Listings and Opportunities
For FREE entries in the Listings and Opportunities Sections of the Summer (2025) Issue of Printmaking Today - for exhibitions, events and opportunities planned for June, July and August 2025
- please send your information to: listings@cellopress.co.uk by the 15 June 2025.
AWARDS, PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS
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 60 x 80cm maximum.
DEADLINE: 30 SEPT
EXHIBITIONS
45TH MINI PRINT INTERNATIONAL OF CADAQUÉS 2025
Open to all artists, print processes and themes, Taller Galeria Fort and Adogi announce their annual mini print international. In 2025, it will be the 45th edition of this international open call and exhibition. Each artist should submit four prints. The image must not be bigger than 100 x 100mm (3.9 x 3.9 inches). The paper size is maximum 180 x 180mm (7.1 x 7.1 inches). The exhibition in Cadaqués will last around 90 days and will be open to the public daily (6pm–9.30pm) from end of June to 30 September continuously. The fee for international artists is 95 USD or 80 EUR. If you are resident in Spain, the fee is 50 EUR. The application form and more details can be downloaded from the link and must include a curriculum vitae.
DEADLINE: 15 MAR
BANKSIDE GALLERY
Small But Mighty showcases all forms of printmaking and highlights the powerful, ambitious and impressive nature of works created on a small scale. This open submission exhibition, established by the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) aims to create long-term opportunities for artists and promote printmaking to a wider audience. This year’s Guest Curator is Art Critic Tabish Khan. The size limit for works in this exhibition is 50cm on the longest edge (including framing). The exhibition of works selected will take place at Bankside Gallery from 18–28 September 2025. There are a considerable number of prizes to be won including the Printmaking Today award. The entry fee is £16 per artwork and artists may submit up to six pieces of work.
DEADLINE 2 JUN
THE GALLERY AT GREEN AND STONE OPEN CALL 2025
The Gallery at Green and Stone are calling for entries for their biggest Summer Exhibition yet. A major opportunity for emerging artists, the Summer Exhibition offers several prizes, including a fully funded solo show, two cash prizes of £3,000 and other prizes worth £1,000 and £500. The entry fee is £20 per entry or £15 for artists under 30.
DEADLINE: 13 JUN
ILKLEY ART OPEN 2025
An Open Exhibition exploring the theme of ‘connection’. ‘Connection’ might be social, emotional, mechanical, historic, linguistic or philosophical. The selected artworks will be exhibited from 6 September–12 October 2025 in Ilkley Manor House as part of the 2025 programme to support Bradford’s 2025 UK City of Culture event. We are looking for wide and varied interpretations, literal and metaphorical, drawing on the poetic, scientific, linguistic, historic, political, social and purely personal associations of this term. Submission for this exhibition is free. If your work is selected, there is a participation fee of £40.
DEADLINE: 30 MAY
NO PLACE ART
Artists active in printmaking or painting (can include mixed media) are invited to submit up to five artworks, up to a framed size of 2 x 2m, to be considered by our judges for the No Place Art | Edition One: Materiality exhibition. Submissions should respond to the theme of Materiality. Exhibition will take place at The Handbag Factory, ASC Gallery, in Vauxhall, London, 25–29 September, 2025. Awards include a three-week residency at Atelier de Gravure Empreinte in Luxembourg, a one-month residency at Bainbridge Print Studios in London, a cash award of £1,000 and a solo exhibition at Hive Gallery in Bolton. Entry fees are £24 for the first artwork and £10 for additional entries.
DEADLINE: 30 JUN
PENSYCHNANT CONSERVATION CENTRE OPEN ART EXHIBITION 2025
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The theme for the Pensychnant Conservation Centre Open 2025 will be nature, environment and conservation. We welcome two- and three-dimensional artworks in any medium or style, which in some way showcase the beauty and diversity of the natural world and/or provoke contemplation of environmental issues such as biodiversity loss, the climate crisis, sustainability and the importance of nature to the present and future well-being of humankind. Artists are invited to submit up to three pieces of work with a maximum framed size of 100cm in any dimension. Entry fees are £15 for one piece of work, £25 for two and £35 for three. All work must be for sale during the exhibition and prices should include 30% commission. All proceeds will go towards the upkeep and development of Pensychnant and the conservation of its habitats and wildlife.
