Justin Ross

Every month we work together with 3 international curators to seek out exceptional artistic talents from around the world who will become ArtConnect Artists to Watch for 2021.

You’re an emerging artist with something to say — and you want to get noticed?  That’s what drives us at ArtConnect. 

We make it our mission to showcase exceptional contemporary art by up-and-coming artists so that you can take your work to the next level. Because we believe fresh artistic voices like yours deserve a chance to be heard.

Take part in our open call for Artists to Watch for the chance to win exciting prizes that are sure to get you noticed.

Boost your Art: 
Your work will be featured right at the top of the art page and stay there for 7 days.

Solo Magazine Feature: 
Winners will receive a dedicated page in our magazine to feature your artwork and a short artist interview there too   

Curatorial Review: 
One of our exciting international guest curators will provide a short review of your work and give their take on what made you stand out as an artist to watch.

Social Media: 
We announce each of the winning artists on all our social media channels, where they will reach an enthusiastic international art community of over 50,000 followers.

Dedicated Newsletter: 
Winners are presented in a dedicated newsletter that goes out to more than 26,000 subscribers.

Digital Permanent Collection: 
Have your work included on ArtConnect's own profile page as part of our digital permanent collection. 
  
Remember, your ArtConnect profile is your key to applying. 

Use your profile to introduce yourself, describe your artistic approach and create a portfolio of your work. 

Join ArtConnect's professional plan for artists to unlock even more ways to show off your work, and apply to this open call for free. 

Submit your work for a chance to become one of ArtConnect's Artists to Watch 2021

Sophie Arni

Lesia Kulchynska

Devanshi Shah

Elinor Sahm

Kaija Hinkula

Jia-Jen Lin

Romeo Alaeff

Meaghan Gates

Anne-Marie Giroux

Lisa McCleary

Laura Hart Newlon

Dorsey Kaufmann

Ayin Es

Artists to Watch 2021

Haute.png

Haute.png Magazine is an online platform for Avant Garde fashion, serving as an inspiration platform and resource. We just launched and are looking for some street snaps-- outfits that are artful, provoking, unique, against the grain. 

This is a recently launched project, so you will be an early contributor and help shape the direction of the project. Our goal is to create a platform to document avant-garde fashion in NYC (+beyond) and keep it alive. If chosen, your photo will be posted on the website, with credit and description.

We also run Haute.png NFT (hand-drawn pixel art) and Haute.png Boutique (secondhand avant garde clothing).

Rolling Open Call, submit Asap! Email for details. 

Call for Fashion Street Snaps (Online Magazine)

Flora Ashe

Flora Fiction is looking for artists, writers, poets, photographers, illustrators, and others to be featured for Volume 2 Issue 4, December 2021 online literary magazine set to release on December 21st, 2021.

We’re inspired by you and would love to see what you have to offer. Please check out our previous issues for reference of work we’ve published. If your style and content fits with us, send away!

Theme: Fire & Ice
Flash Fiction / 1,000 words
Poetry & Prose / Limit: 3 poems
Photography / Limit: 5 Photos
Drawings & Illustration / Limit: 5 items

Submissions are open from October 25th, 2021 until November 30th, 2021.
All entries will be notified by December 12th, 2021.

Flora Fiction Literary Magazine Winter 2021

Artworks 


All mediums except video are invited to submit photos of work for consideration. Entry deadline is midnight Tuesday, November 30.  Notification of selection will be December 5, 2021.

Each year on New Year’s Eve, two “dragons” (mysteriously sporting human legs and feet from below) parade through the town.  The villagers and thousands of visitors dance around and behind the creatures, banging pots and spoons to ward away evil spirits in the coming year.  Others try and touch the dragon for good luck.
Later, in February, coordinating with Chinese New Year, the Pamlico County Arts Council host their annual membership drive, known as The Burning of the Dragon.  A literal torching of a 30 ft high rendition of the creature, set aflame to ensure nothing but creative and positive things happen in the coming year.

Both of these events have become regional Coastal Carolina treasured events!
Clearly, Oriental loves dragons!  And we want to see yours!

In Search of the Dragon

Smithsonian Magazine

Over the last 18 years, readers have submitted more than 470,000 images to Smithsonian’s annual photo contest. These photos have transported us to the far corners of Earth, captured spectacular, split-second moments and introduced us to fascinating people and unique landscapes. Browse breathtaking images captured by photographers from nearly every country in the world. Search by location and topic, and explore photographer portfolios for inspiration.

The following six contest categories are drawn from subjects of special interest to Smithsonian magazine:

1. Natural World: Animals, plants and landscapes; geological or climatological features; and scientific processes and endeavors.
2. Travel: Locales, peoples or activities in the United States and abroad that convey a sense of place.
3. People: Portraits and photos of groups or individuals.
4. The American Experience: Events, objects or activities connecting the American people to their history or their cultural heritage; photographs that tell us what it means to be an American and provide a sense of what it is like to live in this country.
5. Altered Images: Photographs manipulated for artistic purposes by applying digital and/or traditional special effects.
6. Mobile: Any photograph taken with a mobile device (phone or tablet).

