Artist Open Calls
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Opportunities
New Listings!
New listings will be dropped into upcoming deadlines after one week
AIR: YetToCome - Reconnect Festival
Eligible: Artists based in Argentina, Iran, USA, France, Switzerland and Germany
Location: Virtual artists residency
Deadline: 5 December
Facilities: Online
Residency: Timeframe agreed upon availability and need of the collaborating teams
Budget: €700
More Info: https://www.reconnectfestival.com/yettocome
Job: Director - West Yorkshire Print Workshop
Location: Mirfield, UK
Deadline: 6 December
Type: 30 hours per week
Salary: £32,323 fte - £26,208 actual
Contact: julie@wypw.org
More Info: https://wypw.org/job-opportunities/
Commission: Digital Artsist Curator - Art-Gene
Eligible: Under represented groups
Location: Online
Deadline: 16 December
Budget: £1,500
Media: Digital media, including film, animation, performance, and sound
More Info: https://www.art-gene.co.uk/news/digital-u-opportunity-2020/
Call: Fotofestiwal 2020
Eligible: International
Location: Łódź, Poland
Deadline: 20 December
Fee: no info
Media: Photography
Prizes: Artistic fee €400, accomadation, travel up to €200 and a production budget of €450
More Info: http://fotofestiwal.com/2020/en/open-call/
Call: Digital U - Art-Gene
Eligible: Under represented groups
Location: Online
Deadline: 4 January
Fee: Free
Media: Works exploring low carbon, sustainability, food, futures, biodiversity and environmental themes
Prizes: Exhibition fee £250
More Info: https://www.art-gene.co.uk/news/digital-u-opportunity-2020/
Fellowship: Mill's Reality Salon
Eligible: International
Location: Brussels, Belgian
Deadline: 5 January
Budget: €10,000 granted to one or several artists
Media: All media
More Info: https://www.needcompany.org/nl/mill-s-beauty-reality-salon
AIR: Bora bora Residency
Eligible: Professional dance artists or dance ensembles
Location: Århus, Denmark
Deadline: 8 January
Residency: 2-3 weeks studio time
Budget: €875 per artists per week, travel, accommodation up to 4 artists
More Info: https://mailchi.mp/bora-bora.dk/open-call-bbrc
Commission: Adaptations - ArtQuest
Eligible: Artists from under represented groups
Location: One artist London, one based elsewhere in England
Deadline: 18 January
Budget: £3,000
Media: It will support new ways of working
More Info: https://www.artquest.org.uk/project/adaptations/
Call: North West Graduates Call - AIR Gallery
Eligible: North West UK 2020 graduates
Location: Manchester, UK
Deadline: 31 January
Fee: Free
Media: All media
Prizes: 20 artists selected awarded £100 each for taking part plus prizes
More Info: https://www.airgallery.space/opencall
Upcoming Deadlines!
-Arts Jobs
Job: Exhibitions Manager - Turner Contemporary
Location: Margate, UK
Deadline: 1 December
Type: 6 month fixed term, part time 3 days a week, maternity cover
Salary: £25,000 - £26,000
More Info: https://turnercontemporary.org/about/jobs-and-opportunities/exhibitions-manager/
Job: Marketing Coordinator - Backlit Gallery
Location: Nottingham, UK
Deadline: 2 December
Type: 6 month contract, 2 days per week
Salary: £18,000 pro rata
Contact: suzanne.golden@backlit.org.uk
More Info: https://backlit.org.uk/jobs-opportunities
Job: Assistant Curator
Location: Norwich, UK
Deadline: 3 December
Type: Full time
Salary: £22,417 - £25,941 per annum
Contact: tania.moore@uea.ac.uk
More Info: https://myview.uea.ac.uk/webrecruitment/pages/vacancy.jsf
Job: Building & Gallery Facilitator - Backlit Gallery
Location: Nottingham, UK
Deadline: 9 December
Type: 1 year contract, 3 days per week
Salary: £25,000 pro rata
Contact: suzanne.golden@backlit.org.uk
More Info: https://backlit.org.uk/jobs-opportunities
Job: Artistic Director/Chief Executive Officer
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Deadline: 14 December
Type: Permanent full time
Salary: £40,000 - £48,000 per annum
Contact: iain@britishceramicsbiennial.com
More Info: https://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/who-we-are/join-us/job-vacancies/artistic-director/
-Residencies
AIR: Collide Residency Award - CERN
Eligible: International artists
Location: CERN, Switzerland & Barcelona, Spain
Deadline: 7 December
Residency: Three months
Budget: 15,000 Swiss Francs research & artistic production award; personal allowance, travel costs & accommodation
More Info: https://arts.cern/article/open-call-collide-residency-award
-Open Calls
Call: The Sculpture Garden - Cookham Festival of the Arts
Eligible: UK artists
Location: Cookham, UK
Deadline: 1 December
Fee: Free
Media: Outdoor Sculpture
Prizes: Commission based sales
More Info: http://www.thesculpturegarden.co.uk/how-to-apply.html
Call: British Ceramics Biennial
Eligible: UK based artists
Location: Stoke-onTrent, UK
Deadline: 8 December
Media: Ceramics
Prizes: Each shortlisted artist will receive £1,000 production budget. Winner £5,000
More Info: https://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/award-call-for-artists/
Call: International Prize for Contemporary African Photography
Eligible: International artists engaging with the African continent or its diaspora
Location: Large scale outdoor exhibitions around the world
Deadline: 7 February
Fee: Free
Media: Photography
More Info: https://www.capprize.com
-Bursaries/Commissions/Fellowships
Scholarships: Kulturakademie Tarabya - Turkish/German co-production - Goethe Institut
Eligible: Artists from Turkey
Location: Istambul, Turkey
Deadline: 6 December
Funders: The Allianz Cultural Foundation
Budget: Monthly scholarships for there years
More Info: https://kulturstiftung.allianz.de/en_EN/programmes/operational-projects/tarabya_koproduktionsstipendien.html
Research Fellowship: M HKA & Van Abbemuseum
Eligible: International
Location: Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp
Deadline: 6 December
Budget: Twelve months €10,000 research fee + maximum of €5,000 production budget
Media: Artist, curator, writer or thinker
More Info: https://vanabbemuseum.nl/en/programme/programme/open-call-m-hka-van-abbemuseum-research-fellowship/
Commission: Climate Change & COP26
Eligible: Individuals & organisations in the UK with partners from eligible countries & states overseas.
