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Earth Photo 2019 | Call for Entries | Deadline: 6 May 2019

Photographers, both amateur and professional, are invited to submit up to ten photographs or films to Earth Photo, an international photography competition and exhibition. Developed jointly by Forestry Commission England and the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) Earth Photo aims to stimulate conversations about our world, its inhabitants and our treatment of both.

 

Ten days of Art - Online Artist Residency  

This ten day artist opportunity will provide a platform and outlet for artists to create and share the process of their work with the audience of murze arts magazine. Over the course of ten days we are asking artists who enter this online residency to create a portfolio of work, documenting the progress and process of creation over the ten day period, we will be providing a chance for both emerging and current artists to gain exposure and have the confidence to explore and discuss their work with our viewers.

Climate Action International Artist Call

We are encouraging artists to respond to to the topic of Climate Change. We want to see responsive, expressive artwork that explore opinion, urgency and solution to this global crisis. We are interested in artists creating responsive, challenging work that addresses the direct causes and the push pull factors at hand.

Often described as the greatest threat to humanity Climate Change is a crisis fuelled by consumer society, yet climate change denial is still all too common amongst the political elite. The burden seems left at the hands of ordinary people to act, 15 year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg’s speech at the COP24 was a inspirational assault, demanding unilateral, collective action.

Refugee Festival Scotland Open Programme

Refugee Festival Scotland celebrates the contribution refugees make to life in Scotland – the food and drink, music and poetry, dance, visual art and ideas that people bring with them when they seek safety in Scotland. From Thursday 20 – Sunday 30 June 2019, the festival offers people from different backgrounds the chance to meet and celebrate together: to sample a little of each other’s cultures, listen to each other’s stories and get to know each other better.

OPEN CALL: Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2019

The fifth anniversary of the internationally successful Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize is open for entries. The prize is open to artists working across all genres, styles and backgrounds. The overall deadline has been extended to the 24 February, there will not be any further extension! This year the prize launch 2 new awards - the New Media Award - open to artists who use technology within their practice and the Photography Award.  We are a prize that focuses on supporting not just winners but all artists involved.

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SOMW019 OPEN CALL

  "We are beyond marks, boundaries and social classes. We permeate all the layers and aspects of the world society" Emmeline Pankhurst

Leaving our homeland can change many aspects of our lives, letting us discover tastes, smells, new friends or even ourselves; leaving our homeland can let us find a good job, love, or freedom, but in the same way, it can reveal void, suffering, distance, and absence. You are invited to contribute to this exploration of the women in movement’s world regardless of your social status, background, age or nationality.

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