Listings and Opportunities
For FREE entries in the Listings and Opportunities Sections of the Autumn (2025) Issue of Printmaking Today - for exhibitions, events and opportunities planned for September, October and November 2025
- please send your information to: listings@cellopress.co.uk by the 1 August 2025.
AWARDS, PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS
MINI PRINT INTERNATIONAL REUS FORTUNY 2025
This competition is open to artists working in all forms of print, except photography. Up to three works may be submitted per artist, which have not previously been awarded in another competition. The maximum paper size is 200 x 200mm. Prizes range from €1,500 to €300. First prize winners will be invited to hold an exhibition at the gallery of the Centre d’Amicas de Reus. The entry fee is €65 if you would like to have your work returned. There is a reduced fee of €35 if not.
DEADLINE: 31 JUL
RENÉ CARCAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ENGRAVING
Since its first edition in 2014, the Prize has continued to grow in number and quality, from 80 candidates to 365 (from 5 continents) for the 2024 edition. Entry is open to any artist who makes printmaking, with no nationality or age limits. Entry fee is €45. Accepted printmaking techniques include: intaglio, woodcut, burin, etching, lithography, linocut, xylogravure, silkscreen and monotype, as well as all techniques with a discrete photographic contribution. Each artist presents four coherent prints in digital format for the pre-selection jury. These prints must have been made within the last 3 years and will be in paper format of 600 x 800mm maximum.
DEADLINE: 30 SEPT
OPEN CALL FOR EXHIBITIONS
VIII INTERNATIONAL MINI PRINT CANTABRIA. THE SEA AND THE LIGHTHOUSES AWARD
This award is open to all printmaking disciplines, admitting digital printed artwork and monotypes as well. The general theme is The Sea and the Lighthouses, but this does not imply that the artwork must be figurative. All kinds of aesthetic languages are admitted. The image and the paper must not exceed 200 x 200mm. (7.8 x 7.8 inches). There are no minimum image or paper sizes. You can submit up to three artworks. Awards: 1st Prize: €4000, 2nd Prize: €1500, 3rd Prize: €500. Mar Cantabrico Award: €500. Exhibition of selected works to be held 1 September–31 December 2025 at the Faro Cabo Mayor Art Center, Santander, Spain. Application and more details online.
DEADLINE: 31 JUL
THE BRITISH ART PRIZE 2025
Have your work exhibited at two major London galleries, including OXO Gallery from 26–30 November 2025, and be featured in this magazine. Open to everyone – amateur, emerging or professional – and all media, including print, will be considered. The entry fee for the first artwork is £22 and £18 for any additional artwork. You may enter up to 20 works.
DEADLINE: 19 SEP
GUILDFORD HOUSE OPEN
Guildford House Gallery invites artists to submit work for the second edition of its art prize. Up to 100 works will be selected for a group exhibition and the winning artist will receive £1,000 cash prize plus a solo exhibition. There is no set theme – our aim is to present contemporary art across a range of media, including print. Digital prints and collaborative artworks can be submitted. Entrants must be over 18 and resident in the UK. Work should not exceed 2.4m on the longest side.
DEADLINE: 1 OCT
INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL PRINT EXHIBITION
The RE’s annual, international open call exhibition celebrating the best in contemporary printmaking. This year’s judges include: Nicola Hicks MBE (Artist and President of the AGBI), Sophie Heath (Director of the Sidney Nolan Trust) and Leonie Bradley RE (Artist and Editor). Selected works will be exhibited at Bankside Gallery from 6–16 November 2025. Many prestigious prizes, including an editorial feature in Printmaking Today. All forms of original printmaking are eligible – no reproductions. Prints must have been made in the last three years and must not have been previously selected for any RE open submission exhibitions. Full details on the website.
DEADLINE: 8 SEPT
THE JOHN RUSKIN PRIZE
The John Ruskin Prize is open to entries from artists, designers and makers, over the age of 18, from anywhere in the world. The theme of this year will be Patience in Looking, Truth in Making. This theme invites a deep exploration of the relationship between the acts of perception and creation and the journey from what we see to what we make. Work submitted should thoughtfully engage with and interpret this theme, revealing how our careful observations of the world can be captured in the art we make. The Prize welcomes work in all mediums, including print. The selection panel will shortlist up to 50 artists and select work for inclusion in an exhibition at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London from 29 January–8 February 2026. Four winners will receive prizes totalling £9,500 with a first prize of £3,000. Entry fees are £25 for one artwork, £40 for two and £50 for three.
