Visual Arts

The World Illustration Awards (WIA), presented by the Association of Illustrators (AOI) in partnership with the Directory of Illustration, is a global celebration of creativity in illustration. Now in its 10th year, the awards recognize excellence across various categories and provide extensive networking, promotional opportunities, and professional development for entrants.   Information and Application Details: […]

The Arts/Industry Residency Program at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, in collaboration with Kohler Co., offers artists the opportunity to explore new ideas and create innovative work using industrial materials and processes in pottery and foundry facilities. This internationally renowned program fosters creative exchange and supports artists from diverse disciplines in producing new bodies […]

The SIM Residency is an international self-directed artist-in-residence program in Reykjavik, Iceland for visual artists, sound designers, researchers, curators, creative writers, cross-disciplinary artists, performance, dance, and all various forms of creators and scientists. The main objective of the residency is to provide a venue for international artists to take part in the Icelandic art scene, […]

Since 2002, PACT has been the scene of a series of special take-overs known under the label ATELIER. The on-going format invites artists from the region, Germany and abroad to present their current projects to a broadly interested audience at PACT. Through an open call, projects in various stages of development as well as finished works […]

The Wintertide Rustic Retreat, offered by Millay Arts, is a self-directed residency running from December 16, 2024, to March 25, 2025. It offers a secluded and supportive environment for creators to reflect, recharge, or work on creative projects in an inspiring setting.   Information & Application Details: Residency period: December 16, 2024, to March 25, […]

The Bader + Simon Empowerment Grant is designed to support emerging, underrepresented artists in the U.S. The grant aims to provide financial assistance and visibility to artists whose work elicits dialogue, inquiry, and understanding, addressing themes of social justice, education, and community. The grant will contribute to an exhibition at the Bader + Simon gallery, […]

HYPERTEXTILE is a cycle of textile art residencies aimed at visual artists and designers. It is the evolution of our precedent project called Wireless carried out on 2022 with support from DGArtes, the University of Évora, the Municipality of Arraiolos and the Magdalena Abanakowich University of Poznan (Poland). HYPERTEXTILE, a RPAC project (Portuguese Contemporary Art […]

Within Sir John Soane’s Museum, the Drawing Office is the earliest surviving example of a working architectural office. To mark the 200th anniversary of its installation, Sir John Soane’s Museum began a programme of restoration, new multi-layered digital interpretation, and the launch of the Museum’s first residency programme in 2023. The Drawing Office sits in […]

Unframed is a cross-disciplinary exhibition that intertwines contemporary art with augmented reality (AR). Set across five European countries—Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Italy, and Romania—and potentially reaching farther, the project challenges conventional modes of interaction between audiences and societal processes, using AR to transform static artworks into dynamic portals of dialogue and discovery. At its core, Unframed […]