Discover, compare, and apply to current open calls by leading art organizations around the world.

Open Calls for Artists

Justin Ross

Together with 3 international curators, we are seeking 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. 

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

Home Page Spotlight:  Your work will be featured right at the top of ArtConnect's homepage for art. 

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 60,000 followers. 

Dedicated Newsletter:  Winners are presented in a dedicated newsletter that goes out to more than 28,000 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.

Emma Enderby

Carlotta Mazzoli

Jessica Bennett

Abigail Doan

GianMarco Porru

Gabriel Ribeiro

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

Daniel

The Block invites artists worldwide to submit NFT artwork for exhibition in our central Lisbon crypto space. We will host a launch party event for your NFT art collection on 17th December.

Proof of Humanity

Open Call for artists worldwide - NFT Exhibition

CALL FOR PROPOSALS – SINK OR SWIM CLIMATE FUTURES
Fellowship recipients will receive a $8,000 production grant to support their project, a $2,000 honorarium, and three-months of seven-days-a-week access to the resources and fabrication facilities of the Park’s outdoor artist studio.

Artist Fellows are responsible for the fabrication, transportation (if necessary), and installation of their works. Socrates provides limited technical and installation assistance during a three-week installation period, M–F, 10AM–6PM. Specifics of installation assistance will be discussed with each artist selected.

Thematic Prompt: Sink or Swim Climate Futures

As a public park and outdoor venue Socrates is an art space particularly attuned to the effects of climate change. Applicants to the 2022 Socrates Annual Fellowship and exhibition program are encouraged to submit proposals based on the prompt *Sink or Swim with the goal of presenting a public artwork for a fall of 2022 group exhibition.

This year, Socrates asks artists to consider the present day ecological conditions and challenges that our globe faces. Just this August, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that 1.5 degrees C global temperature within the next 20 years is unavoidable, but there is a window of opportunity for global action to slow the current warming trend and consequential environmental destruction. We are at once on the tipping point of irreparable ecological devastation and at the dawn of a new age of Green politics and technologies. Reduction of future emissions paired with technologies for carbon sinking [*pulling CO2 out of the atmosphere and trapping it in rock or water] may temper the warming phenomena. Or, the rising temperatures may further melt our glaciers, increasing ocean levels, leaving coastal cities under water. In this scenario, sinking is preferable to swimming.

While a global phenomenon, climate change does not impact all equally. The costs are greater borne on disadvantaged groups with less political power—those in developing countries, women, the young, the elderly, racial and ethnic minorities, and those without access to capital. 

How can we address the urgency, enormity, and challenges of climate change without falling into melancholy or paralysis? How do the matrices of race, gender, and class intersect in this Green future? What can we do to mitigate eco-anxiety surrounding these many simultaneous demands for global change? What can we learn from historically vulnerable, but thriving communities that can help us navigate this challenge?

production grant to support their project.

‘THE 2022 SOCRATES ANNUAL’ OPEN CALL

CHICAGO SCULPTURE EXHIBIT

The Chicago Sculpture Exhibit is celebrating 21 years of installing large-scale
public art throughout Chicago neighborhoods. We will install at least 50 professional sculptors’ artworks throughout Chicago neighborhoods in 2022. Artwork will be installed in May 2022 and will run one year through May 2023. A cash award of $1,500 will be given to artists chosen to participate. Assistance with installation will be provided. Locations for artworks are determined by size and type of base necessary. Only the highest quality work will be considered for installation. 

Professional sculptors are invited to submit proposals for consideration. Artists must be experienced with the design, construction and installation of outdoor sculpture and must have a documented track-record of this experience.

will be given to artists chosen to participate.

2022 Call for Sculptors

Stefan

see-zeen is now accepting submissions for issue #3. 
The theme is open.
Anyone from anywhere can submit.
see-zeen is open to any kind of photographic expression: any theme, any style, any genre. It can be portrait, landscape, documentary, fashion, abstract etc.

Submit a series of 5-12** images.
File information: Maximum 2500px at longest side, 72dpi in sRGB color space.
Include photographer's name and project title in the filename of every image:
(eg: LastName-FirstName-TitleOfProject-ImageNumber).

A brief description of the work is required (maximum 100 words).
An artist statement is optional (maximum 200 words).
A brief bio is optional.
A website link if available.
IG link if available.
For any questions go to our contact page.

Open Call for Photographers

Propaganda

Propaganda announces Open Call (2021/22) for artistic projects.

Artists and creative collectives are welcome to apply. 

We expect that the winning applicant presents the project before February 25, 2022. Applicant is free in selecting the medium and presentation format for the project, including the venue. 

for production and/or honorarium (2 transfers)

Open Call 2021/22

Chromart Magazine is an online publication with international recognition that supports emerging artists to get the attention they deserve. 
We now invite artists to submit their work for our next issue that it will be published on the 30th of january 2022.
We aim to offer all creative people, regardless of the stage of their careers, the opportunity to submit their work and ensure that each of their submissions will be selected for our next Chromart online magazine.
If your work is selected for our magazine, you will have your name and your social media account included with your work. If your artwork is not chosen for the magazine, you will be featured on our website.

