🌸 **SPRING 2023 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce our newly increased award amounts of $1,800.00\.** 

  
Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (6) honorable mentions (3 in art and 3 in photo), will be featured on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. **Innovate Grant's commitment** extends beyond the grant cycle by promoting the work of selected winners and honorable mentions into the future. For more information and to apply visithttps://innovateartistgrants.org

  
**Innovate Grant** supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants. We've simplified the grant process, so that artists and photographers can focus on making their innovative work. The work should speak for itself and our application reflects that. 

  
**Innovate Grant** awards**:**

\+ 1 x **$1,800.00** Grants to a Visual Artist

\+ 1 x **$1,800.00** Grants to a Photographer

\+ 6 x Honorable Mentions Interviews

  
**How to Apply:** Visual Artists and Photographers 18 years and older, from all around the world, are eligible to apply. All media and genres are accepted. All applicants retain the right to the work they submit. Apply today at https://innovateartistgrants.org

  
**Explore the work of ALL Past Innovate Grant recipients and read their interviews at** https://innovateartistgrants.org

  
**Category**:Multiple disciplines and genres accepted

**Deadline**: June 22, 2023, Submit by 11:59PM PST

**Region:** US & International

**Awards:** 2 x $1,800.00 USD Grants // 6 x Honorable Mentions Interviews

  
**Apply Online Today**

https://innovateartistgrants.org

  

**Innovate Grant** awards**:**

\+ 1 x **$1,800.00** Grants to a Visual Artist

\+ 1 x **$1,800.00** Grants to a Photographer

\+ 6 x Honorable Mentions Interviews

NEW * $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo

CERCO International Prize supports and promotes the contemporary creation of ceramics since 2001\. The contest is positioned as one of the prizes with more experience and allows to make visible the evolution and trends within contemporary ceramics through its international catalogs and exhibitions .

The contest is open to all contemporary artists of any age, emerging or established, individuals or members of groups, and without restrictions on thematic or nationality, who use ceramic as an artistic medium.

Those selected for the Prize will hold an exhibition in which a jury made up of important figures from the world of art will decide on the CERCO Prize endowed with 6000 euros and two second prize. The winning work will become part of the funds of the Association of Artisans of Aragon and will be exhibited permanently together with the rest of the prizes awarded since the beginning of the contest.

XVIII INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS AWARD

The Vilcek Foundation will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise of $50,000 each to young, immigrant designers who demonstrate outstanding early achievement in design. 

  
## Who Should Apply

* You were born outside the United States to non-American parents
* You are not more than 38 years old
* You have 5 years of professional experience in design and possess a strong track record of creative and high-caliber work

## Why Should You Apply

* Unrestricted cash prize of $50,000 is awarded to each prizewinner
* Reflect on how your experience as an immigrant has shaped your success
* Receive an invaluable endorsement from leaders in your field
* Receive a comprehensive public relations campaign to promote you and your work

## Eligible Categories

* **Digital design**: experience design, game design, information design/data visualization, interaction design, software design, systems design, etc.
* **Graphic design**: branding, communication design, identity, packaging design, etc.
* **Product design**: furniture design, industrial design, lighting design, materials design, transportation design, etc.
* **Social design**: ecological design, equitable design, inclusive design, service design, sustainable design, etc.

  

The Vilcek Foundation will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise of $50,000 each to young, immigrant designers who demonstrate outstanding early achievement in design. 
  
  

2024 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Design

Theme: Secret

24th June 2023 — 6th September 2023

The Owen Owen Gallery and The Bridge

  
Artists can enter one piece of new work inspired by the theme. Works consisting of more than one part (i.e. triptych) must be rigidly attached as one item. The work can be in any medium, including textile and photography, and should be two dimensional. Light boxes or works requiring an electrical supply will not be accepted.

