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Open Call: Mural on Mortimer

The Langham Estate is seeking an emerging artist to create a striking new mural for the Fitzrovia Quarter in central London, which captures the vibrancy of the area’s past and present.The new commission for 63-65 Mortimer Street is a rare opportunity for an emerging artist or collective to add to Fitzrovia’s diverse streetscape, creating a new local landmark.

Eligibility: This opportunity is open to submissions from emerging or early career artists, working in any discipline. Those underrepresented in the creative communities due experience of barriers related to socio-econmic status, ethnicity, disability, gender and sexuality are particularly encouraged to apply. ‘Emerging’ artist is often defined as being one of the following: Being no more than 7 years post graduating from your most recent qualification Having set up your practice in the last 7 years An artist who has had a break from their practice, but is still within the first 7 years of commencing

What you get: The budget for this project is £15,000 + VAT including fees, materials and installation costs. For guidance, the artists’ fee should be 15% of this total as a minimum.

Boomer Gallery Sales Exhibition in London Bridge on the Theme Identity

Who are you when no one’s watching? And who do you become when everyone is? Take part in Boomer Gallery’s upcoming London sales exhibition exploring personal and cultural identity. Showcase your artwork, connect with collectors, and enhance your professional visibility in a vibrant setting.

Eligibility: Open to artists worldwide working in painting, sculpture, photography, digital art, and mixed media.

What you get: Inclusion in exhibition, printed catalogues, promotional support, professional photography of your work, networking opportunities, and opening reception.

Fee: £189 (including VAT) upon selection.

Fresh 2025 Exhibition Opportunity

Fresh celebrates and promotes artists in the UK and Ireland at a pivotal moment in their practice, with twenty-five artists selected from an open submission process by a panel comprising leading professionals who are advocates for emerging contemporary art and making alongside a youth panel.

Eligibility: -Have been maintaining a sustained commitment to creative practice with clay for between 3 and 7 years. -Be living in the UK or Ireland from the point of application to November 2025.

What you get: Fresh provides a unique platform for early-career artists to inspire and challenge as part of the UK’s largest contemporary ceramics event. It will bring opportunities for networking and benefits from exhibiting alongside established artists. Each exhibitor in Fresh will receive a £300 exhibition payment and £50 towards the transportation of the work to and from the exhibition venue. Fresh exhibitors will benefit from a national PR and marketing campaign. Exhibitors in Fresh will also be considered for the Fresh Talent Prizes.

NEAC Scholarships 2025-26

Early-career artists working in figurative painting, drawing or original printmaking are invited to apply for the NEAC Artist Scholarships 2025-26 worth £6,000. The three annual scholarships are aimed at individuals who have not historically benefited from many opportunities to engage with the NEAC and aim to support those who face financial barriers in pursuing the arts in a professional capacity.

Eligibility: Early-career artists includes anyone who feels they are at the beginning stages of their professional artistic career, regardless of age (although applicants must be aged 18 and over and living in Great Britain)

What you get: Scholarship award of £5,000 (two runners-up awards of £500). All three Scholars have the opportunity to attend NEAC classes and workshops for free, and the chance to develop mentoring relationships with the talented members of the NEAC.

The Cass Art Prize 2025

The Cass Art Prize 2025, presented by The Cass Group, aims to champion contemporary art from across the UK and the Republic of Ireland with a £10,000 cash prize and a free stand at The Other Art Fair in spring 2026 to the overall winner of the competition. There are additional prizes worth £15,000 including a Students Award, an Art Educators Award and more! Plus a prestigious group exhibition at Copeland Gallery, London in autumn 2025.

Works will be judged by a respected panel of guest judges with extensive knowledge and experience across the art industry, and there are category prizes specifically for oil, watercolour, acrylic, pastels, drawing and sketching, 3D artwork, mixed media and printmaking to ensure a wide range of art is represented.

New prizes this year include, the Pastel Award - supported by Sennelier, the Emerging Artist Award - supported by Arches for artists aged 35 and under, the Over 65 Award - supported by Mark Cass for artists aged 65 and over and the Judge’s New Talent Award - supported by Soho Review; a solo show at Soho Revue kindly offered and selected by guest judge India Rose James.

Royal Court Theatre Launches Young Playwrights Award

Are you a young writer with a story to tell? Then the Young Playwrights Award is for you! We’re looking for exciting new voices, and we want to help you try new things and develop your skills. The competition opens in March 2025. If you win, your play will be performed at the Royal Court in July – and published by Nick Hern Books! You can also access creative resources and a video course to help every writer’s journey, whether solo or with your school or group. For our pilot year in 2025, the Award is open to any 13-18 year-old living or attending education in Greater London.

FLAMIN Animations 2025

FLAMIN Animations is a £3,500 commissioning programme for early-career Black and global majority animators living in the England. This year, the scheme is presented in partnership with the award winning London-based animation studio Blinkink, who will be providing focused support to the selected animators throughout the development and production process alongside the FLAMIN team.

Eligibility: For early-career Black and global majority animators

What you get: £3,500 commissioning programme

You Always Have Options Art Contest

Call for graphic design or handmade art to promote a website with safe abortion options in the US. The winning design will win $1500 and be printed on a limited run of t-shirts.

Eligibility: Anyone! The contest is open internationally and to all expertise levels.

What you get: $1500 + winning design on limited t-shirt run.

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