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The Starving Artist Open Call
This politically charged institutional call invites digital art, video, and mixed media that explicitly address themes of 'Migration & Liminality, Policy Gaps & Structural Violence, and Climate, Land & Displacement.' It indicates a waning institutional tolerance for purely formalist or abstract digital art, demanding rigorous socio-political grounding. The digital medium, with its reliance on r...
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Free participation and inclusion in a 2D gallery space. This politically charged institutional call seeks digital and mixed-media works exploring liminality and systemic displacement, offering a platform for critical engagement with global crises.
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Open to visual and digital artists addressing specific geopolitical themes such as Migration & Liminality, Policy Gaps & Structural Violence, and Climate, Land & Displacement. Works can be digital or mixed-media.
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- The Archive of Small Things — Group Exhibition near the British Museum, Elephant Vision Lab (Students & Emerging Artists)Elephant Vision Lab · 15 Bury Place, Fitzrovia, London WC1A 2JB, UK · Deadline: Oct 14, 2026
- Second Lives × City Lit Open Call 2026 — Exhibition for Artists with a Parallel Career, LondonSecond Lives · City Lit Gallery, Keeley Street, Covent Garden, London, UK · Deadline: Oct 15, 2026
- Glasgow Short Film Festival 2027 — Call for Entries (Bill Douglas International Award)Glasgow Short Film Festival · Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Deadline: Oct 27, 2026
- Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival 2027 — Call for Entries (Selected Artists Paid)Alchemy Film & Arts · Hawick, Scottish Borders, UK · Deadline: Oct 30, 2026
- SCAF Emerging Artist Award 2027: TENSION — £1,000 Prize and Exhibition at Dean Clough, Halifax, for Yorkshire ArtistsScott Creative Arts Foundation · Dean Clough Mill, Halifax, Yorkshire, UK · Deadline: Oct 31, 2026
- Small Works Show & Sale 2026 — First Studio Gallery, Phoenix (Arizona Artists, No Commission)First Studio Gallery · First Studio Gallery, 631 N 1st Ave, Phoenix, Arizona, USA · Deadline: Oct 9, 2026