Open calls

Open Call – ESNS X NOORD X MINERVA X De Nieuwe Editie – Groningen

De Nieuwe Editie is a platform and Nomad Gallery that supports upcoming talent in Groningen and shines the spotlight on the art scene. Our goal? To give local artists a stage and make art accessible to everyone. Everything you see – and can buy – is made by emerging Groningen artists. This way, you not only discover surprising works of art, but also contribute to the development of local talent.

Interested? Keep an eye on our webpage denieuweeditie.com or follow us on Instagram: @de.nieuwe.editie

We bring art to unexpected places in the city. Since January 2024, we have been organising pop-up galleries in sometimes unusual locations. We are experimenting with the concept of a ‘Nomad Gallery’, combining art with other creative disciplines, such as music, and changing locations all the time. This way, we keep discovering new ways to give art a place in everyday life.

During the Eurosonic Noorderslag Festival, De Nieuwe Editie will be part of the collaboration between ESNS X NOORD X MINERVA at location Minerva Zuiderdiep.

De Nieuwe Editie will curate in two ways. Namely:

• We will search for artists in the academy and alumni of Minerva and Frank Mohr Institute ourselves.

• Through an open call, you can apply to ESNS and your work can be selected.

 

Open Call De Nieuwe Editie

If you study at Academy Minerva or the Frank Mohr Institute, you are welcome to apply. From the applications, De Nieuwe Editie will make a selection, so there is no guarantee that we will curate your work.

De Nieuwe Editie (DNE) will do their best to sell your work. Therefore, when you sell a work, DNE will get 25% commission (excl. VAT) on your sold work. DNE offers a platform, supports artists, takes care of the presentation and preferably combines this with other disciplines such as music or a café/bar. This percentage is based on different research last year among participating artists.

Requirements for application:

• You study at Minerva/FMI (all programs).

• The artwork does not necessarily have to be a current work.

• The photographs and description of the properties you submit must meet the required

specifications.

• Submit a minimum of 1 artwork and a maximum of 10 artworks.

• Submit your work by January 5, 2025

• Your work cannot be insured. We do our best to protect your work as much as

possible.

• If your work may be flammable, your work must be impregnated. Think of work of fabrics.

 

Images

Submit images of your work. You select the type of work (flat/spatial/other) and make sure it meets the requirements described above. Photos please in JPEG with a quiet background.

Required information:

 

Flat work/ 2D

Material
Dimensions (LxW)
Photo in JPEG (max 10MB)
Price
Description work

 

Spatial work / 3D

Material
Dimensions (LxWxH)
Minimum 3 photos from each side in JPEG (max 10MB per photo)
Price
Description work

 

Other work

Material
Dimensions
Photo(s) in JPEG (max 10MB per photo)
Price
Description of work

If your work needs extra attention, please mention it. For example, that your work needs electricity, weighs 1000 kg, or is fire sensitive.

Send your application before January 5, 2025 to denieuweeditie@gmail.com

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to email.

Open Call – Artist in residence 'Siel fan Sudwest' – museums Súdwest-Fryslân

In 2025, the nine museums of Súdwest-Fryslân will join forces for a unique joint project: Siel fan Súdwest. The central question is: Who, what or where is the soul of this region? Artists are invited to investigate this question and to visualize their interpretations. The results will form a chain of exhibitions at the participating locations from 17 May to 24 August 2025.

The project is part of Arcadia 2025, with the theme Grûn (soil). At eight locations in Súdwest-Fryslân, artists approach this theme from regional and historical perspectives. They investigate grûn as a physical soil, cultural basis or foundation of traditions. The project thus contributes to a joint storyline about the region.

Application procedure

🗓️ Each museum will host an artist for a two-week residency in February/March 2025.
💰 Artists will receive a fee of €2,480 (excl. VAT) and there will be compensation for accommodation, materials and expenses.
♻️ Sustainability, such as reuse of materials, is encouraged.

Participating Museums

• Museum De Tiid (Bolsward)
• Museum Hindeloopen (Hylpen)
• Museum and workshop Houtstad IJlst (IJlst)
• Casemate Museum (Kornwerderzand)
• Fries Scheepvaart Museum (Sneek)
• Model Railway Museum (Sneek)
• Museum ’t Tsiispakhûs (Wommels)
• Jopie Huisman Museum and Museum Warkums Erfskip (Workum)

Registration

⏰ Deadline: send an e-mail (proposal) to info@museumzuidwestfriesland.nl by 19 January 2025 at the latest, stating AIR Siel fan Súdwest / preferred location. We would like to receive a letter of motivation (max. 1 A4), CV and mention of your discipline.