The work must be suitable for hanging by mirror plates on each side. We will use our own painted mirror plates if the work is selected for exhibition. Metal frames or clip frames will not be accepted. If you are unsure what mirror plates are, please contact us. Please remove all fittings. All works must be for sale.

SIZE

Maximum size, including frame, 36 x 48 inches (914 x 1219mm).

This means the longest edge must not exceed 48 inches (1219mm), and the shortest edge must not exceed 36 inches (914mm).

Adult First Prize: £1200

Adult Second Prize: £600 (Donated by The Friends of The Tabernacle)

Adult Third Prize: £300

Ages 12-17 Prize: £100

Age 11 & Under Prize: £50

The Tabernacle Art Competition 2023

**About the Fellowship**

The Rural Regenerator Fellowship brings together individual artists, makers, and culture bearers, grassroots organizers, community development workers, public sector workers and other rural changemakers who are committed to advancing the role of art, culture and creativity in rural development and community building. Fellows participate in two years of peer learning and exchange, and receive an unrestricted $10,000 stipend.

12 Fellows will be selected from rural communities across the Upper Midwest (Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, and the Native Nations that serve those geographies).

Fellows will be selected based on their demonstrated commitment and passion for rural art, culture and creativity, their interest in exchanging ideas and learning with other Fellows, and their vision and ideas for the future of rural places. People who are Black, Indigenous, Native, People of Color, LGBTQIA2+, and/or people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply, and will be prioritized in the selection process.

The Rural Regenerator Fellowship was launched in 2021, expanding on Springboard’s 10 years of rural programming.

\- Fellows will receive a flexible $10,000 stipend.

\- Fellows will participate in two in-person retreats in the Fergus Falls, MN area, October 10 - 13, 2023 and April 23 - 26, 2024.

\- Fellows will receive an additional $5,000 in year 2 to support and exchange or collaboration with at least one other Fellow.

Rural Regenerator Fellowship

  
_The Dutchess County Executive, in collaboration with Arts Mid-Hudson, annually recognizes outstanding people and organizations that contribute to the artistic quality and vibrancy of Dutchess County. This is the 36th Anniversary of the Awards, originally founded by then Dutchess County Executive Lucille Pattison in 1986\. The awardees are selected from public nominations and we invite you to nominate an individual, organization or business._

  
**AWARDS CEREMONY** – Details are still being finalized but the event will be held in person in at a Dutchess County location to be determined, the first or second week of October. 

  
**Awards are offered in 10 categories this year:** 

  
**Art in Public Places:** awards a Dutchess-based individual artist, arts organization, school, or community group that has successfully designed and installed a public art project.

**Artivist Award:** Recognizes a Dutchess-based artist that generously engages the community through their work in the arts.

**Arts in Education Award:** acknowledges a Dutchess-based educator, teaching artist, arts or educational administrator, school, school district, or organization that, through extraordinary vision and leadership, has expanded or enriched arts education opportunities to students in Dutchess County.

**Arts Organization Award:** rewards a Dutchess-based arts organization that has made an important contribution to the growth of Dutchess County's cultural life over a significant period of time.

**Business/Corporation Award:** recognizes a Dutchess County business or corporation that has demonstrated extraordinary support of the arts and/or vision and leadership in using the arts to enhance community life and enrich Dutchess County's cultural heritage.

**Individual Artist Award:** recognizes an individual residing in Dutchess County, whose achievements in his/her discipline are widely recognized and who has demonstrated a compelling or unique artistic vision.

**Patron/Philanthropy Award:** recognizes an individual or family residing in Dutchess County, who has/have made a significant contribution to the arts through extraordinary leadership, personal financial commitment or philanthropic activities.

**ThinkDIFFERENTLY in the Arts:** this award recognizes an individual, business, or organization that follows the initiative launched by Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro that seeks to change the way our community relates to our neighbors with all abilities through the arts.

**Volunteer Award:** recognizes an individual residing in Dutchess County, who has made a significant contribution to the arts as a board member, volunteer, or through other services in the arts.

