The monthly residencies on the Pico island in the Azores will take place between April and June 2025\. Organizers will agree on exact dates with the winners of the Open Call. 

 The program is intended for active artists with a degree who are interested in creating in the unique and inspiring environment of the island in the middle of the Atlantic. 

NU´VEM residential program 2025 is advertised for these artist fields - painting, sculpture, land art.

This private project is independent of any institutions. Its aim is the development of the arts and cultural exchange. The topic of the project that applicants submit as part of their application must reflect the location of the residency or environmental protection. Originality of the project and the ability to use local materials will be prioritized in the assessment of applications.

**Rules for the residential stay**

• The residential stay takes place at a protected nature reserve in reconstructed original mills. The resident must respect the rules in place due to the nature of the location of the residential programme and the buildings located at it. This concerns in particular the protection of fauna and flora, the protection of works of art by former residents and the protection of FREESAM assets, taking into account the frequently windy and rainy weather on the Pico Island.

• Residents must take into account the limited production facilities and natural conditions which require a higher resistance of the resident.

• The resident must have a driver's license due to the remoteness of the place of residence.

• The resident must speak English at least at communication level.

• The resident must hold at least a basic liability insurance policy.

• Residents are not allowed to hold parties on the property of the residence without prior approval.

• The resident must follow the safety rules in his own interest.

• The resident must respect local customs and not harm the good name of the FREESAM residential programme through inappropriate behaviour.

• More information at www.freesam.org/en/nuvem-artist-residence-freesam

  

* Simple accommodation in a renovated historic mill.
* Round-trip airfare to and from the Azores.
* A monthly allowance of EUR 1,000 per person or EUR 1,500 for an artistic couple.
* A production budget of EUR 200.
* Basic tools and equipment on site.
* One paid whale and dolphin-watching trip.
* Climb to the volcano.

  

FREESAM announces NU´VEM artist residency 2025

"Scenes from Real Life", this is the setting for the works at the next collective exhibition curated by LoosenArt. These scenes, represented or documented through photographic media, video and digital tools, can refer to any type of setting and context.

  
This call’s aim is to collect works that describe places of a narration or an event, works that tell moments of life that are lived in first or third person and that, in the explicit visual exposition, emphasize the drama, the absurdity, the comedy, the aspects of interpersonal and environmental relations that express meanings that affect us emotionally.

Group Exhibition in Rome, Italy - May 2025

SCENES FROM REAL LIFE: Group Exhibition in Rome

BeCraft has been based in the stable of the Anciens Abattoirs de Mons for 20 years now.

  
**For the occasion, a call for applications is launched to European artists for an exhibition on the theme of slaughterhouses.**

  
The pieces selected for the exhibition will be of high technical and aesthetic quality. They will respond to the theme of the abattoirs (in the broad sense, not just about the slaughterhouses of Mons). The intention may be for or against, the interpretation may be critical or second-degree, the intervention may be architectural, in situ, large, tiny... The theme is launched on the basis of a word, what it evokes (its architecture, its history, its societal, ecological and ethical issues…. 

  
This is the quality and the interest, the original and/or innovative nature of the works that will guide the selection. The selection will be influenced by the overall coherence of the exhibition, in order to encourage a line of conduct and a dialogue between the works. The possibilities for spatial presentation will also be taken into account. If possible, the exhibition may travel to other locations.

The selected pieces will be exhibited at the BeCraft gallery and at the Grande Halle of the Site des Anciens Abattoirs de Mons (Belgium) from November 23, 2025 to February 22, 2026 .

  
22.11.2025 → opening of the exhibition

23.11.2025 → 22.02.2026: exhibition

Exhibition Call: Slaughterhouses

Kranj Foto Fest, an international festival of contemporary photography based in Slovenia, announces its Open Call for projects to be exhibited during the 5th edition of the festival in August 2025!

  
In addition to the winner, the festival will select up to 12 projects to participate in group exhibitions at Kranj Foto Fest 2025\. In some cases, the curatorial team may choose to upgrade some of these selected projects to solo exhibitions, assigning them to special locations and venues in the old town of Kranj. Exhibitions may take place at historic landmarks, art centers, in the canyon, forests, by the river, in the castle gardens, and in the tunnels beneath the medieval town of Kranj. Selected artists will also receive accommodation for three nights in Kranj during the festival's opening week.

  
Production costs for the exhibitions will be covered by the festival. The Open Call is open to all, with no thematic, age, or regional restrictions. Photographers from all backgrounds are invited to apply. This call for entries embraces an open theme, encouraging submissions without thematic constraints. Feel free to submit your project or series exploring any theme of your choice.