Requirements
HD photos of 3-5 artefacts of yours
Artist Statement (3rd person, max 120 words)
Artwork (title, size, medium, year and price)
Project description
Website
Social media

Your application
We welcome submissions from artists from all disciplines. Send us an email with your work and briefly explain who you are and details about your work.

How to apply

Apply: Send by email (Subject: ChromArt issue january)
Submit (attach on the email) 3-5 images by email (jpeg format, up to 5MB each image).
Please name each file with the title of each artwork (e.g., "Untitled. JPEG")

Contact
Email: chromaagency@gmail.com

Copyright Policies
Artists maintain perpetual all the right of their artwork and can freely display their creations in any gallery.

Selection
The team will review all applications, and the selected works will be announced on our social media accounts.




ChromArt Creative Art Magazine

Saudi Design Festival

Be part of Saudi Design Festival's inaugural edition, and make creative cultural history in the Kingdom with us.

Set to be the first of its kind festival in the Middle East, Saudi Design Festival presented by the Architecture and Design Commission will transform Riyadh into a hub for creative dialogue from January 9 - 29, 2022 at JAX District. Focusing on the power of transformation in and by design, SDF will bring communities together to celebrate great design, reimagine the future, connect, and create our presence on the global culture and creative map.

SDF 2022 will be turning JAX into its main Design District for the first year, offering a variety of experiences to learn and explore the world of design:
● Curated Exhibitions
● Tri-weekend Design Market for SMEs, designers, and brands
● Functional Design Installations
● Design Forum featuring local and international thought leaders
● Masterclasses and Workshops
● Kids Programming
● Community-led activities and networking days

Interested designers, organizations, and brands can apply to be part of the festival through the website until December 11, 2021.
https://www.saudidesignfestival.com/

Tallahassee Arts

The Council on Culture & Arts (COCA) is accepting proposals for unique public artworks to be located along the History and Culture Trail. In partnership with the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency, COCA presents this opportunity to share and celebrate the rich history and culture of the neighborhoods, businesses, and people living in the areas surrounding the Capital Cascades Trail and FAMU Way Extension projects. The proposed artworks should:

Highlight the history of the Tallahassee African-American community who has historically called the Project area home, as well as the significant history of FAMU and the local civil rights movement. 

Improve civic engagement, enhance civil discourse, and encourage thoughtful and meaningful dialogue among people regarding the story of the surrounding communities

Enhance the tolerance, diversity, and understanding of our communal history

Add cultural value by communicating Tallahassee’s unique identity, social value by engaging opportunities for interaction and self-reflection

COCA and Blueprint staff will work with selected artists on agreements, detailed and finalized budgets and fabrications/installation timeline from April-June 2022 with anticipated artwork installation slated for fall of 2022. 
(*Dates are subject to change)

 Public Art Location 1 - Allen Subdivision Murals

Public Art Location 2 - FAMU + Civil Rights Sculpture 

Public Art Location 3 - Railroad Depot Mural

Public Art Location 4 - Villa Mitchell Hill Sculpture

Public Art Location 5 - Elberta Crate Sculpture

This amount will be divided among selected artists and includes the design, fabrication, transportation, delivery and installation of the selected pieces at the site, and all other associated expenses including but not limited to: additional site preparation or modification, project documentation, any travel expenses, artists' fees, unexpected expenses and any other associated costs. Blueprint and the City will supervise installation and provide signage recognizing the artists for their work. 

History and Culture Trail Call for Public Art

Old Town Triangle Association

CALL FOR CHICAGO AREA ARTISTS: The Old Town Art Center is accepting proposals from artists to be included in a themed competition/show. For the month of February, the Leslie Wolfe Gallery (LWG) will display up to 75 two-dimensional works (one per artist) with no single piece exceeding 24”x36”.

Artists’ works will be featured at an opening reception, highlighted on website, featured and included in email newsletters and promoted on social media outlets. Gallery attendees include tour groups, walk-ins, art school students and instructors, Old Town neighbors and guests. Guests will vote on their favorite depiction of LOVE: In Real Life.

The single, individual work that receives the most #1 votes will be awarded.

LOVE: In Real Life

fee to help defray the cost of the jury process

Antenna Gallery

Antenna is now accepting submissions for our Louisiana Solo Exhibition Open Call 2022. This opportunity is for artists living and working in the state of Louisiana.

Individuals or collaboratives working in any visual art mediums are eligible to apply. Black, Indigenous, people of color, women, immigrants, and LGBTQ-GNC+ artists, including persons with disabilities, are strongly encouraged to submit an application.

Please note, by submitting an application, you will automatically be considered for this group show. All artists selected for the group show will receive a minimal honorarium based on the total number of artists included in the show, which the Open Calls Juror/Curator will determine. If you prefer not to be considered for the group exhibition, please indicate so in the application.

Fumi Amano 

AnnieLaurie Erickson

Doreen Garner

Nathan Halverson

David R Harper

Juliana Kasumu

Maria Lux

Marta Rodriguez Maleck

R. Eric McMaster

Christopher McNulty

Sara Nance

Angela Piehl

 Macon Reed

Yoshie Sakai

Kristine Thompson

Carlie Trosclair

 Lorna Williams

Ying Zhu

honorarium (split amongst the group, if collaborative) to offset costs associated with the exhibition, install and curatorial support.