**Youth with Exceptional Promise in the Arts:** Recognizes a Dutchess County resident that is of high school or college-age (16-22) as of October 15, 2023, and working or studying in any arts discipline including visual, performing, literary, film/video, and computer, among others. **_(Note: Supporting attachments are REQUIRED for nominations in this category.)_**

  
**Community members will review nominations and select this year's awardees using the following criteria:** _(note that not all criteria are applicable in all categories)_**:**

  
* **Artistic Excellence/Dedication –** For artists and arts programs consider the track record and quality of the nominee’s art-related work. For arts supporters, consider their dedication to the arts or the arts community.
* **Impact –** Consider the impact the nominee has had in Dutchess County and beyond, the extent to which the nominee brings positive recognition to Dutchess County and to which their actions have positively impacted the county's arts and cultural scene.
* **Influence**– Consider whether the nominee is visible and well connected. Will they be a draw for the event? Have their ideas positively influenced the Dutchess County arts and cultural scene?

  

2023 Dutchess County Executive's Arts Awards Nominations

  
 Malamegi Lab Art Prize, is a call for submissions open to all kind of artists. Works allowed in the art competition are: drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, graphics, mix media and video. A great opportunity for the artists, which can win a cash prize, have the opportunity to exhibit their artworks, and much more. 

  
**PRIZES: 5000,00€**

**\- artwork acquisition award**

**\- cash prize**

**\- monographic book prize**

  
The following types of works are admitted: Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Mixed media, Digital, Video, Graphics, Net art, other (all visual works that can be reproduced through a picture are allowed).

The contest is addressed to professional and amateur artists, graphic designers, painters, photographers, etc. from all over the world. 

  
**Application deadline : June 22, 2023**

You can find all the information about the contest on the official 

website: **www.lab.malamegi.com**

ARTWORK ACQUISITION AWARD

  
Malamegi Lab will acquire one among 12 final artworks. This artwork will become part of the Malamegi Lab’s private collection. The award has a maximum purchase value of € 2000,00\. Artworks not for sale or with a price higher than the acquisition prize will not participate in this prize. These artworks will still be able to win one of the other prizes.

  
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION

  
12 artists will be selected for the final exhibition of the competition. The exhibition opening will be accompanied by the general catalogue, distributed throughout the exhibition period. Invitations to vernissage will be sent to artists, curators, critics, journalists and media of the hosting city. 

  
CASH PRIZE

  
At the end of the collective exhibition, to an artist among the 12 selected will be awarded a cash prize of € 1000,00\. The award will be given based on the quality and originality of the work on display. The winning work will remain property of the artist. The prize is a contribution to the development of art and artist's aesthetic research.

  
MONOGRAPHIC CATALOGUE

  
A monographic book will be dedicated to one of the finalists. The monograph will be curated by Malamegi Lab with the support of final exhibition's curators. The book will be edited, developed, printed and distributed at Malamegi Lab expenses. Apart the copies in distribution, another ones will be added for the artist's personal use. The monograph will be printed in about 100 copies, of which 20 will be left to the artist. The distribution of monographs will be curated by Malamegi on behalf of its best customers and collectors.

  

Lab Art Prize ROME’23 edition

Trieste Contemporanea is pleased to announce the fourth edition of the SQUEEZE IT competition.

The contest invites artists and young professionals under the age of 30, born in the EU countries and in the CEI member states, to squeeze their talent and work at the crossroads of three creative languages: Visual Arts, Digital Technology, and Theatre.

  
The contestants must conceive an original and unpublished, low budget and small format theatrical performance, that encompasses the languages and themes of contemporary visual arts. The performance must be: based on the stage environment, performing and dramaturgic talent and give specific attention to the artistic potential of digital technology. The theatrical performance must be executable in a 4m x 4m x 4m space and should last no longer than 16 minutes. 

