**Mazra’ah Media Arts Residency** 

  
Running from February to April, 2025, the three-month Mazra’ah Media Arts Residency comprises two distinct streams for artists and scholars, established in the field of New Media and Digital Art. Designed to foster innovation and intellectual exchange across disciplines, the residency offers participants access to world-class studios and production labs, as well as a production budget.

Work developed during residencies will be showcased or incorporated into scholarly publications, facilitated by DAF and its network of regional and international partners. There will also be opportunities to secure further engagement, through exhibitions, publications, and artist monographs. 

The DAF hub will provide comfortable and inspiring living spaces, while creating opportunities for participants to connect with a diverse network of peers and professionals from across Saudi Arabia and the world.
  
  

Mazra’ah Media Art Residency

Olbrich Botanical Gardens invites proposals for temporary, light-based installations for GLEAM, Art in a New Light, a public art exhibition situated within a 16-acre Midwest landscape or 10,000 sq ft tropical conservatory. In celebration of the 10th anniversary, the 2025 GLEAM exhibit will center on the concept of reflection. GLEAM will be open for public viewing from August 23 - October 25.

  
Olbrich Botanical Gardens is located in Madison, Wisconsin. Named for its founder, Michael B. Olbrich, the Gardens are owned and operated jointly by the City of Madison Parks Division and the non-profit Olbrich Botanical Society.

  
In 2015, the GLEAM exhibition was created and curated to showcase the natural beauty of the Gardens at night, expand public art opportunities in Madison in a unique natural setting, and offer programming that would appeal to a broad demographic of community members and attract future supporters. All proceeds from exhibit admissions directly support the mission and daily operations of Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison’s free public garden.

Olbrich Gardens will consider installation budgets of $5,000-$30,000\. We anticipate featuring 9-11 installations. Example breakdown of exhibit budget: (2) $25-$30k / (3) $18-$20k / (3) $12-$15k / (2) $5-$10K Budget must include: design fees, materials (including lighting fixtures, projectors, computers, weatherproofing components, etc.), fabrication, artist travel and lodging accommodations, labor (artist + assistants) to install/de-install, and maintenance/repairs/parts replacement. Scaling options are encouraged. A limited number of projectors and outdoor speaker options are availableon loan to reduce expenses. Olbrich Gardens is able to accommodate site prep, power, forklift, and basic installation support (load-in, tools, etc.). Artists may select to participate in the GLEAM host program to receive free lodging with a local resident to reduce expenses.

2025 GLEAM Proposals

**The Goethe-Institut Boston invites New England creatives from all fields of artistic practice to submit proposals for a Studio 170│Residency in 2025\. Successful applicants will realize their proposed projects in our newly-renovated space in Back Bay.** 

  
The Goethe-Institut Boston opens its unique, flexible space in Back Bay to artists and creative minds as a “laboratory” for ideas. Beyond just another gallery or concert hall, Studio 170 provides an open, lively place for inspiration, experimentation and open discourse. With this format we invite New England’s creative arts community to use our newly-renovated space to experiment, innovate, and connect with our local and international community.

  
We are open for all types of formats including installations/exhibitions, performances/actions, artist talks, panel discussions, author readings, film screenings, digital projects, among many other possibilities. Innovative and experimental projects will be favored. Successful applicants are given access to our Grand Hall, Reception Hall, entrance hall, front garden and back parking lot to realize their proposed projects in. The residency time frame is flexible within a given two week period, tbd in discussion with each successful artist-in-residence.

  
The jury, consisting of renowned artists and curators in New England and newly appointed every year, selects 2-3 projects for the following year.

  
Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals along the lines of our current programming topics, although there is no requirement to do so. Our broad topics for this year are Democracy, Sustainability and Decolonization.

