National Portrait Gallery opens entries for £35,000 Portrait Award
23 September 2026 • Mark Westall
Artists worldwide can enter the National Portrait Gallery’s 2027 Portrait Award for a chance to win £35,000.
Tag: Artist Opportunities
Tate Invites Young Artists to Make a New Work for Tate Modern
21 September 2026 • Mark Westall
Tate is inviting young artists to create a new work for Tate Modern as Tate Collective reaches 200,000 members.
FAD News: Bow Arts launches open call for 2027 East London Art Prize
15 May 2026 • Mark Westall
Bow Arts has announced the open call for the 2027 East London Art Prize, supporting artists through exhibitions, mentoring, residencies and a £15,000 award.
Leading European Foundations Launch Pioneering Programme to Support Arts for Social Change & Civic Participation Across Europe.
24 January 2025 • Mark Westall
An alliance of 11 leading European philanthropic foundations launches to champion the transformative power of socially engaged arts in driving positive social change across Europe.
Earth Photo 2025 Now Calling for Entries
16 December 2024 • Mark Westall
Earth Photo 2025 invites submissions from still and moving image makers of all ages, from anywhere in the world, who… Read More
Art Fund & Jerwood Foundation launch new fund to support artist commissions.
3 July 2024 • Mark Westall
Art Fund and Jerwood Foundation have today, Wednesday 3rd July, announced a new partnership to increase the support available for… Read More
Ai Weiwei + Marina Abramovic launch CIRCA PRIZE 2024.
5 June 2024 • Mark Westall
Now in its 4th consecutive year, the CIRCA PRIZE returns with an open call for artists to win £40,000 through… Read More
Queer|Art opens applications for Illuminations Grant & Giard Grant
10 April 2024 • Mark Westall
Queer|Art – NYC’s home for the creative and professional development of LGBTQ+ artists has just opened up applications and announced… Read More
2024 Artlab Editorial Fellowship Open Call
26 March 2024 • Mark Westall
Hyundai Artlab is accepting applications for the 2024 Artlab Editorial Fellowship through March 31st! Within the realm of art, writers… Read More
Women In Art Fair 2024 Open Call.
5 February 2024 • Mark Westall
Women In Art Fair Invites female-identifying artists to Submit to its 2024 Open Call.
National Gallery searches for 200 digital creators to celebrate Bicentenary NG200.
4 September 2023 • Mark Westall
The National Gallery today begins the search for a network of 200 UK-based digital creators to join in with the upcoming Bicentenary celebration NG200 along with social media communities around the world.
The III edition of the Circa Prize is now live.
21 June 2023 • Mark Westall
The Cultural Institute of Radical Contemporary Arts (CIRCA) has announced the launch of the III edition of the CIRCA PRIZE 2023
ARTS THREAD LAUNCH GLOBAL DESIGN GRADUATE SHOW 2023 IN COLLABORATION WITH GUCCI
2 May 2023 • Mark Westall
Arts Thread has launched the Global Design Graduate Show 2023 with GUCCI returning as the exclusive sponsor for their fourth… Read More
Greenpeace: Open call For Artists: BAD TASTE.
12 December 2022 • Mark Westall
Three grants of £10,000 will be awarded as part of a brand new open call for UK-based artists and activists launched today by Greenpeace UK.
Bad Taste is a project that sits at the intersection of art and activism to foster imaginative strategies that create change. It marks the first time Greenpeace UK has fully opened its action design process to external collaborators.
100 free space bursaries for artists built within converted warehouse spaces, available through 2021 and onwards.
1 April 2021 • Mark Westall
The newly founded London Performance Studios creative initiative have announced the launch of Seeding Space – 100 free space bursaries for artists built within converted warehouse spaces, available through 2021 and onwards in South East London.
CALL OUT FOR ARTISTS Sculptors in the north wanted for The Liverpool Plinth.
18 January 2021 • Mark Westall
Liverpool BID Company and dot-art are looking for the fourth artist to have their work installed on The Liverpool Plinth.
BRILLIANT Ideas wanted:UK public invited to create artwork for leading light art festival
13 January 2021 • Mark Westall
The BRILLIANT commissioning scheme is open to creative individuals currently living in the UK who are aged 18 or older, and have a bright idea
Delfina Foundation & Horniman Museum Open Call.
12 January 2021 • Mark Westall
Delfina Foundation in partnership with the Horniman Museum and Gardens is delighted to announce an open call for a UK-based… Read More
OPEN CALL: ‘Reflections’ an online exhibition this September, curated by @maddie.rose.hills hosted by @worldoffad .
19 August 2020 • Mark Westall
Open Call: ‘Reflections’ is an online exhibition this September, curated by @maddie.rose.hills hosted by @worldoffad
Open Call, the Plicnik Space Initiative
17 June 2020 • Mark Westall
The Plicnik Space Initiative is a 3-phase curatorial experiment aimed at observing the spatial dissonances between offline and online spaces, applications now open.
ARTSTHREAD + i-D Magazine launch online Global Design Graduate Show 2020 open to art & design degree students.
11 June 2020 • Mark Westall
ARTSTHREAD has partnered with i-D Magazine, to launch the online Global Design Graduate Show 2020 – the first ever online global design competition – as a proactive response to this year’s covid-19 disruption.
Estuary 2020 Open Call for artists and Associated Programme
21 February 2020 • Mark Westall
Essex Cultural Diversity Project and Metal have joined together to create opportunities for two emerging artists within the Estuary 2020 festival programme at Wat Tyler Country Park in Basildon, one of four main hubs for Estuary 2020.
BON VOLKS, Margate are offering two residencies in 2019 ONLY TWO WEEKS TO GO!
3 May 2019 • Mark Westall
In 2019, Bon Volks have two Residencies up for grabs for two Visual Artists. Each award will provide: * Two… Read More
OPEN CALL: UK artists and practitioners invited to breathe new life into Waltham Forest’s unloved spaces
11 August 2017 • Staff
Making Places is an ambitious £1m arts and cultural programme, funded by Waltham Forest Council, aiming to revitalise the area with artwork