration, preferred screening format, credits and link (or uploaded file) to view the submission online.

FORMATTING GUIDELINES FOR YOUR MATERIALS:

Images: .jpg (not to exceed 1920×1080), maximum 10 images, compressed in a ZIP file or edited into a pdf.

Documents: .pdf, .doc, .docx ; one page maximum, except in the case of extended abstracts for papers that are limited to two pages.

Maximum combined duration for audio and video media samples is 5 minutes. We may only view or listen to the first 5 minutes of your piece; however, you may indicate a different 5-minute segment of your piece, if you feel that would be more representative of your work for our consideration.

Audio: .mp3 encoded at 320 kbps.

Video: share your video via a video sharing or cloud storage service with a minimum resolution of 1920×1080. Please include the full link plus password, if password protected.

AMMERMAN INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR / ARTIST FUNDING

The Ammerman Center seeks to support artists/scholars who demonstrate excellence in their work and a commitment to their careers and artistic communities. There is limited funding for early career, graduate student, adjunct, and independent scholars and artists for the Friday-night dinner, travel, and accommodations for the Symposium. After completing the submission form, applicants need to submit a statement of engagement and budget to cat@conncoll.edu with the subject line “Independent Scholar/Artist Funding.” All questions regarding this program may be directed to the same address.

IMPORTANT DATES

August 31, 2025: General Submission Deadline

October 1: General Acceptance Notification

February 1, 2026: Final Paper and Other Texts (pdf) Submission Deadline

March 23-26: Installation Period for Group Exhibition

March 26, 27, and 28, 2026: Symposium at Connecticut College

APPLY NOW

THE 2026 SYMPOSIUM IS SUPPORTED BY the Connecticut College community including the Arts departments, OnStage, The Office of the President, and The New Media Caucus, an international non-profit association formed to promote the development and understanding of new media art, an official affiliate of the College Art Association.

Symposium 2026 Site

Symposium 2026 Submission Form

Deadline: 13 July 2025
Call for entries

COMEL Award Vanna Migliorin Contemporary Art
“Aluminium, the Silent Strength”
Dates & location of event context: the final exhibition will be held at the Spazio COMEL Contemporary Art Gallery in Latina from October 18 to November 8, 2025.
Call text- https://www.premiocomel.it/en/call-for-submission-2025/
Participation is free of charge
info@premiocomel.it
https://www.premiocomel.it

COMEL Award Vanna Migliorin Contemporary Art
Aluminium, the silent strength
From October 18 to November 8, 2025

CALL FOR SUBMISSION X EDITIONT
The COMEL Vanna Migliorin Contemporary Art Award (hereafter “COMEL Award”) was
established in 2012 in memory of Mrs. Vanna Migliorin, for her passion for art and enthusiasm
for supporting innovative projects. In 1968 with her husband Mazzola Alfonso, she founded in
Latina the CO.ME.L. Commercio Metalli Latina (today COMEL Industries), a leading company in
the trade and processing of semi-finished aluminium products that promotes and supports the
COMEL award in a brilliant example of synergy between art and business.

A well-established reality in the modern art scene, among the most innovative European
competitions. A project, now at its 10th edition, that promotes, in addition, intercultural
relations between the countries of the European continent, creates moments of sharing and
meeting between artists, scholars, and the public.

Participation in the call for entries is free and open to artists aged 18 and older who use
aluminium as the main element in the creation of the work they intend to enter in the
competition. At each edition, a high-level jury selects, from all entries received, the 13 finalist
works that will be exhibited in Latina, in the Spazio COMEL Arte Contemporanea gallery
(www.spaziocomel.it ), the exclusive venue of the event. The winner will be awarded the Jury
Award, while the public visiting the exhibition will be asked to vote for their favourite works by
decreeing the winner of the Audience Award.

With a view to a planned and effective promotion of the participants and the Award itself, a
catalogue will be prepared by the organization on the occasion of the exhibition and targeted
dissemination in specialized media. In addition, the finalist artists will be given an interview
about their artistic experience. An important testimony that will become part of the portfolio
of the Award website. The COMEL award will be fully responsible for the care of the catalogue
and communication.

WHY ALUMINIUM?
Aluminium can be forged, modeled, laminated, like hot wax in the artist’s hands. It lends itself to
take on the desired forms and volumes. It is lightweight (a third of steel), shiny, soft, durable, with
good electrical and thermal conductivity, 100% recyclable with an energy cost equal to one
twentieth of that necessary for its first melting. Visually intriguing, with its unique characteristics,
aluminium is the true contemporary material.

WHY 13 ARTISTS?
Because in the Table of Elements, aluminium is the chemical element with the atomic number 13.

ART. 1 – OBJECTIVES AND AIMS OF THE COMEL AWARD 2025
The 2025 COMEL Award aims at:
1. promoting Contemporary Art and the intercultural relationships among the European
countries;
2. strenghtening the link between Contemporary Art and business;
3. enhancing the value of aluminium, its expressive, aesthetic, communicative and constructive
possibilities;
4. establishing a vital and significant relationship between the public and the artists.
ART. 2 – TITLE OF THE COMEL AWARD 2025
Not he who begins, but he who perseveres.
Leonardo da Vinci (plaque mounted on the Amerigo Vespucci ship)
ALUMINIUM, THE SILENT STRENGHT
Aluminium, with its lightness, its great ductility, may appear to be a fragile material. Instead, it
hides an unexpected strength. Its resistance, often underestimated, emerges with
surprising evidence when it is moulded into bold shapes and imposing structures. It could be
said that like the human being, aluminium is capable of withstanding challenges and
adapting to change, finding new structures and new forms of balance.
The theme of the 2025 edition of the COMEL award invites artists to investigate the
hidden qualities of aluminium, exploring its ability to resist, to sustain, to last. The artists are
called upon to use metal as a metaphor for human resilience, the ability to overcome difficulties
and find inner strength even in moments of fragility.
Aluminium thus becomes a symbol of silent strength, a discreet but powerful resistance,
which manifests itself through the creativity and ingenuity of the artists.
ART. 3 – CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
Participation in the competition is free. There are no age limits and it is open to all artists, 18
years of age and older, of any European nationality as far as they use aluminium as the main
and significant material for the realization of the work to be submitted.
Each artist may submit only one work (Sign up by following the instructions in Paragraph 5 –
REGISTRATION) The deadline for submission to the COMEL AWARD is July 13, 2025.
All employees of the promoter company and those who are linked by kinship are excluded from
participating to the Contest. All third parties and their employees that collaborate in any way
for the realization of the Competition are also excluded. The winners of the previous editions of
the Prize are also excluded from participating in the Contest.
ART. 4 – CRITERIA FOR ARTWORKS
Released or unreleased artworks using the following techniques may be submitted:
painting, sculpture, design, photography and installation that uses aluminium as the main
and most significant element. Quality, research, originality and contemporaneity of the work
will be the main criteria of selection. Maximum allowed size of the works is 150 x 150 x 150
cm.
The work must be completely done at the time of registration, projects, sketches or
3D simulations of the works will not be accepted. The works nominated for the Prize must be
the physical and intellectual property of the artist who presents them. The selected
works, accompanied by all the necessary materials and detailed instructions, must arrive
ready to be installed. The works, under penalty of exclusion, must not be winners of other
competitions similar to this one.
ART. 5 – REGISTRATION
To apply for the COMEL Prize 2025, interested artists can participate by fully completing the
online application form available on the website https://www.premiocomel.it.

Failure to do so will result in exclusion, and the following information must be provided:
a) name and surname;
b) nation, place, and date of birth
c) place of residence (nation, city, province);
d) email address;
e) phone number;
f) and website or internet visibility;
g) a series of 3 to 5 images of the work, full-length picture, taken from different
perspectives (5 MB maximum size) and showing clearly the work with aluminium, with the
indications of technical characteristics, the materials used, size, title and year of creation;
h) a brief description of the artwork to be submitted;
i) a brief curriculum vitae, biography and ‘artist statement’;
j) processing of personal data authorization;
k) full acceptance of rules and regulations of the Award referred to in this announcement.

ART. 6 – SELECTION PROCESS AND JURY
A professional Committee in the field of art, will select thirteen works, among all the submitted
artworks. The thirteen works will be exhibited, from October 18 to November 8, 2025, at
the gallery Spazio COMEL Arte Contemporanea, via Neghelli 68, Latina, Italy, in a special
dedicated exhibition for the selected artists and the Jury will choose among them the winner
for the COMEL Award of Contemporary art 2025. In addition to the above mentioned 13
artworks, the Jury will also identify two additional reserves that will be called to participate in
the exhibition, only in the case of exclusion or waiver of the previous selected works. The Jury
also may signal, beyond the winner, some special mentions and/or prize.
The selection procedure will be performed on photographic images, so it is recommended
for the submission, to send the material as exhaustive as possible.
The judgement expressed by the Jury is final and irrevocable.
The names of the members of the jury of the COMEL award 2025, chaired by Giorgio
Agnisola, art critic and writer, will be communicated in the coming months.

ART. 7 – PHASES AND DEADLINES
1. July 13, 2025 (midnight), the registration deadline of the COMEL 2025 Award;
2. Within August 31, 2025, the finalist artists will be contacted via e-mail and announced online,
who will be provided with information on sending the work and the exhibition;
3. By September 19 2025, at the latest, the selected artists must send the registered work (see
Art. 11 – TRANSPORT, INSURANCE, PREPARATION OF WORKS). Failure to respect the delivery date
of the work will result in exclusion from the competition. The works must be delivered in suitable
reusable packaging for returning the works at the end of the competition.
4. Exhibition opening: October 18, 2025
5. Proclamation and award ceremony: November 8, 2025

ART. 8 – AWARDS
A) COMEL jury Award 2025
The unique winning artist will be awarded the COMEL Jury Award 2025. The prize consists of
a cash prize of € 3500.1 The winning artist will also be awarded a solo exhibition to be held at
the Spazio COMEL Arte Contemporanea, located in via Neghelli, 68 – Latina. The publication
of a catalogue of the exhibition is also included. The dates and conditions of the exhibition
to be agreed in advance with the organization and however no later than the calendar year in
which the prize has been held.
The work will become part of the permanent collection COMEL. By accepting the Prize, the
winner relinquishes ownership of his/her work and gives COMEL all rights related to it,
including the publication right of the image, while retaining the right to be recognized as the
author of the artwork.
1 A withholding tax will be applied to the prize in accordance with the law.
B) Audience COMEL Award 2025
The artist who will receive the greatest number of preferences from the exhibition visitors, will
be awarded a solo exhibition to be held at the Spazio COMEL contemporary art gallery, located
in via Neghelli, 68 – Latina. The dates and conditions will be agreed in advance with the
organization and it will be displayed no later than the calendar year in which the prize has
been held. The ‘Audience Award’ does not consist of a cash prize and the winning artwork
will remain property of the artist.
The award ceremony will take place on Saturday, November 8, 2025, as part of the
exhibition. The presence of the competition winners at the ceremony would be highly appreciated.

