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Magazine Cover Competition
Any
Closes: 31/08/25
Entry Fee: FREE
Calling all artists & designers to submit an image for the cover of the Autumn/Winter 2024 issue. We are looking for a cover that can really - Blow the Trumpet to celebrate the Magazine. The Winner will see their work published on the cover and exhibited in the windows of Jack Barclay. The runners-up will have their submissions published inside the magazine.
Entry Fee:
FREE
Exhibition
Any
Closes: 20/08/25
Entry Fee: FREE
Call for artists and illustrators making work with a political or social commentary between 2016 and 2024. It does not have to be overt or party political - but something that responds to these years, society or hopes for the future. This is an online show from March to November 2024 and will also appear in physical pop-ups across the UK during these dates. No hanging fees or other charges. If chosen - the work will be licensed for use in the show and a range of fine art prints or illustration merchandise will be made from it.
Entry Fee:
FREE
Online Artist Residency
Any
Closes: 31/12/25
Entry Fee: FREE
Our Digital residency program is a series of online artist residencies designed to elevate emerging artists / forge long-lasting connections between artistic communities and intensify the accessibility of art ideation. This residency includes - a 2 week Instagram takeover - sharing work / ideas or process every day. Your artist statement and bio are highlighted in a month long landing page feature. A written interview for a permanent media story. An invitation to show work in an annual physical group exhibition.
Entry Fee:
FREE
Artist Residency
Research
Closes: 30/09/25
Entry Fee: FREE
We are welcoming new proposals for artists to take up residency with us in 2025. This residency offers an environment for artists to develop projects that explore new processes / ideas / techniques and critical thinking. We will work responsively with your research and development proposal and can support your practice through mentoring / bid writing / access to audio-visual resources / a project space and unique archival resources.
Entry Fee:
FREE
Exhibition on the Broad Theme of Sexuality
Any
Closes: 01/09/25
Entry Fee: FREE
For the 2025/2026 season - we will organize a series of exhibitions on the broad theme of sexuality. From eroticism to lgbt / queer and non-binary themes / from fetish to bdsm / to postpornography. All without any kind of censorship - because art is and must always remain a free expression of human thought and creativity.
Entry Fee:
FREE
Group Exhibition in Rome
Any
Closes: 01/06/25
Entry Fee: FREE
Open Call for a Group Exhibition in Rome in September 2025. Open to all artists working with photography / video and digital techniques who are interested in experiencing - Northernness. The theme - which is intentionally broad invites artists to engage with either the geographic—everything connected to - the North — or an imagined place shaped by mythology / imagination and fantasy. What is the North and how can it be represented or perceived through images and visual arts?
Entry Fee:
FREE
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Choose between our annual plan of £38 or monthly at £3.80. Both options provide full access to Starving Artists’ members area, including hundreds of opportunities, personalised opportunity filtering, and our weekly newsletter.
- 350-400+ Live art opportunities at any one time
- Personalised Opportunity Filtering, to save you time
- 50-80 New Opportunities added each week
- A Weekly Newletters with our favourite opportunities
- A dedicated team finding the best opportunities for artists
- Connect with our tutors at a discounted rate