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The theme of the competition is Regeneration. Submit your work for the chance at a $100 cash prize and see your art in our online virtual gallery. Show us your best paintings, photos, digital works, and other 2D images.

$100 cash prize for winning entry paid via PayPal.

"Regeneration" Spring Art Competition

Science Gallery Monterrey invites artists, researchers, community activists and critical thinkers to submit existing, interdisciplinary artistic and research projects for our next exhibition centered around the theme of **CONSCIOUSNESS.** The exhibition will open in October 2025.

  
Science Gallery Monterrey is a space where artistic and scientific modes of thinking collide to push the boundaries of knowledge, catalyzing novel ideas that offer innovative perspectives and solutions to current challenges. 

  
One of the most intriguing paradoxes confronting researchers today is the nature of consciousness. While scientific knowledge is generated by the activity of the conscious mind, science is still unable to understand what consciousness is, how it works, where it exactly resides or how it comes into being. 

  
The answers to these fundamental questions about consciousness have become increasingly urgent in the last few years. This derives not only from the fact that emergent AI technologies aim to produce self-conscious digital learning systems, but also from recent discoveries that vertebrates and invertebrates, across a range of sizes and complexities, have varying forms and degrees of awareness.

  
**Potential subthemes**

* The mind-body duality vs. the AI-machine duality.
* Can science objectively describe the subjective?
* Could a droid enjoy the taste of an apple?
* Do plants experience forms of consciousness?
* The distinction between robot and human consciousness.
* What is it like to be a fruit fly?
* The use of scientific tools to study the nature of dreams.
* Are quantum events the building blocks of consciousness?
* Frankenstein’s creature or Hal: replicas of consciousness made of artificial neuronal organoids.

Projects selected through our open call will be funded up to MXN 150,000 (One hundred fifty thousand Mexican pesos). This budget includes all licensing and artist fees, as well as flights and hotel accommodation for the artist should they choose to attend, plus freight, insurance, and other related costs. **Please note that this is a maximum amount, not a target amount**. No funds will be allocated for production expenses, including materials, tools, or professional services. 

  
Please include in your proposal a rough breakdown of the projected costs for licensing your project to Science Gallery Monterrey for **eight** months. Science Gallery Monterrey will not permanently acquire any of the proposals selected through the open call.

  
**What is the exhibition space like?**

The exhibition will take place at Science Gallery Monterrey, located on the ground floor of the Expedition building. It is part of the Innovation District of Tecnológico de Monterrey, in Monterrey, Mexico. 

  
We operate in a 9x20-meter exhibition space with a 3.5-meter ceiling and exhibition area with doors that open onto a public space. Proposals should consider sharing the total space with six to eight other works. For this reason, **we will favor pieces with a footprint not larger than 20 square meters.**

CONSCIOUSNESS: Call for Submissions

Canal Convergence seeks proposals for outdoor, temporary public artworks to be featured in and around the Arizona Canal at the Scottsdale Waterfront in Scottsdale, Arizona. Canal Convergence will be on view for 10 nights, from Nov. 7–16, 2025\. Some projects may be selected to remain installed for an additional 1–2 months after the Canal Convergence event dates. This year’s central theme is “Showtime!”

  
 This call specifically targets outdoor, light-based installations. Nighttime presence/activation is required; daytime presence/activation is encouraged.

  
**A**rtwork Considerations for Canal Convergence 2025:

* Propose an artwork that speaks to the 2025 featured theme, Showtime!
* Present multiple (2-3) installations for the event that can be shipped to and from Canal Convergence in the same truck, container, etc.
* Propose art installations that can be located in smaller, more narrow sections of the ground, ground that is not level, and/or integrated into the landscaping without damaging or destroying any plants.
* Submit art installation proposals that do not require 24-hour security.

  
This call is Phase I of II. Phase I asks artists to focus primarily on the proposal concept, images, rendering, and estimated total budget. Once Phase I closes on April 23, 2025, up to 30 proposals will be selected for Phase II via Scottsdale Public Art staff review. These artists will be asked to provide more detailed information on their proposals, which will be presented to a final selection panel composed of Scottsdale Arts staff and advisory board members, the city of Scottsdale and Salt River Project staff, and community stakeholders. Required additional information for Phase II will include, but is not limited to, a detailed timeline, itemized budget, support crew, heavy equipment and power requirements, etc.

  
**Event Information:**

Canal Convergence | Showtime!

November 7–16, 2025

Fridays and Saturdays: 6–10 p.m.

Monday-Thursday and Sundays: 6–9 p.m.

Scottsdale Waterfront in Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A.

Free Admission

**Budget:** We will accept budgets between $5,000 and $35,000 (USD), with a limited number of larger budgets (up to $50,000 USD) being awarded to new commissions and/or major works of a larger physical scale. Artists wishing to provide proposals for larger-scale budgets are required to demonstrate experience in successfully producing projects to the scale being proposed. 

