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Open Call for Events: Intergenerational Perspectives
Calling all emerging creative practitioners! Submit your event proposal exploring themes of identity, change and belonging across generations for an opportunity to make it happen with Autograph's support
Eligibility: This open call is for London-based emerging creatives with less than three years experience of working in creative industries
What you get: The successful applicant will receive a £410 programming fee and have a budget of £620 for the event
Artist-in-Residence at Eltham College & The Gerald Moore Gallery
The position of Artist in Residence is available as a one-year assignment for a working artist in any medium. The successful applicant will have access to studio space and use of the facilities within the Art Department.
The post holder is expected to contribute to curriculum and co-curricular Art, as well as the community work that takes place within our purpose-built gallery.
The Artist will be engaged on a self-employed basis for an average of 3 days per week. However, the position is flexible and may evolve through the course of the residency.
Eligibility: UK Residence or individuals who are legally able to work in the UK.
What you get: Salary, studio space, exhibition opportunities, networking.
Dreams & Nightmares – Sales & Exhibition Opportunity in London's Tower Bridge District
Dreams & Nightmares – Sales & Exhibition Opportunity in London's Tower Bridge District
Boomer Gallery invites artists to explore the creative power of the subconscious in a curated exhibition near Tower Bridge. Showcase your work in a high-traffic, blue-chip-listed gallery with full support, promotional materials, and collector access.
Eligibility:
Open to UK and international artists aged 18+, working in any medium including painting, sculpture, photography, digital, installation, poetry, and AI-assisted art.
What you get:
Exhibition, printed/digital catalogues, PR, framing, champagne preview, direct sales (no commission), and collector advisory placement.
Fee: Application is free, but a £189 fee (including VAT) applies for each selected artist.
IV International Poetic Films Showcase
Open call for medium/full-length films of a poetic character. Minimum length: 30 minutes
Eligibility: Anyone can participate, regardless of age, sex, nationality, place of residence, professional or not.
What you get: The selected films will be screened online at Maldito Festival on its FILMIN streaming platform, where they will be available for viewing during the week-long festival (November 2025). They will also have the possibility to be screened in person.
FishTank Workshop & Gallery 25/26 Studio Residency
FishTank Workshop & Gallery is seeking applicants for its 25/26 free studio residency in Kings Cross. We’re looking for motivated individuals who want to develop their work, connect with others, and help build a supportive creative community. FishTank aims to create a welcoming entry point into the arts by building bridges with the wider community/youth projects/arts organisations.
Eligibility: Artists from all backgrounds and disciplines - including but not limited to photographers, illustrators, painters, animators, jewellers, filmmakers, fashion and set designers. We are particularly interested in those who can demonstrate their need for studio space, enjoy sharing work, influences, and interests, are open, generous, and supportive of others. We prioritise applications from local people currently living in Islington or Camden.
What you get: Free studio space in Kings Cross, use of our gallery/workshop and facilities, mentoring, a chance to take part in exhibitions, events, and public presentations.
Royal Society of Marine Artists Open Call 2025
Royal Society of Marine Artists Open Call 2025 is Now Open
The Royal Society of Marine Artists (RSMA) invites artists worldwide, ages 18 and over, to submit artwork for the RSMA Annual Exhibition 2025 at Mall Galleries. The total prize fund will be over £5,000, including the Charles Pears Award for an outstanding work by a non-member.
Eligibility: Artists worldwide, ages 18 and over.
Submission guidelines:
Artists may enter a maximum of six works each, from up to which four works per artist may be selected
Works should be no larger than 2.4m along the longest dimension
Acceptable media:
Oil, acrylic, watercolour, original prints of any media (excluding photography), mixed media, textiles, drawings, pastels, or sculpture.
Works may be from a limited edition not exceeding fifty.
What you get: The total prize fund will be over £5,000, including the Charles Pears Award for an outstanding work by a non-member.
The London Group Open 2025
The London Group is now accepting entries for its 86th Open exhibition which will take place at Copeland Gallery, London SE15 from Saturday 8 November to Sunday 23 November 2025. The exhibition will include up to 200 works by current London Group members alongside works selected from open submission. At least half of the exhibitors will be non-members. The London Group was founded in 1913 and has gone on to successfully nurture the careers of many of Britain’s best-known artists.
Eligibility:
Open to UK-based artists over the age of 18 working in any medium including painting, sculpture, drawing, print, photography, mixed media, installation, video, sound, digital and performance.
What you get:
The London Group Open will award these prizes to non-member exhibiting artists: The London Group Prize 1,000, The London Group Prize 500, The Vic Kuell Memorial Prize for Innovation 1,000, The Schauerman Prize for Digital Art 500, The Chelsea Arts Club Trust Stan Smith Award for an Artist Under 35 1,000, The JPES Partnership Prize 1,000, The Armour Studio Award 500, Linden Hall Studio Prize – opportunity to show three artworks alongside the Linden Hall Collection.
Fee:
£20 for one submission, £35 for two submissions, or £45 for three submissions.
The 2025 Burlington Contemporary Art Writing Prize
The Burlington Contemporary Art Writing Prize seeks to discover talented writers on contemporary art. The winner of the Prize receives £1,000, their review is published on Burlington Contemporary and they have the opportunity to publish a review of a future contemporary art exhibition in The Burlington Magazine.
Eligibility: There is no age limit for applicants. Entrants must have published no more than six pieces of writing in print or online, in any language or country, prior to their submission.
What you get: The winner of the Prize receives £1,000, their review is published on Burlington Contemporary and they have the opportunity to publish a review of a future contemporary art exhibition in The Burlington Magazine.
