Open calls and residencies
Opportunities for artists across Europe: open calls, residencies, awards and grants. Every listing carries its deadline, whether there is a fee, and the source it was checked against. When you decide to apply, Samlio turns the works you choose into the portfolio the form asks for.
Get the calls closing next, every other Tuesday.
ROI Annual Exhibition 2026 — Royal Institute of Oil Painters
A juried open exhibition for oil painters at Mall Galleries with over GBP 10,000 in awards. Entry is paid and every accepted work must be for sale at 45% plus VAT commission — worth doing the arithmetic before entering.
Pastel Society Annual Exhibition 2027
A juried open exhibition in pastel and dry media at Mall Galleries, themed "Drawn To Colour", with over GBP 5,000 in prizes. Paid entry, and the framing and minimum-price rules cost real money before you are selected.
RBA Annual Exhibition 2027 — Royal Society of British Artists
The largest single award in this calendar's UK open exhibitions: GBP 10,000 for excellence, within a prize pot over GBP 15,000. Open worldwide to anyone over 18, paid per work entered.
The ones closing next, in your inbox
Every other Tuesday: three calls closing within the fortnight, what each one pays, who it shuts out, and one thing you can do the same evening to be ready. Unsubscribe in one click.
What gets listed
This calendar is for artists who apply on their own behalf. No assistant, no gallery filing it for them. So we list what such an artist can actually enter, and leave out what she cannot.
Nothing invitation-only or nomination-only. Nothing that requires gallery representation to submit. Nothing restricted to enrolled students. Every listing is checked against the organiser’s own announcement before it appears, and where there is an entry fee the amount is on the card rather than four pages in.
There are aggregators with thousands of entries. This one is shorter on purpose.
Running an open call or a residency programme? Send it to rebecka@samlio.com and it will be checked and listed. There is no charge and no paid placement.