Open Calls for Artists in Italy

Find open calls, exhibitions, grants, and residencies for photographers and visual artists in Italy. Browse and apply today.

Sardinian festival call themed on I Nomadi's 'Dio è morto'. Three projects printed and exhibited; opening-day stay covered.

Exploring humans and technology — social, environmental, and emotional transformations. Exhibition in Rome.

Two photographers exhibit at Millepiani, Rome. Theme: Cycle(s). Printing covered. Guest juror Carolyn Mendelsohn.

Five categories including Smartphone and AI-Generated. Finalists exhibited in Rome. Ricoh GR & partner prizes.

Exhibition and contest in Milan. Street, portraits, reportage, nature. Lead judge Estevan Oriol; Nikon Italia.

Free open call from Venice's Le Stanze della Fotografia on water in cultural & landscape heritage. Photography+text or video.

10th-edition grant for women and non-binary photographers: $11,000 cash, MPB vouchers, solo show at PhMuseum Lab and PhotoVogue screening.

Free call on 'the image of absence' — €3,000 Open and €500 Student awards plus a fully produced group exhibition in Tuscany.

Photograph Sirmione and Lake Garda — €1,500 top prizes per theme plus hospitality awards. €10 flat fee, open until October 31.