The FLAMIN Fellowship 2025 Updated
Film London and Arts Council England present The FLAMIN Fellowship, a major development programme for early-career artist filmmakers living in England. Part of Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), the Fellowship aims to support the most exciting, innovative and challenging moving image practices, with development and £2,500 funding for new work.
Eligibility: Early-career artist filmmakers
What you get:
A programme of monthly professional practice workshops taking place in-person in London (travel costs from other parts of England can be covered)
Development support sessions with Pinky Ghundale, an experienced Production Advisor
Development bursary of £2,500 towards a specific project
Promotion through representation in screening programmes and online profile
The benefits of being embedded in a peer group of moving image artists
Profile and promotion through Film London’s newsletter and social media channels as FLAMIN alumni, during and after the artists’ time on the Fellowship
Open Call for Events: Intergenerational Perspectives
Calling all emerging creative practitioners! Submit your event proposal exploring themes of identity, change and belonging across generations for an opportunity to make it happen with Autograph's support
Eligibility: This open call is for London-based emerging creatives with less than three years experience of working in creative industries
What you get: The successful applicant will receive a £410 programming fee and have a budget of £620 for the event
Artist-in-Residence at Eltham College & The Gerald Moore Gallery
The position of Artist in Residence is available as a one-year assignment for a working artist in any medium. The successful applicant will have access to studio space and use of the facilities within the Art Department.
The post holder is expected to contribute to curriculum and co-curricular Art, as well as the community work that takes place within our purpose-built gallery.
The Artist will be engaged on a self-employed basis for an average of 3 days per week. However, the position is flexible and may evolve through the course of the residency.
Eligibility: UK Residence or individuals who are legally able to work in the UK.
What you get: Salary, studio space, exhibition opportunities, networking.
Open Call: Mural on Mortimer
The Langham Estate is seeking an emerging artist to create a striking new mural for the Fitzrovia Quarter in central London, which captures the vibrancy of the area’s past and present.The new commission for 63-65 Mortimer Street is a rare opportunity for an emerging artist or collective to add to Fitzrovia’s diverse streetscape, creating a new local landmark.
Eligibility: This opportunity is open to submissions from emerging or early career artists, working in any discipline. Those underrepresented in the creative communities due experience of barriers related to socio-econmic status, ethnicity, disability, gender and sexuality are particularly encouraged to apply. ‘Emerging’ artist is often defined as being one of the following: Being no more than 7 years post graduating from your most recent qualification Having set up your practice in the last 7 years An artist who has had a break from their practice, but is still within the first 7 years of commencing
What you get: The budget for this project is £15,000 + VAT including fees, materials and installation costs. For guidance, the artists’ fee should be 15% of this total as a minimum.
Fresh 2025 Exhibition Opportunity
Fresh celebrates and promotes artists in the UK and Ireland at a pivotal moment in their practice, with twenty-five artists selected from an open submission process by a panel comprising leading professionals who are advocates for emerging contemporary art and making alongside a youth panel.
Eligibility: -Have been maintaining a sustained commitment to creative practice with clay for between 3 and 7 years. -Be living in the UK or Ireland from the point of application to November 2025.
What you get: Fresh provides a unique platform for early-career artists to inspire and challenge as part of the UK’s largest contemporary ceramics event. It will bring opportunities for networking and benefits from exhibiting alongside established artists. Each exhibitor in Fresh will receive a £300 exhibition payment and £50 towards the transportation of the work to and from the exhibition venue. Fresh exhibitors will benefit from a national PR and marketing campaign. Exhibitors in Fresh will also be considered for the Fresh Talent Prizes.
NEAC Scholarships 2025-26
Early-career artists working in figurative painting, drawing or original printmaking are invited to apply for the NEAC Artist Scholarships 2025-26 worth £6,000. The three annual scholarships are aimed at individuals who have not historically benefited from many opportunities to engage with the NEAC and aim to support those who face financial barriers in pursuing the arts in a professional capacity.
Eligibility: Early-career artists includes anyone who feels they are at the beginning stages of their professional artistic career, regardless of age (although applicants must be aged 18 and over and living in Great Britain)
What you get: Scholarship award of £5,000 (two runners-up awards of £500). All three Scholars have the opportunity to attend NEAC classes and workshops for free, and the chance to develop mentoring relationships with the talented members of the NEAC.
The Cass Art Prize 2025
The Cass Art Prize 2025, presented by The Cass Group, aims to champion contemporary art from across the UK and the Republic of Ireland with a £10,000 cash prize and a free stand at The Other Art Fair in spring 2026 to the overall winner of the competition. There are additional prizes worth £15,000 including a Students Award, an Art Educators Award and more! Plus a prestigious group exhibition at Copeland Gallery, London in autumn 2025.
Works will be judged by a respected panel of guest judges with extensive knowledge and experience across the art industry, and there are category prizes specifically for oil, watercolour, acrylic, pastels, drawing and sketching, 3D artwork, mixed media and printmaking to ensure a wide range of art is represented.
New prizes this year include, the Pastel Award - supported by Sennelier, the Emerging Artist Award - supported by Arches for artists aged 35 and under, the Over 65 Award - supported by Mark Cass for artists aged 65 and over and the Judge’s New Talent Award - supported by Soho Review; a solo show at Soho Revue kindly offered and selected by guest judge India Rose James.
FLAMIN Animations 2025
FLAMIN Animations is a £3,500 commissioning programme for early-career Black and global majority animators living in the England. This year, the scheme is presented in partnership with the award winning London-based animation studio Blinkink, who will be providing focused support to the selected animators throughout the development and production process alongside the FLAMIN team.
Eligibility: For early-career Black and global majority animators
What you get: £3,500 commissioning programme
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