  

**We offer:**

* Artist stipend of $1000
* Additional budget for production costs up to $1000 (a detailed budget must be submitted and approved)
* Professionally produced descriptive video including project and interview footage
* Opening reception with light refreshments
* Installation and organizational support
* Assistance with publicity and promotion
* Access to Goethe-Institut's large network of partnering institutions, cooperating artists and open-minded, diverse audience
* Option to consult with our renowned jury members

  

Studio 170│Residency in 2025

In the context of the interdisciplinary scientific research project ‘RE-WIRING: Realizing Girls’ and Women’s Inclusion, Representation, and Empowerment’ funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe program, KU Leuven invites visual artists specializing in mural making to submit proposals for a short residency at Campus Sint-Jacob in Spring 2025\. Exact length of the residency may vary depending on the selected artist’s working methods and their personal situation. 

  
The residency, run under the heading ‘Women on The Move’, is expected to result in three artistic outputs: **1)** a mural at KU Leuven, Campus Sint-Jacob in Antwerp: **2)** 2-3 socially engaged, participatory, and co-creative workshops leading to the creation of the mural, and: **3)** visual documentation of the process, which may include written reflections or accompanying text. The final mural should aim to challenge and disrupt gendered stereotypes related to women and migration, as well as the gendered logics underpinning the unequal organisation of society in the contexts of coloniality, global capitalism, and planetary destruction. Additionally, the mural should propose alternative relational imaginaries that are inclusive, creating space for multiplicity and difference. 

  
We particularly welcome proposals from artists from underrepresented and marginalized backgrounds. In keeping with the social history of mural making and the RE-WIRING project’s innovative ‘transformative equality approach’ to societal change, an affinity with socially engaged art and experience with participatory and co-creative methods is desirable. This could involve, for example, working with a particular migrant community to design the final mural.

  
The mural will be displayed indoors indefinitely at KU Leuven, Campus Sint-Jacob (SintJacobsmarkt 49-51, 2000 Antwerp). 

**What we offer you:**

• Honorarium (5000 euro).

• Production costs (max. 1200 euro).

• An indoor wall (approx. 6,28m x 4,56) for an indefinite placement of your mural within the KU Leuven Antwerp, Campus Sint-Jacob.

• Visibility of, and access to view, your mural from the street.

• Have your mural contribute to an interdisciplinary and international dialogue on gender equality as part of the scientific research project ‘RE-WIRING: Realizing Girls’ and Women’s Inclusion, Representation, and Empowerment’.

• Inclusion of your mural in an online exhibition catalogue featuring four other international art exhibitions and artistic responses focused on the inclusion, representation, and empowerment of women and girls.

• Inclusion of your artwork created during the residency in a small publication.

RE-WIRING: ‘Women on The Move’

SaveArtSpace, in collaboration with the UNM-Taos Art Department, and See You Next Thursday (SYNT) is proud to present the **New/New initiative**, an open call inviting artists living in New York and New Mexico to explore the theme of **"Transcendental Landscapes."** This theme seeks to bridge the connection between the vibrant, metropolitan energy of New York and the mystical, expansive beauty of New Mexico, highlighting the transient connections in both lands that unite us all. Curated by Paige Beeber and Sarah Stolar.

The **New/New initiative** aims to create a dialogue between the bustling streets of New York and the serene landscapes of New Mexico, recognizing that both are sites of powerful, transient connections. Whether through the physical spaces that shape our lives or the metaphysical journeys that shape our souls, these places, both with known vortexes, are a testament to the shared human experience that connects us across time and place.

**Artists are invited to interpret the theme of "Transcendental Landscapes" as expansively as possible**. The **metaphysical aspect** may involve explorations of identity, memory, spirituality, or the subconscious, while the **physical aspect** might include depictions of natural environments, urban spaces, or entirely imagined worlds. **This theme is open to any creative expression that engages with the idea of "landscape" or “place” in its broadest sense, encouraging submissions from all mediums and disciplines.**

**“Transcendental Landscapes”** encompass both the metaphysical and physical, inviting interpretations that go **beyond traditional representations of landscapes**. This open call encourages artists of all disciplines to consider how landscapes—whether they are natural environments, urban scenes, symbolic spaces, or imagined realms—can evoke transcendence, transformation, and connection.