Location: UK
Deadline: 13 December
Funders: British Council
Budget: up to £50,000
Media: For creative commissions that bring together art, science & digital technology and offer innovative responses to climate change
More Info: https://www.britishcouncil.org/arts/opportunities/open-call-creative-commissions
Grants: Mophradat
Eligible: Artists from or living in the Arab world, and/or engaged with the Arab world
Deadline: Two deadline per year, 1 Oct & 1 April
Budget: 10 to 15 grants up to $5,000
Media: All disciplines
More Info: http://mophradat.org/open-calls/grants-for-artists/
Grants: Creative Debuts Black Artists Grant
Eligible: Black artists, UK
Location: UK
Deadline: Ongoing
Funders: Multiple
Budget: £500
Media: All media
More Info: https://creativedebuts.co.uk/BAG/
Funding: National Lottery Project Grants - Arts Council England
Eligible: UK individuals and independent organisations
Location: UK
Deadline: April 2021
Budget: £1,000 - £100,000+
More Info: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/national-lottery-project-grants/applying-national-lottery-project-grants-three-steps
New listings will be dropped into upcoming deadlines after one week
AIR: YetToCome - Reconnect Festival
Eligible: Artists based in Argentina, Iran, USA, France, Switzerland and Germany
Location: Virtual artists residency
Deadline: 5 December
Facilities: Online
Residency: Timeframe agreed upon availability and need of the collaborating teams
Budget: €700
More Info: https://www.reconnectfestival.com/yettocome
Job: Director - West Yorkshire Print Workshop
Location: Mirfield, UK
Deadline: 6 December
Type: 30 hours per week
Salary: £32,323 fte - £26,208 actual
Contact: julie@wypw.org
More Info: https://wypw.org/job-opportunities/
Commission: Digital Artsist Curator - Art-Gene
Eligible: Under represented groups
Location: Online
Deadline: 16 December
Budget: £1,500
Media: Digital media, including film, animation, performance, and sound
More Info: https://www.art-gene.co.uk/news/digital-u-opportunity-2020/
Call: Fotofestiwal 2020
Eligible: International
Location: Łódź, Poland
Deadline: 20 December
Fee: no info
Media: Photography
Prizes: Artistic fee €400, accomadation, travel up to €200 and a production budget of €450
More Info: http://fotofestiwal.com/2020/en/open-call/
Call: Digital U - Art-Gene
Eligible: Under represented groups
Location: Online
Deadline: 4 January
Fee: Free
Media: Works exploring low carbon, sustainability, food, futures, biodiversity and environmental themes
Prizes: Exhibition fee £250
More Info: https://www.art-gene.co.uk/news/digital-u-opportunity-2020/
Fellowship: Mill's Reality Salon
Eligible: International
Location: Brussels, Belgian
Deadline: 5 January
Budget: €10,000 granted to one or several artists
Media: All media
More Info: https://www.needcompany.org/nl/mill-s-beauty-reality-salon
AIR: Bora bora Residency
Eligible: Professional dance artists or dance ensembles
Location: Århus, Denmark
Deadline: 8 January
Residency: 2-3 weeks studio time
Budget: €875 per artists per week, travel, accommodation up to 4 artists
More Info: https://mailchi.mp/bora-bora.dk/open-call-bbrc
Commission: Adaptations - ArtQuest
Eligible: Artists from under represented groups
Location: One artist London, one based elsewhere in England
Deadline: 18 January
Budget: £3,000
Media: It will support new ways of working
More Info: https://www.artquest.org.uk/project/adaptations/
Call: North West Graduates Call - AIR Gallery
Eligible: North West UK 2020 graduates
Location: Manchester, UK
Deadline: 31 January
Fee: Free
Media: All media
Prizes: 20 artists selected awarded £100 each for taking part plus prizes
More Info: https://www.airgallery.space/opencall
Upcoming Deadlines!
