Open Calls and Awards for Artists 2020
1-Open Call: LightWork Residence Program
Deadline: 20/07/2020
Location: New York
Each year Light Work invites 12-15 artists to participate in its residency program, including one artist co-sponsored by Autograph ABP and one artist commission for Urban Video Project (UVP). Artists selected for the residency program are invited to live in Syracuse for one month. They receive a $5,000 stipend, an apartment to stay in, a private digital studio, a private darkroom, and 24-hour access to our facility.
2-Open Call: Göppinger Atelierstipendium Helmur Baumann Residence Program
Deadline: 15/04/2020
Location: Göppingen - Germany
Open to international artists. No age limit. Applicants must have completed a course of full-time study at an art school. Residence is compulsory. Application possible at any time. Decision takes place on april 15th.
Services and facilities offered: Accommodation and studio space, 500 € per month, Duration of residency: 2 years.
3- Open Call: Kunstraum Lakeside “Statements 2020” Residence Program
Deadline: 23/02/2020
Location: Klagenfurt – Austria
Kunstraum Lakeside invites artists and cultural practitioners to participate in the 2020 program by presenting their "Expressions". We are experimenting with the modes of representation in visual arts and looking for performance artifacts that represent the interface between annual art, science and technology in the context of an institution.
4- Open Call : Al Balad Art Residency Program
Deadline: / 29/02/20
Location: Jeddah - Saudi Arabia
Residents are invited to draw inspiration from a city with a deeply rooted, yet little explored, history. Art Residency | Albalad aims to encourage dialogue and cultural exchange between the young and dynamic art scene that exists in the city as well as access to, and conversation with, the community who live and work in the location of the studios.
Art Residency Program | Al Balad is the first program of its kind to be established in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In order to be in line with the context of the social wave and cultural change taking place in the Kingdom, the program aims to nurture networks amongst Saudi and international artists and to encourage cultural exchange between artists and the communities in the most historical part of the city of Jeddah, Al Balad.
5-Open Call: Border_less Artbook Days 2020
Deadline: 28/02/2020
Location: Istanbul - Turkey
border_less ArtBook Days aims to showcase artists, galleries, initiatives and institutions that have publications and work with texts.
6-Open Call - Uretimhane
Deadline: 15/03/2020
Location : Istanbul - Turkey
The common working areas of the Production Center, which aims to spread the culture of creative and collective production and sharing, can be used free of charge within the specified periods. In addition, the facilities of the space will be used for the development, display and delivery of the projects and works produced.
7-Open Call: Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art
Deadline: 29/02/2020
Location: Moscow – Russia
Open Studios has been looking for opportunities to exchange international artists since 2017. The aim is to create a new generation of contemporary artists through the work, interaction and communication of different cultures, as well as creating an inspiring and positive artistic environment. The residence invites artists to work with various techniques such as painting, objects, installation, graffiti, fresco, mosaic and porcelain.
8-Open Call: 5. Istanbul Design Biennial Kitchen Program
Deadline: 28/02/2020
Location: Istanbul-Turkey
Starting off from the idea that design comprises the devices, platforms and interfaces through which we relate to one another, Empathy Revisited: designs for more than one revisits the origins of the notion of empathy to imagine a role for design concerned with feelings, affects and relations.
9-Open Call: PERFORMISTANBUL #WomenPowerInCulture
Deadline: 15/02/2020
The exhibitor will be announced in January 2020 and selected through an open call to be run by both platforms. Support Program; cooperation opportunities, art institutions; It includes visits, lectures, workshops, interviews and a performance exhibition in both cities. The program will explore the idea of "home" as an expanded context - a space of existence and creation.
10-Open Call: Sónar+D Istanbul 2020
Deadline: 15/02/2020
Location: Istanbul-Turkey
Sónar+D offers professionals and interested parties a unique, inspirational, open and comfortable environment for discovering groundbreaking entities, finding new opportunities, acquiring new skills, meeting people and exhibiting their initiatives. The day-long event will include speeches, demos, workshops, installations, three-dimensional experiences, one-on-one mentoring, community gatherings and so much more.
11-Open Call: 12th Terrace Exhibition
Deadline: 15/03/2020
Location: Elgiz Museum
For the year 2020, Elgiz Museum defines the conceptual framework of the 12th Terrace Exhibition as peace to underline the importance of hope for the future and the right to live, therefore the exhibition aims to bring the artworks together on the Terrace around the idea of to stand up for humankind, nature and life.
The exhibition will be launched under the name of ‘‘Despite All’’, is intended to exhibit the artworks which were created to make a call for peace, hope and the joy of living as an alternative point of view to current social state of insanity where violence has been normalized, space and memory have been damaged.
The exhibition aims to demonstrate the relationship between art and universal values and the reformative and rehabilitative impact of art on humanity and societies. The purpose of the exhibition is to dream of peace and freedom altogether, through the artworks that were created by the idea of transformative power of looking to the future and life with an enlightened point of view.
12-Awards: Istanbul Rotary Art Award Exhibition
Deadline: 01/03/20/ 01/03/20
Location: Istanbul-Turkey
The Istanbul Rotary Art Award Exhibition, which will be composed of the works of the artists who participated in the contest and passed the first selection, will be open to visitors for at least 10 days. The winners of the "Rotary Fifteen-Day Residence Program and Exhibition at Florence Villa Romana" with the Istanbul Rotary Club Deniz Kocaoğlu Grand Prize and the "Fifteen-Day Residence Program at Nesin Art Village" with the Istanbul Rotary Art Achievement Awards will be announced.
13-Awards: Samsung The Wall x Niio Art Awards
Deadline: 01/03/20/ 01/03/20
Location: Istanbul-Turkey
Niio invites moving image artists from around the world to submit exquisite artworks to power the global unveiling of Samsung The Wall (4K visual display, 3.23m x 1.81m) around the world. Art-world professionals will review all entries and shortlist the most striking and original pieces that tell a story and ignite emotion.
The winning artwork will be seen by a wide audience while on display in select high-profile The Wall Global Destinations. Select finalists may also secure a coveted place in a first-of-its-kind exclusive Samsung x The Wall Niio catalog. These selected works will be installed in a year-long rotating international exhibition powered by Samsung & Niio.
14-Awards: Akbank 38th Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition
Deadline: 30/04/20
Location: Istanbul-Turkey
Akbank 38th Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition will be held in cooperation with the Art and Sculpture Museums Association and Akbank Art Center in order to support the developments in the field of contemporary art and to support young artists. The applications will be evaluated by the jury and the works selected to be exhibited will be presented to the art lovers with an exhibition to be held at Akbank Art Center between 09 June - 31 July 2020.