The **metaphysical aspect** of transcendental landscapes speaks to the spiritual, philosophical, and abstract dimensions. It is about the landscapes within—the emotional topographies, the spiritual journeys, and the mental terrains that shape our understanding of the world and ourselves. These are the landscapes of the mind and soul, where one might encounter the sublime, the infinite, or the transcendent.

Conversely, the **physical aspect** grounds these explorations in the material world. Here, the landscapes might take on recognizable forms—mountains, forests, oceans, or urban spaces—but they are imbued with a sense of the extraordinary. The physical landscapes serve as portals to the metaphysical, reminding us that the natural world is often the starting point for transcendence.

This open call seeks to uncover the diverse ways in which landscape and place—real or imagined, external, or internal—serve as powerful vessels for transcendence and discovery. This initiative will bridge the connections between the metropolitan energy of New York and the magical allure of New Mexico, celebrating the profound links that bind two vastly different places rooted in rich artistic legacies.

Selected artists to showcase their work as public art on ad spaces in New Mexico and New York City. 

New/New initiative

We are seeking disabled artists for a Los Angeles-based 3-month research and creative exploration fellowship that explores the intersections of haptics and disability, harnessing the transformative power of touch and creative technology to reimagine how we engage with the world and create new possibilities for learning, creativity and accessibility in immersive storytelling. A new landscape of experience design is now possible by combining immersive and interactive tools with new haptic vests, gloves, and hand/arm/feet tactile actuators. 

This fellowship is a partnership between the Haptics for Inclusion Lab, under the Narrative and Emerging Media Program at Arizona State University, and Leonardo CripTech Incubator.

Leonardo CripTech Incubator is an art and technology program for disability innovation. Encompassing labs, workshops, fellowships, presentations, publication, and education, this innovation incubator is a community platform for disabled artists to engage and remake creative technologies through the lens of accessibility. Employing a broad understanding of technologies, including prosthetic tools, neural networks, software, and the built environment, CripTech Incubator reimagines enshrined notions of how a body-mind can move, look, and communicate. 

The Haptics for Inclusion Lab, under the Arizona State University Narrative and Emerging Media program, ignites imagination using haptics technology as a force for perceptual change and inclusion of the most marginalized in our society. The Haptics for Inclusion Lab combines the power of haptics - testing out new haptics technologies including gloves, vests, full body suits and custom made devices - with immersive storytelling to explore the full potential of haptics technology in the creative narrative process.

  
**ACTIVITIES**

Participants will engage in activities emphasizing touch as a sensory modality, exploring its potential to reshape learning and creativity. The Fellowship will include a combination of presentations, prototyping sessions, and group discussions to address the ways in which haptics and disability-informed design can better support diverse communities. It will culminate in the creation of new artistic and technological prototypes that reflect both accessibility and creativity. Fellows will also receive support to develop and refine project proposals to pitch to granting and industry bodies. 

  
The Fellowship will take place at the Haptics for Inclusion Lab at the ASU California Center - Broadway (Herald Examiner Building) in Downtown Los Angeles alongside a virtual program of talks, workshops, and crit sessions. 

The fellowship requires once-a-week check-ins that can happen in person at the Haptics for Inclusion lab or online. The schedule will be determined in consultation with staff and fellows. 

  
**TIMELINE**

18 November 2024: Application deadline

11 December 2024: Fellows selected

January 2025: Define fellowship schedule

February 2025 - April 2025: Fellowship

April 2025: Final Showcase

Fellows will receive a stipend of $5000, an allocation of $3000 worth of hours for a committed developer, and a transportation stipend of $600 to assist with the costs associated with traveling to and from the ASU California Center - Broadway at the Herald Examiner Building. 

