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  'Summer' - Open Call for Artists

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  Deadline: 23/06/2026

  City: Halifax  |  Region: West Yorkshire  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Open Gallery

  Call for Artists: ‘Summer' Exhibition – July 2026. Open Gallery is inviting submissions of original artworks on the theme ‘Summer’ for a vibrant Summer exhibition in July 2026. This is a fantastic opportunity for UK-based artists to showcase their work at the Open Gallery in Halifax and connect with a new audience.

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  Super Slow Way: Artist Residencies

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  Deadline: 26/06/2026

  City: Hyndburn, Burnley and Pendle  |  Region: Lancashire  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Jack Bolton

  Paid opportunity

  We are seeking artists of any discipline to work with local residents over the course of a year to help nurture connections between them and the natural world found along the canal corridor. We are looking for three separate practices to work in three places along the stretch - in Pendle, Burnley and Hyndburn.

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  ARTISTS OF THE SEASON OPEN CALL - AUTUMN 2026

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  Deadline: 25/08/2026

  City: London  |  Region: London  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  ART from HEART

  ARTISTS OF THE SEASON OPEN CALL - AUTUMN 2026

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  87a CRITS 2026/27 OPEN CALL

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  Deadline: 01/08/2026

  City: Cheltenham  |  Region: Gloucestershire  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  J Hepburn

  87a CRITS is a free, in-person crit programme for UK-based contemporary artists working across all art forms. We are looking for our 2026/27 cohort for monthly sessions in Cheltenham. This is a programme created to support artists through open discussion, experimentation, and collective critical exchange.

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  Open Call for JustArt Newspaper Club Issue 7 Precarity

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  Deadline: 15/08/2026

  Country: United Kingdom  |  JustArt Collective

  JustArt Collective is an artist-led initiative, founded in Hong Kong and now active in the UK, dedicated to supporting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists.

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  Issue 2 Under My Skin Magazine | Euphoria

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  Deadline: 01/08/2026

  City: San Francisco  |  Country: United States  |  Robyn Mallery

  Transgender, Genderqueer, Intersex, and Nonbinary artists - how do you experience euphoria?

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  ECHOES - online photography exhibition - OPEN CALL

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  Deadline: 05/07/2026

  City: Cambridge  |  Region: Cambridgeshire  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Viktor Barkhatov

  Submit your photographs for our third curated online exhibition. We want to see all kinds of photographic approaches — any techniques are welcome!

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  Machine Arts

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  Deadline: 27/06/2026

  City: Nottingham  |  Region: Nottinghamshire  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Bo Jones

  We invite artists working in any type of machine or technology (mechanical, digital, analogue, robotic, kinetic, electronic, or hybrid) to submit proposals for an upcoming group exhibition exploring the role of machines in contemporary artistic practice.

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  Artist Call : Wayfarers Contemporary Art Fair 2026

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  Deadline: 14/06/2026

  City: Southport  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Play On Productions

  Applications are open for contemporary artists to exhibit and sell at Wayfarers Contemporary Art Far in Southport’s historic Wayfares Arcade 16-18 July 2026. Artwork will be curated as a biennale, and will coincide with Royal Birkdale’s Open Golf that will attract 250,000 visitors to Southport. Apply before Sunday 14th June 2026.

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  CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #32

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  Deadline: 30/06/2026

  Curator Space

  Paid opportunity

  The CuratorSpace Artist Bursary programme supports professional contemporary visual artists by contributing to the ongoing costs of sustaining and developing their practice. One bursary of £1000 will be awarded each month.

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