Featured Opportunities

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East Quay is inviting proposals from architects, craftspeople, artists and designers to create a new piece of outdoor furniture for their unique building in Watchet, West Somerset. The furniture will be installed on the terrace outside one of their bespoke accommodation Pods, offering a place for guests and members of the public to sit and enjoy the coastal atmosphere.

The commission fee is £3,000 (inclusive of VAT) to support development, build and delivery, covering all expenses including research time, development, materials, fabrication, transportation and on-site installation. The selected applicant will also receive a £300 contribution towards travel expenses and the offer to stay in one of the accommodation pods for two nights while the furniture is being installed.

Previous experience of working with outdoor sculpture or in public spaces is beneficial but not essential, and collaborative proposals are welcome (though the commission fee remains the same). The selected maker is responsible for delivering and leading the installation of the furniture, with East Quay’s team available to assist if needed.

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One of the world’s largest documentary markets for feature-length documentaries and series in development, production, post-production, or rough cut stage. Open to all documentary makers globally – established, emerging, and first-time filmmakers. Selected projects receive thirty-minute curated meetings with 150+ international funders, broadcasters, festival programmers, and sales agents (including A+E, Al Jazeera, ARTE, BBC Storyville, Channel 4, Netflix, National Geographic, PBS, Sundance Institute) over two days (11-12 June 2026). Not for completed premiered projects or short films.

Two categories available: MeetMarket Development and Production (curated meetings only), and MeetMarket Rough Cut Presentations (curated meetings plus presentation to industry with 15-minute preview). The market welcomes diverse documentary styles: observational, experimental/hybrid, poetic, and expository. Podcast-originated projects especially encouraged.

Applicants must read application guidelines before applying (available in accessible formats). Selected participants must be available 11-12 June 2026 for one-to-one meetings.

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Pilgrim’s Art Postcard Collection (PAP) is a grassroots micro-funding initiative supporting low-income, early-career creatives working in visual arts disciplines to undertake research pilgrimages to exhibitions, artworks, and inspiring arts events throughout the Midlands. Open to those working, studying, living, making, or visiting in or around the Midlands (central England), successful applicants receive up to £25 to cover complete journey expenses including travel within/around the Midlands, subsistence (food, drinks, essentials), admission fees to exhibitions/galleries/arts events, pilgrimage documentation (postcard materials and 2nd class stamp), and access needs where required.

No Jobs in the Arts does not use a single standard to define “early-career creative” nor means-test income. Applicants decide if this opportunity would benefit their creative journey. Applications require a link to pilgrimage location, cost breakdown (up to £25), contact details, and creative practice link. Successful applicants submit receipts/invoice for expenses and optionally send a postcard documenting their journey within one month of completing the trip. Each applicant eligible for one grant award only.

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10-month creative programme for young people aged 16-21 interested in creativity, culture, events and creative industries. 50 places available running March-December 2026. Participants work hands-on with the Gallery across various projects including planning and co-hosting a Youth Late event in November 2026 for up to 1,000 young people.

Programme includes planning pop-up events, Creative Futures career advice day, workshops with artists and creative professionals, and specialist roles in event production (marketing, social media, press, workshops, music, design). Each participant receives £600 bursary to cover time, travel, food and expenses, plus complimentary exhibition tickets, free snacks/drinks at sessions, and LAB programme pack with art materials and Gallery merch. Requires attendance at 12 sessions between March-December 2026 including Saturdays and some evenings.

50% of places reserved for young people who identify as disabled, neurodiverse, working-class, care-experienced, young carers, and/or part of global majority. No prior art or gallery knowledge needed. Shortlisted applicants invited to informal group interview day on 27th February 2026. After completion, participants graduate to NPG LOOP creative community network.

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Videoclub is curating three new Queer Night Watch outdoor film trails in February and March 2026, with film and video works projected onto buildings around Shoreham, UK. Selected work will also be shown as part of an exhibition and cinema screening in Worthing later in 2026.

Open to LGBTQIA+ artists and filmmakers from the UK and internationally. Films do not have to have LGBTQIA+ content – this is a platform to promote LGBTQIA+ artists and filmmakers with varied perspectives. Films may explore trans awareness, disability and neurodiversity, politics, humour, fantasy, reality, fiction, or any other subjects. Submissions can be artists’ film, video, moving image, experimental film, short film, documentary, Machinima, animation, or digital works. Films must be 2-5 minutes in length, engaging for passing viewers (visually stimulating, humorous, narrative, spectacular, fun, surprising, accessible), appropriate for public/outdoor exhibition (suitable for children and adults), in digital format with high enough resolution for scale (1080p/HD). Non-English language films must have English subtitles.

One work per submission form, unlimited submissions allowed. Selected filmmakers receive £150 inclusive screening fee paid via direct bank payment following receipt of invoice. Artists notified 10th February 2026.

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Open-access national fund awarding six annual grants of £4,000-£6,000 each to support UK-wide theatres and producers commissioning ambitious new plays. Grants are based on joint proposals between a producing venue or company (the Producing Partner) and a playwright for a new play intended for future production. The scheme aims to support ambitious, risky, adventurous and challenging new plays that will thrill and surprise audiences, push forward conversations in society and the artform, and represent a cost or risk that otherwise wouldn’t be possible at commissioning stage.

Open to applications from major national stages to independent venues and smaller companies, from community-based practice to commercial propositions. Grants paid directly to Producing Partner with letter of agreement required by 31st March 2026. Successful commissions and all rights belong entirely to the Producing Partner and Playwright.

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This is the first Open exhibition partnership between Hastings Contemporary and Sussex Contemporary. Theme: Odyssey – artists invited to respond to journeys shaped by tides, time, and transformation, reflecting on the sea and coastal stories. Aligns with Hastings Contemporary’s engagement with marine ecology, climate change, and coastal life. May explore maritime myths, contemporary migration, eroding land, personal voyages, legends, or rising seas.

Open to any artist connected to Sussex through residence, birthplace, education, or work – all disciplines and backgrounds. Preview evening takes place on 27th March 2026. Artwork drop-off happens on 19th March, with collection on 4th June 2026. Prizes: (1) Hastings Contemporary Prize – Sussex Spotlight hang selected by Kathleen Soriano, (2) Sussex Contemporary Prize – 2 fully funded spots in February 2027 democratic exhibition, access to Business of Art programme, 3 mentoring sessions with Jo Myles, plus more prizes TBA.

After purchase of entry, receive link to closed artists’ page with exhibition info, videos, blogs on improving submissions. Artists notified w/c 16 February 2026.