Auraland Art invites artists and art practitioners worldwide to submit work for INTERSTICE

Auraland Art invites artists and art practitioners worldwide to submit work for INTERSTICE, a group exhibition exploring the spaces that emerge within continuity.

The exhibition considers deviation, displacement, unfinished connections, repair and the possibilities that develop when structures are not fully integrated.

Application is FREE

Eligibility

• • Open to artists and art practitioners aged 18 and above worldwide

• • Submissions are welcome from both emerging artists and artists with established practices

• • Accepted media include, but are not limited to:

• • Short films (maximum duration: 30 minutes)

• • Photography and image-based works

• • Installation art

• • Painting, printmaking, mixed media

• • Other forms of visual art

Please note:

At this stage, works involving any form of AI-generated or AI-assisted creation will not be considered.

All submitted works must be original and created by the applicant. Any form of plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.

Submission Guidelines

• 1. Each artist may submit up to 4 artworks.

• Selected artists will be contacted to provide high-resolution files or detailed information regarding the original works.

• 2. Each submitted work must be clearly labeled with the following information:
• • Title

• • Year of creation

• • Medium / materials

• • Dimensions

(Example: work–2025–Digital Photography–30 × 30 cm)

• 3. The following materials are required:

• Artist CV

• • Artwork Statement (maximum 500 words), outlining the relationship between the submitted work and the exhibition theme

• • Optional: Artist Bio (maximum 300 words)

Selection & Participation Confirmation

• The exhibition follows a rolling review process.

• • Applications will be evaluated based on the overall submission pool.

• • Due to limited exhibition spaces:

Participation will be confirmed after completion of the confirmation process.

• Exhibition spaces will be allocated in the order of confirmation.

• • Only selected artists will be notified. Unsuccessful applicants will not receive individual notifications.

• • Exhibition Period: Early November 2026

• • Submission Deadline: 20 October 2026

Submission Method

Please submit all required materials as one complete package to:

auralandart@outlook.com

Email subject line:

Interstice – Submission – Artist Name – Country/Region

Innovate Grant — Fall 2026 Grant / Worldwide Categories: Art and Photography

Innovate Grant supports visual artists and photographers through quarterly grants. For each cycle, one visual artist and one photographer receive $1,800 each, with applications opening four times a year.

Eligibility

Applicants must be 18 years or older and may apply from anywhere in the world.

Art: Painting, printmaking, drawing, sculpture, film/video, mixed media, installation and new media.

Photography: Portrait, conceptual, still life, black and white, documentary, street, composite and collage.

What the Grant Offers

Each quarterly cycle awards:

• 1 × $1,800 grant to a visual artist
• 1 × $1,800 grant to a photographer
• 18 Honorable Mentions

Selected artists and photographers also receive feature profiles, interview pages and social media promotion of their work, announcements and exhibitions through Innovate Grant’s Instagram audience.

How to Apply

The application requires:

• Name
• Email
• Grant category — Art or Photography
• Images of your work
• Application fee - $35

Apply Here: https://innovateartistgrants.org/apply

Art Explora–Cité internationale des arts Residency 2027 Residency / Paris, France Deadline: 30 October 2026

The Art Explora Foundation and the Cité internationale des arts invite applications for their 2027 residency programme in Paris.

The seventh open call offers residencies for individual artists and collectives working across artistic practice and research.

Two residency sessions are available:

• Session 1: March–August 2027
• Session 2: September 2027–February 2028

Residencies last three or six months, as determined by the selection committee.

Eligibility

The call is open to artists, artist collectives, and collaborations involving artists, researchers or curators of any nationality. There is no age limit. Applicants must have at least five years of professional practice and have presented their work or research internationally.

Eligible artistic disciplines include visual arts, performing arts and digital arts.

Research fields include the humanities, social sciences, sciences, technological innovation and ecology.

Residency Support

Solo program

• Furnished, fully equipped live-work studio of approximately 50 m²
• €1,000 monthly grant
• €3,000 production grant
• Return travel to the residency

Collective program

• Furnished, fully equipped live-work studio of approximately 50 m²
• €2,000 monthly grant, shared among members
• €3,000 production grant, shared among members
• Return travel for each member, up to a maximum total of €2,000
  

Each collective receives one studio apartment, with accommodation for one resident and shared use of the workspace. The double bed and sofa bed may be shared if necessary.

Residents must participate in the programme’s activities, including the mandatory Ateliers ouverts: les Rencontres de Montmartre event. A final presentation of work is not required.

Selection Criteria

Applications will be assessed on the quality of the applicant’s professional background and proposed project, with particular attention to:

• The project’s relevance to art and science, contemporary social and political issues, or ecological concerns.

