Some of the third party opportunities are listed here with additional materials:

Open call for expressions of interest from professional sculptors and actively encourage applications from Liverpool-based sculptors and sculptors from the LGBTQ+ community. Family of The Vivienne opens search for the sculptor who will create permanent memorial to her - Deadline 16 October 2026 - PRESS RELEASE_ Tender call for The Vivienne Statue (National_Trade).pdf

Open Call for Hidden-History Public Art Commission, Newham, London - Deadline:  30 September 2026 Newham-Hidden-Histories-Artist-Brief-.pdf - NOTE: Online Q/A Session: 1 Sept 2026 with Professor Rachel Garfield, Professor Harold Offeh and Dr Joanne Tatham. To book a place, please click here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/qa-on-eastside-community-heritages-public-art-commission-tickets-1995699893103?aff=oddtdtcreator  (first come basis).

Open call for Neo Future: Shifting into new realities a special 2-week long residency based at Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, Finland for people reaching beyond the familiar and investigating what may emerge next. Artificial intelligence, expanded consciousness, human transformation, singularity, future societies and realities not yet named form an open field for creative research - Deadline: Thursday 3 September 2026 https://www.arteles.org/future_residency.html 

County Hall Pottery Peace Sculpture (CERAMIC) Competition with £10,000 award. Deadline: Sunday 6 September 2026 - Find out more on https://www.instagram.com/p/DbtFJKxDRbt/?img_index=1

Open Call for the Tagli Mentornship Award in collaboration with Rosewood London open to artists based in the UK or Europe and without gallery representation; it provides the winner with year-long mentorship with THE TAGLI team, a £2,000 grant and participation in a group show at The Rosewood Hotel, London - Deadline 6 September https://www.thetagli.com/mentorship-award

Newcastle City Council is looking to commission artist(s) to deliver a public realm art project next to Hadrian Square in Byker - Deadline: 6 September 2026 Public Art Project Brief - Our Shields Road_1.pdf

Open Call: Case Studies at the intersection of Arte Útil and Technology - Deadline: 6 September 2026 - https://arte-util.org/propose-a-project/ 

Open Call for 2027 Residency 'What Is Real?' organised by Platform Dalí that fosters meaningful exchanges between artistic and scientific practices and offers a €7,500 artist fee + up to €25,000 production budget, Barcelona, Spain - Deadline: 7 September 2026 PlatfromDali-WhatIsReal-Convocatoria-2027-ENG.pdf

Open call for 'Basque Children's Camp', a new commission for Open Space at Suffolk Drive, marking the 90th anniversary of the temporary camp for 3862 refugees, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England - Deadline: 8 September 2026 https://www.eastleigh.gov.uk/media/16994/sd_artist-brief.pdf 
 

Open call for the 4th edition of the Fundación Ama Amoedo Grants for international artists and creatives with a significant connection to Latin America, whether through nationality, cultural heritage, and/or the location where the project will take place - Deadline: 9 September 2026  https://www.fundacionamaamoedo.org/programas/becas 

ArtEvol 2026: A View from Everywhere International Open Call, Saatchi Gallery - Deadline: 10 September - 2026 ArtEvol OpenCall.pdf

Open Call for Artist-in-Residence-Program SPORELATION @ MY-CO BUILD for artists who want to explore themes such as Mycelium as a living material, Material cycles, transformation, and sustainability, Biological processes as design partners, Architecture and organic systems, Human and non-human actors, The future of construction in the context of ecological challenges, Berlin, Germany - Deadline: 10 September 2026 SPORELATION_MY-CO_BUILD_AiR_OpenCall2026_e.pdf 

Refusing Rehearsing Resisting Open Call: VBKÖ, Vereinigung bildender Künstler*innen Österreichs (Austrian Association of Wom*n Artists), invites you to send in a proposal for our annual program running from March 2027 to February 2028, offering a €4,000 grant - Deadline 10 September https://www.vbkoe.org/en/open-call-refusing-rehearsing-resisting/ 

Open Call for Make Space offering artist in the South West spaces at KARST in Plymouth and Spike Island in Bristol -  Deadline: 14 September 2026 - 

Parc naturel régional du Verdon Residency and Artwork Creation in Wool as part of La Routo®, le Verdon au fil de la laine - Deadline: 14 September 2026 APP_artiste_larouto_2026-2028_vf.pdf (In French and French language skills are essential as well as a vehicle)

Ginkgo Projects is seeking to commission an artist living in South West England to undertake research, design, fabrication and installation of permanent works of art for a new residential development at New Fosseway Road, Bristol, with a focus on the central Social Playable Park area - Deadline 22 September 2026 - New+Fosseway+Road+Artist+brief+04.pdf

Wallingford Town Council Artist Commission - Deadline: 5.00 pm 5th October 2026 - Wallingford Town Council - Artist brief for Rest Garden - Final.pdf

The Space Observatory invites artists to create a work that fully captures one of the specific characteristics of the extraterrestrial environment, namely weightlessness. NOTE FRENCH ESSENTIAL - Deadline 5 October 2026 Space Observatory in Paris appel-a-projets_impesanteur-l-extra-terrestre.pdf

Kiplin Hall Art Commission: Maryland, Calverts and more - Maryland-Artwork-Jerwood-Comission-Brief-Final.pdf

Creative Practitioner Residency Brief Royal Museums Greenwich 2026 - Creative Practitioner Residency Brief Royal Museums Greenwich 2026.pdf

Artist in Residence – Culture Collective, The Gaiety, Ayr, Scotland - The Gaiety - Job-Description-AIR-1.pdf