Applicants apply with a clip of their performance, with finalists invited to a three-day workshop in September 2023 in Trieste, Italy for which **the organisers cover travel and accommodation expenses**.

SQUEEZE IT Competition (Italy)

Are you a curator interested in exploring and reflecting upon your own practice within music and sound?

The 3rd edition of the Sounds Now Curating Diversity Course takes place in Oslo at Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival from 19-23 September 2023 and will be led by Sounds Now Associated Artists meLê yamomo and Irene Revell.

The new music world is often perceived as cut off from ‘the real world’ in an ivory tower of institutionally protected experimentalism. Like most contemporary creative sectors, contemporary music needs to think hard and deeply about the engrained structures of power that perpetuate exclusions of many kinds in favour of Eurocentric aesthetics and performance practices.

Throughout the course Institutional Audibilities – Archival Poetics, participants will be offered a space to reflect about their own curatorial practice through discussions, individual presentations, expert talks and lectures, in a uniquely musical context. The course explores various approaches to curating addressed through key concepts such as institutional structures, archival practices, inclusion and historical dynamics.

Questions addressed in the course include the importance of inclusion in curating practices, whom one curates for, or how the musical past, present and future are defined by archival dynamics. In this way, emerging curators are offered a rare space to reflect and exchange on their role in art and society, in a uniquely musical context.

Aspiring as well as experienced cultural professionals with a proven interest in musical programming that goes beyond received stereotypes of genre, and who conceive of their work as engaged with critical issues of social diversity and inclusion, are invited to apply. Participants must have a traceable history of their own work with curatorship and the ability to follow presentations and participate in workshops in English.

  

The course is free of charge. **Travel, accommodation, and festival tickets are covered by Ultima & Sounds Now by further agreement.**

Open Call: Curating course at Ultima 2023 Ultima (NO)

We’re delighted to announce the brand new annual _West_Word Prize in which all winning and shortlisted stories will be published in the online anthology edition of _West_Word.

Winners in each category will be chosen by the WestWord editorial team and will receive a cash prize.

Entry fee: £5

With feedback £15200-750 words

  
Entry fee: £8

With feedback: £281000-2500 words

  
Entry fee: £10

With feedback £40

  
**Micro Fictions Prizes**

1st: £100

2nd: £50

3rd: £25

**Prizes - Flash Fictions**

1st: £200

2nd: £100

3rd: £50

**Prizes-** Short Stories

1st: £300

2nd: £200

3rd: £100

  
All winning and shortlisted stories will be published in the online anthology edition of _West_Word.

WestWord Prize 2023

The CultTech x Ars Electronica Award award calls for projects and ideas that exemplify responsible usage of technology and actively contribute to the accessibility and impact of culture while fostering meaningful engagement between creators, distributors, and audiences. Embracing the powerful intersection of culture and technology, it aims to support initiatives that drive sustainability, encourage responsible technological advancements, and facilitate digital transformation within the cultural and creative industries.

The CultTech x Ars Electronica Award fosters endeavours that harness the power of innovation and creativity to drive positive social change, not only on a local or regional level but also on a planetary scale. By spotlighting outstanding initiatives, this award underscores the need to responsibly utilise technology and resources, fostering inclusivity and promoting positive transformations.

Through this recognition, the award seeks to amplify the importance of social impact within the realm of culture and technology. Individuals, collectives, and organisations are invited to submit their groundbreaking initiatives that exemplify the transformative potential of the arts, while addressing critical issues, fostering inclusivity, and promoting positive change.

Submissions are welcome from early-stage projects that are still in the ideation phase, as well as those that have already made significant progress and are in the implementation or prototype stage. 

* The winning project will be awarded a monetary prize of € 10.000,-
* Invitation to the Award Ceremony frame of the Ars Electronica Festival (September 6-10, 2023) in Linz, Austria.
* Coverage of travel, accommodation and visa costs for one person to be present during the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria.

  

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