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Scottish Portrait Awards 2027 (Fine Art)

Scottish Arts Trust · Edinburgh

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United Kingdom
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
£9,000
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+2
Dates unconfirmed

Serlachius Residency 2028

Serlachius Museums · Mänttä

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
Free accommodation and studio; no s…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed

SONGEUN Art Award (송은미술대상)

SONGEUN Art and Cultural Foundation · Seoul

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
South Korea
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Grand prize money plus solo exhibit…
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Taipei Art Awards 2027

Taipei Fine Arts Museum · Taipei

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Grand Prize with a later solo exhib…
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Darling Portrait Prize

National Portrait Gallery of Australia · Canberra

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
A$75,000 ≈ £39k
Prize / awardPainting
Dates unconfirmed

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2027

National Portrait Gallery of Australia · Canberra

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
A$66,000 ≈ £34k
Prize / awardPhotography
Dates unconfirmed

Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art (TARO Award)

Taro Okamoto Memorial Foundation for Contemporary Art / Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki · Kawasaki

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
JP¥3,500,000 ≈ £19k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant

The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation · Montréal

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
CA$17,000 ≈ £9.7k
Grant / bursaryPaintingDrawingSculpture+1
Dates unconfirmed

Foundation for Contemporary Arts – Emergency Grants

Foundation for Contemporary Arts · New York

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United States
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
$500 to $3,000 per grant; about 15–…
Grant / bursaryPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+11
Dates unconfirmed

EKWC residency 2027 call (European Ceramic Work Centre)

EKWC – European Ceramic Work Centre · Oisterwijk

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Stipend covering 75 percent of basi…
ResidencyCeramics & glassSculptureDesign & craft
Dates unconfirmed

British Ceramics Biennial 2027 – Fresh

British Ceramics Biennial · Stoke-on-Trent

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United Kingdom, Ireland
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
£10,000
Open call / exhibitionCeramics & glass
Dates unconfirmed

Nuit Blanche Toronto 2027 – Call for Proposals

City of Toronto · Toronto

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
CA$20,000 ≈ £11k
CommissionInstallationNew media, XR & generativePerformance+4
Dates unconfirmed

RBC Award for Glass 2027

Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery · Waterloo, Ontario

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Canada
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
CA$18,000 ≈ £10k
Prize / awardSculptureDesign & craft
Dates unconfirmed