Smithsonian Annual Photo Contest

The Blitz Valletta Team

Blitz Valletta’s Digital Residency is open to highly motivated individuals from all artistic disciplines, including (but not limited to) new media, digital platforms, film, photography, performance, painting, sound, architecture, electronic music, installation, and will be selected through a competitive open call. Selected applicants must have recently graduated (2017 onwards) from an arts-related postgraduate degree and are requested to present a proposal for an original artwork to be produced and exhibited on our digital platform OPEN, dedicated to Blitz’s digital programme of exhibitions, talks and activities.

The residency will include a research and production phase of approximately one month, during which the resident artist will be in a conversation with Blitz’s curatorial team while participating in a mentorship programme with Art Critic, Writer, Digital Art Specialist Valentina Tanni, together with a minimum of three international visiting professors and project-specific technical experts. The production phase will be followed by the launch of the proposed new artwork, which will be exhibited online for a minimum of two months. Public engagement is crucial to the residency programme, taking the form of virtual open studios, a workshop and/or a talk for a community of artists, researchers, educators, professionals and students. All these activities will be performed virtually and must form part of the applicant’s proposal.

Blitz’s curator will be in discussion with the residents prior to and during the residency about their work and intentions. The curator’s role will be to guide, discuss and work with the residents towards an idea or concept that is agreed upon by both parties. Each resident has access to Blitz staff and associates, who will offer guidance and support, and introduce the resident to the institution’s network. Our aim is to foster and encourage collaborations that are sustainable beyond the framework of the residency.

Blitz Valletta is offering three online residencies for the duration of three months each, starting February 2022, June 2022 and October 2022. One of the three residencies is exclusive to a Maltese artist. Each residency will follow the timeline below:

Month 1 – mentoring programme, lectures with three international visiting professors, research and production of the artwork, virtual open studio

Month 2 – launch of the artwork on Blitz Valletta website, virtual press conference

Month 3 – duration of the online exhibition and public programme (talk / workshop)

Applicants from all over the world may apply and contact hours will be adjusted to facilitate the participation of artists in various time zones. Blitz Valletta reserves the right to determine the order of the selected candidates for the three residencies in order to ensure a smooth implementation of the programme.

February 2022
1st residency research and production

March-April 2022
1st residency exhibition

June 2022
2nd residency research and production

July-August 2022
2nd residency exhibition

October 2022
3rd residency research and production

November-December 2022
3rd residency exhibition

Alexandra Pace

Sara Dolfi Agostini

Valentina Tanni

Oliver Laric

Budget per artist,  which includes an artist fee of €500 and a production budget for the artwork proposed in the application.

INTERNATIONAL ONLINE RESIDENCY

Cordts Art Foundation

Women are underrepresented in art. Sculptor Franziska Seifert wants to change this and, together with her husband Tim Cordts, she established a charitable foundation to support female artists through a residency programme. In the house on Schwanenwerder at the Wannsee lake in Berlin female artists from all over the world can work undisturbed and rent-free for two to ten months and carry out projects dear to their hearts. What a fantastic opportunity …

What do you do with a house in a very exclusive location that you don't want to use yourself? Sculptor Franziska Seifert (55) set up a residence for female artists in the house of her late mother.

What makes the house special is not only its new use but also its location: Schwanenwerder – Berlin's expensive island with a dark past. Industrialists, merchants and bankers lived here, many of them were of Jewish origin and were expelled after 1933. Thereafter, the island was firmly in the hands of the Nazi leadership. After 1945 American military men and the German publisher Axel Springer resided here.

Rent-free in 1935 house on Schwanenwerder at the Wannsee lake in Berlin

Women Artists in Residence 2023

Reiefestival

The Reiefestival’s programme is composed on the basis of an open call. The Reiefestival is looking for stage-related artistic projects inspired by Bruges’ rich history and heritage. Each edition of the Reiefestival focuses on a particular theme.

The Reiefestival is a new arts festival that connects heritage and history with contemporary performing arts. The festival takes place at various open-air locations on and around the Bruges canals and will run over several days in August 2023.

For the first edition, the Reiefestival is working with the theme of ‘faith’.

Faith has a wide interpretation from various backgrounds and across generations. The theme of faith refers not only to the various world religions, to spirituality and rituals, but also to personal forms of belief and conviction and to forms of superstition that are deeply rooted in our daily reality. Nor can faith be separated from truth or from the boundary between truth and fiction: the moment when you believe something becomes a truth.



Reisefestival Open Call

Stadt Dübendorf

Artists in Dübendorf wanted! For the 18th time, the city of Dübendorf is awarding a studio to promote visual artists from May 1 to October 31, 2022.

During the stay in the studio, the willingness and desire to actively deal with the city of Dübendorf and its population is desired. A jury will decide on the selection of an artist in early 2022.