🗓️ The selection will be announced at the beginning of February.

ℹ️ For more information, visit 👉 OPEN CALL MUSEUMS SÚDWEST-FRYSLÂN

Join us and discover the soul of Súdwest-Fryslân through art!

Open call – Artist in Space 2025 – Noordenaars (Groningen / Friesland / Drenthe)

In 2025, the Noordenaars will organize two new grants to stimulate the artistic and professional practice of strong visual artists (from beginning to mid-career). An Artist in Space grant encourages new work that can make a meaningful contribution to contemporary art in the Netherlands.

The grants consist of a one-year trajectory in which artists collaborate with Art Venues in Friesland, Drenthe and Groningen based on their own development needs:

• During the trajectory, they create new work, which is used at the end of the trajectory in a way that is past the artist’s working method;
• During this tailor-made trajectory, artists use the knowledge, expertise and facilities of the Noordenaars. Parts of the research or project are carried out at these different art venues, for example in the form of a research period, residency or presentation.
• During the trajectory, the artists meet each other to share knowledge and experiences, and to learn from each other.

An Artist in Space Stipend consists of:

• 💰 A fee of €12,000;
• 💰 A working budget of €7,000 for, for example, expertise costs, material costs and documentation costs;
• 🧑‍🎨 Mentorship: a one-year coaching trajectory by one of the Noordenaars;
• 💰 Vouchers to collaborate with at least two Noordenaars art venues in 2025, based on a total amount of €12,000. This budget is intended for the art venues to provide parts of the trajectory;
• 🧑‍💻 In addition to the artistic coaching, you will be coached by a fundraiser and you can apply for additional funds for your research or project.

⏰  If you want to be considered for one of the two courses, please register no later than Saturday 18 January 2025 before 11:00 p.m.

ℹ️ Want to know more about this open call? All information can be found via 👉 noordenaars.nl/artistinspace/opencall

❓ If you have any questions, you can also come to the walk-in consultation hour that will be held on Wednesday 8 February from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Kunstpunt (Groningen).
📧 Or send an email to info@noordenaars.nl .

Open call — kunstopdracht KUNST. magazine — Groningen

In the spring of 2025, the third edition of KUNST. will be published, the magazine dedicated to the visual arts sector in Groningen. For this edition, we are once again inviting a northern artist to create a commissioned work, which will be both published in the magazine and exhibited at Kunstpunt’s Art Rental service.

The Assignment
You will create a new work inspired by a public artwork in Groningen. You can find all public artworks here:
www.kunstpuntgroningen.nl/en/art/art-in-public-space/the-street-art-collection/

What We Offer

• The selected artist will receive a fee of €750 (excluding VAT).
• A photograph of the work will be featured full-page in magazine.
• In addition to the caption (title, dimensions, materials), the artist’s name and their Instagram page and/or website will be included.
• The work will be exhibited at Kunstpunt’s Art Lending service (at least for the magazine’s duration) and can be sold or loaned to Art Lending clients.

How to Apply
Would you like to be considered for this assignment? Send an email to magazine@kunstpuntgroningen.nl by January 3, 2025, including the following:

• A description (not a sketch) of the work you would like to create: which public artwork you will use as inspiration and the form it will take.
• A link to your website and/or social media accounts.
• Optional: visual material showcasing a selection of your work.

Assignment Conditions

• You are professionally active as an artist.
• You are based in or reside in the provinces of Groningen, Drenthe, or Friesland.
• The commissioned work must be inspired by a public artwork in Groningen. An overview can be found here.
• Minimum size: A4, portrait orientation.
• The work should preferably be 2D or easily photographed.
• A high-resolution photograph of the work must be provided by the artist.
• Kunstpunt’s Art Lending service will own the work. It will be exhibited and can be sold or loaned to Art Lending clients.
• Deadline for submitting the (photo of the) artwork: February 27, 2025.

Open Call Timeline

• Deadline to apply for the commission (concept description and form): January 3, 2025.
• Selection of artist: January 8, 2025.
• Deadline to deliver the commissioned work (photo): February 27, 2025.
• Delivery of the physical artwork to the Art Lending service: March 5, 2025.

