Cannonball Arts will acquire a multi–car amusement park dark ride with 100 feet of track (think tunnel of love). We actively seek artists and technologists that work in virtual and augmented reality to create immersive environments geo-tracked to VR headsets. Visitors’ bodies will ride while their minds travel through designed environments limited only by the artist’s imagination. VR headsets provided.

Artwork exhibited with Cannonball Arts.

Artist stipends range from $5,000 to $15,000.

Virtual Reality Dark Ride

We are excited to announce an open call for submissions to _"Strip / Shift,"_ an upcoming art exhibition in Berlin in April 2025 **for Berlin-based artists.** As artists focused on social issues, empowerment, and marginalised communities, your voices are crucial to this exploration of the nuanced realities of stigmatised professions like stripping and sex work. This exhibition will challenge societal perceptions, foster critical dialogue, and amplify your voices.

**Concept & Objective**

_Strip / Shift_ seeks to examine societal attitudes towards marginalised and misunderstood professions. With a dual focus, the exhibition will explore:

1. **Choice vs. Coercion**: When these professions are freely chosen, how can society embrace and respect them? When they are forced due to economic or social pressures, what can be done to prevent exploitation and provide support?
2. **Empowerment & Misogyny**: As artists, we invite you to explore why such roles face heavy stigmatisation in an era that claims to be increasingly sex-positive. Your works can help us understand and challenge these societal attitudes.
3. **Trans Narratives**: Highlighting the unique struggles, fears, and resilience of trans sex workers within these spaces.

Through photography, video art, and performance, _Strip / Shift_ aims to challenge stereotypes, raise awareness of systemic issues, and advocate for dignity and rights for workers in these fields.

**Submission Guidelines**

We are seeking works in the following mediums:

1. **Photography**: Projects that visually narrate empowerment, struggle, or societal perceptions.
2. **Video Art**: Explorations of stigma, identity, and the duality of choice versus coercion.
3. **Performance Art**: Live or recorded performances addressing empowerment, misogyny, and resilience.

**Themes to Explore**

1. Female empowerment
2. Societal perceptions of stripping and sex work
3. Misogyny within these industries
4. Struggle and fear of trans sex workers
5. The balance between choice and coercion

**Details & Deadline**

1. **Exhibition Dates**: to be announced
2. **Venue**: Berlin, in a strip club setting during closing hours
3. **Duration**: One week
4. **Deadline for Submissions**: 15.03.2025

**How to Submit**

  
Please send us your submission using the online form

  
with the subject line: "Strip / Shift Open Call Submission." Include the following:

1. Artist statement (max. 300 words)
2. Description of the submitted work (title, medium, year, size, price and how it connects to the themes)
3. High-res images or links to your work (for video or performance submissions) (please name each image or link)
4. Bio (min. 200 words)
5. CV (optional)

We welcome submissions from both emerging and established artists. This exhibition is a platform for amplifying voices, breaking down stigmas, and sparking change.

Let's strip away assumptions and shift perspectives together.

For inquiries, please contact us at curationbygeorgina@gmail.com.

"strip/shift" art exhibition for berlin-based artists

Surrealism is an artistic exploration of the human psyche, dreams, and the unconscious mind. Through bizarre and fantastical scenes, juxtaposition, or symbolism, we challenge you to capture and present images that defy logic and question the boundary of perception. Invite us to a realm where the conscious and unconscious blur and reality transform into the surreal. The Surreal is an international open call for photographers ages 18 and older. ​​​​​​​All forms of two-dimensional images, traditional and non-conventional media, and conventional or alternative processes with a subjective analog or digital photographic base are welcome for submission.

The Surreal

Open call! Kyrkerud Folk High School - Art School in Värmland offers the opportunity for you who are artists and craftsmen to work and live at the school for three months.

  
Kyrkerud is beautifully situated by Lake Västra Silen on the outskirts of the small community of Årjäng. Here you live in the neighborhood of the Värmland forests and at the northern mouth of the vast lake system that forms the Dalsland Canal. Despite the noticeable presence of wilderness, both Oslo and Karlstad are within close distance.

  
Kyrkerud Folk High School is one of five folk high schools that are part of the Region Värmland organization. At Kyrkerud, teaching has been conducted for just over 100 years, of which the last 55 years have focused on art and creativity. The school also has a branch in Säffle, but it is at the school in Årjäng that the residency is held.

  
During your stay you will have a unique opportunity to develop your artistry in a calm and undemanding environment while gaining insight into an educational activity where you can learn lessons for a future role as a teacher or project manager in artistic activities. You will have your own studio and access to our spacious premises and well-equipped workshops.