Vreni Spieser

Laura A. Kingsley

Brigitte Fries

Gianin Conrad

Michael Eul

Ramona Proyer

Lydia Wilhelm

Olga Titus

Rahel Hegnauer

Simone Etter

Artist Studio Grant 2022

Atelier Josepha

In partnership with ARS BALTICA Crazy4Culture supports
TWO ARTIST RESIDENCIES AT VILLA JOSEPHA AHRENSHOOP, GERMANY - AUTUMN 2022

Atelier Josepha invites artists of all disciplines to Ahrenshoop, whose work critically reflects on the historical and current circumstances of the Baltic Sea region.

Atelier Josepha brings together nature and art under the central theme 'Baltic Sea'. It promotes critical reflection on the historical and current circumstances of the Baltic Sea region. The residency stands in a tradition of cultural cooperation and exchange within this area. It is also inspired by the need to reflect on our mutual environment and shared seas – both as forces of nature and in their increasing vulnerability.

Residency period: A period of three weeks between September and December 2022. The residency requires the artists´ full-time presence at Atelier Josepha.

Helen Adkins

Marcus Hagemann

Vera Neukirchen

Torsten Ruehle

Charlotte Streck

Call for Residencies 2022

Bangkok Art Biennale

The years 2021-2022 will be critical as global threats multiply from pandemic to climate change to patching up the new world disorder. With deep-rooted problems and schism through political differences, racism and hate crimes, Americans need to limit the flexing of their military muscle overseas. Withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan marked the end of an era in which USA use of military power to remake other countries. On the other hand, China, which came out of the pandemic crisis relatively unscathed, continue to develop the overhype of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The global shift of power is clearly evident as climate destruction, collapse in economic infrastructure and international insecurity have turned the world into chaos.

Humankind has suffered despair, isolation, fear and death. Chaos in Greek cosmology refers to the void state preceding the creation of universe or cosmos. Chaos precedes Gaea and Eros (earth and desire). In the state of utter confusion and disorder, we live with unpredictability and fear as we are not used to such intense catastrophe with its ripple effects.

The race for vaccines to prevent the spread of pandemic have caused further concerns. Paradoxically, as the supplies became available vaccine diplomacy and vaccine wars resulted in unequal distributions and availability on the market. Many anti-vaxxers and skeptics worried about rushed certification of vaccines. There is no assurance of the aftereffects in the long run. Despite delay and disappointment, to make matters worse, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) has many variants including Alfa (B.1.1.7), Beta (B.1.351), Gamma (P.1), Delta (B.1.617.2), Eta (B.1.525), Iota (B.1.526), Kappa (B.1.617.1), Lambda (C.37) and Mu (B.1.621). The vaccines available cannot fully protect and most likely these viruses will be with us for a long time. What does this mean? More deaths, more vaccination for patients with more profits for vaccine markets. The vicious cycles have depleted some countries into state of crisis as governments have failed to solve calamity and chaos.

The impact of the pandemic on the art ecosystem has caused a deep slump worldwide. Facing unprecedented upheaval and fight for survival, art and creativity often seen as luxury, have been under threat. Cancellation, postponement and delay together with budget cuts and unemployment resulted in unpredictability at all levels. Challengingly, art sectors that manage to recover and reinvent themselves fastest will find innovative ways to survive.

Bangkok Art Biennale 2020 was one of the few international art events that went as planned despite the spread of the pandemic and political unrest. The theme Escape Routes was related to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, Agenda 2030. Learning to survive the hard way meant facing obstacles ranging from logistical nightmare, travels and quarantine, social distancing for art viewing, on sight tours and virtual viewing online. Despite no vaccines at the time, but fortunate enough the first wave of COVID-19 was mild with semi-lockdown, over 400,000 viewers experienced the art event on sites in Bangkok with over 2.3 million viewers reached in virtual and online.

Bangkok Art Biennale 2022 under the theme CHAOS : CALM will take place during 22 October 2022 to 23 February 2023. The binary opposite of chaos and calm will reflect the zeitgeist of the confusing world we live in. Artists whose works reflect turbulence, trauma and angst remind us of fragility of life at the time of pandemic, climate change, environment detriment, politics and clashes in ideologies. In the dystopian and delusional world, the artists reveal consequences of destruction of humankind and nature from their own making.

Amidst chaos, there are glimpses of hope and serendipity as human and nature slowly come to terms with survivalism. With the immensity of detriment and destruction, ways of life will never return to what once known as normalcy. Discovery of calmness in turmoil can be unexpectedly enriching through sagacity and chance. Such process covers a wide range of demands including empathy, patience, allure and humor. Calmness and tranquility can still be experienced simultaneously in our new world of post-pandemic and upheaval.

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The panel will review only 300 applicants on a first-come-first-serve basis. Once reaching 300 applications, the system will automatically close. Once you have submitted you will not be able to amend the application. We suggest the applicant review the criteria and prepare your info. in advance before applying.

Bangkok Art Biennale 2022 | CHAOS : CALM