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Short Description Our Biennials Connect Grants are now offering grants of up to £9,500 to UK and international biennials/festivals in eligible countries. Biennials Connect Grants support visual artists’ participation in UK and international festivals and biennials. The grants directly benefit artists by facilitating opportunities for travel, the production of new work, networking, skills building and showcasing […]

Short Description The Parsons Prize for Military-Affiliated Artists is an award recognizing outstanding work by artists with military affiliations. Founded by the Center for Military-Affiliated Students and Parsons School of Design, the prize honors the depth, rigor, and vision that military-affiliated artists bring to contemporary art practices. In the post-WWII era, The New School became […]

Short Description Young Painters, U.S. residents, ages 25 – 35 as of competition entry, are invited to participate in an annual juried competition for the 2026 $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award. Entrants should have achieved a significant degree of success as an emerging artist of noteworthy talent. The Yeck Award-winning artwork becomes part of […]

Short Description Together with 20 member cities and a regional association as well as numerous municipal, supra-regional and international cultural partners, the NRWKS initiates, promotes and organises a wide range of programmes, projects and events – often interdisciplinary and experimental. Affiliated to the city of Wuppertal for 49 years as a public-law agreement, the NRWKS […]

Short Description The immensely popular Defiance miniature sculpture exhibition returns again this year, continuing our 30th year celebrations.Size Is Not Important, a highlight on our exhibition calendar, invites artists to submit sculptural works no larger than 6x6x6”, any form, any medium, within that size.The biennial sculpture exhibition seeks to further Defiance Gallery’s reputation as a […]

Short Description Kunstnerforbundet is committed to diversity in its programming, and we encourage all professional artists to apply, regardless of education, organizational affiliation, gender, ethnic background, religion, functional ability, age and orientation. Eligibility We accept applications from professional visual artists, craft artists, duodji practitioners and freelance curators in the visual art field living in or […]

Short Description In 2027, Art Gene celebrates 25 years of artist-led, environmentally-aware placemaking, research, artist residences, exhibitions, and socially engaged art projects – all involving artists and communities in the revisioning of their social, natural and built environments.Founded in 2002 by artists Stuart Bastik (1965–2024) and Maddi Nicholson, over the last two and a half […]

Short Description Brushes at the ready. As part of National Album Day 2025, a new mural competition invites emerging creatives to design a piece that captures the spirit of rock in all its forms. If you’re over 18, based in the UK, and can channel the energy, diversity, and attitude of rock music into a bold […]

Short Description The national presentations at the British Pavilion are renowned for influencing the future of contemporary culture at a global level. The art and architecture exhibitions in Venice reflect the best of UK creative talent; to complement this, the Fellowships Programme provides a platform for emerging creative individuals to develop key skills, build networks […]