  

Touch Aesthetics Fellowship

Silver Eye Center for Photography announces the Call for Entries for Fellowship 25 our annual photography competition.

All awardees and honorable mentions will be included in the Fellowship 25 exhibition in May, 2025\. Awardees and honorable mentions will receive curatorial support to ensure that the exhibition provides new opportunities for creative growth. Awardees and honorable mentions receive a cash prize and free production support from the Lab @ Silver Eye for the exhibition.

The Fellowship Award recognizes a rising talent or established photographer from anywhere in the world, and the Keystone Award is given to an exceptional photographer living or making work in the state of Pennsylvania.

**Prizes**

All award winners and honorable mentions will receive a cash prize and be included in the Fellowship 25 exhibition in late Spring of 2025\. Awardees also receive production and curatorial support. 

Fellowship Award: $1,000 cash prize

Keystone Award: $1,000 cash prize

Honorable Mentions: Four $500 prizes

Fellowship 25

The New Work Grant supports emerging individual artists and artist collectives of all artistic disciplines in their creation of new work. “New Work” is defined as work that has not been produced or presented to an audience before. 

  
All QAF applicants are required to attend a live info session or watch a recorded info session. Any one member of an artist collective or collaboration may attend or watch an info session on behalf of their group.

 2025 Queens Arts Fund: New Work Grant 

**Special Projects** grants provide up to $1,500 to support art events in all disciplines and forms for North Dakota groups and individual artists.

  

Grants up to $1,500

  
A 1:1 match is required

  

Special Projects

The Emergent Art Grant supplies artists in the beginning of their careers with unrestricted $1000 cash funds. Grants are given quarterly to those that show a high potential for growth and an overall successful art career. 

  
All artists within the first ten years of their creative career are welcome to apply, and all creative media types will be considered. Whether your a painter, poet, dancer, or DJ, you have a spot here at The Emergent Art Grant. 

  
Our goal at The Emergent Art Grant is to help artists of all kinds to continue sharing their creative talents with the world. Maybe you’re slogging it in a corporate job, pining for the day where you can turn in your punch card for a paintbrush. Or maybe your bank account is starting to look a little tragic after paying a subscription for that creative software you’ve been dying to try. You know the one. Whatever your story, we want to make your life a little easier, to help keep creating art one of your top priorities. 

The Emergent Art Grant supplies artists in the beginning of their careers with unrestricted $1000 cash funds. Grants are given quarterly to those that show a high potential for growth and an overall successful art career. 

  

The Emergent Art Grant 

CICA Museum invites artists worldwide to participate in the CICA Art Studio Program for Fall 2025\. The program will take place at the CICA Museum in Fall 2025, with available months are from July to December 2025\. Each artist will be allocated a studio space of around 44m2 for one month, where they will have a solo exhibition at the assigned space for 1-2 weeks during the term based on their preference. The artist may collaborate with CICA Museum and/or CICA Kids Lab to conduct workshops or performances. Furthermore, the artist will be showcased in the e-book, “CICA Art Now 2026,” with the option to order a print edition.

  
\*The categories include:

– Painting

– Photography

– Sculpture and Installation Art

– Design

– Performance

– Theater and Film

– Video & New Media Art

  
\*Term and Conditions:

Each artist will be allocated a studio space of approximately 44m2 at the CICA Museum for one month between July and December 2025\. The artist will have access to the designated space throughout the agreed period. Basic tools such as hammers, levels, tape measures, electric drills, screws, and a ladder will be provided for use. Please note that sleeping in the facility is prohibited.

  
\*Timeline:

November 22, 2024: Close submissions

November 27-December 20, 2024: Approvals: Selected artists will be notified by email.

July-December 2025: Art Studio Program (Each artist will participate for one month).

August 1, 2026: Expected publication date of “CICA Art Now 2026″

  
\*How to submit your work:

Please visit our website for more information 

  
https://cicamuseum.com/call-for-artists-artist-studio-program/

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