About KUNST. Magazine

The magazine is distributed free of charge throughout the city from mid-March to mid-June 2025 in a print run of several thousand copies at approximately 125 locations.

The 2024 edition of KUNST. can be viewed online here:

Open Call – Art in Porre’s Garden 2025 – De Porrepoele (Alteveer)

De Porrepoele about this open call:

“After the success of 2024 (900 visitors), we will organize an art event in and around our garden (approx. 4,500 m.) for the 4th time in 2025. Just like in 2024, a connecting element has been chosen. This time it will be water.

About 71 percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water and all life on earth consists mainly of and depends on water to survive.

Together with artists from different disciplines, we want to explore the fascinating world of water and bring it closer. To marvel at the beauty of water, its destructive power and/or its vulnerability. We want to look at water through the eyes of the artist and, through art, gain a new perspective on water, nature, the world we live in and how we deal with it.

1. We are looking for an artist who would like to display (aspects of) the element of water in a three-dimensional installation and exhibit it in our garden, during the weekend. It is possible to exhibit the installation for a longer period. We are thinking of an installation that the public can walk around or perhaps through, with an interactive character. It would be nice if contact could be made with water in some way.

✔️ Other boundary conditions:

* maximum dimensions 3x3x3 meters
* windproof, stable construction
* presence of the artist for at least 1 day

2. In addition, we would like to get in touch with artists (painters, drawers, sculptors, mixed-media artists, photographers, poets, musicians, performers, etc.) who have made or want to make work on the theme of water and/or related aspects. We are looking for as much diversity as possible, so that the theme can be investigated, illuminated and experienced in various ways. The work may be both two- and three-dimensional. Vulnerable art will be exhibited in-house, but we explicitly invite the creation of outdoor art.

💰 Depending on the success of crowdfunding and fundraising, financial resources will become available, which we will make available to the participating artists. At this time, it is not yet possible to mention amounts for this.

Keywords water exhibition: H2O, cycle, hydropower, water shortage, water nuisance, water pollution, climate change, sea level rise, subsidence, water pressure, watercourse, groundwater, wave action, drinking water, surface water, water pump, boiling point, distillation, melting point, condensation, sublimation, evaporation, maturation, flow, stagnant water.

ℹ️ For more information and contact:
📧 porrepoele@gmail.com
☎️ or call 06-25183239 (Geerte)

🧑‍💻 Registration:
> name and address details;
> website or link to social media and a short bio/cv;
> In addition, we would like to take note of your plan or drawings of the (to be built) installation or sketches or photos of the works to be exhibited.

⏰ Deadline for registration: Tuesday 14 January 2025

🗓️ Decision on participation: no later than 25 January 2025”

Open call – artist-in-residence – Standplaats Vlieland

Standplaats Vlieland is a new artist-in-residence project on Vlieland, initiated by Into The Great Wide Open, Museum Tromp’s Huys and Hi-Lo. In terms of content, the project focuses on the entire Wadden area, but from one beautiful location: the island of Vlieland.

• In 2025 there will be room for two different residencies, each for a period of up to 3 months;
• There is room for 1 artist per residency. If desired, a duo or collaboration can be discussed;
• A basic guest house is available and in addition, work space/studio can be used.

🏝️ During the stay at Standplaats Vlieland, the artist does not work as a hermit, locked up alone in a studio, but in interaction with everything that the island, the organizations, institutions and its inhabitants have to offer. The relationship with and to Vlieland during the stay is reciprocal: the artist is expected to document the stay, give a workshop (for example at the local school), or share previous work with the islanders (for example in the form of a temporary exhibition).

✔️ The artist must meet the conditions that the Mondriaan Fund sets for residencies:

• the artist has worked as a professional visual artist for 1 year and is registered with the Chamber of Commerce;
• or the artist has followed a HBO education as a visual artist for at least 3 years and has worked as a professional visual artist for at least 1 year;
• or the artist has worked as a professional visual artist for 3 years or longer.

🗓️ Work period: there are 2 places available for a work period of up to 3 months in 2025. This may be split into a number of periods. The residency will take place between March 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025.

💰 Compensation: a work allowance of € 2,165 per month is available, including for travel, materials and expenses. This amount is fixed and is based on one artist per residency.

