**In 1996 Mudflat began offering a one-year residency position to clay artists. This highly competitive program provides a private studio space at no cost with access to Mudflat’s facility, a monthly materials stipend, a monthly housing stipend, and opportunities to teach and sell work.**

  
Dates

​September 1 - August 31, annually

  
Residency Requirements

* This is a one year commitment: September 1 through August 31
* Artists are expected to spend a minimum of 20 hours per week in their studio
* Artists are required to work 5 hours per week for Mudflat, assisting with technical jobs
* 2 public presentations during the residency. The first, in September, is a slide show of the artist's work.

  
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Residency Includes

* Private 90 square foot studio space
* 24/7 access
* A monthly stipend of $75, to be applied to clay materials and firing costs
* A monthly stipend of up to $800 for housing assistance
* Paid teaching opportunities in our educational programs
* Opportunities for retail sales at our Open Studio events and at Mudflat Gallery
* Solo exhibition and reception at Mudflat in July to showcase work created during the residency year

  

Year-Long Residency

Submission Fee: $25 per artwork (non-refundable).

**Experience Art in Brooklyn**

Located in the vibrant heart of Brooklyn, New York, Bushwick Gallery is a premier destination for art enthusiasts. We champion innovative and diverse artistic expression, offering a personalized, appointment-only experience. This approach allows visitors to deeply engage with thought-provoking works.

Situated in Bushwick, the art capital of New York City and a neighborhood adjacent to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Bushwick Gallery is at the epicenter of NYC’s dynamic art scene. Bushwick boasts a fresh, cutting-edge artistic vibe with numerous studios but very few galleries. Artists live, dream, and work in our vibrant location, making it a hub for creativity.

Bushwick Gallery features a wide array of exhibitions showcasing both renowned and emerging artists from around the globe. Our program includes various media such as paintings, sculptures, and installations. Each exhibition inspires and challenges perceptions.

  

Space Dimensions: 3.5 feet wide by 7 feet high Included Services: Promotion of your artwork on our website and social media channels. Invitations to the exhibition emailed to our extensive mailing list of collectors and art lovers. Professional installation of your artwork. Insurance coverage up to $10,000 per artwork while on the premises. Photos of the opening reception shared on our website and social media.

**Open Call for Artists: May 2025 — “Echoes of the Earth: Environmental Art”**

**Submission Deadline:** April 15, 2025

**Exhibition Dates:** May 1 – May 8, 2025

**Opening Reception:** Thursday, May 1 | 6 PM – 8 PM

**Art with a Purpose: Advocating for the Planet**

Bushwick Gallery invites artists to submit work for our **May 2025 exhibition, “Echoes of the Earth: Environmental Art.”** This exhibition will explore the **powerful intersection of art and environmentalism,** highlighting issues like climate change, conservation, sustainability, and humanity’s connection to the natural world. We are seeking **thought-provoking works** across various media, including **eco-sculptures, paintings, installations, video art, and upcycled materials.**

Whether your art documents the beauty of the earth, critiques ecological destruction, or proposes sustainable futures, we want to showcase works that **echo the urgent message of environmental awareness.**

**Important Information: In-Person Exhibition**

This exhibition will take place **in person** at Bushwick Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. All selected artists must arrange for their work to be delivered to the gallery prior to the exhibition.

**Why Submit to Bushwick Gallery?**

* **Make a Statement in NYC:** Show your eco-focused art in one of the world’s cultural capitals and contribute to conversations about sustainability and change.
* **Support for Large and Eco-Sculptural Works:** We encourage submissions of **works created from natural or upcycled materials.**
* **Immersive Visitor Experience:** Our appointment-only model ensures that visitors engage deeply with the works on display, amplifying your message.
* **Global Reach:** Gain visibility beyond NYC through our digital platforms and curated social media campaigns.

**Exhibition Theme: Echoes of the Earth**

We’re interested in works that reflect:

* **The Beauty of Nature:** Celebrate landscapes, wildlife, and the natural world through awe-inspiring visual art.
* **Environmental Issues:** Address topics like climate change, deforestation, pollution, and endangered species.
* **Sustainable Art:** Works made with natural, recycled, or upcycled materials that promote eco-consciousness and innovation.
* **Call to Action:** Art that inspires change, advocates for environmental justice, or proposes solutions for a more sustainable future.

We particularly value **sculptures, immersive installations, and multi-sensory works** that can spark conversation and engage audiences on a deeper level.

**Submission Details:**

* **Who Can Apply:** Open to local and international artists, provided they can arrange for their work to be delivered to the gallery.
* **Accepted Media:** Eco-sculptures, installations, paintings, photography, digital art, and works made from sustainable or reclaimed materials.
* **Submission Deadline:** April 15, 2025

**Note:** Selected artists must deliver their work to Bushwick Gallery, 22 Fayette Street, Brooklyn, NY, prior to the exhibition. For large-scale or site-specific pieces, please include details on logistics and materials.

