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Summertime is perfect not only for travelling, relaxing, and looking for inspirations but also considering some art competitions, open calls for creatives and residencies, which are soon to come. See our list and consider vacations as an enjoyable way to invest in your career.

>> NYX HOTEL – ART LIVES HERE PROJECT (POLAND)

Warsaw hotel as a hub for artists? NYX Hotel Warsaw is organizing a contest in which the main prize is a 3-week stay in a luxury apartment in the very centre of the capital. All this is to create working conditions for young artists who, inspired by urban space, will be able to give free rein to their creativity. The best work created during the residency will be bought by the organizers and will decorate the interiors of prestigious hotel spaces.

NYX Hotel Warsaw is a special place where you can already find works by some of the most recognizable representatives of Polish contemporary artists such as Anna Barlik, Norbert Delman, NeSpoon, Mariusz Tarkawian, Aleksandra Waliszewska and Mariusz Waras.

The city has been an inspiration for artists for centuries. The real boom came at the end of the 1960s when street art was born across the ocean. Presenting art in urban space brings it to life and can be a means to improve the quality of life of the audience. Its public functioning and easy accessibility to each guest of the hotel space have an impact on shaping knowledge about art and artistic awareness among guests, adds Jacek Sosnowski, art curator at NYX hotel Warsaw.

NYX Hotel Warsaw invites artists and artists to participate in the NYX Hotel – Art Lives Here competition, in which the prize is a three-week artistic residence in the centre of Warsaw. Residents and residents will be provided with and substantive support from the jury and ambassadors of the competition, and the program will culminate in the presentation of works created by the participants. One of them, selected with the votes of Internet users, will be purchased by the hotel and displayed alongside the works of

Application deadline: 3 July 2022.

Support:

Reimbursement of travel costs.
A 3-week stay in a luxury apartment in the very centre of Warsaw.
Aaccess to the studio arranged in a separate hotel room.
Breakfast and lunch in the hotel.
Substantive support from the jury and ambassadors of the competition.
The best work created during the residency will be bought by the organizers.
Reimbursement of exhibition-related travel expenses (annual exhibition)
If applicable, additional funds for costs of materials and transport (annual exhibition)

More information: https://www.nyx-hotels.com/art-at-nyx

>> AN• OTHER HERE (GERMANY)

an• other here is a nomadic art residency, which aims to support artists, curators, and other art practitioners.

Each edition happens in a new location, chosen for both historical and cultural singularities, regional ecosystem, and its distance from usual areas of creative activity.

This initiative – founded at the beginning of the pandemic – is led by Italian-French-German curator Livia Tarsia in Curia.

an• other here is committed to produce and disseminate projects that experiment artistically with and through the richness of what is geographically close to the residency – otherness in proximity.

Who can apply:

Professional Berlin-based artist (graduated), designers, collectives.

Application deadline: 26 June 2022.

Support:

Work equipment and assistance are funded up to 1,250 €. Our team assists the projects with transport, curation, production management, construction team, press work and reception of the public.
Basic equipment with tools, technical equipment, internet etc. is available in the Bärenzwinger and can be used during the stay.
The Bärenzwinger space and its two-side garden.
Artist or Collective fee of 1,500 € (per each artistic position)

More information: http://www.anotherhere.com/about.html

>> CHIESSLHAUS AIR (GERMANY)

The residency program is open for visual artists of all disciplines, as well as for other creative fields such as film, theater, literature, architecture, sound, design, and music. We especially encourage applications that seek to pursue interdisciplinary approaches at the interfaces of art, science/theory, media and technology.

Current open calls for the residency periods:

(A) May 7 – July 2, 2022

(B) September 13 – November 5, 2022

Who can apply:

Applications are open to individual artists and/or artists’ collectives from Germany and abroad.
There is no age restriction.
It is compulsory to stay at the residence during the two-month residency. Short-term absences are possible. Arrival and departure should be +/- one day of the chosen residency period.

Application deadline: July 1, 2022 for > B September 13 – November 11 (approx. 8 weeks)

Support:

Living spaces, studio and exhibition spaces.
High-profile presentation platforms and networks.
Monthly grant/artists’ fee of 1.200 EUR (incl. costs of materials).
Reimbursement of travel expenses within Germany up to max. 120 EUR, within the EU up to max. 300 EUR, outside the EU up to max. 600 EUR.
Reimbursement of exhibition-related travel expenses (annual exhibition).
If applicable, additional funds for costs of materials and transport (annual exhibition).

More information: https://www.schiesslhaus-air.eu/application-en

>> YOUNG EUROPEAN ARTIST TRIESTE CONTEMPORANEA AWARD (ITALY)

Trieste Contemporanea is a hub of proposals and information on contemporary art. Since more than twenty years we’ve promoted “Dialogues with the Art of Central Eastern Europe”, and in the perfect Italian city where to do it: Trieste.

There is no fee for participation. Applications will be examined by an international jury of art curators and professionals. The winner will be asked to plan a 2023 solo exhibition at Studio Tommaseo in Trieste.

Who can apply:

The call is open to young artists under the age of 30 (born after 10 July 1992)
Born in one of the following countries: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.

Application deadline: 10 July 2022, 11:59 pm (Italian time).

