Featured Opportunities

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£1,000 grants for people of colour (aged 18+) based in the UK for any creative project where £1,000 would make a significant difference. Open to individuals, duos, groups, or collectives of colour (not registered companies or charities) at any career stage. The fund supports creativity in all forms including poetry, paintings, fashion, zines, music, food, flowers, photographs, workshops, events, and more. Grants cover equipment, courses, time, materials, travel, and project needs. The fund won’t part-fund projects where £1,000 doesn’t cover the majority of costs, or where company running costs, marketing, or university projects are a large proportion.

Simple three-stage application: five quick eligibility questions, questions about you and your project (with rough budget breakdown showing how £1,000 will be spent), and voluntary anonymous monitoring. Applications assessed by independent judges reviewing approximately 900-1,100 submissions per round, awarding around 20 grants per round (1 in 50 chance). Judges prioritise a clear sense of who you are and why you’re doing this, realistic budget, and projects unlikely to get funding elsewhere.

Successful applicants asked to complete project within 6 months, share realised work (no fixed deadlines), and credit Grand Plan publicly. Rolling deadlines – Apply by 4th December ’25 for 22nd December result; applications after 4th December receive results on 20th March ’26

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Newcastle Art Space invites artists to submit small-scale 2D works for OTHER WORLDLY, a group exhibition exploring the vaguely familiar yet eerily provocative. Running from 27th March to 19th April 2026, this salon-style show will feature selected works alongside larger installations and sculptures, creating dynamic contrasts between intimacy and immersion.

Open to all media including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, ceramics, installation, and video. Works must respond to the “Other Worldly” theme (open to interpretation) and fit within 40cm × 40cm dimensions, including framing where possible. Selected artists announced 13th February 2026. Artwork sales incur 30% commission. Artists responsible for delivery and collection costs, with works not for sale marked ‘NFS’.

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Public art commission for 1-3 artists to design and deliver integrated public art along Woodhouse Lane Gateway in Leeds city centre. Artists can propose bespoke street furniture (seats, cycle stands, bollards), additions to standard furniture (sculptural armrests, engraving), or additions to hard surfacing (inlaid pieces, engraving). Total budget up to £50,000 covers design fees, materials, fabrication, installation, travel and meeting costs for all commissions.

Artwork must be suitable for busy urban outdoor location, vandalism resistant, long lasting, easy to clean, inclusive and accessible. Materials could include stone, metal, bronze, durable plastics or UV resistant materials. Installation expected 2027. Ideally Leeds/Yorkshire based artists but not essential. Artists must carry appropriate insurance and collaborate with council and stakeholders.

Two-stage process: Stage 1 submissions (CV, portfolio with descriptions); Stage 2 shortlisted artists invited to interview with £100 expenses. Particularly welcomes submissions increasing representation of under-represented groups.

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b-side invites artists working in any medium to propose new, temporary, site-responsive commissions for the 2026 festival on the Isle of Portland. This year’s theme, “That Other Place – A Portland Fair,” explores parallel worlds and alternate realities inspired by Portland’s historic Fair (which ran for 200+ years until 2001). Rather than recreating the past, b-side seeks work that reawakens the Fair’s experience in stranger, sideways ways—imagining a mirror-Island where weird echoes and “what ifs” come alive.

Part of the wider Common Lands programme examining connections to land, locality, and community, this strand asks: what happens when our current land isn’t working? How can we learn from otherness to create new lands where we might better live together? b-side welcomes proposals that stretch reality, play with parallel Portlands, invite interaction, respond to the Island’s stories and landscapes, and make imaginative use of site and atmosphere. Open to visual artists, performers, sonic explorers, digital creators, community weavers, and installation-builders at any career stage. Successful applicants receive commission fees up to £2,500 plus production support.

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Wild Rumpus invites artists, makers, and performers to apply for their woodland Artist Retreat programme, offering dedicated time and space to develop creative practice while connecting with nature. Located in The Whirligig Woods, Cheshire, eight retreats (up to seven days each) are available between March-September 2026, providing exclusive access to outdoor offices, design studios, and creation spaces set in ancient woodland.

The programme supports new works exploring themes of Play and Nature Connection at any development stage—from early R&D to rehearsals with performance companies. Wild Rumpus are particularly interested in ideas that fuel curiosity, playfulness, and boldness; work influenced by nature, folklore, myths, and legends; and projects exploring how altered landscapes can inspire behaviour change. Artists are encouraged to offer community sharings (visual presentations, dress rehearsals, workshops, or other formats).

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Open call to be included in an online exhibition curated by Aaron Wilder, hosted by Amos Eno Gallery on Artsy.net from 22nd February to 4th April 2026. Open to US-based artists only working in all media. The exhibition critically examines the Declaration of Independence’s 250th anniversary as a document of selective freedom that promised liberty while authorizing dispossession, slavery and exclusion. Artists invited to interrogate who was included, who was erased, and what freedoms remain incomplete, exploring how colonial language, property and sovereignty continue to shape systems of value, belonging and authority.

All exhibited works will be listed for sale on Artsy.net. If sold, artists receive 61% of sale price with 20% gallery commission and 19% Artsy commission. Submissions require statement (500 words maximum) describing how work relates to exhibition themes and questions it holds.

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Gallery Rosenfeld announces The Ian Rosenfeld Fund, a £7,500 annual award supporting an early to mid-career artist, continuing Ian Rosenfeld’s legacy of championing distinctive voices and nurturing emerging talent. This award requires no artwork donation or exchange and is offered in the spirit of patronage, providing not only financial support but an ongoing relationship, guidance, and mentorship.

Submit one PDF via email to [email protected] with subject line “Ian Rosenfeld Fund Application” including: CV, examples of your work, and a short statement (maximum 300 words) outlining how the fund would support your practice and why you should be considered. The judging panel will compile a shortlist, with the successful applicant announced by 13th February 2026 and contacted directly.