**About Bushwick Gallery**

Located in **Brooklyn’s creative hub of Bushwick**, Bushwick Gallery is a space where contemporary art and advocacy converge. Founded by **Gina Keatley**, the gallery fosters experimental and impactful exhibitions that challenge perspectives and create meaningful dialogue. Our commitment to promoting diverse artistic voices extends to topics of social and environmental importance, making **“Echoes of the Earth”** a key part of our mission.

  
Make your voice heard through art. Submit your work and advocate for the planet today!

Bushwick Gallery: Echoes of the Earth: Environmental Art

As part of the **regional ICC development project in Indianocean** , financed by the **French Development Agency** (AFD), **the IOC** is launching the second cycle of awarding the "Tafà" scholarship in order to contribute to the professionalization of the sector in the countries of the region.

  
The "Tafà" scholarship aims to:

1. **Professionalize cultural actors** in the ICC value chain: creation, production, distribution and dissemination in order to strengthen ICCs at the national and regional level.
2. **Develop the academic offering** by strengthening the teaching staff of the countries and promoting regional training.

  
Priority will be given to training that has an impact on equality by promoting the full participation and inclusion of women.

**Eligible support**

  
* Travel expenses
* Registration fees
* Tuition
* Living expenses
* Visa fees
* Family help

Tafà, Scholarship - Cycle II

Europe – and the world – stands at a crossroads, and we’re looking for powerful photographic perspectives that explore democracy, innovation, and the resilience needed for our collective future.

  
In collaboration with a private partner hosting a special gathering at Das Tegernsee hotel, Der Greif invites photographers worldwide to submit images that illuminate these themes. This event brings together a select group of Europe’s leading founders, leaders, and change-makers.

  
Ten chosen works will be reproduced in DIN A5 format (high-quality digital print on offset paper, non-editioned) and shared directly with attendees in their personal spaces—prompting reflection on the most urgent issues shaping Europe’s future. Selected artists will receive a modest license fee and get exposure during the event, as well as through digital extensions. Join us in sparking new ideas and charting fresh paths forward for Europe.

  
By contributing your photographic perspective to this special initiative, you become part of a dialogue that resonates well beyond the moment—helping to shape how we envision Europe’s tomorrow.

9€ suggested donation with up to 100% discount available by emailing voucher-guestroom-2@dergreif.org

**What Selected Artists Receive**

1. License Fee: Each of the ten selected artists will receive a modest licensing fee (100€) in recognition of their work.
2. Exposure: Your artwork will be shared with influential participants—around 120 of Europe’s leading founders, leaders, and change-makers—at Das Tegernsee hotel.
3. High-Quality Reproductions: Your selected image will be produced in DIN A5 format (digitally printed, no fine art print) and placed in each attendee’s personal room, ensuring an intimate interaction with your work.
4. Digital Feature: A specific page features your image and artist profile, allowing attendees to learn more about you and your practice.
5. Community & Future Opportunities: While the gathering itself remains confidential, Der Greif's team is part of it, to highlight the collaboration and selected artists among the participants, opening doors to future projects and initiatives.

Visions for Europe: A Special Project by Der Greif

Cortona On The Move and the BarTur Photo Award are proud to announce their partnership to present the Cortona On The Move | BarTur Grant. Supported by the Visual Storytellers Fund, this initiative aims to support photographers worldwide by providing grants and resources to create compelling documentary photo essays. The Grant focuses on projects that illuminate urgent social, environmental, economic, and cultural issues of our time.

  
Photographers are invited to submit proposals for in-progress documentary projects that align with the fund's central themes. The grand prize winner and the two emerging photographer winners will be announced at Cortona On The Move Festival in July 2025\. The winners will have nine months to complete their project, with the final work submitted by 15th March 2026\. The completed work will be exhibited at the 2026 edition of Cortona On The Move, along with the two winning works by emerging photographers, offering a global stage to amplify their story. The Grant will cover the travel and accommodation for the winners to attend the opening ceremony of Cortona On The Move 2026.

  
Submissions are assessed on intellectual and substantive merits, as well as:

  
* Creativity and Originality: The uniqueness of the approach and a compelling narrative.
* Relevance: Alignment with the competition's thematic areas (urgent social, environmental, economic, or cultural issues).
* Technical and Aesthetic Excellence: The quality of the imagery and storytelling.
* Potential Impact: The project's capacity to engage audiences and inspire meaningful dialogue.
* Feasibility: The clarity of the budget, timeline, and methodologies proposed.

* Two $5,000 Prizes: Awarded to two emerging photographers under 30.

  
* $30,000 Grand Prize: Awarded to one professional photographer.
* Main winners will have their work exhibited at Cortona On The Move in July 2026.
* Travel and accommodation for the main winners to attend the festival will be covered.

Cortona On The Move / BarTur Grant 2025

CICA Museum invites artists worldwide to participate in the International Exhibition “Form 2025.” The exhibition covers topics of forms, shapes, and media. We are open to photography, 2D digital art, video art, interactive art, painting, sculpture and installation art.