Support:

A 2023 solo exhibition at Studio Tommaseo in Trieste. The residency will be supported by a travel stipend of 1500 EUR covering airfare and accommodation.

More information: https://www.triestecontemporanea.it/en/bando/young_award22/

>> DA! ART AWARD (GERMANY)

The Power of Myth” is this year’s theme of the DA! Art Award, which will be presented for the third time in 2022. A total prize pool of 10,000 EURO is offered by the Düsseldorf Enlightenment Service (DA!) on a biennial basis and aims to inspire artists to take a critical look at religion and irrationalism.

Who can apply:

Artists from Germany

Application deadline: 24 July 2022.

Support:

Category 1: Painting, graphics and drawing Prize money: €3,000
Category 2: Plastic, sculpture and installation Prize money: €3,000
Category 3: Photography and Media Art Prize money: €3,000
Audience award Prize money: €1,000

More information: https://da-art-award.de/

>> THE SAMIRA AL-KHALIL PRIZE

The Samira al-Khalil Prize is intended to reward, once a year, a woman whose practice and trajectory are in solidarity with the struggle to put an end to the infringement of fundamental rights and freedoms in the Arab and Mediterranean regions.

It will be awarded on International Women’s Rights Day, 8 March, in Paris, France.

Each year, the call for applications will highlight a specific practice in a diverse range of fields: arts, literature and defense of human rights (such as translation, painting, writing, activism, research, etc.).

Who can apply:

Applications are open to any woman of at least 18 years of age.

Application deadline: 1 September 2022.

Support:

The winner of the Samira al-Khalil Prize will receive the sum of 5,000 euros. She will be publicized as widely as possible within the framework of the association’s activities. The laureate will also benefit, if she wishes, from facilitated access to feminist networks and possible training courses implemented by them.

Apply: https://samira-alkhalil.org/apply-to-samira-al-khalil-prize/

More information: https://samira-alkhalil.org/prize/

>> ALLEGRO PRIZE 2022 COMPETITION FOR VISUAL ARTISTS (WORLDWIDE)

Allegro and the Contemporary Lynx Foundation are proud to announce the 3rd edition of Allegro Prize. Competition aims to support and promote art and discover new artists, with a total prize pool of PLN 80,000.

Allegro Prize is a kind of platform where art lovers, curators, collectors and gallery owners from all over the world can discover new talents recognised by a jury composed of big names in the art world. This year, the competition will be judged by Joanna Kamm (Director of Liste Art Fair Basel), Ksenia Malykh (Head of PinchukArtCentre Research Platform), Slavs and Tatars (a world-renowned art collective), Anja Rubik (Supermodel, philanthropist and Founder of sexed.pl), Dorian Batycka (art curator and writer) and the organisers, Dobromiła Błaszczyk & Sylwia Krasoń (art historians and chief editors of Contemporary Lynx Magazine), as well as Karolina Miszczak (owner of the Collections and Art category on Allegro).

Who can apply:

Artists from any country, all ages representing all forms of visual arts.
Students and graduates of art schools and colleges.
Artists who haven’t graduated but have documented artistic pathway.
No entry fee.

Application deadline: 27 September 2022.

Stages:

A shortlist of 30 finalists announced: 16 November 2022
Voting for the Audience Award: from 16 November to 1 December 2022
Winners announced: 6 December 2022

Support:

3 Main Awards: For each of the three winners: 25,000 gross PLN (75,000 gross PLN in total), an article written by the editors of Contemporary Lynx featured in the Contemporary Lynx Magazine 1(19)2023 or 2(20)2023, and on the Founder’s website. The organiser will also provide an annual subscription of the printed edition of the Contemporary Lynx Magazine delivered to a designated address.
Audience Award: 5.000 gross PLN, interview in Contemporary Lynx Magazine Weekly Online with information about the publication in the newsletter; using social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest). The organiser will also provide an annual subscription of the printed edition of the Contemporary Lynx Magazine delivered to a designated address.
Award for 10 laureates: 10 distinctions: publication of the winners’ works selected by the Organiser in the Contemporary Lynx Weekly Online and on the Founder’s website with information about the publication in the newsletter; using social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest). The organiser will also provide an annual subscription of the printed edition of the Contemporary Lynx Magazine delivered to a designated address.
Bonus: Shortlisted artists will receive a copy of the current edition of Contemporary Lynx Magazine delivered to o a designated address.

Apply: https://contemporarylynx.co.uk/registration-form

More information: https://contemporarylynx.co.uk/allegro-prize

>> ARTISTS AT RISK (AR)

ARTISTS at RISK (AR) is a non-profit network institution at the intersection of human rights and the arts. AR is dedicated to mapping the field of persecuted art practitioners, facilitating their safe passage from their countries of origin, hosting them at AR-Residencies and curating related projects, including the AR Pavilion.

Contact [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.

Who can apply:

All art practitioners from UKRAINE or with permanent residency there may apply here, including curators, critics, theorists, etc. for emergency temporary relocation and hosting.

Application deadline: Ongoing

Apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0KMtVqb6GmHuR2UxyNN5aN5BpDPYE0538OlgRQ63inFWLAw/viewform

More information: https://artistsatrisk.org/?lang=en

>> AFGHAN ARTISTS AT RISK

Who can apply: