South Korea

Bucheon City of Literature in South Korea has announced the opening of the call for applications for its 2024 literary residency, aimed at writers, poets, translators and graphic novelists from UNESCO’s creative cities. The residency will take place between November and December 2024.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea, along with the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE), supports talented and creative cultural experts who are interested in discovering and promoting their country’s outstanding cultural resources through the CPI Cultural Experts Training Programme.

Taepyung Salt Farm X ROWILAB seeks artists to submit entries for the juried exhibition, ‘Art Like Salt.’

The Seoul Museum of Art is calling for applications for the position of Artistic Director of the 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale.

Wonju UNESCO City of Literature offers a chance for one writer from a city of literature to come to Wonju and stay at Toji Cultural Centre for eight weeks, from 1 September to 31 October 2024.

DongGang International Photo Festival invites submissions for its 22nd edition, to be held from 12 July to 29 September 2024 in Yeongwol, Gangwon State, South Korea.

The National Asian Culture Center (ACC) is calling for applications from international artists for their ACC CREATORS Residency, which takes place in Gwangju, South Korea, from the end of July to the end of November 2024.

APE CAMP aims to serve as a vibrant hub for young artists, producers and engineers (APE), where they embark on a journey to explore the convergent DNA of APEs. Over the course of three days, 100 participants will be organised into teams based on their respective artistic and technical roles. Together, they will collaborate to generate innovative ideas for art and technology convergence. The camp takes place in Seoul, South Korea, from 20 to 22 June 2024.

The Gwangju Media Art Platform (G.MAP) and Seoul Metropolitan Government are collaboratively organising an international open call for media facade artworks to be simultaneously exhibited in two cities – Gwangju and Seoul from 24 November 2023 – 31 March 2024.

For its eleventh edition, the 2023-24 Geumgang Nature Art Biennale aims to create a new discourse on nature art, and calls for artworks under the theme of ‘Shelter in the Forest II’. Artists can submit model drawings that will be presented at the 2023 Geumgang Nature Art Biennale Project Exhibition, running 26 August – 15 October 2023, with selected projects then supported to be fully realised in 2024.

DongGang International Photo Festival invites submissions for its 21st edition, to be held this year from 21 July – 24 September 2023 in Yeongwol, Korea. This year’s theme is ‘The Magical Unknowns’. One ‘Artist of the year’ will receive a solo exhibition at DIPF and be invited to the opening.

ACC is calling for experimental works of performance to be part of ACT Festival (10-19 November 2023). Local and international artists (individuals or teams of up to 3 people) are eligible to apply.