Call for Applications: Anthology 2016

Call for Applications: Anthology 2016

CHARLIE SMITH LONDON is pleased to announce its fifth edition of the annual juried exhibition Anthology.Artists of all nationalities at all stages in their careers and working in any medium are invited to apply. Deadline: 18 June 2016

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BERLINER LISTE 2016: Open Call for Berlin’s biggest art fair

BERLINER LISTE 2016: Open Call for Berlin’s biggest art fair

Parallel to Berlin Art Week, the 13th edition of BERLINER LISTE will be held from September 15th to 18th, 2016 in the legendary Kraftwerk Berlin. Emerging gallery programs, project spaces and artists are invited to apply for the fair until June 30th, 2016.

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We Are Resident – Micro-Research Residency in Tampere, Finland

We Are Resident – Micro-Research Residency in Tampere, Finland

A small-scale, artist-led research and development initiative by Nicola Smith, We Are Resident is offering a micro-research residency supported by Tampere Artists’ Association, Finland specifically for an artist whose family or personal circumstances limit participation in normal residency opportunities.

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NEW CREATIVE MARKETS PROGRAMME CONCLUDES AFTER HELPING 500+ LONDON CREATIVE BUSINESSES MAKE OVER £2M SALES IN NEW MARKETS

NEW CREATIVE MARKETS PROGRAMME CONCLUDES AFTER HELPING 500+ LONDON CREATIVE BUSINESSES MAKE OVER £2M SALES IN NEW MARKETS

New Creative Markets (NCM) was a professional development programme for the Creative Industries, delivered by a consortium of four arts organisations -SPACE, Cockpit Arts, Four Corners and Photofusion- which ran between 2012 and 2015. 

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OPEN CALL: Performance artists to exhibit new works at 'Act Without Expectation'

OPEN CALL: Performance artists to exhibit new works at 'Act Without Expectation'

Act Without Expectation is seeking applications from performance artists to share new live work.

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CVAN North East Artists Films: Luke McCreadie

CVAN North East Artists Films: Luke McCreadie

Luke McCreadie discusses the development of projects and his sustained and ongoing interest in language and forms of communication. Commissioned by the CVAN, this is one of seven films to be exclusively launched over the coming months in an on-goingpartnership with This Is Tomorrow.  

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Launch Pad opportunity for new and current CG Associates

Launch Pad opportunity for new and current CG Associates

Launch Pads are short exhibitions/performances/events that punctuate Castlefield Gallery’s main exhibition programme providing artists and curators with the opportunity to use the gallery as a test bed for the production, display and consumption of contemporary art. Launch Pads will feature emerging talent selected from CG Associate members’ submissions (two or three times a year) and the BA and MA contemporary art courses (Interactive Arts and Fine Art) at Manchester School of Art (once a year).

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Applications OPEN for Art Fair East 2016

Applications OPEN for Art Fair East 2016

ART FAIR EAST is returning to the beautiful setting of St Andrews Hall, Norwich. 2016's event will run from 1 - 4 December 2016 and is set to be the premier event for art buyers in the Eastern Region during a busy period for visitors to the city.

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Visual Arts in Rural Communities (VARC) Artists’ Residencies

Visual Arts in Rural Communities (VARC) Artists’ Residencies

Visual Arts in Rural Communities (VARC) is inviting visual artists to apply for twelve-month residencies at Highgreen in rural Northumberland. The Trust is hoping to appoint two artists from applications submitted; one artist to hold the residency starting October2016 and another artist to hold the residency starting September 2017.  

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A Portrait of the Artist as an Unpaid Man

'The public need to treat the exploitation of artistic labour as some kind of taboo while artists themselves must stand firm and refuse to work for nothing. No amount of government policy is going to change this ... Are you prepared to get real?' Text by James Doeser

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#artistsmatter: But can we put a value on how much?

'We all agree that #culturematters (to borrow from the current campaign). By extension therefore we can presumably all agree that #artistsmatter too. After all they are the architects, creators, enactors and translators of this culture-that-matters-so-much...' Text by James Doeser

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Open call for visual artists to propose major new £30,000 commission within England’s Public Forest Estate

Open call for visual artists to propose major new £30,000 commission within England’s Public Forest Estate

An exceptional opportunity for visual artists to propose ideas for a major new £30,000 commission to be realised anywhere within England’s Public Forest Estate.

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John Moores Painting Prize 2016

John Moores Painting Prize 2016

Open to all painters in the UK, works are selected anonymously by an independent jury. The Prize continues to honour the principles of open submission and democratic selection. Deadline: Mon 9 Nov 2015

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Opportunity: Warwick Stafford Research Fellowship

Opportunity: Warwick Stafford Research Fellowship

Early to mid career practitioners in Fine Art are invited to apply for the Northumbria University Warwick Stafford Research Fellowship 2015/16 until Monday 28th September, 5pm.

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North East CVAN Films

North East CVAN Films

North East CVAN has recently shortlisted and selected eight artists to be profiled in a third round of seven Artist Films. These films build upon the existing series of commissioned films.

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StudioBook: artist development programme

StudioBook: artist development programme

Mark Devereux Projects invites applications from visual artists for StudioBook; a new intensive programme that will support artists over a five-month period taking place in Greater Manchester.

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Call for artists: LIQUID ROOMS – THE BODY LANGUAGE

Call for artists: LIQUID ROOMS – THE BODY LANGUAGE

It’s LIQUID Group, in collaboration with International ArtExpo, is selecting all interesting photo, paintings, experimental video-art, installations and performance art works to include in the next 2015 exhibition

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WEST MIDLANDS - NEW ART WM

WEST MIDLANDS - NEW ART WM

TPWM and the New Art WM, hosted by BCU work together to strengthen the visual arts in the West Midlands. The public website,  http://newartwm.org/ promotes artists, galleries and collections in the region and encourages audiences to see and buy contemporary work.

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Gaining Resources

Gaining Resources

Castlefield Gallery is running a professional development seminar on Gaining Resources.
This seminar, is the third and final event as part of a year long Emerging Artist Programme created and managed by Castlefield Gallery (Manchester) for the Brewery Arts Centre* (Cumbria), has been tailored specifically for contemporary visual artists who want to develop their art practice.

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