  
Artwork displayed in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.

Call for Public Art: Canal Convergence 2025

Free to apply. Pay for the costs ONLY if selected.

**Exhibit in Brazil - Fragmentos Exhibition** 

  
**Show your work in Brazil without having to be physically present.**

The artists will not have to worry about anything. 

No printing, no framing, no crating, no shipping, no customs. 

We will take care of every detail.

  
**\- OPEN THEME**

  
**\- Artists from all nationalities, backgrounds and styles are welcome.** 

  
**\- All mediums accepted** but the artworks must be in DIGITAL FORMAT, meaning that paintings, mix-media, sculptures and other formats will have to be photographed and sent to us. Short videos are also accepted.

  
\- We will print and mount all the selected images in Brazil.

  
**\- FREE Submission** \- Only the artists who get selected for the exhibition will be asked to pay the participation fee in order to cover the expenses.

  
**\- Submission Deadline: Thu** **24 April 2025**

  
Please visit our website for more info.

https://www.artlymix.com/open-calls/

Exhibit in Brazil - Fragmentos Exhibition   

CICA Museum invites artists worldwide to participate in the International Exhibition “Humanity.” This exhibition delves into the essence of humanity and redefines humanism in our era, exploring the virtues that shape us across personal, cultural, technological, and geopolitical dimensions.Artists are encouraged to submit works in various media, including photography, 2D digital art, video art, interactive art, painting, sculpture, and installation art.

  
\*Deadline: April 25, 2025

  
\*Category

\-Photographs & 2D Digital Art

\-Video & Interactive Art

\-Painting & Installation Art

  
\*Installation

\-Photography & 2D Digital Art

Selected works will be printed in 10×15 or 10×10 inches, framed, and installed by our curators & assistants. If requested by the artist, works can be printed and framed in different sizes. Additional fees may apply.

  
\-Video & Interactive Art

We will provide projectors and DVD/DIVX players for the show. Multiple single-channel works will be screened via a projector. If the work is required to be screened via a projector exclusively, or more than two projectors/monitors are needed, please indicate the special requirements in the submission email. Additional fees may apply.

  
\-Physical Works (Painting, Drawing, Print, Sculpture, and Installation Art)

The artist is responsible for the shipment and delivery of his/her physical work to and from CICA Museum, as well as all related expenses. The two-dimensional work should be no larger than 39 inch (1 m) on the longest side, and the installation piece should be no larger than 39x39x79 inches (1 x 1 x 2 m, w x l x h). The work that needs to be mounted on the wall should not exceed 10 kg. Please indicate in the submission email if you are interested in exhibiting works exceeding the size/weight limit.

  
\*Exhibition Dates: January 21 – February 8, 2026

  
\*\*\*The dates are subject to change.

  
\*How to submit your work:

Please visit our website for more information.

https://cicamuseum.com/call-for-artists-humanity/

CICA Museum invites artists worldwide to participate in the International Exhibition “Humanity.” This exhibition delves into the essence of humanity and redefines humanism in our era, exploring the virtues that shape us across personal, cultural, technological, and geopolitical dimensions.Artists are encouraged to submit works in various media, including photography, 2D digital art, video art, interactive art, painting, sculpture, and installation art.

  
**\*Deadline: April 25, 2025**

  
\*Category

\-Photographs & 2D Digital Art

\-Video & Interactive Art

\-Painting & Installation Art

  
\*Installation

\-Photography & 2D Digital Art

Selected works will be printed in 10×15 or 10×10 inches, framed, and installed by our curators & assistants. If requested by the artist, works can be printed and framed in different sizes. Additional fees may apply.

  
\-Video & Interactive Art

We will provide projectors and DVD/DIVX players for the show. Multiple single-channel works will be screened via a projector. If the work is required to be screened via a projector exclusively, or more than two projectors/monitors are needed, please indicate the special requirements in the submission email. Additional fees may apply.

  
\-Physical Works (Painting, Drawing, Print, Sculpture, and Installation Art)

The artist is responsible for the shipment and delivery of his/her physical work to and from CICA Museum, as well as all related expenses. The two-dimensional work should be no larger than 39 inch (1 m) on the longest side, and the installation piece should be no larger than 39x39x79 inches (1 x 1 x 2 m, w x l x h). The work that needs to be mounted on the wall should not exceed 10 kg. Please indicate in the submission email if you are interested in exhibiting works exceeding the size/weight limit.

  
\*Exhibition Dates: January 21 – February 8, 2026

  
\*\*\*The dates are subject to change.