DEADLINE: 28 MAY
TRINITY BUOY WHARF DRAWING PRIZE
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize is an annual open exhibition dedicated to drawing and has established a reputation for its commitment to promoting excellence in, and celebrating the breadth of, contemporary drawing practice. The exhibition runs from 9–21 October at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London. Artists may submit up to three drawings. Fees are: Standard Entry: 1 work = £30; 2 works = £45; 3 works = £55, Student Entry: 1 work = £18; 2 works = £25; 3 works = £30. Drawing is interpreted very widely and the artist may determine what qualifies.
DEADLINE: 17 JUN
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 is no minimum image or paper size. 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 Sep–31 Dec 2025 at the Faro Cabo Mayor Art Center, Santander, Spain. Application and more details online.
DEADLINE: 31 JUL
WELLS ART CONTEMPORARY 2025
Artists are invited to submit work for this juried, international art competition that runs from 8 October–1 November. Work may be submitted for display in a white-wall gallery in the cathedral cloisters or as a site-specific installation inside and around the cathedral building. Each artist may submit up to four works for inclusion in the gallery space. The entry fee is £20 per work or £12 for students under 26. This year’s judges are David Ferry PRE, Habib Hajallie and Charlotte Hodes. Prizes include the Howden Art Award of £2,000 and the NG Art Creative Residency; a two-week placement in Provence.
DEADLINE: 1 JUL (FOR INSTALLATIONS) 8 JUL (FOR THE GALLERY SPACE)
WOOLWICH CONTEMPORARY PRINT FAIR 2025
Applications are invited for Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair Edition 10, the leading international fair for original contemporary print to be held 13–16 November 2025. WCPF presents a unique alternative model that is revolutionising the traditional art market, disrupting the elitist nature of fairs and pushing the boundaries of print. Each artist may submit up to six original prints of any size and in any printmaking medium or process. Works in progress are also admissible. Shortlisted works that do not make the final cut will be featured in the Director’s Cut 21 July–31 August. The standard entry fee for the fair is £35 for the first submission and £5 for each subsequent submission. WCPF have initiated an Artist’s Membership programme with additional benefits throughout the year for £50 (£35 for students) that includes free entry.
DEADLINE: 1 JUN
FAIRS
PRINTEAST 2025
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Open call to exhibit in PrintEast print fair. Five Suffolk-based printmakers have joined forces to set up the county’s first ever print fair. PrintEast will take place at the Athenaeum in Bury St Edmunds on 4 October 2025, showcasing the area’s burgeoning printmaking community. Printmaking studios will demonstrate printmaking techniques, and art shops will offer a range of printing products. There will be 45 stalls available at £75 per stall, payment to be made by 9 June from selected participants. To apply contact through Instagram (instagram.com/printeast2025) or email: marta.dersmith@gmail.com
DEADLINE: 15 MAY
RESIDENCIES
WOMEN’S STUDIO WORKSHOP, NEW YORK
The Studio Workspace Residency is an opportunity for artists to create new work and fully immerse themselves in WSW’s supportive environment. We invite applications from artists at any stage of their careers. This residency gives artists the time and space they need, an uninterrupted period to live and work away from the stresses of daily life. Artists may choose to work in any one or more of our studios: intaglio, letterpress, papermaking, screenprinting, darkroom photography, or ceramics. Workspace residencies are fully subsidised. This means that while artists are still responsible for their own travel, materials, meals, and other personal incidentals while in residence, WSW provides housing and studio space at no cost.
DEADLINE: 15 JUNE