Open Calls for Emerging Artists

Open calls, grants, and awards specifically for emerging, early-career, and student photographers and visual artists.

Fotografiska Emerging × IFA Berlin × Volkswagen R call on the future. €1,500 each to 3 artists + IFA Berlin show. Free; video/AI eligible.

AOP award for image-makers working professionally under 3 years. Gold prize: membership package, mentorship + £8,520 London billboard.

Fellowship for emerging photographers. 20 selected for exhibition, one awarded $200 + year-long online representation.

MA/MFA graduate showcase from Source magazine for UK/Ireland 2026 grads. 8 images. Featured online + in printed supplement.

Open-themed prize for emerging photographers. £2,000, London group show, mentorship, InCadaqués solo presentation. 6–15 images.

Fotografiska Emerging × Estée Lauder call: emerging image-makers on the breast-cancer experience. €1,500 + exhibition in Berlin & Stockholm.

Free Fotografiska Stockholm × MÄN call on masculinity in Sweden today; selected emerging work shown in a group exhibition.

Foundation grants of $5,000 to five early-career visual artists (2–10 years) for projects bridging tradition and contemporary practice.

Barcelona's Can Basté forum: free grants — 3 × €2,000 exhibition production plus a €3,000 photobook. For Spain-based emerging artists.

Funded 3-month residency at Spokane Falls CC for emerging Native American artists: $9,000 stipend, housing, studios.

Fotografiska Tallinn open call for emerging photographers from the Baltics & Finland — autumn 2027 group exhibition plus mentorship.

Annual Griffin Museum scholarship for emerging photographers without solo shows — $3,000, a solo exhibition and a book. Free to enter.

Three or more early career MN/IA/WI artists exhibit at Lanesboro Arts, Feb 6 – Mar 20, 2027. All visual media. Apply by Dec 7.

Multiple open calls for emerging photographers. Exhibitions at Fotografiska museums and the UN Headquarters.

Discovery account featuring artist takeovers. Connected to UNSEEN art fair and Approche.