ART. 9 – CATALOGUE
The catalog will include pictures of the selected works, short biographical notes of the
finalists and critical texts of the jury, in Italian and English. Copies of the catalog will be
delivered free of charge to the artists and to all visitors of the exhibition.

ART. 10 – OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION
The inauguration will take place on Saturday October 18, 2025 and the works will remain
on display until Saturday November 8, 2025, subject to a possible extension of the exhibition time.

ART. 11 – TRANSPORTATION, INSURANCE, ARTWORKS INSTALLATION
The transportation (delivery and collection) and insurance will be at the expense of the artist.
The COMEL will take charge of the insurance of the works only within the gallery space, during
the exhibition.
The works must be received no later than Friday 19 September 2025, under penalty of
exclusion, at the headquarters of the COMEL Industrie in Latina (LT), CAP 04100, in Via
Congiunte sinistre n ° 398 from 8:30/13:00 – 15:00/18:00 from Monday to Friday.
The works must be delivered in a suitable reusable packaging for the return of the artworks
at the end of the competition.
The artworks will be installed by the exhibition organizers according to the instructions
previously arranged with the artists (see Paragraph 4 – CRITERIA FOR ARTWORKS). Each work
must arrive ready for installation, under penalty of exclusion. Except for the award winning
work (which becomes the property of the COMEL Industrie permanent collection) all
artworks should be collected directly from the COMEL company premises by Wednesday 19
December 2025, at the company address: COMEL Industrie via Congiunte Sinistre n. 398 –
04100 Latina (LT) Italy. From Monday to Friday, from 8.30/13.00 to 15:00/18:00 The works not
collected within the deadline will be considered as a legacy to the Prize.

ART. 12 – PRIVACY
Each candidate expressly authorizes the COMEL Prize, as well as his legal representative,
to process personal data transmitted, pursuant to law 675/96 (Privacy law) and
subsequent amendments of Legislative Decree 196/2003 (Privacy code), also for the insertion
in databases managed by the aforementioned people.

Each participant in the competition grants the COMEL Award, as well as its legal representative,
free of charge, the reproduction rights of the works and texts released to the prize, for
the purpose of drawing up the catalog, publication on the Prize website and other
forms of communication, promotion and activities of the organization. The material sent for
registration only, will not be returned. The organizers of the competition will have the right to
make a final decision on anything not specified in this notice.

The organization reserves itself the right to make changes to the notice if the need
arises, communicating it on the portal www.premiocomel.it

Participation in the COMEL Award implies full and complete acceptance of all the articles of
this call for submission.

COMEL Award Organizing Secretariat
Phone 0773 487546 | Email info@premiocomel.it
https://www.premiocomel.it
https://www.facebook.com/PremioComel

Deadline: August 30, 2025
Call for Entries

2026 Artist In Residency
Open Call: KUNSTRAUM Brooklyn, NYC
Dates & location of event: For 2026, we currently have open January-March, April-June, July-September, and October-December.
https://www.kunstraumllc.com/single-post/open-call-for-artists-in-residence-2026-deadline-august-30-for-2026
No entry fee

OPEN CALL FOR ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 2025/26 | AIR PROGRAM
Applications due for 2026 by August 30, 2025. There is one spot open for July – September 2025: application due by June 15, 2025
KUNSTRAUM is calling for submissions for our 2025/26 Artist-in-Residence Program.
KUNSTRAUM is a community of artists by artists with the goal of redefining the collaboration between artists and curators. Through our program, we aim to explore the relationships between artists and curators by opening our gallery spaces to those interested in exploring unconventional, engaging ideas and taking risks.
Our Artist-in-Residency program offers three-month residencies for national and international artists on a quarterly cycle. In 2025, we have one three-month residency open for July-September. For 2026, we currently have open applications for January-March, April-June, July-September, and October-December.
All resident artists are invited to pursue their independent projects, interact with our established community of artists, designers, and filmmakers, interact with the incoming artists and curators of our ongoing exhibition program, participate in the monthly studio visits, and exhibit in the Annual Members’ show in the fall. To learn more about KUNSTRAUM, please visit our Website and Instagram account.
Each Residency Includes:
? A desk-sized studio in our partitioned lofts with 24/7 access (no living). The semi-private studios inside the large open lofts range from 49 to 89 square feet.
? Access to our gallery space (4-5 exhibitions a year) and participation in our Annual Members’ Show, including studio visit, professional documentation and programming event
? Sales opportunities during the show plus via an online gallery for the duration of 6 months after
? An artist community with 19 members and more than 100 alumni to meet and share with
? Monthly studio visits by 1-2 New York and international curators, gallerists, critics, and art advisors (see “About” on website for the list)
? Studio Visit with our Curator-in-Residence and monthly salons with artist community, social media promotion and a feature of your work on our website
? Access to our internal monthly newsletter, which includes news, events, an open call list with exhibition, grant, and residency opportunities
? Community events in which all resident and member artists are invited to attend. These community events vary and include gallery openings, curator walkthroughs, discussions, salons, and open studios.
The studio spaces have 24/7 access with 13 ft. ceilings, a freight elevator, slop sink, secure Wi-Fi, and are meant to be used for non-toxic materials only–all painters work on a non-toxic basis. Blick Art Supply, hardware stores, post office, print shops, supermarkets, restaurants, and delis are just 1.5 blocks away, and Home Depot is as close as 10 blocks.
No living is included. The resident artist is responsible for finding their own living and visa arrangements.
Fees:
The residency fee is $750 per month for a 3-month term in 2025 and $800 in 2026, with the following start dates: 7/2025 (1 spot); 1/2026; 4/2026; 7/1/2026; 10/1/2026;
To Apply, please submit all materials through the Google Form including:
? Statement of Motivation with starting date/s and residency plans – 250 words
? Statement on private or public funding plan – 100 words
? Portfolio with max. 10 pages with 10-20 images (no larger than 5 MB)
? Optional: 2 links to 1-2 mins video excerpts (specify cue in and out)
? CV with max, 5 pages
? Links to website, Instagram, recent exhibition or press
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
KUNSTRAUM is born out of a necessity to create community and foster collaboration between artists, architects, curators, designers, filmmakers, and writers. The KUNSTRAUM model features excellent studio locations, networking, research opportunities, and discourse for creative production. After successfully inaugurating our first space in New York as of February 2015, we seek to expand to Berlin. KUNSTRAUM’s global identity is designed to offer and promote an international community, mobility, and visibility in the visual arts. Recent press coverage includes Communication Arts, Creator’s Project, Huffington Post, Artnet News, Interview Magazine, Art F City, Artnet News, and Musée Magazine. With “Video Shop,” a project at NADA New York, KUNSTRAUM won the 2016 Artfair Goers Award and best booth. To learn more about this, please visit the “About” section at KUNSTRAUMLLC.COM
For all other questions, please reach out to Managing Director, Alexandra Jamieson (alex@kunstraumllc.com)

Deadline: 19 August 2025
Call for entries

Open Call: The Art of Climate Communication
Exhibition 10.10.2025 – 21.11.2025

How can I win people over to climate protection? The climate crisis is the biggest challenge of our time – and yet many people feel powerless to prevent it. How can we address the issue of global warming without overwhelming people? How can we reach people, touch them and motivate them to act?

Climate communication is key to shaping change. It should motivate people to act, engage them and win over old and new target groups for climate protection. Art offers the opportunity to communicate complex issues such as the climate crisis in a way that words alone cannot. It creates images that touch, encounters that inspire and spaces that encourage reflection and action. Thanks to its freedom and diversity, it can reach people on an emotional level and win them over to action against the climate crisis.

We are planning an exhibition on the subject and are inviting artists from all over the world to submit their proposals. We would like to see works that take up this theme and conserve resources in terms of transportation and materials. We will jury them as a team and show them in our rooms.

GG3 Group Global 3000
Leuschnerdamm 19, 10999 Berlin

In a public call for entries, we invite artists to submit contributions for a group exhibition in our exhibition spaces on the theme described above.

Disciplines: object, sculpture, installation, photography, painting, drawing, printmaking, video with credits given, sound is possible. A performative contribution such as a performance, VJ or similar to the vernissage, artist talk or finissage is desired.

We offer exhibition space with equipment, bar, advertising by mail and div. Websites and social media and web and print flyers, organization of the work texts, the lecture, the documentation.

We do not charge a fee for applications, exhibitions etc. We are a free, self-organized project space and work on a voluntary basis.

Works: Individual artists or existing artist groups can apply online via the application form with max. three plants. We expect exhibiting artists to make sustainable use of materials and energy.

Attendance for regional artists is desired for vernissage and the artist talk, as well as attendance at a date of the exhibition.

We only accept letters and videos from non-EU countries, not parcels.
We ask that senders enclose return postage for works sent to us.
Unfortunately, there is no budget for production, additional technical equipment, transport and insurance, the space is technically secured.
We expect good cooperation and agree on rules for this, gg3 rules regeln 2022.

Click here for the online application form

Jury Team GG3: Tom Albrecht, Stephan Groß, Maria Korporal, Vera Leisibach, John Maibohm
Curator: Tom Albrecht
Co-curator: Katja Hock
Address: Leuschnerdamm 19, D 10999 Berlin, Germany

Mails: clevergreen@gg3.eu

Deadline: 1 August 2025
Call for entries

CIFRA Launches “Future Recipes” —
An Open Call for Digital Artists Under 30

CIFRA, the international streaming platform for curated digital art, announces Future Recipes, a bold
open call for artists under 30. In an age of global panic, climate crisis, and collective anxiety, CIFRA
invites the next generation of creators to respond with urgency, creativity, and radical sincerity.
This year’s theme — Future Recipes — calls for personal, poetic, and digital blueprints for staying
human in a burning world. Not survival guides, but presence spells. Not solutions, but connections.
“If you’ve got five minutes to show the world who you are — shoot.”
Artists are invited to submit vertical or horizontal format digital works of up to 5 minutes — spanning
video art, animation, AI experiments, 3D, glitch, and more. Any digital medium is welcome, as long as
it speaks truth.

