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  Another Day, A Second Glance: A Night of Performance Art and Music

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  Deadline: 07/05/2025

  City: Liverpool  |  Region: Merseyside  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Aaron Jolley

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  Paid opportunity for emerging performance artists to create and perform work! Curator Francesca Fryer and artist Aaron Jolley have collaborated to produce 'Another Day', a programme of events centred around an exhibition of Jolley's paintings. We're looking to commission three performance artists to make and perform works at a special event, reimagining and responding to the themes of the exhibition.

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  SHINE 2025 Emerging Artist Programme Open Call

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  Deadline: 12/05/2025

  Country: United Kingdom  |  Light Up The North

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  Calling all UK-based emerging artists with new light artwork ideas. Light Up The North are commissioning £18,000 for up to two artists/collectives for our 2025 programme. Exhibit your work at 4-5 incredible light festivals including: Lightpool Blackpool, Light Night Leeds, BD is LiT (Bradford), Barnsley Bright Nights, Light Up Wakefield, Nightfall Middlesbrough, Lightwaves Salford, Illuminate Oldham and Colliderfest (Hull).

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  The Ascent of Man

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  Deadline: 27/04/2025

  City: Edinburgh  |  Region: Midlothian  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Amy Oliver

  OPPRESSION, REPRESSION AND SUPPRESSION. AS WE LOSE OUR RIGHTS, OUR VOICES, OUR CHOICES, THIS IS A CALL FOR ART FROM WOMEN WHO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, TO SHOUT, TO SCREAM.

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  Echoes of Us

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  Deadline: 19/05/2025

  Region: London  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Cista Arts

  SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN! We are in search of visual artists to submit their art to be showcased in an online exhibition. Artists of all mediums and from all countries are welcome to apply, including painters, sculptors, photographers, designers, and video artists.

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  The Four Seasons - CGS Members Exhibition at Pyramid Gallery, York

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  Deadline: 31/05/2025

  City: York  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Helen Slater Stokes

  The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) is delighted to return to the Pyramid Gallery in York with a brand-new exhibition celebrating the timeless theme of ‘The Four Seasons.’

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  Glass Sellers’ CGS Graduate Prize and New Graduate Review

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  Deadline: 14/07/2025

  Country: United Kingdom  |  Helen Slater Stokes

  CGS is excited to announce the launch of the 2025 Glass Sellers’ Graduate Prize and New Graduate Review. This prestigious competition is designed to support graduates as they embark on their exciting journey in the world of glassmaking.

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  Green City Exhibition - Open Call

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  Deadline: 29/06/2025

  City: Sheffield  |  Region: South Yorkshire  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Fronteer Art

  Fronteer Gallery are looking for artwork for their exhibition Green City.

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• Roam: call for early career animation artists

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  Deadline: 29/05/2025

  Country: United Kingdom  |  Animate Projects

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  Animate Projects invites expressions of interest from animation artists based in England to take part in our early career programme, Roam.

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  Ordinary

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  Deadline: 26/05/2025

  City: Cromford  |  Region: Derbyshire  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Rachael Pinks

  I am excited to announce the next call for artists submissions for the forthcoming show ‘Ordinary’. ‘Ordinary’ - Exhibition opens 15th June - 3rd August 2025 Again I stumbled upon the theme for this show during my last exhibition (Sanctuary) here at the gallery during April this year when I came across a song called ‘Ordinary’ by Alex Warren - it filled me with excitement listening to the words and singing along with the track.

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  Open Call - Royal Ulster Academy

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  Deadline: 10/07/2025

  City: Belfast  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Simon McWilliams

  The Royal Ulster Academy (RUA) has announced the call for entries for its prestigious 144th Annual Exhibition, set to open at the Ulster Museum on October 19th, 2025. As Northern Ireland’s leading visual arts event, the RUA invites artists from across Ireland and beyond to submit their work for a chance to be featured in this celebrated showcase of creativity and innovation.

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