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Recurring Opportunities List
Following the Open Call topic we discussed in Ep.4, we’ve put together a list of recurring opportunities for everyone to check out! Many of the opportunities in the list are open calls that happen every year or every couple of years, so you can apply with confidence. Good luck!
(Continuously updating…)
January
Opportunity | Awarding Body | Practice | Frequency | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Derwent Art Prize | Derwent | Works on Pencil | Biennial | £15 |
New Writers Collective | The TV Foundation (The Edinburgh TV Festival), All3Media | Writing, Film | Annual | £24 |
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award | National Portrait Gallery | Painting | Annual | £40 |
TurnMcr | hAb/Word of Warning | Dance, Performance | Annual | £300 upon selection |
Turps Residency | Turps Banana | Painting, Mid- career | Annual | Residency Fees upon selection |
Sunny Bank Mills Print Festival | Sunny Bank Mills | Printmaking, Zine, publication | Annual | £0 |
Seed Award | Prince Claus Fund | Any | Annual | £0 |
Brooks International Fellowship Programme 2026 (open to non-UK-based applicants only) | Delphina Foundation x Tate | Research, Visual Arts, Any | Annual | £0 |
February
Opportunity | Awarding Body | Practice | Frequency | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
RA Summer Exhibition | Royal Academy of Arts | prints, paintings, films, photography, sculpture, and architectural works | Annual | £40 |
Works on paper | Blue Shop Gallery | Unframed works on paper | Annual | £0 |
Culterim Residencies (Germany) | Culterim | Any | Annual | Flat fee upon selection |
Jackson’s Art Prize | Jackson’s | Any 2D | Annual | £6.50 |
March
Opportunity | Awarding Body | Practice | Frequency | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
New Contemporaries | New Contemporaries | Any | Annual | £25 |
John Moore’s Painting Prize | National Museums Liverpool | Painting | Biennial | £30 |
Palazzo Monti (Residency) | Palazzo Monti | Mid-career, Any | Semiannual | €25 |
Turps Summer School | Turps Art School | Painting | Annual | £15 to apply, £2750 upon selection |
April
Opportunity | Awarding Body | Practice | Frequency | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fringe Arts Bath Festival | Fringe Arts Bath | Art, Any, Curators | Annual | £0 |
Beep Painting Prize | Beep Painting | Painting | Biennial | £0, £25 upon selection |
Actually Attainable Art Fair | ST. Art Gallery | Prints/paintings/drawings/photographs/sculptures under £500 | Annual | £75 upon selection |
Stephen Oliver Award | The Countess of Munster Musical Trust | Music | Biennial | £0 |
May
Opportunity | Awarding Body | Practice | Frequency | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cass Art Prize (+Exhibition) | The Cass Group | 2D & 3D artworks made using analogue materials | Annual | £12 |
Clyde Hopkins Mentoring Award | APT Galleries | Painting | Annual | £0 |
June
Opportunity | Awarding Body | Practice | Frequency | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize | Trinity Buoy Wharf | Drawings, Moving Image | Annual | £30 |
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair (Curated Hang) | Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair | Printmaking | Annual | £30 |
July
Opportunity | Awarding Body | Practice | Frequency | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
August
Opportunity | Awarding Body | Practice | Frequency | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The London Group Open | The London Group | 2D, Sculpture, Any | Annual | £20 |
Ffocws Open Call | Ffoto Gallery | Photography | Annual | £0 |
September
Opportunity | Awarding Body | Practice | Frequency | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
October
Opportunity | Awarding Body | Practice | Frequency | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Copeland Gallery Emerging Artists Exhibitions | Copeland Gallery | Any | Semiannual | Discounted Venue Hire |
Southwark Park Galleries Annual Open | Southwark Park Galleries | 2D, 3D | Annual | £20 |
November
Opportunity | Awarding Body | Practice | Frequency | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Other Art Fair (London) | The Other Art Fair | Any, Visual Art | Annual | >£2000
stand fees upon selection |
The Royal Watercolour Society Open | The Royal Watercolour Society | Water-based mediums | Annual | £15 |
December
Opportunity | Awarding Body | Practice | Frequency | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan Van Eyck Residency | Jan Van Eyck Academie | Research,
Visual Art, Curation, Design, Writing, Architecture | Annual | €78.65 |
Palazzo Monti (Residency) | Palazzo Monti | Mid-career, Any | Semiannual | €25 |
Is it durable/rolling
Opportunity | Awarding Body | Practice | Frequency | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hypha Studios Open Calls | Hypha Studios | Curation, Visual Art, Any | Rolling | £0 |
The White Pube Creatives Grant | The White Pube | Any | Monthly | £0 |
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