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The Light Frame Gallery | Open Call for Social Photo Essays
Report this?Deadline: 31/12/2025As we begin the launch of The Light Frame Gallery, we are seeking photographers whose practice engages with photography as a medium for critical dialogue and social change. We welcome work that sheds light on underrepresented narratives and stimulates discussion across communities. We encourage submissions from both emerging and established photographers. Projects in‑progress are equally welcome, as we value the process of developing ideas as much as the final outcome.
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CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #30
Report this?Deadline: 31/12/2025Curator Space
Paid opportunity
The CuratorSpace Artist Bursary programme aims to support artists with the cost of projects. Projects based in contemporary art practice are eligible to apply. Bursaries between £100 - £500 will be awarded per round.
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OPO Open 2026
Report this?Deadline: 01/01/2026City: Scarborough | Region: North Yorkshire | Country: United Kingdom | Old Parcels Office
CALL OUT for entries for the OPO OPEN 2026.
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Scott Creative Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award 2026
Report this?Deadline: 04/01/2026City: Doncaster | Country: United Kingdom | Lydia Poole
Scott Creative Arts Foundation (SCAF) invites emerging artists living or working in Yorkshire to submit a proposal for an original artwork responding to this year’s theme: HERITAGE. Shortlisted works will be exhibited as part of our 2026 Emerging Artist Award.
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Gwen May Trust Recent Graduate Award
Report this?Deadline: 09/01/2026Country: United Kingdom | RE Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers
Paid opportunity
The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) is offering a student membership of two years plus £1000 from the Gwen May Trust to two recent printmaking graduates. Membership to the society includes the opportunity to participate in RE exhibitions for two years both nationally and internationally. Any printmaking graduate who has graduated in 2025 can apply, there will be two winners.
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Public Art Commission Open Call: National Memorial to Journalists on the Frontline
Report this?Deadline: 09/01/2026City: Staffordshire | Region: Staffordshire | Country: United Kingdom | Royal Society of Sculptors
Paid opportunity
In 2012, renowned war correspondent Marie Colvin was tragically killed while reporting in Syria, her life claimed by the very conflict she was trying to document. Marie, like many others, was driven by a deep commitment to truth and justice. On The Record is a unique memorial dedicated not only to her, but to all British and UK-based journalists who have sacrificed everything in the pursuit of free speech. It will serve as a powerful tribute to their courage, their dedication and their legacy
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The Peirson & Peirson Contemporary Art Prize
Report this?Deadline: 09/01/2026City: Plymouth | Region: Devon | Country: United Kingdom | Peirson & Peirson Contemporary Art Gallery
The Peirson & Peirson Art Prize is a new national award celebrating the breadth and vitality of contemporary art. Open call to UK-based artists, aged 18+, the prize invites submissions in any style or tradition - Drawing, Painting & Printmaking.
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Postcards 2026 exhibition - Open call
Report this?Deadline: 11/01/2026City: Sheffield | Region: South Yorkshire | Country: United Kingdom | Fronteer Art
Fronteer Gallery are looking for postcard sized artworks for their exhibition Postcards 2026.
More details Open Call: Artwork Celebrating the Hepatitis C Team at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Report this?Deadline: 20/01/2026City: Sheffield, UK | Region: South Yorkshire | Country: United Kingdom | Victoria Gisborne-Land
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Artwork celebrating the Hepatitis C Team at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and their efforts to meet the World Health Organization goal of eliminating hepatitis C
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WC Curated: January Showcase - Circuits of Connection
Report this?Deadline: 22/01/2026Circuits of Connection What does connection look like in textiles? Loops, tangles, woven networks - this January, WC Curated invites textile artists to explore how threads carry energy, memory, and meaning. Find out more and apply →
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