Exhibition at POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair
Selected works will be presented September 11–14, 2025, at POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair, in CIFRA’s digital zone.

15 finalists will be featured on UPcycled digital displays (UPframes) — a fresh, visible format designed to spotlight young digital voices.

Each selected artist will receive:
? Exhibition at POSITIONS Berlin 2025
? €500 artist fee
? International media exposure across CIFRA’s platforms
? Support and mentoring from CIFRA’s curatorial team

Important Dates
? July 1 — Open Call Launch
? August 1 — Submission Deadline
? August 15 — Finalists Announced
? August 22 — Final Files Due
? September 11–14 — POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair

Selection Criteria
CIFRA believes there is no right or wrong when it comes to art. Finalists will be chosen based on
authenticity and emotional truth — personal “recipes” for staying human that resonate with real
experience. The goal is not perfection, but presence.

International Jury
? Nabi Nara – Curator and founder of SOMA Art Berlin; expert in digital culture and public
programming
? Eva Fischer – Artistic Director of CIVA Festival & SOUND:FRAME; lecturer in immersive
media
? Jacek Sosnowski – Curator of the Polish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale;
Vice-President of Warsaw Gallery Weekend
How to Apply
1. Create a CIFRA account and complete your profile (bio, images, social links)
2. Upload your artwork (video, max 5 minutes)
3. Fill out the submission form –
https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1B5JDC6DwT_O-1koG1XLFDQ2d9nbb

CIFRA is a platform for next-gen digital expression. From poetic code and 3D dreams to humorous hacks and raw confessions, we believe digital art is the language of the now. We amplify voices that are raw, fragile, powerful — and deeply human.

Contact:
Philipp Mistakópulo
Communications Director
+971 50 844 52 64
philipp@cifra.com
https://cifra.com

Deadline: 4 August 2025
Call for entries

BBA One Shot Award
Dates of exhibition: 28th – 31st of August
Location: BBA Gallery on Köpenicker Str. 96, 10179, Berlin, Germany

Call:
Your story. Your medium: BBA One Shot Award 2025 ?
The BBA One Shot Award OPEN CALL is now on!

Open to all photographers, the One Shot Award invites you to submit an image that tells your story.
Submit one image of any medium!: lens-based, smartphone, analogue, digital, AI, film, etc. — open to everyone 18+ worldwide with multiple entries allowed. Entry fee: 18€.

Be part of the group exhibition at BBA Gallery – 50 artists will be longlisted, 20 exhibited, and 30 featured digitally!

Winner to receive 300€ cash and an Artsy profile!

?Apply now: https://bba-prizes.com/one-shot-award

?Deadline: 4th of August 2025 (midnight CET)

What does your best shot bring to the table? ?

Entry fee: Yes, 18 EUR.

Contact email: mara.cora@bba-prizes.com
Contact phone number: +49 30 23355328

Deadline 30 June 2015
Call for entries

MAIL ART PROJECT:
Theme: ”LET IT BE A SPRING OF PEACE…LET IT BE A YEAR OF PEACE…LET IT BE A FUTURE OF PEACE…MAKE LOVE NOT WAR”

Technique: Free (Graphics, Collage, Drawing, Photography, Painting)
Size:A4(21cm x 30 cm)-A5(15cm x 21cm)on Paper or Cardboard.
Poetry or Visual Poetry or Short Texts (can be printed and displayed).
Deadline: June 31, 2025

All works must be original and signed on the back with the Artist’s Name, Surname and Country.
OPEN TO ALL ARTISTS OF ALL AGES AND FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
No jury, no sales, pornographic, racist, sexist, etc. works are not accepted.
THE WORKS WILL NOT BE RETURNED

The works must be sent exclusively by ordinary mail, without commercial value, or as a booklet. Shipping costs are the responsibility of the artist.

Send to:
SILVIA GALIANO e CLAUDIO PARENTELA
VIA FRANCESCO CRISPI 7
88100 CATANZARO-ITALY

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD ON A DATE TO BE DETERMINED
DOCUMENTATION OF THE EXHIBITION AND OF ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE PUBLISHED ONLINE

Deadline 29 September 2025
Call for entries

Punto y Raya Festival 2025
Call for Entries
The ninth edition of Punto y Raya Festival will take place December 3-6, 2025, in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Participation is free and submissions are handled through our website. Simply REGISTER in the portal, create your Artist profile (or use the one you created on a previous occasion), and submit your film within your user account.
https://www.puntoyrayafestival.com

-GENERAL RULES

· Submitted films must be made entirely with ABSTRACT IMAGERY, avoiding representational elements such as cars, people, landscapes, texts, etc. The focus should be on shapes, lines, patterns, blotches, color, and expressive elements in their own right.

· All techniques are welcome: drawing, video composition, CGI, scratch, op-art, stop·motion, camera-less film… the possibilities are endless.

· The soundtrack must not contain any words or lyrics, in any language. You may use instrumental music, silence, noise, abstract sounds, sonic landscapes, vocal textures… anything that does not include intelligible speech.
· Maximum duration: 8 minutes.
· Opening and/or closing credits are welcome.
· Films must have been produced in 2022 or later.
· Please submit your film in FULL HD / 1080p (1920 x 1080 / progressive scan). If a DCP version is available, indicate so in the form – we’ll request it if selected.
· You must provide a direct download link or FTP access to your film. Submissions without downloadable files may be disregarded.
· Preferred formats: .MOV or .MP4, using no or high-quality compression when possible.

ELIGIBILITY

This call is open to everyone, worldwide.

· EVALUATION CRITERIA

· Audiovisual synergy: The interplay between image and sound (or silence), and the depth of exploration in this relationship (40%).
· Plastic expression: Use of form, motion, texture, and color or black & white composition (25%).
· Sound design: Creative use and expressive exploration of sound, texture, and sonority (20%).
· Conceptual approach: Originality and depth of the concept – be it formal, aesthetic, or narrative (15%).

· SELECTION

· You may submit as many works as you wish. However, a maximum of two films per artist may be selected for the official competition.
· Submission does not guarantee selection for screening or inclusion in the PYRTV Platform.
· All entrants will be notified by email regarding the outcome of the selection process. Only selected works will appear on our website and in the PYRTV Catalogue
· Images from the selected works, along with texts provided during the submission process, will be published in our information sheets, website, and PYRTV online Catalogue. Accordingly, entrants are kindly requested to prepare their texts carefully, and to submit stills and avatars in high resolution.
· As part of our mission to build a comprehensive resource hub for abstract film, MAD reserves the right to feature information and images from non-selected works in the PYRTV Catalogue – but never the films themselves. Only links to publicly available versions (e.g. Vimeo, YouTube) will be shared
· Promotional trailers and teasers for press may include brief excerpts from selected films, used exclusively for festival outreach.

AWARDS

· An international jury will present three monetary Prizes, and may also grant one Honorable Mention at their discretion.

The awarded films will also receive a Punto y Raya Statuette, created by a Bulgarian artist.

· This year, we’re thrilled to introduce a monetary Student Prize, awarded by a dedicated Jury. If you’re a student (or made your film during your studies) and it isn’t selected for the Official Competition, remember it will receive a second review for possible inclusion in the Student Competition.To be considered, just make sure to check the student box during the submission process.

· And last but not least, an Audience Award, to be determined by festival attendees, who will vote for their favorite film during the event.

The monetary amounts for the four prizes will be announced once an agreement has been formalized with our sponsors and collaborators.

ENTRY RIGHTS

By participating in this call, the artist conveys the non-exclusive rights to screen their work at Punto y Raya Festival 2025 in Bulgaria.

The curated program “Best of PyR 2025”, featuring the finalist and awarded films, will also be presented at partner animation festivals thoughout the following year. By submitting your film, you agree to its inclusion in these touring screenings if it is selected as a finalist or prize-winner. These events are entirely non-commercial and aim to further share and celebrate this creative achievement. The organization will notify all selected authors ahead of each screening.

In the case of special screenings held in other contexts -such as media exhibitions or multi-day events- where revenue may be generated, the organization will personally reach out to each selected artist to discuss the details and ensure that fair artist fees are arranged.

ACCEPTANCE OF THE RULES

Submitting your film/s to this call entails the acceptance of these terms and conditions, as well as the interpretation and decisions of the festival selection committee and jury. Any issues unforeseen in these rules will be sorted out by the festival organizers.

By taking part in our call, participants confirm being the owners of any license, copyrights and image/sound rights. MAD and all other institutions involved decline all legal responsibility for the films and their content.

https://www.puntoyrayafestival.com/

Deadline: 16 May 2025
Call for entries

Wit Power. Climate Protection Instead of Fake News
Exhibition 4.7.2025 – 15.8. 2025
@ GG3 Group Global 3000
Leuschnerdamm 19, 10999 Berlin

Newspapers in the Springer press headline: “Germany facing the solar debacle”. That is fake news. They are disseminated worldwide by politicians, the press and on social media.

The energy transition is going much better than the right-wing scaremongers from BILD, WELT and others would have us believe. Wind turbines and solar power complement each other well. We have enough power plants to generate enough electricity even during “dark doldrums”. Generating, distributing and using renewable energy from the sun and wind instead of fossil fuels is the energy transition.

How do you expose fake news? How do you set positive signals instead?

We are planning an exhibition on the subject and are inviting artists from all over the world to submit their proposals. We would like to see works that address this issue and conserve resources in terms of transportation and materials.

We will jury them as a team and show them in our rooms.

GG3 Group Global 3000
Leuschnerdamm 19, 10999 Berlin

In a public call for entries, we invite artists to submit contributions for a group exhibition in our exhibition spaces on the theme described above.

Disciplines: object, sculpture, installation, photography, painting, drawing, printmaking, video with credits given, sound is possible. A performative contribution such as a performance, VJ or similar to the vernissage, artist talk or finissage is desired.

We offer exhibition space with equipment, bar, advertising by mail and div. Websites and social media and web and print flyers, organization of the work texts, the lecture, the documentation.

We do not charge a fee for applications, exhibitions etc. We are a free, self-organized project space and work on a voluntary basis.

Works: Individual artists or existing artist groups can apply online via the application form with max. three plants. We expect exhibiting artists to make sustainable use of materials and energy.

Attendance for regional artists is desired for vernissage and the artist talk, as well as attendance at a date of the exhibition.

We only accept letters and videos from non-EU countries, not parcels.

We ask that senders enclose return postage for works sent to us.

Unfortunately, there is no budget for production, additional technical equipment, transport and insurance, the space is technically secured.

We expect good cooperation and agree on rules for this, gg3 rules/Regeln 2022.