  
**Time limit:** 3 months. Starting September 14, 2025.

  
**Documentation and reporting:** We want ongoing documentation and visibility through, for example, photography, digital media, open lectures and workshops for the public. We also encourage collaborations with local artists and artisans.

  
The residency will be presented in an exhibition at the Passagen gallery in the municipal library at the end of the residency period. The school also hopes to have a permanent imprint in Kyrkerud's sculpture park.

* **Fee:** per month is 20,000 SEK (on F-tax). The fee includes participation in events and talks and exhibitions as agreed, as well as two guest teacher weeks at Kyrkerud (lessons are formed in consultation with the school's pedagogical staff).
* **Accommodation:** We have our own accommodation for the residence in a small separate house on the school grounds. The house has a beautiful lake view close to nature and is located about 3 kilometers from the center of Årjäng. The total living space in the residence house is about 60 square meters. This includes a bedroom, study or studio, kitchen, toilet with shower and laundry room. There is also storage space.
* **Food:** During the week, breakfast, lunch and dinner are included in the school dining room.
* **Studio:** The home includes a studio or workroom of approximately 10 square meters. There is also the possibility of a studio space adjacent to the workshops.
* **Workshops:** There are well-equipped workshops, mainly for the subjects of graphics, ceramics, sculpture, painting and textiles. There is also a glass workshop for slumping, fusing and casting. The school also has a small wood workshop, as well as good opportunities for work in photography. There is also the possibility of basic courses in workshops and materials if desired.
* **Travel:** Travel expenses to and from Årjäng, as well as other travel within Värmland and participation in the school's study trips; maximum 5,000 SEK.
* **Materials:** Production costs and materials; maximum 20,000 SEK.

  
* **Invoicing:** You must have F-tax and you invoice all costs and fees. An agreement or contract is written between you as an artist and Kyrkerud Folk High School, Region Värmland. Any preferential taxation for board and lodging may apply.
* **Insurance:** As an artist, you are responsible for your own required insurance, both for personal/personal injury and for objects and art. Home insurance and artist insurance apply.
* **Approval:** You agree to share images and documentation of your work during your stay for communication and documentation of the project. You also need to approve a rental agreement for the residency period.

Kyrkerud Artist in Residence Årjäng

Open call for WFB7 – SPACExTIME: Archetypal Forms in Contemporary Artistic Practice

  
In contemporary practice, archetypal forms act as a bridge between the past and the present, the unconscious and the conscious, the individual and the collective. They are powerful tools that allow artists to explore identity, memory, and meaning in a complex and ever-changing world.

  
To participate in the open call, simply send us an email with an abstract of your project and some images.

  
We can't wait to see all your projects! 💫

Archetypal Forms in Contemporary Artistic Practice

The Academy for Teachers is offering a unique artist residency in partnership with Foundation House, specifically for New York City teacher-artists. This 10-day residency, running from July 25 – August 3, 2025, provides eight full-time educators with an opportunity to immerse themselves in their creative practices. 

  
Foundation House, a nonprofit focused on wellness, the environment, and social justice, invites teachers from all artistic disciplines to apply. This residency offers a chance to deepen artistic work while fostering important conversations around these core values. 

  
Apply today to join a vibrant community of NYC teacher-artists! 

  

Each resident will receive a $500 honorarium after the session and can be reimbursed up to $100 for supplies necessary for the residency. Residents will have their own bedroom, a private or semi-private bathroom, studio space, three meals a day, and access to the property’s common areas and its seventy-five acres of land to explore.

Travel expenses will not be covered.

Artist Residency for Teachers

Helsinki International Curatorial Programme (HICP) offers one-month residencies for contemporary art curators. The programme is co-organised by Frame and HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme.

  
The residencies will be four weeks long, and take place within the following dates:

* 19 August – 19 September 2025
* 23 September – 24 October 2025

  
The aims of the programme are:

  
* To allow internationally active, professional curators the chance to connect with the Finnish contemporary art field and plan projects (exhibitions, public events, publications, or others) in collaboration with artists and partner organisations operating in Finland.

  
* To support curatorial research in its diverse and emergent forms.

The HICP curators-in-residence will live and work at HIAP’s international residency site on the island of Suomenlinna, a 15-minute ferry ride away from the centre of Helsinki. The selected curators are offered a combined workspace and accommodation, a 1200 € working grant and a travel allowance from and to the curator’s place of residence.

  
Both HIAP and Frame provide the curators with individual assistance and networking support tailored to their project or research. The HICP curators are part of the international residency community at HIAP, while Frame provides contacts with extensive networks of Finnish artists and other art professionals.

