**Are you an artist, designer or architect working with outdoor light installations? Hive Curates invites local and national artists to submit expressions of interest for Light Up Kilburn 2026\. Help us illuminate Kilburn Grange Park during one of the darkest winter months and create a unifying space for the local community.** 

  
Taking place across two evenings in February 2026, Light Up Kilburn will transform Kilburn Grange Park into a captivating immersive experience of light. Hive Curates and Camden Council invites artists to submit proposals for **outdoor light installations**. Artists are encouraged to respond to the festival’s themes of biodiversity and women’s night-time safety, both with the aim of uniting communities. We welcome submissions in the form of existing artworks and new ideas, with particular interest in proposals that consider community engagement. There are a number of opportunities available for this open call. 

  
**Background:** Light Up Kilburn - took place in February 2024, using light artworks and illuminations to light up buildings on the High Street and Kilburn Grange Park. Working with schools, community groups, businesses and local artists, Light Up Kilburn created a moment of cohesion and community pride which has left a lasting legacy. 

**Artist Fee: £5,000** (plus VAT). The fee must include any production, hire fees, transport, install and de-install as well as any community engagement.

  
**Location:** Kilburn Grange Park is a 3.2 hectares open space in Kilburn, North-West London adjacent to Kilburn High Road. 

  
**Install and Deinstall:** Selected artists must be available on the festival dates and are responsible for install on Thursday 26th and de-install on Saturday 28th (after 9pm) and/or Sunday 29th February. 

  
**Festival Dates:** Friday 27th - Saturday 28th February 2026.

Call for Light Installation Art for Light Up Kilburn 2026

Are you an artist with a passion for light and an interest in creating artworks to be produced as gobo projection slides? Hive Curates and Camden Council invites local and national artists to submit expressions for Light Up Kilburn 2026\. Help us illuminate Kilburn Grange Park during one of the darkest winter months and create a unifying space for the local community. This open call offers two opportunities for artists to design 3 artworks, to be produced as slides for gobo projectors. These projectors will be positioned around Kilburn Grange Park, providing an opportunity for images and patterns to animate various surfaces and create captivating displays. We welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of other non-white ethnicities, those who identify as LGBTQ+, neurodiverse and disabled artists / people.

  
On Friday 27th and Saturday 28th of February, Light Up Kilburn 2026 will illuminate Kilburn Grange Park during some of the darkest winter nights, transforming it into a captivating immersive experience of light. Featuring a series of inspiring consigned and/ or commissioned artworks, light trail, soundscape and activations, this second edition of the festival will explore the biodiversity of Kilburn Grange Park and our connection to nature, highlight the importance of women’s safety at night in the surrounding areas, and encourage the coming together of local communities. Through a sensory experience of light and sound, the park will become a unifying space for the local community. 

**Artist Fee**: £1,000 (plus VAT) The fee must include any community engagement. 

  
**Production support will be provided**. The selected artist or creator will be asked to submit vector artworks within the agreed timescale (please see table below) so that they can be produced as slides. Production of slides will be provided by Light Up Kilburn.

  
**Location**: Kilburn Grange Park is a 3.2 hectares open space in Kilburn, North-West London adjacent to Kilburn High Road. 

  
**Festival Dates**: Friday 27th - Saturday 28th February 2026.

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