Calls with submission deadline in July
 

Dystopie Sound Art Festival

DEADLINE: July 1st

Description: Dystopie Festival brings diverse sound art viewpoints together in an exhibition that deals with current dystopian moments, as well as those of an imagined future. Following on from the premiere of the double edition Dystopie Berlin-Istanbul (2018/2019), the guest country for this year’s festival will be Brazil. In addition to artists from Brazil, the festival invite sound artists from Europe to submit new or existing works that deal with the topic of ‘dystopia’ in the broadest sense.

• Who can apply:
  The open call is for sound artists living in the European region.
   
• Financial Envelope:
  Artist fee for existing works: 500€.
  Artist fee for new works produced for the festival: 1500€ .
  Production budget: 1500€ on average per project, including costs for materials and special equipment (also rented equipment). If your project will be selected a precise cost calculation will be needed.
  Transportation, travel and accommodation costs will be covered by the festival.
   
• Important links:
  Guidelines
  Apply

XXIV Graphic Humor Contest «Curuxa do Humor» 2020

Fene Town Hall, A Coruña, Spain.

DEADLINE: 10 july

• Description:
  Free themed drawing contest.
   
• Who can apply:
  Residents in Spain. CURUXA category: for people over 25. Category: CURUXA-NOVA: for people from 16 to 25 years old.
   
• Financial Envelope:
  1st Prize (over 25 years) 2,000 euros
  2nd Prize (over 25 years) 1,500 euros
  1st Prize (from 16 to 25 years old) 1,000 euros
  2nd Prize (from 16 to 25 years old) 500 euros
   
• Important Links:
  Guidelines
   
• Apply:
  People interested in participating may submit or send their drawings to / from the General Registry of the Fene City Council (Praza do mayor Ramón José Souto González, s / n, Fene)
   
• Comments:
  Participants may submit a single free-themed drawing, in format: bullet, strip or comic (maximum 1 page).

FESTIVAL MONAR’T

DEADLINE: July 26th

• Description:
  annual murals and urban art festival  in the neighborhoods of Santa Eugenia de Ter and Can Gibert del Pla with a 100% social and multicultural thematic.
   
• Who can apply:
  artists, graffiti artists, muralists, illustrators and painters. Individually or collectively.
   
• Economical Envelope:
  €250 fee + up to € 400 travel + material / production / accommodation... (see the guidelines in the link)
   
• Important links:
  Guidelines
  Apply
   
• Comments:
  please, check the Catalan or Spanish page for more information or contact hola@festivalmonart.cat

GRANTS ART AND NATURE

Centre d’Art la Panera

DEADLINE: July 31st at 2pm

• Description:  
  Center d'Art la Panera annually call the Beques Art i Natura a la Creació, in collaboration with the Centre Artinatura CDAN / Centro de Arte y Naturaleza Museu de la Vida Rural and Fundación Cerezales Antonino y Cinia, in order to promote research and creation in the field of visual arts. Two-month stay at the Center for Art and Nature.
   
• Who can apply:
  visual artists
   
• Economical envelope:
  two grants of  4.000 €, taxes included, for the two selected projects.
   
• Important links:
  Guidelines
   
• Apply:
  Registre de la Oficina Municipal d’Atenció Ciutadana (Lleida City Council), rambla Ferran, 32, 25007 Lleida, during business hours (Check: omac.paeria.cat).
   
• Comments:
  stay in 2020 except July and August. Please, check the Catalan or Spanish page for more information or contact us at g1@laescocesa.org

IDEABORN 2020 FINE ARTS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Ideaborn, Barcelona

Deadline: 13 DE JULY

Call for 2021 year greeting card design.

• Who can apply:
  Artists under 30
   
• Financial envelope:
  1.000 euros.
   
• Important links:
  Guidelines
  Apply

• Comments :
  They are looking for a work of art to be printed as a New Year's greeting card and sent to their contacts around the world, donors and partners of the organization. Digital submission of proposals.
  
   

CULTURE OF SOLIDARITY FUND
European Cultural Foundation

Deadline: 22 JUN - 14 JULY

• Description:
  Call for subsidies for cultural initiatives.
   
• Who can apply:
  Artists, collectives, organizations.
   
• Financial envelope:
  There are three categories, between 5,000, 15,000 and 30,000 euros, depending on the case.
   
• Important links:
  Guidelines
  Apply
  Web

• Comments :
  Fund to support cultural initiatives that, in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, reinforce solidarity within Europe. Grants can be used to finance a wide range of activities ranging from seed money for entirely new initiatives to (co) financing to build on existing ideas at the European level. They can cover materials costs, office costs, communication tools and online work, production costs, but also expert fees and personnel costs. They are looking for imaginative cultural initiatives, large or small, that reinforce solidarity and the notion of Europe as a shared public space in response to the current crisis and its aftershocks. It is open to individuals, groups and organizations from all sectors and civil society in general.