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  The Harley Open 2026

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  Deadline: 19/07/2026

  City: Nottinghamshire  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  The Harley Foundation

  Paint it, carve it, stitch it – show it at the Harley Open 2026. Our biennial open exhibition returns in 2026, inviting artists, makers and heritage craft practitioners to exhibit work in our award-winning gallery. Whether you’re a professional, a hobbyist, a potter or a painter – we want to see your work.

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  The Making of Mothers

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  Deadline: 02/08/2026

  City: Walthamstow, East London  |  Region: London  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Laura House

  A group exhibition bringing together artists from East London who create alongside, with, about and around motherhood

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  Open Exhibition, Wythnos Gelf Llanfairfechan Art Week

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  Deadline: 12/06/2026

  City: Llanfairfechan, Conwy  |  Region: Conwy  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Wythnos Gelf Llanfairfechan Art Week

  INAUGURAL EXHIBITION, NORTH WALES ARTS FESTIVAL The Wythnos Gelf Llanfairfechan Art Week exhibition is part of a major new arts festival in North Wales taking place this August. The week will be a celebrations of all creative arts. The exhibition is open to artists living or working in North Wales. We welcome all 2d works. The arts week will run from August 8 to August 16. The exhibition will be on the final week of the festival and will take place alongside an affordable art fair, and demonstrations of portrait painting and of linocut printing by eminent North Wales artists.

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  Summer show

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  Deadline: 05/06/2026

  City: Newton Le Willows  |  Region: Merseyside  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Bren Archive

  ☀️ SUMMER SHOW ☀️ Open Call for Artists Be part of the very first exhibition at Earlestown Arts Club We’re welcoming local artists to exhibit at Arts Club, a vibrant bar in Earlestown, located between Manchester, Liverpool, Warrington and beyond.

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  Open Call: Suspended — Paris, May, 2026 | All media welcome

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  Deadline: 10/06/2026

  City: Paris  |  Country: France  |  Zhen Yi Gallery

  Following the exhibitions Scentless Depths (2025) and The Body as a Threshold (2025–2026), Suspended marks the third chapter of an ongoing curatorial research exploring states of perception and being — moving from the invisible, to the embodied, and now into the state of suspension.

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  CGS Cabinet of Curiosities at The International Festival of Glass

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  Deadline: 21/06/2026

  City: St Helens, England  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Helen Stokes

  The Contemporary Glass Society are delighted to announce that we are holding an exhibition at The International Festival of Glass this year in The World of Glass, St Helens. The theme is “A Cabinet of Curiosities” which is an open call to all CGS members!

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• Call for Interviewee - Research on Generative AI Art Practice

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  Deadline: 09/10/2026

  City: Online  |  Yudi Zhang

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  My name is Yudi Zhang and I am a Doctorate PGR at the University of Aberdeen seeking interviewees for a study on generative AI in visual art practice. If you have experience creating AI-based artwork, I would love to hear about your creative process, thoughts on AI ethics, and reflections on the relationship between human creativity and AI. Interviews last 30–45 minutes.

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  Chapel Arts Studios Open Exhibition 2026

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  Deadline: 07/06/2026

  City: Andover  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Fiona Cassidy

  Artists are invited to submit work that addresses our theme of hope and light and the title - THAT’S HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN for Chapel Arts Studios annual Open Exhibition.

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  Artefacts of the Future

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  Deadline: 01/07/2026

  City: Stourbridge  |  Region: West Midlands  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Helen Taylor

  A new international competition celebrating excellence in contemporary glassmaking

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  Arts and craft retreat leaders wanted for 2027

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  Deadline: 31/08/2026

  City: Ambleside  |  Region: Cumbria  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Nancy Gray

  Paid opportunity

  Rydal Hall is looking for arts and crafts retreat leaders for 2027

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