Call fot Artist of All Medium: London Craft Week 2026

We are excited to announce an open call for artists, architects, designers, performers, and interdisciplinary makers to participate in WHISPERer, our upcoming exhibition at London Craft Week (15–17 May 2026). 
https://londoncraftweek.com/events/whisperer/

Open Call Timeline

Please note: We will publish media features on SPIRA9’s official social media channels before the exhibition. If you wish to be included in these early features, please submit your work by the corresponding deadlines below.

• Press Release Date: 17 April 2026

• Submission Deadline for Inclusion: 13 April 2026, 23:59 (BST)

• Final Submission Deadline: 21 April 2026, 23:59 (BST)

  Please note: Artist will receive a response within 10 working days of submitting your application. All submissions will be carefully reviewed by our curatorial team, and only selected works will be included in the exhibition. We encourage early submissions, as space is limited and proposals are reviewed on a rolling basis. 

SUBMISSION FORM: https://forms.gle/AGvmvxoT9dCKseAt9

About London Craft Week:

London Craft Week is a city-wide celebration of exceptional craftsmanship and contemporary design, bringing together makers, artists, galleries, collectors, and enthusiasts from around the world. Over three days, participants gain access to carefully curated exhibitions, studio visits, interactive experiences, and networking opportunities within London’s vibrant creative districts.

ABOUT WHISPERer:

Craft is a quiet conversation, speaking without words through touch, gesture, and material. WHISPERER explores this invisible dialogue, revealing the subtle rhythms, patterns, and structures embedded in making. Inspired by the Fibonacci sequence, the Golden Ratio, and systems of natural growth, the exhibition considers craft as a living, recursive process: gestures emerge from the last, repetition builds structure, and materials carry memory, labour, and time.

WHISPERER is not about illustrating spirals or numbers, but making visible the quiet logic, devotion, and intelligence beneath every creation. The exhibition invites works that transform materials into contemplative experiences, investigate repetition and structure, and embrace interdisciplinary approaches across analogue, digital, and hybrid media.

Through WHISPERER, we celebrate the poetic intelligence inherent in craft, offering artists a platform to engage an international audience while presenting their work with full curatorial care and recognition.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

We welcome submissions across disciplines, including but not limited to:

• Textiles, weaving, and fibre systems

• Ceramics and sculptural forms

• Metalwork and jewellery

• Paper, wood, and stone

• Installation and spatial practices

• Digital craft, generative, and algorithmic systems

• Hybrid and cross-disciplinary approaches

• Sound, light, and immersive new media art

• Works that explore memory, emotion, or narrative embedded in materials

• Experimental materials, prototyping, and research-driven practices

We encourage interdisciplinary, experimental, and boundary-pushing proposals that reinterpret craft, art, and making in innovative ways. Craft is understood expansively, as disciplined engagement between hand, tool, system, and idea