DEADLINE: 2 DEC
THE LONDON GROUP OPEN 2025
The London Group is now accepting entries for its 86th Open exhibition, which will take place at Copeland Gallery, London SE15 from 8 November–23 November 2025. The exhibition will include up to 200 works by current London Group members alongside works selected from the open submission. At least half the exhibitors will be non-members. This opportunity is open to UK-based artists over the age of 18, working in any medium including print. There are prizes of £1,000 and £500 as well as the Linden Hall Studio prize; an opportunity to show three artworks alongside the Londen Hall Collection. Entry Fee is £20 for one submission, £35 for two or £45 for three submissions.
DEADLINE: 26 AUG
SALISBURY MUSEUM ANNUAL OPEN 2025
Salisbury Museum are launching a new annual opportunity for artists, Landscape Open. Artists are invited to submit work across all mediums, including print. The exhibition is open to artists both in the UK and internationally. The exhibition will consist of approximately 75 works selected by an eminent panel of judges. The selectors will be looking for the best of contemporary work on the theme of landscape. Artists may submit up to three works. All works must be an interpretation of the theme: Landscape. Maximum dimensions for framed 2D work is 2.4m in any dimension and 500mm on the longest side for 3D work. Fees are £17 for one artwork, £32 for two or £45 for three.
DEADLINE: 13 AUG
SIDNEY NOLAN ART PRIZE
The Sidney Nolan Trust invites entries from contemporary artists working across all media in the UK or internationally. Inspired by the legacy of pioneering Australian artist, Sir Sidney Nolan CBE RA (1917–1992) we call for art that is engaged with emotion and human identity in relation to society and/or landscape, environment, plants and animals. We seek submissions that demonstrate boldness, risk and conviction, and explore the unique quality of their medium across drawing, painting, print, sculpture, photography, digital, performance, installation or mixed media. We encourage cross-disciplinary approaches and collaborations. The selection panel will shortlist up to 40 artists for inclusion in an exhibition in summer 2026 at The Rodd, Sidney Nolan’s former 17th-century home in rural Herefordshire. Artists may enter up to three artworks. Fees are £15 for the first entry and £10 each for the second and third.
DEADLINE: 10 DEC
PRINT EXCHANGES
17TH INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXCHANGE
internationalprintexchange.org
The International Print Exchange is an un-juried print exchange with no assigned theme, open to all, that celebrates fine art printmaking. All works will be displayed sometime in October–November 2025 at Green Door Printmaking Studio in Derby. We invite printmakers to submit towards our 17th exchange. Paper size 140 x 140mm, maximum print size 1 x 1m, edition size 10. Fee £35.
DEADLINE: 31 AUG
COLLABORATIONS
ARTISTS AND THE WAR IN UKRAINE
Colin Gillespie, winner of the Printmaking Today prize at the Printmakers Council exhibition Thinking for Printing (Bankside Gallery, 2023) for his haunting sketchbook and print Provocation on the war in Ukraine is keen to connect with other artists. Any artists who are making or would like to make work about or in response to the current war in Ukraine are invited to contact Colin Gillespie ukprint4ukraine@cityprintgill.co.uk with a view to collaboration.
DEADLINE: ONGOING
OPEN CALL FOR PAPERS
THE ASSOCIATION OF PRINT SCHOLARS’ PUBLICATION GRANT 2025
The grant supports the publication of innovative research about printmaking across all time periods and geographic regions. The grant carries a maximum award of $2,000. Proposed projects should be feature-length articles, online publications or essays, exhibition catalogues or books which are nearing completion and publication. Possible uses of the grant include, but are not limited to: travel expenses for research, studio time or courses in printmaking that will contribute significantly to the scholar’s understanding of the subject matter, funding assistance for photography and image permissions, honoraria for contributors to edited volumes.
DEADLINE: 31 AUG
THE CALIFORNIA PRINTMAKER: THE JOURNAL OF THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF PRINTMAKERS 2026
Raising Your Voice – Telling Your Story. Do you have a unique body of work that sends a message? Does your visual narrative focus on current or past events, your identity or personal experience? Proposals for an article need to explain how your article will address the theme and provide an outline or short narrative (200 words) in a Word document format. Please include an artist biography, your website address and five or more jpegs relating to your proposal content. If you are considered, your finished article (up to 1200 words) would be due by 1 November 2025. Submit to Bob Rocco, bobroccoart@gmail.com
DEADLINE: 30 AUG