  
\*Deadline: April 18, 2025

  
\*Category

\-Photographs & 2D Digital Art

\-Video & Interactive Art

\-Painting & Installation Art

  
\*Installation

\-Photography & 2D Digital Art

Selected works will be printed in 10×15 or 10×10 inches, framed, and installed by our curators & assistants. If requested by the artist, works can be printed and framed in different sizes. Additional fees may apply.

  
\-Video & Interactive Art

We will provide projectors and DVD/DIVX players for the show. Multiple single-channel works will be screened via a projector. If the work is required to be screened via a projector exclusively, or more than two projectors/monitors are needed, please indicate the special requirements in the submission email. Additional fees may apply.

  
\-Physical Works (Painting, Drawing, Print, Sculpture, and Installation Art)

The artist is responsible for the shipment and delivery of his/her physical work to and from CICA Museum, as well as all related expenses. The two-dimensional work should be no larger than 39 inch (1 m) on the longest side, and the installation piece should be no larger than 39x39x79 inches (1 x 1 x 2 m, w x l x h). The work that needs to be mounted on the wall should not exceed 10 kg. Please indicate in the submission email if you are interested in exhibiting works exceeding the size/weight limit.

  
\*Exhibition Dates: December 3 – 28, 2025

  
\*\*\*The dates are subject to change.

  
\*How to submit your work: Please visit our website for more information.

https://cicamuseum.com/call-for-artists-form/

participation fees apply. check our website

Call for Artists: the International Exhibition “Form 2025”

BREEDBEELD Open Screen is **a free cinema for anyone who wants to show a short film.** There is no jury that makes a selection and no restriction on genre or level. Open Screen is an 'open' concept. **So everyone can participate** , although we do aim for a certain balance in the program. Afterwards we go to the cinema café for a nice chat.

Open Screen #15 will take place in De Cinema in Antwerp on Tuesday 29 April 2025\. From 8pm to 10pm we will show your entries and afterwards anyone who wants to can chat about the films.

Open Screen #15 in De Cinema in Antwerp

MAXmachina is a lab where storytellers, artists, scientists, and creative technologists expand live performance, creating work that uses science and technology to explore the promise and peril of our rapidly changing world. Projects include music, dance, experimental and immersive performance.

  
Media Art Xploration is inviting proposals for our 2025/26 MAXmachina laboratory program for works in dance, theater, music, experimental performance, as well as immersive pieces incorporating live activation. Past works have included interactive installations, mixed reality performance, art works implementing scientific research, and more analogue pieces interrogating the promise and peril of our increasingly technologized world. 

  

  
* Four laboratory productions; as part of the development process each work will receive a salon presentation which includes a preview of the work, as well as three-way conversations between artist, scientist, and audience, designed to maximize meaningful feedback and reflection.
* Each project will receive a stipend of up to $5,000; additionally, each work will receive production support suited to the size and scale of the piece. Support is tailored to each project’s unique needs and may include access to rehearsal and performance space, equipment, software, technical staff, and fees for additional creative collaborators (compensated at a standardized industry rate starting at $30/hr).

  

MAXmachina 2025/26

This retreat is offered to three artists, each from a different creative discipline. We encourage artists of all disciplines to apply; visual artists, writers, musicians, composers, jewelry makers, graphic artists, animators and more. This residency is self-directed. There is no requirement to share your work. You can use your time as you wish. Any materials your artistic practice requires you must bring with you.

  
**Multi-Disciplinary Residency Dates**

Monday, August 11- Friday, August 15

  

**Hospitality**

* A private bedroom (with writing desk) in the Farm House
* A shared bathroom
* Additional work spaces include: the Barn, the Milk House, the Bull Pen, front porch, sun room and more
* High speed fiber optic internet in the Farm House
* There is no wi-fi or cell reception in the Barn, the Milk House or the Bull Pen
* Three meals a day prepared by the resident chef
* A $500 honorarium per artist
* Depending on each artist’s circumstances and individual need, we can discuss reimbursement for RT Amtrak tickets and/or cost of gas up to $100 per artist

  

2025 Multi-Disciplinary Residency

Looking Glass Arts understands that some writers come to their craft as very young people, others begin writing as mature adults. For many reasons, including obligations and hardships, it can be challenging to consider writing as a career. 

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The Goldfinch Writers’ Retreat is a fully-funded residency established to support writers who demonstrate a unique commitment to their craft who have not made it a career and are not yet published by a major outlet.

  
**Goldfinch Writing Residency Dates**

Monday, August 4 - Friday, August 8

  

**Hospitality**

* A private bedroom (with writing desk) in the Farm House
* A shared bathroom
* Additional work spaces include: the Barn, the Milk House, the Bull Pen, front porch, sun room and more
* High speed fiber optic internet in the Farm House
* There is no wi-fi or cell reception in the Barn, the Milk House or the Bull Pen
* Three meals a day prepared by the resident chef
* Depending on each artist’s circumstances and individual need, we can discuss reimbursement for RT Amtrak tickets and/or cost of gas up to $100 per artist

  

2025 Goldfinch Writing Residency

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