• Its relationship to the French context and how working in France will contribute to the applicant’s research or artistic development.

How to Apply

Submit an application in English through the online application form. Registration is free.

Prepare the following documents:

Project description: Maximum two pages, outlining the project, its development stages and why being based in France is necessary to its conceptual, geographical, practical or social development.

Portfolio: Maximum 15 pages, featuring previous projects relevant to the proposed residency.

CV: Maximum two pages.

Public engagement summary: Maximum 1,500 characters, including spaces, describing activities and workshops conducted with audiences such as schools and community associations.

Collectives must follow the same application requirements. Once submitted, applications cannot be modified.

Apply:Art Explora Residency Application Portal

Selection announcements:

• Session 1: January 2027
• Session 2: June 2027

Enquiries: residences@artexplora.org

Adélard Immersion Residency

About the Residency

Adélard, a non-profit contemporary art organization based in Frelighsburg, Quebec, invites applications from professional visual artists for its 2027 Immersion residency program. The call is open to emerging and established artists working across visual art disciplines, with no restrictions on nationality or country of residence.

Each selected artist undertakes a six-week residency at Adélard’s heritage barn, with time and space to develop a project while engaging with the surrounding community. The programme encourages exchange with local artists, artisans and other partners, allowing residents to explore the region and draw on local knowledge relevant to their work.

For the 2027 season, projects will respond to the theme “Awakening.”

2027 Theme: Awakening

Adélard invites artists to consider awakening as a shift in perception, a moment of uncertainty or a catalyst for collective action. The theme encompasses the space between dreams and waking life, questions about the promises of technological progress, challenges to social conventions, and the recognition of injustice.

Artists may explore how dreams shape our understanding of reality, how speculative narratives imagine alternatives to existing systems, or how creative practices question prescribed identities, relationships and ways of living. The theme also considers what it means to remain alert to injustice and how art can contribute to resistance, solidarity and social change.

Applicants are encouraged to interpret the theme through their own artistic practices and experiences. Proposals should consider how the work might create opportunities for exchange with Adélard’s community.

Residency Structure and Community Engagement

Each six-week residency is dedicated to one artist and combines independent studio time with public engagement.

During weekdays, the barn studio is reserved for the resident’s work. On Saturdays and Sundays, the barn opens to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., allowing visitors to meet the artist, view selected artworks and participate in cultural activities.

Artists must participate in at least one cultural mediation activity developed in consultation with Adélard’s educational activities manager. These activities may create opportunities for discussion, shared learning or practical engagement related to the resident’s project.

The barn includes a working studio, an exhibition area on the upper floor and a space for community activities. Artists may also present selected works from their existing practice in the exhibition area, in consultation with the organization.

Residency Support and Remuneration

The program provides the following support:

• Artist honorarium: CAD 2,250, including the presentation of an assessment of the work completed during the residency.

• Cultural mediation: CAD 300 for each cultural mediation activity.

• Exhibition royalty: CAD 550 for artworks presented in the barn’s upper-floor exhibition space.

• Accommodation: A private apartment near the barn, provided free of charge for the six-week stay.

• Studio and exhibition facilities: Access to a working studio and an exhibition space.

• Community connections: Access to local contacts and resources to support engagement with the region and the organization’s audiences.

Adélard will approve and cover the cost of materials required for cultural mediation activities. However, travel, general living expenses, project materials and specialized equipment are not covered by the program.

Artists applying from outside Canada are responsible for arranging the necessary entry documents, including visas where applicable.

Eligibility and Residency Commitments

The call is open to emerging and established professional visual artists of all nationalities and places of residence.

Selected artists must agree to:

• Remain on site throughout the six-week residency.

• Be available to meet and speak with community members, particularly during public opening hours on weekends.

• Participate in at least one cultural mediation activity.

• Present an assessment of the work undertaken before leaving the residency.

Projects will be assessed by a selection committee comprising peers and professionals with relevant expertise. The committee will consider artistic quality and alignment with Adélard’s mandate, the potential contribution of the residency to the artist’s career, and the representation and diversity of the selected artists.

Application Requirements

Applications are submitted through an online form. Before beginning, applicants should prepare the following materials:

Artist statement: Maximum 250 words.

Project description: Maximum 250 words.

Statement on the theme: Explain how the proposed project relates to Awakening in no more than 150 words.

Connection to Adélard: Explain how the project relates to the organizations rural setting and community-focused mission in no more than 150 words.

Cultural mediation proposal: Outline an activity connected to the project in no more than 150 words.

Visual portfolio: Up to 15 images and video links, accompanied by a list of descriptions compiled into a single PDF file no larger than 10 MB.

Curriculum vitae: A PDF of no more than two pages highlighting relevant artistic accomplishments.