  
For one month, at the height of the European summer, the old town of Kranj will once again transform into an exciting hub of contemporary photography, bringing together emerging and established photographers from all over the world. Submit your work for the chance to exhibit at Kranj Foto Fest 2025, when the city becomes an open-air photo gallery. By applying to this Open Call, you’ll have your work reviewed by a qualified jury. If selected, you’ll work closely with the curatorial team to plan your exhibition and showcase your work to a qualified audience, including curators, photo editors, gallery owners, and publishers from Slovenia and abroad. publishers from Slovenia and abroad.

Selected projects will be exhibited during the 5th edition of the festival in August 2025\. The jury will select one winner, who will receive a solo exhibition at Kranj Foto Fest 2025, a €1,000 cash prize, travel expenses to Kranj (up to €400), and accommodation for three nights during the festival's opening week.

Kranj Foto Fest Open Call for Exhibitions 2025

Families in Gaza have endured one of the most deadly and well-documented genocides in recent history.

As a means of solidarity, both for the families impacted in Gaza and Palestinians who have been living under Zionist occupation for over 76 years, artists Michelle Nazzal & Sam Sundos teamed up to curate a billboard exhibition, under the newly founded collective Unibrow Sun.

Alongside SaveArtSpace, the exhibition is presented in hopes of providing artists and advocates a platform. A place to amplify their voices as they continue to call for an end to the occupation and for a Free Palestine.

This project is not for profit and all fees for submission will go towards project funding costs. In addition, 10% of all submission fees will be donated to our friends at the Gaza Mutual Aid Solidarity fund, as they continue their work on the ground. 

  
A NOTE FROM THE CURATORS:

Palestinian voices are often left out of the conversation in global art spaces. Our involvement in this project is an attempt to offer a larger platform to artists who share our steadfast belief that occupation across all lands must end, and that Palestine, within our lifetime, will be free. We hope to inspire those who have not yet found the courage to use their voices.

We are aware of the indirect support this exhibition provides to Palestinians on the land, who need it most. We use this opportunity to keep Palestine on people's lips in a country that is actively funding its destruction.

Participation in billboard exhibition across the USA including NYC, LA and the Bay Area.

Aswat

The climate crisis is an urgent global concern. **Self as Universe: Mending Our Collective Ecosystem Residencies at A Studio in the Woods** invite artists to explore the connections within our collective ecosystems and use the power of imagination to heal the wounds in the relationship between ourselves and our communities. **Southeast Louisiana’s land and inhabitants are continually scarred by the effects of environmental degradation.** These injuries – the historical to the present – affect our bodies, families, communities, and cultures, as well as the land and its other creatures. We encourage artists to guide our collective response as the caretakers and caregivers to our universe while bringing wisdom, integrity, optimism, and even humor to intentional and timely projects seeking transformation for our species and planet. This new call reflects a desire to repair the disconnection and alienation between humankind and the planet that is hindering the climate movement.

  
We are open to artists of all disciplines who have demonstrated an established dialogue with environmental and cultural issues. We ask artists to describe in detail how our unique region will affect their work, propose a public component to their residency, and suggest ways how they will engage with the local community.

  
**Dates:**

Residencies are 6 weeks and will take place between September 2025 and May 2026\. Flexibility in your dates is appreciated as we try to accommodate everyone’s schedules. You may come over six consecutive weeks or come twice for three-week sessions.

  

* Recipients will be provided $3000 as a stipend and $2000 towards materials.
* We support each residency with a liberatory land orientation, a photography session, and an interview with a videographer.
* We additionally fund optional field trips such as boat rides and eco/history tours.
* Depending on the needs of the project, we may be able to assist artists in accessing Tulane University faculty consultants or research collections.
* We provide full room and board including food, utilities for living, and studio space to selected residents.
* Residents are expected to cover personal living expenses, additional materials and supplies, and any other expenses relating to the cost of producing work incurred while in the program. Travel and shipping expenses to and from A Studio in the Woods for the residency are also the responsibility of the artist.

Self as Universe: Residencies

The District is seeking SOQs to create a pool of qualified artists to provide the design, creation, and installation of a prominent public art project on the exterior façade of the new Performance Art Center. 

For this project, CAPS is specifically seeking the design, creation, and installation of a prominent public art project on the exterior façade of the new Performance Art Center. This public art installation may be created from any materials of the artist’s, or artist team’s, choosing that can endure complete exposure to the elements. Both two-dimensional and three-dimensional elements are feasible, along with electrical lighting, neon signage, sound features, landscaping elements, and/or other interactive components.

  

Public artwork displayed at The Performing Arts Façade.

  
**Budget:**

The total maximum project budget totals $105,000 for commissions, as follows:

The budget for this commission is inclusive of all artist fees, artwork fabrication and installation, insurance, engineering, and artwork transportation. The commission budget does not include the initial RFP stipend, campus signage, the artwork lighting, foundations, or structural or MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) connections required to install the artworks, which will be funded (if necessary and approved) through a separate budget.