Helsinki International Curatorial Programme 2025

CIVIS MARITIMUS invites artists and researchers to think about the relationship between Man and the Sea, two elements of a shared biodiversity and heritage: protecting them means reconnecting with our own nature and preserving us all! All the actions supported by the program aim to: Shift our gaze from a decisive maritime heritage: 70% of the planet is no mean feat!

  
In tribute to the photographer from Roscoff, a humanist with a passion for the marine world, who passed away in 2022, CIVIS MARITIMUS has chosen to call these creative grant for photographers Bourse Ronan Guillou.

  
Based on the same territory - the Occitanie region - CIVIS MARITIMUS invites one photographer from Europe and the southern shores of the Mediterranean, each to produce a committed photographic project. One creative bursarie will be awarded to an European photographers or from a Mediterranean country, with the challenge to produce a photographic project focusing on man's relationship with the marine world, around the same territory - Sète, Étang de Thau and the Golfe du Lion.

  
Projects should explore the issues of our future in synergy with the sea and/or defend a progressive - or militant - vision to radically raise awareness. It may address issues such as ecology, human activity, the notion of heritage, economic and geopolitical stakes, or the territory's relationship with other areas of the Mediterranean basin. It must make reference to the Occitanie region in their approach (thematic, geographical or symbolic), without being obliged to cover the entire region.

  
Entries highlighting an eco-responsible approach, in terms of the subjects addressed, the techniques used to produce their photographs, and the ways in which they are presented, will be given preference.

The awarded photographer will receive an endowment of €4,000 and a two-month residency in Sète from May 5th to July 5th, 2025 to complete his or her project, a partial restitution will be organized in September 2025.

  
The CIVIS MARITIMUS program will cover the following expenses, in addition to the €4,000 grant awarded of the bursary photographer:

  
* Transport to and from Sète between May 5 and July 5, 2025
* Accommodation in Sète between May 5 and July 5, 2025

Grant Ronan Guillou: Civis Maritimus Program

**About Shandaken: Storm King**

 Shandaken: Storm King is a free, process-focused residency that is collaboratively produced by Shandaken Projects and Storm King Art Center, and that takes place at Storm King. Each resident is given a private bedroom and a private, 9-by-14-foot studio for 2 or 4 weeks each. The studios do not have electricity: all corded tools must be used in a group work space attached to the house.

  
**The residency**

The 2024 residency season will take place June 16 through October 5\. It is open to cultural practitioners internationally (however please note that travel costs are not provided for).

Residents of this program stay in a four-bedroom house. Private studios, each a discrete building, are nestled into the surrounding landscape within walking distance from the house. Although the house and studios are technically located on the grounds of Storm King Art Center, visitors to Storm King are permitted to access the residency only by special invitation of residents themselves.

Shandaken: Storm King residencies are meant to facilitate experimentation, process, research, or production by providing space and time for residents to do as they wish—but we ask that residents bring or buy their own materials.

Residents are offered unique opportunities to visit Storm King's grounds, see its collection, and get to know its staff.

If you are chosen to participate, your residency will be completely free, however at present we are unable to offer travel reimbursement, nor offer any stipend.

  
**Facilities and accommodations**

 In 2025, residents are housed together, in private bedrooms, with a shared bathroom and a live-in facilities manager.

The program provides a basic kitchen setup, food staples, a private studio, and utilities. Some basic tools, primarily hand tools and small power tools for woodworking, are also available. Candidates may inquire for details about what is on offer, if this will affect whether or not you apply. All utilities are centralized in the house: the studios do not have electricity.

There are pre-scheduled trips into nearby Newburgh, so that residents without a means of transportation can purchase supplies. Tours of Storm King, studio visits, and other engagements with the public or Shandaken and Storm King staff are offered on an opt-in basis.

Shandaken: Storm King Residency

NYC DOT Art commissions artists to design and paint temporary murals onto fully pedestrianized asphalt spaces, concrete jersey barriers, and other eligible NYC DOT infrastructure. Professional artists may apply to NYC DOT Art’s biennial open call soliciting qualifications to be selected for inclusion in an artist registry, and the opportunity to be short-listed to create a proposal for specific mural opportunities. Selected artists receive a project fee to execute the mural.

Public artwork displayed in NYC.

  
NYC DOT Art may provide selected artists with up to $20,000 towards direct project costs dependent on project scope, including but not limited to all labor, paint, materials, and equipment. All selected artists are entitled to an artist fee not to exceed 20% of the total budget but may also be entitled to a labor fee. NYC DOT Art will provide the necessary permits to install on City-owned property.

Mural Artist Request for Qualifications

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