⏰ Deadline of this open call 👉 Tuesday, December 31, 2024

🧑‍💻 Register here 👉 Standplaats Vlieland | Register

ℹ️ For all information, go to 👉 Standplaats Vlieland | Artist in residence: Open Call

❓ Do you have any questions?
📧 Mail to sv@intothegreatwideopen.nl

Open Call – Arts in Health Pilot in the UMCG – Groningen

Arts in Health Netherlands is launching a pilot in the largest hospital in the Northern Netherlands: University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG). The aim of this pilot is to develop a model for the integration of arts participation within the hospital.

🤝 In collaboration with the UMCG and location theater company Peergroup, the pilot is developing multiple Arts in Health projects focused on the well-being of hospital employees.

🔍 For this call, we are looking for five artists who will develop an art project in collaboration with UMCG employees between February and July 2025. Professional artists from all art disciplines (visual arts, music, theater, design, etc.) can apply. Preference will be given to artists who live in the north of the Netherlands. The pilot will be festively concluded in November 2025 with an event in the UMCG.

💡 Good to know: people who participate in this open call must be able to speak and understand Dutch.

🗓️ Timeline

• Phase 1: From February 3 to July 2, 2025, the artists will work four hours per week. Please note that some flexibility in the planning of these hours is required.
• Phase 2: In the fall of 2025, the artists will work together in October and November for a total of 40 hours to prepare the November event under the guidance of the pilot program makers. This planning is still to be determined.

💰 Compensation

• The artists will receive a compensation of 4400 euros (excl. VAT) for phase 1;
• And an additional compensation of 2000 euros (excl. VAT) for phase 2.

❓ Are you interested, but curious whether this project is also something for you?
🧑‍💻 Come to the online information session on December 4, 2024 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
⌨️ You can register via 👉 Arts in Health pilot info session

⏰ Deadline for this open call is December 31, 2024.

ℹ️ For all information and registration, go to 👉 Open call for artists

Open call – Re-creatie Artists-in-Residence 2025-2026 – residential care estate De Heygraeff in Woudenberg (Utrecht)

With a chance of a permanent studio in the province of Utrecht!

In 2025 and 2026, healthcare organization Reinaerde offers three artist in residence work periods of 3 months at the sheltered residential care park De Heygraeff in Woudenberg.

Artists, designers, social designers, theater makers, musicians, dancers and other cultural makers who like to work in a social context are invited to investigate how they can add creative energy and meaning to the lives of the residents of De Heygraeff in and from a studio situation.

In addition, after the residency they have a chance of a permanent studio at the residential care park that is located in a green recreational environment near the Henschotermeer, the Den Treek estate, the Utrechtse Heuvelrug, various campsites and the villages of Woudenberg and Maarn.

The working periods are from:

🗓️ August 1, 2025 – October 30, 2025
🗓️ January 1 – March 31, 2026
🗓️ April 1 – June 30, 2026.

👀 The work period will be concluded with a public presentation.

💰 A compensation of 6358.95 euros incl. VAT and a material costs compensation of up to 1,500 euros incl. VAT are available for the work period. The residencies are made possible in part by the Cultural Participation Fund.

⏰ The deadline for submitting an application for a work period is January 31, 2025.

🧑‍💻 For registrations or contact with the artistic directors of Re-creatie Sjaak Langenberg & Rosé de Beer, email re-creatie@reinaerde.nl

• A maximum of 10 cultural makers will be invited for an interview;
• You will hear by February 28, 2025 at the latest whether you have been selected for an interview;
• After the interviews, 3 makers will be selected for the residencies and final agreements will be made about the work periods.

ℹ️ For all information, go to 👉 Gastatelier open – Re-creatie

Open Call – International Community Arts Festival 2026 – Rotterdam

Open Call – International Community Arts Festival 2026 – Rotterdam
ICAF Rotterdam about this open call:

“The International Community Arts Festival will take place again in Rotterdam, in March 2026. For this edition of the festival (our 10th edition!) we have chosen the theme: SPACE FOR IMAGINATION. For ICAF 2026 we are curious about community arts projects that collaborate with artistic, aesthetic spaces in inspiring, innovative and/or impactful ways. We actively invite projects that create space(s) for imagination or deviate from the theme ‘space for imagination’.

Who can submit a proposal?
Anyone can submit a proposal: individual artists, thinkers, makers, academics, groups, duos, collectives, organizations, companies and institutions.