The City of Neuchâtel invites artists and artist collectives to submit their applications for the creation of an artwork in the Jeunes-Rives park. Funded by the municipal cultural allocation linked to the redevelopment of Jeunes-Rives, this competition offers a prize of 175,000 Swiss francs - Cahier_des_charges_JeunesRives_Phase1.pdf - IN FRENCH

Call for Applications for Les Vendamiaires, an Artist Residency at Maison d’Emma,  Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers, Occitanie, France - Vendemiaires_Maison_Emma_2027 - Artist residency.pdf

Open Call for the Baroque Blue Art & Nature Residency with the theme The Nachiri Routes Biodiversity and Landscape curated by Dores Sacquegna, Lecce, Puglia, Italy - Primo Piano Livinggallery Lecce Artist Residency 2026 Brief.pdf

Revitalizing Rituals Artist Residency Open Call, Tunisia + Hungary - Revitalizing Rituals Artist-Open-Call.pdf

Watford Borough Council: Margaret Maughan Public Art Commission - Artist’s Brief & Request for Proposal: Riverwell Public Art Brief May 2026 - final.pdf

'Transmission – Transhumance – Paysages' Open Call for fully funded Artist Residency at Château de Pange, Metz, France - ARCP - Appel à projets Résidence de création en territoire 2026.pdf - In French

Mumbai’s Dot Line Space Art Foundation is calling for applications for the 40-day Water Bodies and Ecology multidisciplinary funded residency  - Deadline: Sunday 30 August 2026 https://www.dotlinespace.co.in/water-bodies-and-ecology-2026/

The Music Of Life Artist Commission for Artworks responding to the history of music therapy at The Horton , Epsom, England - Deadline 30 August 2026 the_music-of-life_artist_brief_2026-13aug26.pdf

in vitro: Fellowship #2 Open Call for early career artists / curators wishing to gain experience in artist-run spaces and exhibition curation - Deadline: Monday 31 August 2026 - Find out more on https://www.gossamerfog.com/index.html 

The Matchgirls 1888 Public Art Commission, East London - The Matchgirls 1888_Sculptors Brief_v1.0.pdf

Canary Wharf Winter Lights Open Call - Winter Lights 2027_Artist Invite.pdf + Budget doc Winter Lights 2027 Budget Spreadsheet Template.xlsx

CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR IRISH ARTISTS Memory of the Irish Hospital in Saint-Lô Tribute to Samuel Beckett - Open call -Irish-hospital-anniversary-October-2026.pdf

Artist in Residence – Call for applications 2027 at Villa Sonnenberg in Lenzburg, CH - Sonnenberg CH ausschreibung_2027_en.pdf

Chalet Du Parc fully funded Artist Residencies Open Call, Lyon, France - Residence_artistique_Chalet_du_Parc.pdf (in French)

Westbury Town Council Call for Artists - Westbury Artist tender document 2.0docx.pdf

Treasure Art Fair - Sculpture Walk London - Artist Brief + Application Form 

Open Call for Holly House Public Art Commission - Holly House Artist Brief.pdf

Open Call for SUBLIME the 62nd International Ceramics and Sculpture Open-Air in Bolesławiec, Poland - BOLESŁAWIEC_Open Call 2026.pdf

Open Call 2027 Surfy Space Residency Program, Taiwan - 2027 Surfy Space Residency Program_Applications Guidelines.pdf

Open Call 'For Demonstration Purposes' Bristol School of Art invites creative educators to submit objects and artefacts produced through the act of teaching, alongside an example of their current creative practice - For Demonstration PurposesCallforEntries-Spring26.pdf

Open Call for The Bermondsey Project x Greystar Real Estate Public Art Commission -   Public Art Open Call_The Bermondsey Project.pdf

Doddington Hall & Gardens Young Sculptor Award: Call for Artists Doddington-Hall-Young-Sculptor-Call-For-Submissions-2026.pdf 

Gossamer Fog is inviting applications for our new in vitro Fellowship programme built to equip early career practitioners, with a keen interest in curation and artist-run spaces, with the tools to build something themselves  in vitro_ Fellowship Open Call 2026_Application Guidelines.pdf

Open Call for Proposals MEMORIAL on Flensburg’s Colonial Past, Germany Open Call MEMORIAL Flensburg colonial legacy.pdf

Call for Artists for Public Artwork for the Oranmore Railway Station Redevelopment, Ireland- Call-to-Artists-Iarnrod-Eireann-Oranmore-Station-Jan-2026 (1).pdf

Contributing to a Digital Queer Archive Across Africa and the Diaspora - Queer_Archive_Africa_and_Diaspora_CallforCollaborators.pdf

Call for Artists for Public Artwork for the Oranmore Railway Station Redevelopment, Ireland - Call-to-Artists-Iarnrod-Eireann-Oranmore-Station-Jan-2026.pdf

Little Forest Open Competition - little-forest-open-competition-2026-information-pack.pdf

Springfield Village Public Art Open Call - Springfield Village Public Art Open Call.pdf

International Sculpture Symposium St. Blasien, Southern Black Forest (Schwarzwald),Germany - IBS St. Blasien Call for proposals 2026.pdf +  IBS St. Blasien Terms and conditions 2026.pdf

Georges Festival, Rennes, France - Open Call for the 2026 Edition (in French but open to all) - see also https://www.georges-festival.com/le-festival/ 

Derek Hill Foundation - Glenveagh Artists' Residency 2026 - Artist Brief + Application Form (word doc - will download onto your computer)

 

 

SCAM WARNING: PrimeSculpt assessment by ChatGPT 11 Sep 2026.pdf