Visual Arts & Design

Organised by Singapore Art Museum, SAM Artist, Community & Education, and Curatorial & Research Residencies welcomes applications from artists, curators, educators, researchers, and creative practitioners from across the globe to apply for Cycle 4.

The International Mute Photo Festival (IMPhF) 2027 is calling for submissions made on children’s thermal printer camera in the theme Nature ate the pixels. The exhibition will be held in Karlovasi, Samos, Greece, in July 2027.

The Bagri Foundation offers grants to non-profit arts organisations actively engaged in the cultural sector, supporting artistic projects that promote traditional and/or contemporary Asian culture. There must be a confirmed public outcome in UK or Europe.

The Institute brings together a cohort of up to 15 Fellows, half of them Columbia faculty and post-docs, the other half artists and writers from around the world, to spend a year together in work and conversation.

The Tokyo Biennale 2027 is calling for applications from artists and curators to engage with various local sites and their residents in Tokyo under the theme ‘From “Me” to “Us”’.

The International Ceramics Exhibition Mino, Japan, is calling for self-created works mainly made of ceramics on the theme of ‘Potential of Ceramics’. About 200 works, selected from the competition, will be exhibited at Ceramics Park MINO in Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture from 8 October to 7 November 2027.

The LOEWE FOUNDATION is calling for applications for the 2027 Craft Prize, to showcase and celebrate newness, excellence and artistic merit in modern craft. An accompanying physical exhibition featuring 30 shortlisted works will take place in Europe during the spring of 2027.

Artists, designers and researchers are invited to respond to the public call for participation in the Textile Art Biennial BIEN 2027, which will take place between 29 May and 14 August 2027 in Slovenian cities Kranj, Tržič, Škofja Loka, and Jesenice.

Who Walks Here is a 28-day residency in May 2027, hosted at OvestLab, Amigdala’s civic centre in the Artisan Village, Modena, Italy. The open call invites three artists to explore the neighbourhood’s ongoing transformation through a transfeminist urban lens, in dialogue with local communities.

Scuola Piccola Zattere welcomes applications from artists and cultural practitioners, including curators, researchers, architects, choreographers, performers and writers, for the selection of two participants to the thematic-based fellowship programme, which will take place during the third season of activity, titled Living Document.

Time for (S) Heroes design journey is inviting curious individuals at the early stage of their careers with advanced skills in fashion, costume, art installation, or other design approaches to submit proposals that challenge traditional approaches, experiment with new mediums, and contribute to a more sustainable and immersive creative landscape.