-Arts Jobs
Job: Exhibitions Manager - Turner Contemporary
Location: Margate, UK
Deadline: 1 December
Type: 6 month fixed term, part time 3 days a week, maternity cover
Salary: £25,000 - £26,000
More Info: https://turnercontemporary.org/about/jobs-and-opportunities/exhibitions-manager/
Job: Marketing Coordinator - Backlit Gallery
Location: Nottingham, UK
Deadline: 2 December
Type: 6 month contract, 2 days per week
Salary: £18,000 pro rata
Contact: suzanne.golden@backlit.org.uk
More Info: https://backlit.org.uk/jobs-opportunities
Job: Assistant Curator
Location: Norwich, UK
Deadline: 3 December
Type: Full time
Salary: £22,417 - £25,941 per annum
Contact: tania.moore@uea.ac.uk
More Info: https://myview.uea.ac.uk/webrecruitment/pages/vacancy.jsf
Job: Building & Gallery Facilitator - Backlit Gallery
Location: Nottingham, UK
Deadline: 9 December
Type: 1 year contract, 3 days per week
Salary: £25,000 pro rata
Contact: suzanne.golden@backlit.org.uk
More Info: https://backlit.org.uk/jobs-opportunities
Job: Artistic Director/Chief Executive Officer
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Deadline: 14 December
Type: Permanent full time
Salary: £40,000 - £48,000 per annum
Contact: iain@britishceramicsbiennial.com
More Info: https://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/who-we-are/join-us/job-vacancies/artistic-director/
-Residencies
AIR: Collide Residency Award - CERN
Eligible: International artists
Location: CERN, Switzerland & Barcelona, Spain
Deadline: 7 December
Residency: Three months
Budget: 15,000 Swiss Francs research & artistic production award; personal allowance, travel costs & accommodation
More Info: https://arts.cern/article/open-call-collide-residency-award
-Open Calls
Call: The Sculpture Garden - Cookham Festival of the Arts
Eligible: UK artists
Location: Cookham, UK
Deadline: 1 December
Fee: Free
Media: Outdoor Sculpture
Prizes: Commission based sales
More Info: http://www.thesculpturegarden.co.uk/how-to-apply.html
Call: British Ceramics Biennial
Eligible: UK based artists
Location: Stoke-onTrent, UK
Deadline: 8 December
Media: Ceramics
Prizes: Each shortlisted artist will receive £1,000 production budget. Winner £5,000
More Info: https://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/award-call-for-artists/
Call: International Prize for Contemporary African Photography
Eligible: International artists engaging with the African continent or its diaspora
Location: Large scale outdoor exhibitions around the world
Deadline: 7 February
Fee: Free
Media: Photography
More Info: https://www.capprize.com
-Bursaries/Commissions/Fellowships
Scholarships: Kulturakademie Tarabya - Turkish/German co-production - Goethe Institut
Eligible: Artists from Turkey
Location: Istambul, Turkey
Deadline: 6 December
Funders: The Allianz Cultural Foundation
Budget: Monthly scholarships for there years
More Info: https://kulturstiftung.allianz.de/en_EN/programmes/operational-projects/tarabya_koproduktionsstipendien.html
Research Fellowship: M HKA & Van Abbemuseum
Eligible: International
Location: Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp
Deadline: 6 December
Budget: Twelve months €10,000 research fee + maximum of €5,000 production budget
Media: Artist, curator, writer or thinker
More Info: https://vanabbemuseum.nl/en/programme/programme/open-call-m-hka-van-abbemuseum-research-fellowship/
Commission: Climate Change & COP26
Eligible: Individuals & organisations in the UK with partners from eligible countries & states overseas.
Location: UK
Deadline: 13 December
Funders: British Council
Budget: up to £50,000
Media: For creative commissions that bring together art, science & digital technology and offer innovative responses to climate change
More Info: https://www.britishcouncil.org/arts/opportunities/open-call-creative-commissions
Grants: Mophradat
Eligible: Artists from or living in the Arab world, and/or engaged with the Arab world
Deadline: Two deadline per year, 1 Oct & 1 April
Budget: 10 to 15 grants up to $5,000
Media: All disciplines
More Info: http://mophradat.org/open-calls/grants-for-artists/
Grants: Creative Debuts Black Artists Grant
Eligible: Black artists, UK
Location: UK
Deadline: Ongoing
Funders: Multiple
Budget: £500
Media: All media
More Info: https://creativedebuts.co.uk/BAG/
Funding: National Lottery Project Grants - Arts Council England
Eligible: UK individuals and independent organisations
Location: UK
Deadline: April 2021
Budget: £1,000 - £100,000+
More Info: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/national-lottery-project-grants/applying-national-lottery-project-grants-three-steps
Artist Open Calls
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Clive Street
Bolton
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United Kingdom