Click here for the online application form

Deadline: 21st April 2025
Call for entries

BBA One Shot Award 2025
Your best shot. On display.

Experienced photographer or casual snap-shooter – everybody has a unique creative vision and the ability to create remarkable images. What does your best shot bring to the table?

Anyone 18+ can apply with one image per entry. Any theme, medium and subject are welcome. We accept pure lens-based, mobile or smartphone camera, AI, film, digital, and analogue photography.
50 selected photographers will be part of the major BBA Prizes 10 Year Anniversary exhibition at Kühlhaus Berlin. The winner of the One Shot Award will receive a cash prize of 300€ and online promotion.

16€ fee/entry.

Prizes:

50 selected photographers will exhibit their work at the BBA Prizes 10-Year Anniversary Exhibition at Kühlhaus Berlin.
The winner will receive a €300 cash prize and online promotion.

Competition Website:

? https://bba-prizes.com/one-shot-award

Deadline: 5 July 2025
Call for entries

PRISMA ART PRIZE – ROME – 17th EDITION

The 17th edition of the Prisma Art Prize is now accepting entries. As an international platform, we aim to showcase a diverse and inclusive array of paintings, drawings, and engravings, reflecting the myriad possibilities of these mediums. Our goal is to act as a prism that reveals the spectrum of artistic expression.

Annual Competitions and Awards:

Cash prize: €2000 distributed over four quarterly competitions.
Exhibition Opportunity: Participate in a collective exhibition in Autumn 2026 at Contemporary Cluster in Rome—a beacon in the international contemporary art scene.
Solo Exhibitions: Opportunities for solo shows at Isorrophia Gallery and the Pallavicini-Dettori Home Gallery.
Artist Resiencies: A two-week residency at Dar Meso, located in the heart of Tunis and a residency at Casacon Sirolo, Italy (details to be announced).
Other prizes will be announced.

Key Details:

Submissions Open: March 13, 2025
Deadline: July 5, 2025
Winner Announcements for Cash and Service Prizes: July 2025
Exhibition and Catalogue selection announcements: July 2026
Winner Announcements for Annual prizes (solo shows and residencies): September 2026
Catalog Publication: October 2026
Exhibition Date: October 2026

Submission Fees:
€34 for 1-3 works. Up to 5 additional works can be registered at €5 each.

This competition is curated by Domenico De Chirico with the artistic direction of Marco Crispano

For more information on awards and to submit your work, visit our website at Prisma Art Prize Submission. Follow us on Instagram @prismaartprize for updates.

Production: Il Varco Creative Hub

Submission link https://www.prismaartprize.com/submit/
More information at https://www.prismaartprize.com
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prismaartprize

email: prismaartprize@gmail.com

Deadline: 31 March 2025
Call for entries

Open call for artists: Saari Residence 2026
Application period: 1–31 March 2025
Saari Residence
Mynämäki, Finland

Saari Residence, an International Artist in Residence

Saari Residence, maintained by Kone Foundation, is an international residence for artists in Mynämäki, Southwest Finland. Located in a culturally and historically significant countryside setting, the Saari Residence offers an excellent and inspiring working environment supporting artistic development and creativity.

Professional artists from all fields of art can apply for residency. Residence participants are encouraged to delve into their artistic work and to develop potential new directions for it side by side with the other residents.

The residence’s long-term activities and thinking are underpinned by an ecological approach, which also covers social and psychological sustainability. The keywords are slowness, insight and change. Working with ecological topics is not a requirement for artists selected for the residency. Instead, our focus on ecology is reflected in the residency’s overall activities.

The main purpose of the residency is not to network within the field of art or to host exhibitions or performances. No exhibition or performance is required at the end of the residency period.

Artists can apply for individual residency places. Successful applicants receive a working grant, accommodation, and workspace.

Application period

The annual application period for residencies taking place in 2026 opens on 1 March and ends on Monday, 31 March 2023 at 4 p.m. Finnish time (Eastern European time, UTC +3). Only applications submitted via the online grant service during the application period will be considered.

Applying

Open call for residencies is always for the residency spots for the following year.

The two-month individual residency periods are January to February 2026, March to April 2026, September to October 2026 and November to December 2026.

There are no group residencies available in 2026.

Submit your proposal through the online grant service. Applications cannot be sent via email or outside the online service.

Please read our guidelines carefully before applying.

There is no application fee.

Who can apply?

The residencies are intended for individual professional artists and artist duos, fiction writers, poets, novelists, translators, curators and critics of all disciplines and all nationalities for the purpose of carrying out a project proposal presented in advance. We welcome artists at all stages of their professional life from emerging to well-established.

Work partners can apply for residency in a joint application.

The Saari Residence considers diversity, inclusion, and equality in residency selections. We continuously improve accessibility in our operations and strive to implement positive measures in the application process to promote diversity.

Artists with families and partners are also welcome at the residence. One of the apartments at the Saari Residence is also suitable for dog owners.

The residencies are designed for artistic work. Priority is given to multidisciplinary, new, or non-mainstream themes and fields of art.

Researchers, non-fiction writers or students cannot apply for residency through the open call.

The language used in Saari is English.

The Saari Residence offers:
Funding

The two-month residencies include accommodation, a workspace and a monthly grant, the sum of which is determined by the applicant’s professional experience (€2,700 / €3,200 / €3,800 per month). The purpose of the grant is to cover the cost of living, travel costs and other expenses.
Support for ecological travel

Ecological travel refers to avoiding flying and other ecologically unsustainable means of transport. You can apply for support for ecological travel if you are coming to Saari Residence from outside of Finland and travelling out of Finland when leaving. If the journey takes more than a week in total, it is possible to also apply for a work grant for the travels. The application must include a travel plan.
Support for travels from Global South

As part of the Saari Residence’s social sustainability, accessibility and diversity, artists arriving from Global South can apply for support for the flights and the fees for visas (processing and possible travel). The application must include a travel plan.
Accommodation

The apartments at Saari Residence have a kitchen or kitchenette with basic amenities, and one of the buildings has a shared kitchen. Each resident has an apartment to themselves, including an en suite shower and toilet. One of the apartments is wheelchair accessible.

Additional information related to accessibility can be requested by e-mail at saari@koneensaatio.fi.
Working space

During spring 2026, the workspaces at the Barn at the Saari Residence are available for use. They include a dance studio, four studios for visual artists, and a woodworking shop. The rooms for literary work are located in the apartments.

In autumn 2026, all residents will be working in their apartments, and this should be considered in the work plan. The residency will not be able to offer alternative working spaces during the renovation.

The residence does not have a darkroom, media room or equipment for printing, pottery, graphics or textile work.

You also can apply for residency for the planning stage of your work.

Residents will not have to share workspaces with others.
A peaceful working environment

The Saari Residence is located in a tranquil and unique rural setting surrounded by nature, situated on the shore of Mynälahti, 30 km north of Turku in Southwest Finland. The diverse workspaces and peaceful countryside surroundings provide an ideal setting for focusing on one’s work.
The opportunity to meet other artists

The Saari Residence also gives artists a platform to meet each other and share their thoughts and ideas at the Saari Well, which is one part of the residence that makes it unique. The Saari Well is a metaphor for the shared residency experience for the Saari Fellows. The two-month residency periods, with typically eight artists from different fields and a Saari Invited Artist staying at the residence at a time, provide plenty of opportunities for interaction that crosses the boundaries between different art forms as well as art and research.

The residency organizes a joint program every week, usually at the beginning of the week. The program includes presentation and feedback sessions and often a joint lunch. Residents can also participate in workshops, excursions, and discussions related to the work of the Saari Invited Artist. The organised programme is voluntary. If you are interested in participating in the joint programme, please reserve time for it when planning your work.
Mentoring programme

We offer each artist the opportunity for two mentoring meetings with remote access. The mentoring sessions will be carried out during the residency periods, from the beginning of September to the end of April.

Application guidelines

Please read our guidelines on how to apply on our website. Applicants are required to fill in an electronic application form on our online grant service. Please note that we do not accept applications by email or other means outside the online service.
The applicants’ ability to successfully implement the project will be assessed on the basis of the work plan, CV (or CVs), portfolio and certificates submitted with the application.
Residencies for 2026 will be published on 16 June 2025.

Application guidelines

About the Saari Residence

More information
Residency and Communications Coordinator Pirre Naukkarinen, pirre.naukkarinen@koneensaatio.fi, tel. +358 44 031 4201

Deadline: 3 April 2025
Call for entries

Morphos exhibition – Venice 2025

ITSLIQUID Group, in collaboration with ACIT Venice – Italian-German Cultural Association, is pleased to announce the open call for MORPHOS – TEMPORARY IDENTITIES 2025 that will take place from April 24 to May 09, 2025, in Venice, at Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello and in other prestigious venues and historical buildings.
MORPHOS – TEMPORARY IDENTITIES exhibition explores the transformation of identity in a world that is constantly evolving. The human body becomes a dynamic system of communication, expanding its boundaries and redefining connections between personal and collective identities. At the same time, landscapes and cities turn into open, conceptual spaces, abstract yet deeply connected to human experience.

The exhibition envisions a future where identity and environment evolve together. By breaking limits and redefining borders, MORPHOS – TEMPORARY IDENTITIES invites all the artists to immerse themselves in a multisensory exploration of their consciousness and to share their personal artistic research through any kind of media, from painting to sculptures and installation, from photography to video art and live performance.

ENTRY FEE: no fee

https://www.itsliquid.com/call-morphos-venice-2025.html

Deadline: 25 June 2025
Call for entries

A23a – The World’s Largest Iceberg
Deadline: June 15 2025 ( arrival of the work)
exhibition will be held from August1-31 2025 at Gallery HMH, Port Andratx – Mallorca | Spain

Background
A23a calved from the Antarctic Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in 1986 and remained grounded
for decades. After breaking free in 2000, ocean currents held it in place – until now.
Recent satellite images reveal its movement toward South Georgia, where it will encounter warmer waters, break into smaller icebergs, and eventually melt. Spanning 4,000 square
kilometers, its surface has been shaped by waves and weather, forming arches and
hollowed-out cavities.
The Project
All submitted artworks will be put together to form a massive iceberg sculpture,
symbolizing the fragility of our planet’s polar regions. The final piece will be exhibited at
Galeria HMH In Port Andratx, Mallorca, from August 1 –31, 2025, and featured in an
online catalog. Galeria HMH will will also add the exhibition to the Artfacts database.
The first work of art to arrive will be the ‘tip of the iceberg’ sculpture and will be
mentioned separately in the press release!

