United Kingdom

Short Description This summer, Side will host Co-Authored Narratives, a symposium exploring collective authorship approaches to film and photography as a distinctive artistic practice embedded in the North of England (and across other areas of the UK) – highlighting it as a globally relevant method for social and cultural engagement. Drawing inspiration from pioneering models […]

Short Description The Clay Films project aims to celebrate and increase the profile of Global Majority artists that are working with film and clay as a primary material. We aim to reflect the richness of clay as a medium of artistic expression in film. We are interested in how artists are using film for storytelling, […]

Short Description An award for new writing on any aspect of contemporary portrait painting. The Judges were delighted by the response for the second RP Critical Writing Prize. The variety and the accomplishment of the proposals really persuaded all concerned that there is a live and continuing conversation going on and we are excited to […]

Short Description The Royal Society of Portrait Painters is proud to launch the RP Drawing Prize: Revealing the Human. The RP is seeking submissions from artists who depict people, in whatever form that happens to be. We are keen to explore and expand the idea of what a portrait can be and because drawing is such […]

Short Description Creative Practitioner Residencies are a funded route for those working in visual arts, craft & design, music, literature and performance, with at least three years of active practice. The Creative Practitioner Residency strand supports interesting, ambitious and challenging practices, providing space and time to focus in unique landscapes and off-grid spaces. Our Creative […]

Short Description With its unparalleled reach, the Sony World Photography Awards elevate the careers of photographers to the next level. Since the beginning, the Awards have championed inclusivity and access by being free to enter. Acting as an insight into photography today in all its diversity, the Awards spotlights photographers telling the stories of our […]

Short Description CIRCA PRIZE 2025 launches today, 1 May, with a global call challenging artists to consider sanctuary not as retreat, but as resistance — inviting them to propose new ways of seeing, surviving, and shaping our collective future. Broadcasting live from London, musician and Prize Juror Björk kicked things off with an excerpt of […]

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Delfina Foundation

Founded in 2007, Delfina Foundation promotes artistic exchange and experimentation. We create opportunities for emerging and established artists, curators and writers to reflect on what they do, position their practice within relevant global discourse, create career-defining research and commissions, and network with colleagues. We forge international collaborations to build shared platforms to incubate, to present […]

Short Description: Close-up Photographer of the Year returns for its seventh edition! CUPOTY is an annual competition that reveals the hidden wonder of the world through close-up, macro and micro photography. Celebrating the art of macro, micro and close-up photography, photographers are invited to reveal the hidden wonder of the world through their pictures. There […]