Applicants should ensure that all documents meet the specified word limits and file requirements before submitting the form.

How to Apply

Prepare the artist statement, project description, three short responses, visual portfolio and two-page CV. Submit the completed application through Adélard’s online application form before 30 October 2026 at midnight.

Application form:Apply for Adélard Immersion 2027

Enquiries: tania@adelard.org

TRACES Art&Science Residency 2027

About the Residency

TRACES, an Art&Science residency program led by FDDM in Switzerland, invites applications from an international visual artist for its pilot edition, developed in partnership with EPFL-Valais Wallis, Energypolis SA, the City of Sion and the Canton of Valais.

The selected artist will collaborate with the Laboratory for Energy Materials at EPFL, led by Professor Sascha Feldmann, exploring the relationship between artistic practice and research into materials for future energy technologies. The residency provides access to scientific expertise and laboratory facilities, alongside studio and production spaces, to support the development of new work for public presentation.

The program aims to strengthen connections between art, science and society through interdisciplinary collaboration and public engagement.

Research Theme

The residency centres on research into the interactions between light and matter, particularly the development of soft semiconductors used in technologies such as flexible solar cells, energy-efficient displays and emerging quantum applications.

Under the theme TRACES, artists are invited to explore what light, energy and material transformations leave behind, including their physical imprints, invisible processes and potential meanings.

Proposals should respond to one or both of the following questions:

• How can art make perceptible phenomena that ordinarily escape perception, such as the conversion of light into energy or transformations occurring at the scale of materials?

• What forms, narratives or experiences can emerge through dialogue between visual art and the science of energy materials?

All visual art disciplines are welcome, including installation, sculpture, digital media, visual performance and photography.

Applicants do not need to present a fully developed project; the selection panel will assess the originality of the artistic approach and its potential for meaningful exchange with the scientific laboratory.

Residency Support and Benefits

The three-month residency runs from 11 January to 18 April 2027 at the Energypolis Campus in Sion, Switzerland.

The selected artist will receive:

• Stipend: CHF 2,000 per month, totaling CHF 6,000, to cover living expenses and research.

• Production funding: A separate production budget determined by the project curator, with the terms established through an agreement with the artist.

• Accommodation: A self-catering apartment at Villa Les Pâquerettes in Sion, in collaboration with the Fondation Margherita.

• Travel support: Return travel between the artist’s home and the residency, covered up to CHF 1,500.

• Workspace and research access: Studio and production facilities, with access to EPFL’s scientific laboratories under conditions agreed with the research team.

• Scientific collaboration: Support from Professor Sascha Feldmann and the Laboratory for Energy Materials team.

• Public presentation: An opportunity to present the resulting work to an audience on 15 April 2027.

The program is coordinated by FDDM, with artistic and curatorial direction by Nicolas Rouiller.

Note

Artists are responsible for food, local transport and telephone expenses. Visa and other travel documentation must also be arranged by the resident, although the TRACES team can provide administrative guidance. Medical and accident insurance covering the stay in Switzerland is mandatory, and proof must be supplied before the residency begins.

Eligibility Criteria

The open call is international and is intended for established, professional visual artists who meet the following requirements:

• At least 25 years old.

• A minimum of two years of professional artistic practice.

• Specialized artistic training or equivalent professional experience.

• Recognition demonstrated through public presentations of their work.

• Completion of formal studies at least two years before the application.

• Availability for the full residency period, including participation in the public presentation.

The main working language is English. French and German are also accepted.

Application Requirements

Applications must be submitted in English or French and include the following documents:

Cover letter: Maximum one A4 page or 3,000 characters.

Statement of intent: Maximum two A4 pages or 6,000 characters, outlining the proposed artistic approach in relation to the residency’s research themes.

Portfolio: A selection of recent work representative of the applicant’s artistic practice.

Artistic CV: A curriculum vitae outlining the applicant’s professional background and experience.

Proposals will be assessed on the quality and distinctiveness of the artistic practice, the originality and relevance of the proposed engagement with scientific research, feasibility within the residency period, capacity for collaboration with researchers, and potential for public engagement.

Application Timeline

• Call opens: 5 October 2026

• Application deadline: 22 November 2026, 23:59 Swiss time (CET)

• Selected artist announced: 7 December 2026

• Residency period: 11 January – 18 April 2027

• Public presentation: 15 April 2027

The successful applicant will be selected by a jury of experts and notified in writing. The jury’s decision is final.

How to Apply

Submit the complete application in English or French through the official TRACES open-call website before 22 November 2026 at 23:59 CET.

Apply Here :TRACES Open Call

Enquiries: Nicolas Rouiller, TRACES Project Lead, FDDM — nicolas.rouiller@fddm.vs.ch