What we offer

🌍 Space, time and an international platform during ICAF Rotterdam in March 2026

🤝 The opportunity to meet and exchange with community arts colleagues from all over the world

🌐 Listing on our online ICAF platform

💰 Financial: because every project and proposal comes from a different context and varies in size, scale, number of people involved and location, we cannot give a fixed fee at this stage. For every project that we select for programming, we always look for suitable financial possibilities and support to cover the following: travel and accommodation costs, an artistic fee, reimbursement of expenses, a festival passe-partout with lunch and dinner and access to the full program. To cover these costs, we will enter into a fundraising process in collaboration with the selected participants after the selection procedure. After this fundraising process has been completed, we will know concretely what can be offered in relation to all of the above.”

⏰ The deadline for applications is Wednesday, January 29, 2025.

🧑‍💻 You can apply for this open call via 👉 Open Call Application Form—ICAF 2026

ℹ️ For all information about this open call, please visit 👉 ICAF 2026 Open Call is now LIVE – ICAF Platform

❓ Any questions? 📧 Please email 👉 amy@icafrotterdam.com

Open call – Artist in Residence AnnAtopiA – Het Goordonk (North Brabant)

Professional artists, poets and writers can apply for a working period in AnnAtopiA AiR.
​It is possible to work as an artist in residence in the Boshut and to stay in the Boshuis.

Disciplines
All visual and performing arts, creative writing

🗓️ Residence
Minimum of one week

📍 Locatie
AnnAtopiA
Het Goordonk 15
5111 GG Baarle-Nassau

💸 Cost
The cost for the stay of 1 week are €250 (Excl. costs for living). In consultation there is a special rate for students, starting artist and the less wealthy.

Admission guidelines
– professional art education / CV / portfolio
– motivation and global work plan

Description of the program
– introductory meeting
– filling in and signing the user agreement
– discuss motivation and work plan
– discussing and recording conversations about work process coaching, press moments and the like.
– closure with reflection report

Desired result of stay
– positive contribution to the development of artistry
– at least one work in the discipline (s) of the artist

📧 You can send your motivation, plan, portfolio and CV to AirAnnAtopiA@gmail.com
✉️ Or send it directly to:

      Stichting AnnAtopiA
      Vondelinghof 2
4908 DV Oosterhout, The Netherlands

ℹ️ Request more information for the different options via: AirAnnAtopiA@gmail.com

Open Call – Pop-Up Art Rental Groningen – Vapiano Building (Nieuwe Markt)

Kunstpunt has settled in the heart of the city! Our pop-up of the Kunstuitleen is now located in the former Vapiano building, diagonally opposite Forum Groningen.

Would you like to show your work at this busy location? Then participate in this open call, and who knows, your work might soon be in the window at the Nieuwe Markt! From Thursday, May 16, we will give a new artist a stage here every two weeks.

This is what we ask of you:

• You are a professional visual artist, working or living in the province of Groningen;
• You can register by emailing a photo of the work you want to show to info@kunstpuntgroningen.nl, stating the title, technique, size and sales price;
• The work must be available and suitable for lending; the work must be equipped with a hanging system at the back;
• The size of the window in which the work will be displayed is 319 cm high x 148 cm wide (good to know: it is a window on the shady side, so no sunlight shines on your work);
• You arrange your own transport to and from Vapiano, after coordination with Kunstpunt;
• We select works from all registrations; the artist is then told if and when the work will be shown;
• If a work is loaned, it is for a minimum of six and a maximum of twelve months (longer in consultation)

🗓️ From Thursday 16 May we will start showing selected work. We will do this at least until January 2025. Would you like to have a chance to show your work to the public at this unique promotional location? Then sign up quickly!

ℹ️ If you have any questions or comments, please email info@kunstpuntgroningen.nl

Open Call – Pakje Kunst – MOW / Museum Westerwolde

Since September 24, 2023, there has been a Pakje Kunst vending machine in the museum shop at the MOW. Pakje Kunst presents works of art the size of a pack of cigarettes in an old mechanical cigarette vending machine. A box costs only €4 and you can find every form of art in it. The proceeds go almost entirely to the participating artists.

For the machine, MOW is always looking for artists from Westerwolde, Oldambt, Pekela, Veendam and Stadskanaal who enjoy to surprise, confuse, move or slightly irritatate people with works of art the size of a pack of cigarettes.

ℹ️ For more information, visit Pakje kunst | Het MOW