Submission Guidelines of “A23a – The World’s Largest Iceberg”
• 1–3 original works on paper (kid-friendly please!)
• Free technique in either black & white or colors of an iceberg
• Format: Equilateral triangle, 15 cm per side
• Paper thickness: 200–300 g
• Backside must include: Name, title, technique, and address
• As is usually the case with mail art exhibitions, the work will not be returned.
• All submitted works are considered donations to the ACA (Art Collection Andersreich)
5. entry fee – no
6. Contact adresses/URL: https://www.art-gallery-mallorca.com/en/?p=34673

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: 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: 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: 15 January 2025
Call for entries

FILE 2025 – Open Call – Art and Technology

FILE is now accepting applications for the 2025 edition, inviting artists, creators, developers and researchers to submit their projects. This is a unique opportunity to exhibit your work in São Paulo, from July 15 to September 7, 2025, at the renowned FIESP Cultural Center.

We seek innovative and creative projects that integrate art and technology, both national and international, covering diverse areas such as installations, robotics, CGI, virtual and augmented realities, animations, mobile art, games, kinetic art, public art and much more. We value proposals that explore interaction with the public and the use of Artificial Intelligence, in various formats of artistic expression.

As a non-profit cultural organization, FILE promotes experimentation and development in the field of Art and Technology, providing a platform for artists to connect with new audiences. In this 24th edition, the festival continues its commitment to exploring the boundaries between technology and art.

You can also take advantage of the chance to participate in the FILE LED SHOW, exhibited annually at the FIESP Digital Art Gallery, or to lead a session at the FILE WORKSHOP. Sign up using the form and check the guidelines in the regulations.

Open call
https://file.org.br/highlight/file-2025-inscricoes-abertas-arte-e-tecnologia/

Submission form
https://archive.file.org.br/formulario-ficha-de-inscricao/

Project submission: until January 15, 2025

Deadline: 15 January 2025
Call for entries

Open Call “TRANSFORMERS”
TRANSFORMERS. Sustainability players

Exhibition with program in Berlin 28.2. 7 pm – 11.4.2025, 7 pm, Tue. and Fri. 5-8 pm

In a public call for entries, we are inviting international artists to submit contributions for the theme described below for a group exhibition in our exhibition spaces.

The climate crisis and the extinction of species are progressing. Humanity is aware of the risks to its future, but is too slow to transform its behavior, politics and economy towards sustainability. After Group Global 3000 2024 exhibited the slowing actors, we are inviting artists worldwide in an open call to submit their works on the theme “TRANSFORMERS. Actors towards sustainability.”. TRANSFORMERS are accelerators of the transformation towards a regenerative society that preserves species. They can be activists against the climate crisis, against the extinction of species, to save resources, politicians, craftsmen, citizens, pupils, students, farmers, artists. Who is that? Is it you? What do they do, what are their tools? We would like to see images, objects, performances and videos that make the sustainability actors visible and animate them.

Disciplines: object, sculpture, installation, photography, painting, drawing, printmaking, video with credits given, sound is possible. A performative contribution such as a performance, VJ or similar to the vernissage, artist talk or finissage is desired.

International works: letters and videos from non-EU countries.

We offer exhibition space with equipment, bar, advertising by mail and div. Websites and social media and web and print flyers, curation and co-curation. We do not charge a fee for application, exhibition etc. We are a free, self-organized project space and work on a voluntary basis. For sent works, we ask that senders include the return postage. Unfortunately, there is no budget for production, further technical equipment, transport and insurance (the room is technically secured). We expect good cooperation and agree on rules of cooperation, gg3 rules rules 2022, pdf.

Individual artists or existing artist groups can apply online with max. apply for three works.

The presence of regional artists is desired for the vernissage and the artist talk, as well as for the supervision of the exhibition.

Deadline 15.1.2025, 24 h
Jury final meeting 23.1.2025
Exhibition setup 27.2.2025, 3-7 p.m.
Opening 28.2.2025, 7 p.m.
Exhibition duration 28.2. – 11.4.2025

Further information: https://gg3.eu/en/the-transforming-actors-for-sustainability/

Click here for the online application form

Jury: Team GG3, Curator: Tom Albrecht, Co-curator: Katja Hock

Address: Leuschnerdamm 19, D 10999 Berlin
https://gg3.eu/en/

Q and A for calls by GG3
Q: Is there a way to review my submission to confirm it was submitted correctly?
A: This is not necessary if the submission has been accepted in the system and you have received a confirmation e-mail.
Q: Would you recommend submitting only new artwork applications, and if so, will this affect my application?
A: No, it doesn’t matter. The decisive factors are the strong reference to the advertised theme and the artistic quality.
Q: I fail to upload the CV and show list.
A: Only pdf and doc formats are accepted, max. 10 MB, no docx or odt.
Q: Made a mistake, can I correct my application?
A:No problem, we correct for acceptances.
Q: How do I submit multiple works?
A: Close the first application and reopen the form.
Q: Is it possible to send you an application by e-mail?
A: Application by mail is not possible due to the work of the jury.

Deadline: 15 December 2024
Call for entries

Athens Digital Arts Festival 2025

The most pioneering and longstanding International Digital Arts Festival in Greece, Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF), proudly announces its 21st edition and invites visionary artists, thinkers, technologists, and innovators to join us in shaping the future of digital art. Mark your calendars for 2025, as ADAF returns with a powerful new theme: Simulacra. We are calling for cutting-edge proposals to be submitted by December 15th, 2024, at 2025.adaf.gr.

Simulacra explores the compelling intersection of reality and hyperreality in the digital age. As technology like AI and ChatGPT redefines our world, ADAF 2025 challenges creators to reimagine how we engage with and interpret this dynamic, and often surreal, reality.

How do we navigate a world where the lines between the authentic and the artificial, blur?
How do digital constructs shape our collective consciousness, social identities, and future landscapes?

ADAF Simulacra will be a transformative exploration of these questions, celebrating the power of digital art to re-envision the boundaries of reality. From the immersive to the uncanny, we invite creators to delve into the realms of hyperreality, virtual worlds, and synthetic experiences.

Are you ready to question the essence of originality, challenge perceptions of authenticity, and explore the symbiosis between technology and ecology in shaping a sustainable future?

This is your chance to be part of a bold and immersive artistic dialogue that spans 12 categories:

Video Art, Animation, Installations, Performances, Music, AR/VR/XR, Workshops, Talks, Web Art, Digital Image, Games, and ADAF Kids.
Let’s explore how art can reflect not only the world we live in but also envision the worlds we have the power to create
Join us in this milestone event as we dive deep into the Simulacra, where art and technology converge to reshape our present and reimagine the future.

Submit your proposals now and be a part of the 21st ADAF experience!
https://2025.adaf.gr/submission-entries/

All applications will be considered for inclusion in the 21st edition, both physical and online, which will take place in Spring and Fall 2025, respectively. Shortlisted artists will be notified regarding the status of their application and details about the possible presentation of their work in either or both festival versions.

This event is organized as part of the initiative “20th and 21st International Festival of Digital Arts of Greece – Athens Digital Arts Festival,” which has been included in the Operational Program “Attica” under the NSRF 2021-2027 and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and national resources.

For more information, visit https://adaf.gr

Deadline: 31 December 2024
Call for entries

Mail Art – LET’S PLAY
Dates & location of event context » exhibition 2025 // precise date
to be set further on // LOCATION »
Quinta da Cruz – Centro de Arte
Contemporânea | Estrada de São Salvador | 3510-784 São Salvador | Viseu, PORTUGAL

In 2024, VISEU values healthier and more
active habits and routines, promoting a happier and more balanced
lifestyle. With this mission in mind, the city is committed to
encouraging the community to adopt practices that improve physical and
mental well-being. The VI CALL, with the theme VAMOS A JOGO (LET’S
PLAY), invites everyone to take part in this artistic initiative that
aims to inspire and motivate the population to integrate sporting and
recreational activities into their daily lives.
We invite artists and anyone interested in mail art [mailart] to send in
their works to take part in the 6th edition of this call. Only works
received via traditional mail will be exhibited. We look forward to
receiving drawings, collages, stamps, visual poetry and other creative
formats at
Quinta da Cruz – Centro de Arte Contemporânea de Viseu.

entry fee – no
Contact adresses/URL »
https://quintadacruz.mailart.pt/
mailart@mailart.pt

Deadline: 1st of September 2025
call for entries

OGA (S)exhibitions 2025/2026
Dates & location of event context Series of exhibitions between spring 2025 and summer 2026

For the 2025/2026 season the OGA Art Gallery in Rome, Italy, will organize a series of exhibitions on the broad theme of sexuality. From eroticism to lgbt, queer and non-binary themes, from fetish to bdsm, to postpornography. All without any kind of censorship, because art is and must always remain a free expression of human thought and creativity. The OGA reserves the right to select works even before the deadline of the call, if it deems them interesting to exhibit also for the current 2024/2025 season. Therefore, propose your works even well before the deadline of the call to have the possibility of being exhibited also in the first half of 2025

entry fee – no

Contact adresses/URL:
https://filmfreeway.com/OGAVisualArtExhibitions

Deadline: 4 November 2024
Call for entries

CURRENTS 2025 Art & Technology Festival + 3 Separate Exhibitions
Festival date June 13 – 22, 2025, 3 exhibition dates TBD, 2025; Location TBD, New Mexico

CURRENTS New Media is now accepting submissions for our annual 2025 Art and Technology Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as well as for three separate exhibitions throughout 2025. These exhibitions will focus on the following modalities of art and technology: Sound Environments/Installations, Artist/AI Collaborations, and Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality Environments. This open call allows for submissions to either the festival, the exhibitions, or both.

Every summer since 2010, CURRENTS New Media presents one of the leading art and technology festivals in the United States. Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, CURRENTS brings together diverse, boundary-pushing works of established and emerging new media artists from the USA and around the world.

Submission Deadline: November 4, 2024
Festival Dates: June 13 – 22, 2025
Exhibitions Dates: TBD

This year’s submission categories include:

Installations (interactive and non-interactive)
Sound Environments/Installations
Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality Environments
Artist/AI Collaborations
Robotics/Kinetic/Electro-Mechanical Objects and Installations
Multimedia Performance
Digitally Generated or Fabricated Objects
Wearables
Outdoor Installations and Projections
Experimental Single Channel Video/Experimental Documentaries/Animation

5. entry fee $25/single, $20 each/multiple
6. Contact adresses/URL: connect@currentsnewmedia.org
application link: https://currentsnewmedia.org/submission-guidelines-2025/

Deadline: 1 November 2024
Call for entries

OPEN CALL: “I cry and I cry”:
One-Off Moving Image Festival 2024

We are inviting filmmakers, artists, and creators to submit ultrashort
video works for the festival centered around the theme “I cry and I
cry”.