Public Art Opportunity: Performing Arts Center Façade

**‘Existential Risks and Technological Risks': Open Call for Sculpture & Outdoor Art, Austria**

We are in the planning process for a themed garden on the subject of human existential risks in the south-east of Austria that will feature outdoor Art by international artists.

The development of humanity is characterized by an increasingly accelerating technological development. Discoveries and new inventions make people's lives easier in many areas, help to overcome diseases and crises and have the potential to greatly improve people's lifespan while simultaneously improving their quality of life. At the same time, technological products from areas such as nanotechnology, genetic engineering and artificial intelligence could not only play more important roles in people's lives, but may also have a greater influence on people's culture, behaviour and gene pool. It may increasingly merge with human bodies and become physically part of them.

In this open call we are evaluating the acquisition of a

**Existential Risk Monument (Memorial)**

The monument is intended to remind people of the possibility that new technologies can pose a threat to the existence or free development of mankind. It is to remind everyone of their responsibility in the promotion of humane applications of future technologies as well as prevention of application that threaten freedom or the future potential of humans. The sculpture can be abstract or figurative.

The sculpture shall be made from durable materials, which are capable of lasting for decades in an outdoor environment without degradation.

The sculpture should be smaller than 4x4x4m in size. There is no minimum size for the sculpture. As the final location will be specified at a later time it has to be relocatable. The total cost for the sculpture including building cost shall not exceed EUR 12.000,--.

We welcome any dialogue with artists on the topic at panisola@gmx.org. Please feel free to get in contact with us any time for discussions.

**Terms and Conditions**

· The work has to be created and produced in a country of the European Union, in which the artist resides.

· Please provide by email the following:

1\. Artist Statement (up to 300 words): including description how the work is connected to the theme

2\. Project Proposal (up to 500 words): including: name and size, materials used, weight in kg

3\. Project Budget (up to EUR 12,000 including production costs and honorarium)

4\. Images (up to 10)

5\. CV

· Proposals will be reviewed relative to the following criteria: Quality of the proposal and previous work. Aesthetic and practical design for installation in a park or garden with mature trees. Relevance to the theme. Feasibility of the project in terms of budget and schedule. Among proposals of equal merit total costs will be considered.

· There is no fee to make a proposal. There is no compensation for entries or reimbursement associated with this open call. We are completely free to acquire or not to acquire any proposed work at our own decision.

· The Open Call is open for submissions as of 27 November 2024.

· The proposal deadline is 19 February 2025.

· All artists will be notified of their submission status via email by 26 March 2025\. Artworks should be producible within 12 months of this date.

Questions? If you still have questions, please email to panisola@gmx.org.

We look forward to reviewing your proposal.

Existential and Technological Risks Monument, Open Call, Vienna, Austria

This program provides six months of free leadership development and community support to 18 executive-level arts administrators in NYC. The program supports leaders who are uniquely positioned to influence the culture and operations of their organization, informed by guest workshop facilitators from BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) communities.

The 2025 program, for which we are currently accepting applications, will take place from April to September 2025\. It is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

By fostering the professional development of leaders of Color, we aim to encourage the equitability and diversity of the arts industry. The program is slightly modified year-to-year to implement the learnings of the previous editions, which were generously supported by the Altman Foundation and Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

  
**Program Highlights:**

**Opening and Closing Intensive**

Bookending the program are two in-person intensives where participants connect with each other and delve deeply into leadership frameworks together.

**Virtual Workshops**

Led by expert consultants and other leaders, topics include conflict management, succession planning, and board and nonprofit management.

**Accountability Partnership**

Participants are grouped with each other to track and support their individual leadership goals.

**One-on-One Advising**

Participants are each paired with another Executive Leader of Color from the field who serves as their Advisor for the duration of the program.

  

Six months of free leadership development and community support 

The Incubator for Executive Leaders of Color

How do we bring culture closer to people who are restricted in their freedom of movement in one way or another? Elderly people in a care institution, people in a detention center, people with a severe disability, people/groups in loneliness... How can we roll out culture or artistic trajectories within their living environment? Or do we have to wait until an artist ends up on the waiting list?

  
_With this call we are aiming at organisations or associations that can develop and realise a project themselves. DURF can provide communication support and help find partners, but for the effective realisation of the project you are responsible together with the partners. We refer individuals to Durf Jij? or the Gederfde projecten , unless an active collaboration with one or more organisations exists or can be entered into._ 

DURF invites organisations, artists, institutions to collaborate and get started with this call. Through the fund you can apply for **a maximum of €7500 for your project.**

The total budget that DURF provides for this call is €25,000.

Call: Artist on the waiting list

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