"Quantum Abyss 1", nanosculpture by Cris Orfescu

Synthetic Aesthetics

We seek participants for a research project on synthetic biology, design, and aesthetics. The project will provide funding to bring together scientists and engineers working in synthetic biology with artists, designers, and other creative practitioners…  apply

Metro Orange and Silver Lines

The Metro Orange Line Extension dedicated bus way will extend four miles north from Canoga Station to the Chatsworth Metrolink Station, and will include a new bikeway and pedestrian path, landscaping, additional parking areas and public art…  apply

We are seeking qualified artists for three large-scale public art commissions at key stations/transit centers along the new Metro Silver Line…  apply

Site-specific Artwork for a Police Crime Lab

The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA) seeks to commission one or more artists or teams of artists to create site-specific artwork for a new state-of-the-art Police Crime Lab…  download RFQ

Public Art Opportunity in Providence, Rhode Island

The goal of this project is to enhance the experience of those traveling through Charles Street business district by providing seating and shelter from the weather while introducing unique design elements to the streetscape environment…  apply

Design Biennial Boston 2010

The Pinkcommagallery requests entries for design works that represent creative approaches and solutions to issues in contemporary design for its inaugural Design Biennial Boston 2010 exhibit. The Biennial is intended to showcase emerging design voices through an exhibition and publication of innovative professional design works…  submit

2010 Sculpture Competition

The Jackson County Green Energy Park is actively working to grow its sculpture garden and artistic presence. In addition to the pieces displayed onsite by tenants and friends of the park, JCGEP began hosting a yearly sculpture competition in 2008 to give local artists a place to showcase their work while beautifying the park…  submit

5th National Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition

Organized and presented by the City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department, this unique exhibition offers established and emerging artists the opportunity to display their thought provoking, extraordinary sculptures throughout the stunning, picturesque Riverfront Park…  submit

Figment Project

Submissions are now open for FIGMENT 2010 events in NYC (June 11-13) and Boston (June 5)! Project submissions are welcome in every medium imaginable–from sculpture and installations to performance, workshops, games, electronic art, music, dance, etc…  submit

International Competition for Cyber Arts

Since 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica has served as an interdisciplinary platform for everyone who uses the computer as a universal medium for implementing and designing their creative projects at the interface of art, technology and society…  apply

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2011: Art and Education

The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival is an annual festival of theatre, dance, music, visual arts, and mixed media created and presented by Singaporean and international artists. Themed differently each year, the Festival aims to bring the best of contemporary, cutting-edge and socially-engaged works to the Singapore audience…  apply

IMAGINE – Towards an eco-aesthetic, 2011

Visual artists and curators working within all media types are hereby invited to submit proposals for the year 2011. We seek suggestions for group and solo exhibitions, workshops and projects intended for the public space…  apply

Finishing funds

FINISHING FUNDS provides media and new media artists with grants up to $2,500 to help with the completion of diverse and innovative moving-image and sonic art projects, and works for the Web and new technologies. Eligible forms include film and video as single or multiple channel presentation, computer based moving-imagery and sound works, installations and performances, interactive works and works for new technologies, DVD, multimedia and the Web…  apply

5 MINUTES – short video: Simple Living

This is the third edition of the short video program -5 MINUTES organized by P74 Center and Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia. We are inviting artists working with video to submit their works shorter than 5 minutes related to this year’s title and topic: “Simple Living” (also referred to as “voluntary simplicity”), a lifestyle characterized by minimizing the “more is better” pursuit of wealth and consumption…  apply

The Reading Room

The Reading Room is looking for artist’s printed projects, zines, publications, books and handouts that are actively interrogating or reconsidering the published format, and that are independent objects of artistic production, rather than functioning solely to document the artistic practice of their authors…  submit

Roberto Cimetta Fund

With the support of a number of partners, the Roberto Cimetta Fund has set up a program for awarding individual travel grants. These cover travel and visa costs for trips such as attending professional cultural network meetings, workshops, artist’s residences, symposiums etc. Selections are organized regularly (every 5 to 6 weeks)…  apply

5th Art Competition – “Moved Wind” and Landscape Exhibition

The exhibition of the wind-objects at different places of Waldeck-Frankenberg will take place in the district of Hesse, Germany. The exhibition is accompanied by a framework-program, which invites to the hiking and discovering of landscape and exhibits…  apply

The EYE-KEA project

Open Call for Video Art and Research Papers for ‘the EYE-KEA project’ International Video Art event and Symposium, at Basement Project Space, Cork city, Ireland. taking place from the 16th – 26th April…  submit

ZOOART 2010

The 9th edition of this contemporary art show will be held in July in the Fresia Gardens, originally the site of the city’s zoo. Once again the organizers intention is to bring contemporary art into the public arena, as well as offering an opportunity for young artists to exhibit their work. Since its inception, the idea behind ZOOart has been to offer a space to unknown young artists and also bring attention to those who have also achieved some notoriety…  submit

"Small World Episodes 1", nanosculpture by Cris Orfescu

Computational Aesthetics 2010

Application Deadline: 02/12/2010. Artistic submissions are invited across the broad range of mediums covered by Computational Aesthetics…  register

International Environmental Art Project in Taiwan “Children and Artists Celebrate the Wetlands”

Application Deadline: 02/12/2010. Cheng Long Wetlands is in rural Yunlin County on the southwestern coast of Taiwan. Artists should have experience working with children and interest in environmental issues and be able to provide a link to a school or organization in their area…  apply

The Scavenger Project

Application Deadline: 02/14/2010. An international scavenger hunt to see how artists from around the globe visually interpret the same items, which are then documented in a book and exhibitions… apply

The Self Portrait Project

Application Deadline: 02/15/2010. Be part of a massive exhibition of self portraits from artists all around the globe! All you need to do is sign up to get started…  sign up

Athens Video Art Festival 2010

Application Deadline: 02/15/2010. Main Categories : Video Art, Animation, Video Installation, Installation, Digital Image, Web Art, Performance Art… apply

Triple Canopy – Call for Proposals

Application Deadline: 02/15/2010. Online magazine that works collectively with writers, artists, researchers and other collaborators on projects that deal critically with culture and politics, and the ways people engage them, both online and in the world at large…  submit

Media City Film Festival 2010

Application Deadline: 02/19/2010. Annual International Festival of Film and Video Art in Windsor, Ontario, Canada since 1994…  submit

ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival 2010

Application Deadline: 02/19/2010. ANTI Festival 2010 will focus on textual, written and language-based responses to site specificity…  submit

Crosstalk  – Video Art Festival

Application Deadline: 02/26/2010. Media and video artists from all over the world are invited to submit their works for the 3rd edition of this festival that will be held in June 2010 in Budapest…  apply

Far Away Worlds

Application Deadline: 02/26/2010. For several years Zeitraumexit has organized an international festival with changing themes…  submit

International Short Film Festival Detmold

Application Deadline: 02/28/2010. The International Short Film Festival Detmold is inviting filmmakers
from all over the world to submit their shorts, film or video, to its 6th ISFF Detmold…  submit

DMY International Design Festival Berlin

Application Deadline: 02/28/2010. With more than 550 designers from over 30 nations the DMY International Design Festival Berlin has grown into the largest product design festival in Germany and one of the most important international platforms for creative, experimental and forward thinking design…  apply