This theme invites reflection on the intimate and universal act of
crying — whether as an expression of joy, sorrow, frustration, or
release. It explores the power of vulnerability, emotional outpouring,
and how crying can be a response to personal, social, or global
experiences. Due to the challenging format of a one second movie, we
encourage creative techniques and experimental forms of video art.

# one second short
# original material
# no credits added to the movie (it’s added by the festival)
# mp4 web-optimized format
# 4:3 aspect ratio

Deadline for participation was: November 1, 2024.

https://noemata.net/one-off

Deadline
Call for entries

AMAZONICA | 2023-2024
PERUVIAN AMAZON PRODUCTION AND RESEARCH RESIDENCY

The residency program Amazonica welcomes national and international artists for four weeks to develop projects related to the Peruvian Amazon, its resources and landscapes, The community and city of Iquitos, Indigenous communities (Kukama Kukamiria, Ikitu, among others), Equity and liberation.

Residency period: May and September 2025
Deadline: Until vacancies are filled

Guidelines
https://correlacioncontemporanea.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Amazonica-AiR-2025_Bases-Guidelines.docx.pdf

Apply here
https://correlacioncontemporanea.com/en/residencias/amazonica-2/

Deadline: 15 March 2025
Call for entries

5 ARGUMENTS
Call for Mail Art Projects

In 2025, Ákos Székely, avant-garde artist, visual poet, a leading figure in Hungarian assemblage, mail art and fluxus, would have turned 80. The aim of this mail art call is to pay tribute to Ákos Székely’s life’s work and personality.

We are looking for works that reflect on the following theme: 5 arguments.

Ákos Székely considered it important to develop the debating skills and critical thinking of his students. Open debates took place in his classes on all literary and artistic questions. A fundamental rule was that participants had to support their points with 5 arguments.

Online sources about Ákos Székely:
Artpool https://artpool.hu/Poetry/soundimage/Szekely.html
Leopold Bloom https://bloomsday.hu/index.php/en/projects/leopold-bloom

– topic of the call: 5 arguments

– deadline: 15 March 2025

– size: A/5 (148 * 210 mm)

– no jury / no selection / no returning / no participation fee

– vernissage: 16 June 2025

– digital catalogue

– instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5arguments/

– address:
Péter Abajkovics, 1042 Budapest, Árpád út 153. V/15, Hungary

– further contacts: abajkovics@gmail.com
https://www.viragfold.net

Deadline: 14 October 2024
Call for entries

PRISMA ART PRIZE – ROME – 16th EDITION

The 16th edition of the Prisma Art Prize is now accepting entries. As an international platform, we aim to showcase a diverse and inclusive array of paintings, drawings, and engravings, reflecting the myriad possibilities of these mediums. Our goal is to act as a prism that reveals the spectrum of artistic expression.

Annual Competitions and Awards:

Cash prize: €2300 distributed over four quarterly competitions.

Service prizes: Over €3,000 in services offered by our partner Biafarin and VivivaColors distributed over four quarterly competitions.

Exhibition Opportunity: Participate in a collective exhibition in December 2024 at the Contemporary Cluster in Rome—a beacon in the international contemporary art scene.

Solo Exhibitions: Opportunities for solo shows at Isorrophia Gallery and the Pallavicini-Dettori Home Gallery.

Artist Resiencies: A two-week residency at Dar Meso, located in the heart of Tunis and three-week residency for two artists at Casacon Sirolo, Italy.

Key Details:

Submissions Open: Aug 9, 2024

Deadline: October 14, 2024

Winner Announcements for Cash and Service Prizes: October 2024

Winner Announcements for Annual prizes(Exhibitions, Catalog and residencies): October 2024

Catalog Publication: December 2024

Exhibition Date: December 2024

Submission Fees:
€29 for 1-3 works. Up to 5 additional works can be registered at €5 each.

This competition is curated by Domenico De Chirico with the artistic direction of Marco Crispano

For more information on awards and to submit your work, visit our website at Prisma Art Prize Submission. Follow us on Instagram @prismaartprize for updates.

Production: Il Varco Creative Hub

Media Partner: DailyLazy

Submission link https://www.prismaartprize.com/submit/
More information at https://www.prismaartprize.com

instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prismaartprize

email: prismaartprize@gmail.com

Deadline: Deadline 26 August 2024, 24 h (CET)
Call for entries

Open Call “Spin doctors”

Organized suppression of the climate crisis. Actors and their construction kit.

Exhibition in Berlin 11.10. – 22.11.2024, Tue. and Fri., 5-8 p.m.

In a public call for entries, we are inviting international artists to submit contributions for the theme described below: “Eye wiper. Organized repression of the climate crisis. Actors and their construction kit” for a group exhibition in our exhibition spaces.

Cognitive scientists have developed a toolkit called PLURV to help identify disinformation and propaganda in relation to the climate crisis: Pseudo-experts, logical errors, unfulfillable expectations, cherry-picking and conspiracy myths are all identifying features. Let’s expose PLURV!

One actor that promotes the suppression of the climate crisis is, for example, the Springer press. Their publishing house is largely owned by fossil fuel investors. The AFD and so-called “lateral thinkers” are also helping to suppress them. Narratives can be “It’s always been hot in summer”, “That’s a good thing!”, “Yes, just the weather”, “Fear-mongering and scaremongering”, “He who believes will be saved”, “Belief in man-made climate change is a substitute for religion?”.

In Germany, the CDU and FDP parties are conducting a textbook delaying discourse: they have no proposals. It’s really not about political ideologies, it’s about defending fossil business models.

Displacement leads to aggression against, for example, meteorologists on TV who receive hate messages. You only believe what you want to believe. Researchers talk about dissonant information being devalued and consonant information being valorized. The fact that humanity is in the process of destroying the foundations of human life with its way of life generates unpleasant emotions: Feelings of guilt, fears, sadness about the squandered future, the inevitable suffering and death. Cognitive dissonance, that is. Pseudo-information that suggests everything is not so bad can have a relieving effect.

Disciplines: object, sculpture, installation, photography, painting, drawing, printmaking, video with credits given, sound is possible. A performative contribution such as a performance, VJ or similar to the vernissage, artist talk or finissage is desired.

International works: letters and videos from non-EU countries.

We offer exhibition space with equipment, bar, advertising by mail and div. Websites and social media and web and print flyers, organization of the work texts, the lecture, the documentation.
We do not charge a fee for applications, exhibitions etc. We are a free, self-organized project space and work on a voluntary basis. For sent works, we ask that senders include the return postage. Unfortunately, there is no budget for production, further technical equipment, transport and insurance (the room is technically secured). We expect good cooperation and agree on rules of cooperation: https://gg3.eu/en/agreement-with-exhibiting-artists-2/

Individual artists or existing artist groups can apply online with max. apply for three works.

The presence of regional artists is desired for the vernissage and the artist talk, as is the supervision of the exhibition.

Deadline 26.8.2024, 24 h
Acceptance or cancellation until 5.9.
Set-up 10.10., 15-19 h
Vernissage 11.10., 19 h
Exhibition duration 11.10. – 22.11.2024

Further information: https://gg3.eu/en/open-calls/open-call-eyewash/
Click here for the online application formhttps://gg3.eu/ausschreibungen/submission.php?call=10&lang=en

Jury: Team GG3, Curator: Tom Albrecht, Co-curator: Katja Hock

Address: Leuschnerdamm 19, D 10999 Berlin
https://gg3.eu/en/

Q and A for calls by GG3
Q: Is there a way to review my submission to confirm it was submitted correctly?
A: This is not necessary if the submission has been accepted in the system and you have received a confirmation e-mail.
Q: Would you recommend submitting only new artwork applications, and if so, will this affect my application?
A: No, it doesn’t matter. The decisive factors are the strong reference to the advertised theme and the artistic quality.
Q: I fail to upload the CV and show list.
A: Only pdf and doc formats are accepted, max. 10 MB, no docx or odt.
Q: Made a mistake, can I correct my application?
A:No problem, we correct for acceptances.
Q: How do I submit multiple works?
A: Close the first application and reopen the form.
Q: Is it possible to send you an application by e-mail?
A: Application by mail is not possible due to the work of the jury.

Deadline: 30 September 2024
Call for entries

Farm Studio India –
International Artist Residency in Rural Rajasthan.

Residencies in 2025:
October 3-28, 2025
November 3-28, 2025
December 3-28, 2025

APPLY HERE: https://farmingstudio.wordpress.com/art-residency/

Artists of all disciplines creating in any media are welcome to apply.

Residency:
Farm Studio International Artist Residency is located in a rural community in India. Residents stay and create in a quiet art centre and beautiful environment where they can develop their artwork free from accustomed distractions. Farm Studio residency provides three types of working spaces where artists can explore their art and ideas in the rural Rajasthani environment; at the Farm Studio indoor studios, the outdoor desert and farm environments, and in Andore Village.

Here, collaboration and experimentation is encouraged. Relationships form between the artists coming from different countries and varied social, cultural, and artistic backgrounds. Many exciting exchanges and dialogues among artists take place, including scheduled artist talks, presentations, works in progress showings, etc.

Farm Studio also promotes and celebrates the local community’s artistic and cultural identity while also introducing art and culture of others’ (Indian and International guests) back to the community. This intercultural exchange broadens everyone’s experiences and fosters art appreciation.

Farm Studio International Artist Residency hosts artists from October to the end of February each year, with accommodations available for 3-6 residents at one time.

Studio Information:
Studio space, indoor & outdoor.
Accommodation Information:

Private accommodation (small hut or room).
Technical Information:

Artists bring their own art materials and basic tools are available at Farm Studio.

Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/farmstudioindia/
https://www.facebook.com/farmingstudio

Deadline: 18 August 2024 – 12pm MST
Call for entries

Signal Culture is now accepting applications for Artists, Researchers and Toolmakers in residence.
Loveland, Colorado October 2024-January 2025

Signal Culture is announcing an open call for Artist, Toolmaker, and Researcher Residencies for the first time since 2020. Signal Culture is an experimental media arts organization, focusing on real time analog and digital processes.We’ve moved to Loveland, Colorado and have been testing our facilities – now we’re ready and excited to welcome residents from around the world again!

Founded in 2012, Signal Culture is an environment where innovative artists, toolmakers, curators, critics, and art historians who are contributing to the field of experimental media art will have time and space to make new work and to interact with one another. We have welcomed over 450 residents from all over the US and about 25 countries. In addition to the residency program, we organize public exhibitions and produce resources for researchers and practitioners in the field of experimental media art as a way to expand support beyond the residency.

Residency Categories
Make sure to familiarize yourself with the residency categories so that you can apply for the one that’s the best fit for you. Descriptions of each of our residencies can be found on our website.
https://signalculture.org/residency-program.html

Eligibility
You may apply for a residency category if you have not had a residency in that category in the previous 2 years (see categories above).
You must be at least 21 years of age

Cost
There is no application fee
There is no residency fee
Residents will be provided free housing and studio space during their residency
Residents are responsible for their own transportation, food, and costs of any supplies.

What You’ll Need to Apply

Bio or a link to a CV
Links to 2 work samples. We will not download videos. if you had a previous residency of the same category, one must be from your most recent residency in that category. We’ll want to know a little about the work and your role in its production.

Think generally about how you’ll want to use time in a residency and whether you have any specific needs. You don’t need to have a specific project in mind, and you don’t have to complete a project during the residency.

Review your calendar between October 2024 and January 2025, and be ready to select your available dates

Collaborations
Each collaborator will need to apply with their own form

Residents With Families
We offer the option of residencies as short as a week to accommodate the fact that many residents have jobs, families, and other restrictions on their available time. Often, residents find getting away from day to day responsibilities to be a benefit of residencies, however we will provide a limited number of spaces for residents to bring families with them. We do not have baby gates, high chairs, extra beds, etc. You will be solely responsible for the safety and supervision of any children and for ensuring that they do not cause any damage or interfere with other residents. You are also responsible for keeping common areas clean and free of clutter.

Timeline
Applications Due August 18, 2024, 11:59 PM, Mountain Daylight Time, US
Notifications by mid-September
Residencies October 16, 2024 to January 21, 2025

https://signalculture.org/apply.html

No entry Fee

https://signalculture.org/

Deadline: 25 June 2024
Call for entries

NOUVELLE BUG – REVINE LAGO – 3rd Edition

Nouvelle Bug is an international workshop of cinema shot inside videogames, sofwares, metaverse and artificial intelligence where 40 directors will be selected to attend seminars, theoretical and practical lessons and will then write, shoot and edit a film inside the metaverse or videogames or using artificial intelligence. It is tutored by filmmaker and producer Andrea Gatopoulos (Cannes 2022, Locarno 2023), Ismael Chandoutis (Cesar Winner, Semane de la Critique Winner) Total Refusal (Berlinale, Locarno Winner) and Gala Hernandez Lopez (Cesar Winner).

Awards:
– Gargantua award, distribution of two short films for free, valued at € 2500
– Three free distribution strategies by Gargantua Film, valued at € 500
– Gioiafilm award, distribution of one short film for free, valued at € 1400
– Sayonara award, distribution proposal for one short film, valued at € 2000
– Lago Award, one of the projects will be picked by the festival and screened at Lago Film Fest 2025

Scholarships:
– WeShort offers a full scholarship covering the cost of the workshop to one of the filmmakers.

Timeline:
– Submission is free
– Deadline Jun 25th
– Selection announcement: Jun 28th
– Workshop dates: Aug 18-27th
– Award ceremony: Oct 1st
– Location: Revine Lago, Italy

Costs:
– Live workshop (15 spots) €640
– Online workshop (25 spots) €440

Production: Il Varco Creative Hub

Submission link https://www.ilvarco.net/nouvellebug-us/
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nouvellebug
email: amministrazione@ilvarco.net

Deadline: 25 August 2024
Call for entries

East London Art Prize
Deadline: midnight, Sunday 25 August 2024.
Bow Arts / Nunnery Gallery

The East London Art Prize celebrates and promotes the incredible talent and diversity of art made in the cultural hive of east London. The winner receives a cash prize of £15,000 and a solo exhibition at our Nunnery Gallery. The runner-up second prize is a year’s studio residency with Bow Arts. The entire shortlist is also presented at an exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery, with all artists given mentoring and career development opportunities through the following year.

Who can enter?
The prize is open to any artist living or working within an ‘E’ postcode, encompassing E1-E20, SE1-SE28 and EC1-EC4. Submitting artists should hold an arts degree, equivalent arts qualification or be able to show demonstrable commitment to their practice. Artist collectives/joint submissions are accepted.

What media is accepted?
All media types are accepted, including (but not limited to!) painting, print, drawing, sculpture, digital, film, audio, ceramics, textiles and performance.

Who judges the prize?
The 2025 Prize judges are Louise Benson (Director of Digital, ArtReview Magazine), Phoebe Collings-James (Artist), Jonny Tanna (Director, Harlesden High Street) and Sam Wilkinson (Head of Public Art and Cultural Engagement, UCL).

Deadline midnight, Sunday 25 August 2024.

Submit using the online form

Headed by Bow Arts and supported by a network of local supporting partners, including The British Council, Dulux, The Line, LCF, LLDC, UCL, V&A East and Whitechapel Gallery, the
Prize forms part of Bow Arts’ ongoing support and development of opportunities for artists.
More info here

entry fee: yes
(Entry Fee £10.00 / Concessions Entry Fee £7.00)

East London Art Prize
https://bowarts.org/nunnery-gallery/east-london-art-prize/

Deadline – 15 July 2024
Call for entries

Mail Art
Theme THE SAINT OF FOOLS
SIZE:MAX A4(21CM X 30CM)
TECHNIQUE: FREE

WORKS WITH VIOLENT, SEXIST, RACIST CONTENT ARE NOT ALLOWED

ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS ON THE DEDICATED FACEBOOK PAGE
ALL THE WORKS RECEIVED WILL BE EXHIBITED IN THE BEAUTIFUL TOWER OF THE MARCHESA (WOOD OF CALLISTRO DI BUTURO-CZ-ITALY)
SEND YOUR DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS, VISUAL POETRY… BY JULY 15, 2024 TO:

Claudio Parentela
VIA F.CRISPI 79
88100 CATANZARO-ITALY

Deadline: 31 May 202
Call foe entries

‘’…&TAROTS&TAROTS&ALWAYS TAROTS…’’
Size: :MAX A4 (21CM X 30CM)
Techgnique: FREE
WORKS WITH VIOLENT, SEXIST, RACIST CONTENT ARE NOT ALLOWED
ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS ON THE DEDICATED FACEBOOK PAGE

ALL THE WORKS RECEIVED WILL BE EXHIBITED IN THE BEAUTIFUL ABBEY OF SANTA MARIA DI CORAZZO (CARLOPOLI, CZ -ITALY)

SEND YOUR DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS, VISUAL POETRY… BY MAY 31, 2024 TO:

Claudio Parentela
VIA F.CRISPI 79
88100 Catanzaro
ITALY

Deadline: 13 May 2024
Call for entries

Mail Art – Open Call

SUBMISSION ADDRESS/SEND TO:
ART GALLERY MAGAZZINO BIANCO
VIA MAGENTA 30
71016 SAN SEVERO (FG)
ITALY

MEDIUM: PAPER OR CARDBOARD
REQUIRED DIMENSIONS 10X 15 CM | 100 MM X 150 MM | 3.9 X 5.9 IN

FREE TECHNIQUE.

DESCRIPTION: THE CALL IS OPEN TO PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

ALL INTERESTED PEOPLE ARE INVITED TO CREATE POSTCARDS ON THE THEME OF THE FESTA DEL SOCCORSO (FIREWORKS, MARKET STALLS, FEAST, ETC..).

PARTECIPATING ARTISTS WILL RECEIVE E-CATALOGS.

NO FEE, NO JURY, NO SELECTION.

NO SALE.

THE ARTWORK WILL NOT BE RETURNED.

PLEASE WRITE YOUR NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS, CITY/COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE ON THE BACK OF THE POSTCARDS.

INFO INSTAGRAM: SANSEVERO_CULTURA

EMAIL : MATHERS89@HOTMAIL.IT

Event date:
May 18, 2024 to May 21, 2024
Location:
ART GALLERY MAGAZZINO BIANCO VIA MAGENTA 30 71016 SAN SEVERO ITALY

Deadline:
13/May/2024

Deadline: 20 May 2024
Call for entries

(re)imagining Marco Polo’s journey by CIFRA & Art Night Venezia

CIFRA, a curated streaming platform for new media art, launches an open call celebrating Marco Polo’s figure and journey. Regarded as one of the pioneers in building bridges between East and West, we should not forget the influence of his travels and travelogues on the state of the world we live in, with European colonial expansion and capitalist globalization.

We are interested in new media artists’ existing works / projects.

As part of the open call, three artists will receive the CIFRA Award of 1500 EUR for producing a new work. The CIFRA Award will include three nominations: “Bridging East and West, North and South”, “New Ways of Seeing”, and “(Re)thinking the Media”.

The shortlisted works will be shown during Art Night Venezia, which will take place on 22 June 2024.

The works will be selected by a jury composed of Menene Gras Balaguer (art critic, philosopher, director of culture and exhibitions at Casa Asia), Alessandra Bergamaschi (Italian-Brazilian researcher and curator), Zairong Xiang (curator, author, art educator).

Read more: https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1JHNUlZ15SjSKgZBpKW0V_Q2d9nbb

The shortlisted works will be presented during Art Night Venezia on June 22 at the Auditorium Santa Margherita, a historic 9th-century building now used as a theatre.

Application Deadline: May 20, 2024
Shortlist Announcement: June 3, 2024
Winners Announcement: June 22, 2024

Application form: https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1JHNUlZ15SjSKgZBpKW0V_Q2d9nbb

Deadline: 15 June 2024
Call for entries

OPEN CALL FOR ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 2024-2025 | AIR PROGRAM
Application Deadline: June 15, 2024 | Notifications: End of July, 2024 | Applications submitted before May 1, 2024 will be considered on a rolling basis

KUNSTRAUM is calling for submissions for our 2024-2025 Artist-in-Residence Program.

KUNSTRAUM is a community of artists by artists with the goal of redefining the collaboration between artists and curators. Through our program, we aim to explore the relationships between artists and curators by opening our gallery spaces to those interested in exploring unconventional, engaging ideas and taking risks.

Our Artist-in-Residency program offers three-month residencies for national and international artists on a quarterly cycle. In 2024 and 2025, the three-month residencies will take place from January-March, April-June, July-September, and October-December, with multiple spots available for each period.

All resident artists are invited to pursue their independent projects, interact with our established community of artists, designers, and filmmakers, interact with the incoming artists and curators of our ongoing exhibition program, participate in the monthly studio visits, and exhibit in the Annual Members’ Show. To learn more about KUNSTRAUM, please visit our website and Instagram account.

Each Residency Includes:

• A desk-sized studio in our partitioned lofts with 24/7 access (no living). The semi-private studios inside the large open lofts range from 49 to 89 square feet.

• Access to our gallery space (4-5 exhibitions a year) and participation in our Annual Members’ Show, including studio visits, professional documentation, and programming event

• Sales opportunities during the show plus via an online gallery for the duration of 6 months after

• An artist community with 19 members and more than 100 alumni to meet and share with

• Monthly studio visits by 1-2 New York and international curators, gallerists, critics, and art advisors (see “About” on the website for the list)

• Studio Visit with our Curator-in-Residence and monthly salons with artist community Social media promotion and a feature of your work on our website.
• Access to our internal monthly newsletter, which includes news, events, an open call list with exhibition, grant, and residency opportunities

• Community events in which all resident and member artists are invited to attend. These community events vary and include gallery openings, curator walkthroughs, discussions, salons, and open studios.

The studio spaces have 24/7 access with 13 ft. ceilings, a freight elevator, a slop sink, secure Wi-Fi, and are meant to be used for non-toxic materials only–all painters work on a non-toxic basis. Blick Art Supply, hardware stores, post office, print shops, supermarkets, restaurants, and delis are just 1.5 blocks away, and Home Depot is as close as 10 blocks.

No living is included. The resident artist is responsible for finding their own living arrangements.

Fees:

The residency fee is $700 per month for a 3-month term, with the following starting dates: 7/1/2024

The residency fee is $750 per month for a 3-month term, with the following starting dates available: 1/1/2025; 4/1/2025; 7/1/2025; 10/1/2025

To Apply: Please submit all materials through the Google Form here by June 15, 2024.

*Please note: uploading the necessary data to apply to the AIR Open Call requires a Google/Gmail account sign-in at this time.

Please Include the following:

• Statement of Motivation with starting date/s – 250 words
• Residency plans – 250 words
• Statement on private or public funding plan – 100 words
• Portfolio with max. 10 pages with 10-20 images (no larger than 5 MB)
• Optional: 2 links to 1-2 mins video excerpts (specify cue in and out)
• CV with max, 5 pages
• Links to website, Instagram, recent exhibition or press

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

KUNSTRAUM is born out of a necessity to create community and foster collaboration between artists, architects, curators, designers, filmmakers, and writers. The KUNSTRAUM model features excellent studio locations, networking, research opportunities, and discourse for creative production. After successfully inaugurating our first space in New York in February 2015, we seek to expand to Berlin. KUNSTRAUM’s global identity is designed to offer and promote an international community, mobility, and visibility in the visual arts. Recent press coverage includes Communication Arts, Creator’s Project, Huffington Post, Artnet News, Interview Magazine, Art F City, Artnet News, and Musée Magazine. With “Video Shop,” a project at NADA New York, KUNSTRAUM won the 2016 Artfair Goers Award and best booth.

To learn more about KUNSTRAUM, please visit the “About” section of our website as well as our Instagram account. For more information on KUNSTRAUM’s Artist-in-Residence Program, please visit our FAQ page. For all other questions, please reach out to Christina (christina.s@kunstraumllc.com)

Deadline: 28 June 2024
Call for entries

POMO V INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION DATE: OCTOBER 01, 2024
EXHIBITION HALL: SELÇUK UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FINE ARTS EXHIBITION HALL, KONYA / TURKEY

DESCRIPTION: As was done in previous periods, a “Postmodern” themed Postal Art exhibition was organized within the scope of our faculty’s 25th Anniversary events. This exhibition is open to national and international participants and artists interested in mail art.

To exhibit the works of people interested in mail art at home and abroad, to contribute to the development of mail art in our country, and to establish artistic ties between people interested in national and international art. We believe that the works in various styles and techniques to be exhibited will contribute to the technical and thematic art education processes of our students.

ENTRY FEE: NO

CONTACT URL: https://www.mailartexhibition.org

Deadline: 5 May 2024
Call for entries

Farm Studio
International Artist Residency in rural Rajasthan, India.

Residencies in 2025:
January 3-28, 2025
February 3-28, 2025

APPLY HERE: https://farmingstudio.wordpress.com/art-residency/

Artists of all disciplines creating in any media are welcome to apply.

Residency:

Farm Studio International Artist Residency is located in a rural community in India. Residents stay and create in a quiet art centre and beautiful environment where they can develop their artwork free from accustomed distractions. Farm Studio residency provides three types of working spaces where artists can explore their art and ideas in the rural Rajasthani environment; at the Farm Studio indoor studios, the outdoor desert and farm environments, and in Andore Village.

Here, collaboration and experimentation is encouraged. Relationships form between the artists coming from different countries and varied social, cultural, and artistic backgrounds. Many exciting exchanges and dialogues among artists take place, including scheduled artist talks, presentations, works in progress showings, etc.

Farm Studio also promotes and celebrates the local community’s artistic and cultural identity while also introducing art and culture of others’ (Indian and International guests) back to the community. This intercultural exchange broadens everyone’s experiences and fosters art appreciation.

Farm Studio International Artist Residency hosts artists from October to the end of February each year, with accommodations available for 3-6 residents at one time.

Studio Information:

Studio space, indoor & outdoor.
Accommodation Information:

Private accommodation (small hut).
Technical Information:

Artists bring their own art materials and basic tools are available at Farm Studio.

Social Media:
https://www.instagram.com/farmstudioindia/
https://www.facebook.com/farmingstudio

Contact information
Address

Farm Studio Village-Raniya kheda, Post Andore,
Tehsil Sheoganj, Dist Sirohi,
Sirohi 307043
Rajasthan
India

Email
farmingartstudio@gmail.com
Website
https://farmingstudio.wordpress.com/art-residency/

Deadline: 2 April 2024
Call for entries

INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THEATER, ART AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
“THE WONDERS OF THE POSSIBLE” Cagliari (ITALY) –XI° Edition 2024

Between NOVEMBER and DECEMBER 2024, the 11th edition of the International Festival of Theater Art and New Technologies “The Wonders of the Possible” will be held in Cagliari at the DOMOSC Space.
The LMDP Festival supports the development and experimentation of new creative, theatrical and artistic languages through new technologies, with the programming of shows, performances, installations, workshops, and conferences.

Kyber Teatro, a spin-off of L’Aquilone di Viviana, the creator and organizer of the LMDP Festival, promotes international encounters between artists, scientists and technological researchers and the contamination between the arts, offering all Italian and foreign artists and performers, including emerging and/or under-35 companies, the opportunity -to participate in the Festival by sending their project by April 2, 2024

Focus: theater and new technologies 2024-LMDP11 #Scene Immersive
Addressed to:
• Companies, Individual Artists
• Companies/Artists emerging or/and under 35.
• Companies/Non-emerging artists of all ages (we encourage applications from artists at any stage of their careers).
Maximum 3 participants per project.

Eligible Projects:
• Theater and new technology performances
• Performances of art and new technologies

Selection Process: DEADLINE APRIL 2, 2024.
Artists interested in participating in the Festival should email info@kyberteatro.it the following materials:
– Artists/Company CV;
– Location of departure of each artist and technical staff of the company;
– Presentation dossier in PDF format;
– Technical sheet;
– A selection of up to 5 photographs;
– Link to the integral audio and video material to be made available on Vimeo or Youtube;
The outcome of the evaluation will be communicated to those selected only by May 6, 2024.

Economic conditions
Open Call winners will be guaranteed full coverage of mobility costs (travel to Cagliari, food and lodging). The organizing Company will communicate to the winning artists the travel itinerary and other useful information for hospitality. In addition, a small reimbursement of expenses will be guaranteed for the presentation of No. 2 replicas of their show/performance. If possible and by prior arrangement with our technical manager, any materials required for the presentation of the performance/show/installation will also be covered.

Publication and archiving
Artists agree to provide a brief biography and synopsis of the work and agree that the material may be published on the LMDP Festival website and social media or given to the press for promotional purposes.
Permission is given for Kyber Teatro – L’Aquilone di Viviana to archive the material and make it accessible via the Festival website. All rights to the project images will remain with the artist. The Organization is also authorized to document through audio video recordings or images the unfolding of the event at every stage.

Terms of participation
Applications and materials must be sent by APRIL 2, 2024
to the email address: info@kyberteatro.it

Kyber Teatro – Spin off Soc. Coop.
Lâ€Aquilone di Viviana
C/O Spazio OSC, via Newton 12, Cagliari
Phone – Fax: + 39 070 86 07 175
Mob: +39 346/ 6267735
Mail: info@kyberteatro.it
Website: http://www.kyberteatro.it

Deadline: 21 March 2024 – 11:59pm PST
Call for entries

WINTER * NEW $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo

WINTER 2024 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: March 21, 2024
Region: US & International
Awards: 2 x $1,800.00 USD Grants // 12 x Honorable Mentions

Apply Online Today
https://innovateartistgrants.org

Deadline: 13 September 2024
Call for entries

My 2024 Mail Art Project

The Project & its Background:
I once stepped into the elevator of a thirty-floor building, which had no 13th floor button. Seeing the order jump from 12 to 14, I thought, “This is weird!” Had some designer or engineer made an outrageous mistake? Noticing more cases—on airplanes, for instance—I discovered the practice is widespread. But for one whoâ€s had a good relationship with 13 right from birth, this makes no sense.*
N°13 is not just synonymous with bad luck. It symbolizes many things. Some even enjoy playing with the numberâ€s reputation by taking a tongue-in-cheek approach. Take Finlandâ€s National Accident Day, for instance, which promotes safety on the roads, at work and in the home. Its annual day of celebration is always Friday the 13th.

Whatâ€s your take on N°13?
Letâ€s share a laugh or a touch of dread. I invite you to put what you feel, think or believe about the number on a postcard and post it by Friday, September the 13th, using this address:

N° 13
Taivaanvuohentie 3 B 13
00200 Helsinki
Finland

Recommendations:
material must be child friendly // common postcard size (10 x 15 cm / 4 x 6 in) preferred //
media: free // no jury, no fee, no return // please include contact info (email)
All works received will be exhibited at https://postboxtomailboxnoplainart.blogspot.com and a
digital publication (catalogue) will postdate the project.

Questions: 4johngayer@gmail.com

*The paradox embodied in this tale is that the ‘dangerous†number hadnâ€t disappeared. Its digits had merely been reversed to identify the highest storey. Imagine, this thirty-floor building had a 31st floor.