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Organizer Information The European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists (EFFEA) is an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), co-funded by the European Union. EFFEA connects festivals across countries to support emerging artists through international residencies, artistic development, networking and presentation opportunities. The programme defines “emerging” not by age, but by an artist’s novelty to […]

Organizer Information NXTHVN was co-founded in 2018 by artist Titus Kaphar and impact investor Jason Price, both longtime New Haven residents, with artist Jonathan Brand also part of the founding team. The organization combines arts and entrepreneurship in a model that, through access, education, programming, and impact investing, launches the careers of artists and curators […]

Organizer Information Embracing Our Differences is a Southwest Florida nonprofit organization, founded in Sarasota in 2004, that uses art and education to promote inclusion, kindness, and respect. Its first exhibition featured art submitted by 124 regional artists and drew 100,000 community members and 2,000 students to Bayfront Park. Since then, the organization has grown into […]

Organizer Information The Pastel Society is a UK-registered charity founded in 1898, with its first exhibition held in 1899 at the Royal Institute in Piccadilly, London. Founder members and early exhibitors included Frank Brangwyn, Edgar Degas, Auguste Rodin, William Rothenstein, James McNeill Whistler, and G.F. Watts. The Society is one of nine art societies that […]

Organizer Information The InnovMetal Award (IMA), formerly known as the China Hardware Products International Industrial Design Competition, is a professional industrial design competition focused on the hardware products sector. Established in 2006, the award is designed to connect international design resources with the hardware manufacturing industry in Yongkang, Zhejiang, China, a major hardware manufacturing center. […]

Organizer Information BBA Prizes is run by BBA Gallery, a gallery based in Berlin that has worked with and supported emerging to mid-career artists from around the world since 2017. The gallery describes its mission as opening doors within the art industry for artists, offering introductions to its professional network, and helping artists share their […]

Organizer Information Association Esthétique de l’Est (EDE) is a non-profit association created in January 2022 in Bordeaux and now based in Paris, dedicated to promoting dialogue between Eastern and Western art through exhibitions, concerts, workshops, and cultural projects. The association is the organizer behind QIANKUN (乾坤), an international contemporary art platform it created in 2022 […]

Organizer Information Material Works Art (MW) is an artist-run project platform established in 2024 to support artists and expand opportunities for the development, recognition, and circulation of contemporary art. Based in Chicago, Illinois, the organization states its mission is to empower artists and the continued development of their work through offering awards, collection-building, and exposure […]

Organizer Information TU Dresden (Technische Universität Dresden) is a German University of Excellence, and this residency is hosted by its Office for Academic Heritage, Scientific and Art Collections (the Kustodie), one of the oldest institutions of its kind in Germany, founded in 1979. The Kustodie is the central university unit responsible for preserving TU Dresden’s […]