Greater Manchester Contemporary Emerging Artist Prize 2016

Greater Manchester Contemporary Emerging Artist Prize 2016

Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce is launching a new annual arts prize thanks to a public grant from the Arts Council England and sponsorship from the business community. The prize is open to practising semi-professional and professional artists working or living in one of the 10 local authorities across Greater Manchester.

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Other MA (TOMA) alternative art education programme call out for artists

Other MA (TOMA) alternative art education programme call out for artists

The Other MA (TOMA) is a 12 month alternative art education model, set up by practicing artists and based at Metal Art School in Southend-on-Sea. It is a response to the fact that many artists who wish to continue their learning and critical discourse with peers are unable to access most current MA provisions for a number of reasons - time, cost, work or family commitments.

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Summer Course in Curatorial Practice Venice

Summer Course in Curatorial Practice Venice

The School for Curatorial Studies Venice is an ambitious and challenging project promoted since 2004 and conceived as a school committed to experimentation and interdisciplinary thinking. The main goals are to spread knowledge in the field of visual arts and to introduce the students to the professions related to the art world, focusing on contemporary curatorial theory and practice and contemporary museology.

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Call for Artists | Applications for ARTROOMS 2017 are now open

Call for Artists | Applications for ARTROOMS 2017 are now open

ARTROOMS is an innovative concept of art exhibition that offers independent artists the opportunity to exhibit their artworks in an intimate dimension, shortening the distance between artists, curators and visitors. The unique setting of a luxury hotel room becomes a pioneering way to access art.

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ARTROOMS 2017 Call for Emerging Curators

ARTROOMS 2017 Call for Emerging Curators

Open call for emerging curators (under 30) worldwide to submit proposals for ARTROOMS 2017, International Contemporary Art Fair for Independent Artists set in the January 2017. Application for ARTROOMS 2017 is £20 and if you apply before the 15th of March you pay only £ 10. Deadline, 30 July 2016

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Course: Art Photography and its Markets

Course: Art Photography and its Markets

Art Photography and its Markets covers photography as art from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. It offers an expansive view of photography’s movement from the margins to the centre of the art world through the last century, and considers its place in the global contemporary art market today. 

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The SOLO Award 2016

The SOLO Award 2016

The SOLO Award is an annual contemporary art prize established by WW in 2012, which recognises independent thinking, going it alone and taking risks. It is open to artists of any age, working in any medium. The winner receives a cash prize and a solo exhibition at the London Art Fair. 2016 sees the prize money doubled and the award open to international artists for the first time. The 2016 call for entries officially launches at the London Art Fair on 19th January 2016 and simultaneously online.

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Call for Submissions - Forgetting

Call for Submissions - Forgetting

By Other Means is a start-up production group looking to organise events with an interdisciplinary approach to selected critical topics. Each event will achieve this by promoting various media, including exhibitions, performances, publications and lectures. The first of these will be held in London this June and will explore the idea of Forgetting.

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Creative Art Writing Workshops | Call for participants

Creative Art Writing Workshops | Call for participants

University of Edinburgh (School of Art), University of Strathclyde (Creative Writing), University of Glasgow (Creative Writing) & Glasgow School of Art (Forum for Critical Inquiry) are collaborating on a series of SGSAH workshops that aim to facilitate creative writers & art writers to be more adept professional scholars in their respective fields. The workshops will enable PhD students to effectively share the different tactics, research methods, systems of distribution & audiences of their related writing-based disciplines.

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