  
\*How to submit your work:

Please visit our website for more information.

https://cicamuseum.com/call-for-artists-humanity/

  

Call for Artists: “Humanity” – An International Exhibition

**Contrast!, Issue 4 is an exhibition and a publication surrounding the theme and concept of contrast- what it means in art and how it is portrayed. We encourage you to take the idea as conceptually or literally as possible, as it is a form of creative research on how contrast as an concept appears in art.**

  
This is the final edition of the Contrast publication and there will be no more Contrast publications thereafter. Therefore the exhibition will span two months in total to celebrate this. 

Contrast Issue 4

The "Luis Ferreira Alves International Photography Competition | A Contemporary Look at Architecture" is a biennial programme. It aims to honour the person and the work of this outstanding photographer, who bridged the gap between analogue and digital photography and whose work is recognised both nationally and internationally.

  
Luis Ferreira Alves' photographic work demonstrates a remarkable ability to create a unique perspective, both "objective" and "subjective", on the work of various renowned Portuguese architects, including Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto de Moura. His images convey an intimate understanding of these architects—both Pritzker Prize winners—and the architectural spaces they designed. While it is true that Luis Ferreira Alves offers us visually striking documents of architectural spaces and forms, his perspective, shaped by centuries of visual culture since the Renaissance, goes beyond mere representation. His work reveals a deep understanding and appreciation of architecture due to his close relationship with the practice and discipline itself.

  
**Main Objectives**

  
* To promote a deep understanding of the practice and discipline of architecture, both in Portugal and worldwide, within broader sociocultural, artistic, technical, political, and historical systems, through the lens of photography.

  
* To communicate the significant and unique relationship that a photographer can establish with an architect and their work. We believe that this nuanced understanding is an important lesson from Luis Ferreira Alves’ architectural photography, and something that this Competition seeks to foster and strengthen, especially at a time when architecture is increasingly consumed through images.

The top three projects will receive:

  
* 1st Prize: €10.000

  
* 2nd Prize: €4.000

  
* 3rd Prize: Photography equipment voucher worth €1.500 Additionally, all winners receive a catalogue featuring their work, a certificate, and a copy of Luis Ferreira Alves in the Works of Eduardo Souto de Moura.

A Contemporary Look at Architecture

**CCA Islands offers CCA Travel Scholarship for emerging artists**, curators, architects, designers and those who aim to be a professional in various areas of contemporary art and culture, **pursuing their research and creative activities in Japan**.

The scholarship offers research expenses of JPY 200,000 and covers one return transportation fare (only to/from Japan) according to CCA Islands terms and conditions (In the case of residing in Japan, transportation expenses for one round trip between the two locations in Japan is provided).

CCA Islands Travel Scholarship 2025 – 2026

**Art Jameel launches a Curatorial Open Call for exhibition proposals, to be developed for Hayy Arts’s first floor gallery at Hayy Jameel in Jeddah for May 2026.**

  
Art Jameel is interested in exhibition proposals that engage with themes pertaining to the Red Sea – including but not limited to its connected geographies, histories, ecologies, or the movement of people and ideas.

  
The awarded curator will work alongside the Art Jameel team who will provide guidance on the exhibition’s development, exhibition production and design, logistics, and installation.

  
**Deliverables:**

* An exhibition \[group or solo\] to be delivered in the first-floor gallery of Hayy Arts for May 2026.
* Full exhibition concept including checklist of loan-able works.
* One curatorial essay \[between 3,000-5,000 words\].
* captions and interpretive texts.
* A proposal for 2-3 public programmers related to the exhibition concept.
* The selected curator must act as the main point of contact for liaising with artists and the institution and be available for interviews virtually/ in-person in Jeddah during the exhibition run.

**Award Details:**

* Curatorial fee of 37,500 SAR.
* Curator travel and accommodation fees to be covered by Art Jameel.
* Artists fees, travel and accommodation will be covered by Art Jameel.
* All related exhibition costs to do with producing, installing and promoting the exhibition to be covered by Art Jameel.

Curatorial Call for Exhibition Proposals

The Swiss Cultural Fund UK supports emerging and established Swiss artistic talents in the United Kingdom. 

  
**The Project must:**

* demonstrate a high standard of artistic quality or specialist skill
* be innovative in subject and professional in implementation
* be accessible to the public
* promote sustainability and social inclusivity
* demonstrate an appropriate cost-benefit ratio. The project is suitably budgeted for.

  
**Special attention is given to projects that:**

* forge strong partnerships with renowned institutions throughout the UK to ensure the widest possible exposure and the best qualitative impact
* demonstrate how artistic perspectives can highlight diverse voices and innovative takes in societal topics
* engage with local artists and / or local communities
* stimulate Swiss artists’ career and network

Support for one artist or organization will generally not exceed £3000 over two consecutive financial years.

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