Category: Open Calls

Open Call: Small Works – Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival – Co Offaly

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Colourful logo for Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival, featuring the words 'BIRR', 'ARTS', and 'VINTAGE WEEK' in playful typography against a grid of vibrant backgrounds.

Artists are invited to submit works to the Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival. Titled ‘Small Squares, Big Presence’, artists are limited to the size of 30 x 30 cm. Selected artists will also be in the running for a solo exhibition in 2027.

Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival is an annual community event in Birr, Co. Offaly, featuring professional, national, and international artists, bringing together visual arts, theatre, music, street theatre, pop-up performers, workshops, exhibitions, and lots more.

Submission deadline: Wednesday, the 1st of July at 5 PM

Exhibition: From the 31st of July to the 6th of August 2026; launch on the 31st of July.

More information on the Open Call can be found on their website – https://www.birrvintageweek.com/annual-open-submission-exhibition

Their Instagram @birrvintageweekartsfestival

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News: Thank you for your Submissions to ‘Water and Flow’

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Poster for Feltmakers Ireland's exhibition submission, titled 'Water & Flow', at Phoenix Park Visitors Centre in April 2026. Note indicating that applications are now closed.

WOW!

Dear Members,

Thank you for all of your excellent submissions!

We are overjoyed to receive such an outpouring from you. There will be 68 pieces in our group show, ‘Water and Flow’.

This Open Call is now shut – the deadline was extended a week to the 20th of March.

Email Confirmations

Each artist will receive an email with instructions on where to drop off or mail their artwork.

If you are NOT dropping it off at the gallery on the MORNING, 10:30 – 11:30 AM of the installation on Wednesday, the 1st of April, you should ensure your piece has been received at one of the five drop-off points by Tuesday, the 31st of March.

If you need to drop off your piece at the gallery on the morning of the installation, please let us know BEFOREHAND by email.

Questions or concerns, please email feltmakersIE@gmail.com

Reminder: Last Day to Apply to ‘Water and Flow’ – Before Midnight

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Promotional poster for Feltmakers Ireland's exhibition submission, featuring details about the event at Phoenix Park Visitors Centre in April 2026. The theme is 'Water & Flow' with a submission deadline tonight at midnight.

Today is the last day to apply to Feltmakers Ireland’s upcoming group exhibition, ‘Water and Flow’.

It might be a slightly cloudy or rainy day in Ireland – no surprise, there! However, if you have been waiting for ‘The Best Day’ to photograph your piece, do not worry: We do not need perfect photographs. Instead, we need your submissions. So, please, please apply.

If, in the event, the online form gives you trouble uploading your images (as it may get ‘overstuffed’), please email photos to committeefeltmakersireland@gmail.com

The deadline is Friday, the 20th of March, at midnight – today!

Here’s the link to where and how to apply: https://feltmakersireland.com/exhibition-application-2026-water-and-flow/

Naturally, we thank all of the members who have already applied! It’s going to be a fantastic show!

Our opening is Saturday, the 4th of April at 3 PM. Hope to see you there.


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Open Call: Dublin Maker 2026 – Applications Open – Plus In-Person and Online Q and A Sessions

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Promotional image for the Dublin Maker 2026 Open Call featuring makers engaging in various activities. The image includes a QR code, dates for the event, and location details.

Are you a maker, creator, builder, inventor, crafter, hacker, educator or enthusiast who loves to share what you do? Dublin Maker 2026 is Ireland’s biggest show-and-tell festival of creativity, innovation, and invention.

Dublin Maker invites makers of all ages and experience levels to apply and showcase their work, whether a polished project or a quirky in-progress experiment.

Promotional graphic for Dublin Maker's Bring-a-Make Night event on March 19, 2026, from 7-9 PM at A4 Sounds, featuring two individuals engaged in creative activities.

Information Session

There is an Information Session, a Bring-A-Make Night this Thursday (March 19th) from 7-9 PM at @a4soundsstudios

Come along for a relaxed evening, finding out about Dublin Maker, showing off your projects, chatting with other makers about your projects, and have a bit of pizza.

Where: A4 Sounds, St. Joseph’s Parade, Phibsborough.

Online and in-person Q & A Sessions

Promotional flyer for Bring-A-Make Night events and online Q&A sessions, featuring dates, times, locations in Dublin and Cork, and a QR code for registration.

Come along to Dublin Maker‘s Bring‑A‑Make nights or join one of their online Q&A sessions. They’re a great chance to meet other makers, share ideas, and just have the chats about what you’re working on.

Register for the online sessions here: https://forms.gle/T7b2oKqZZHnX2Z4E6

Details for Dublin Maker

Where: Leopardstown Racecourse, Foxrock, Dublin 18, D18 C9V6

When: Saturday and Sunday, the 22nd and 23rd of August, between 10 AM – 5 PM

Applications will be open until the 20th of April.

For more information, visit their website – https://dublinmaker.ie/open-call/

Their Instagram: @dublinmaker

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Open Call: Reminder to Submit to ‘Water and Flow’ – Feltmakers Ireland Exhibition

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Promotional poster for Feltmakers Ireland's exhibition submission, featuring details about the event at Phoenix Park Visitors Centre in April 2026. The theme is 'Water & Flow', inviting personal interpretations.

We wanted to remind you that Feltmakers Ireland members’ exhibition, ‘Water and Flow’, has a submission deadline of Friday, the 13th of March at MIDNIGHT.

Our annual exhibition will be displayed at the beautiful Phoenix Park Visitors Centre gallery from Friday, the 3rd, through Sunday, the 26th of April. The show launches on Saturday, the 4th, at 3 PM.

To learn more and to submit your application, visit our Exhibition page – https://feltmakersireland.com/exhibition-application-2026-water-and-flow/

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Open Call: 24th Annual Mini Textile Exhibition – Slovak Association of Textile Artists

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Promotional poster for the 24th International Mini Textile Exhibition organised by the TXT - Slovak Association of Textile Artists. The theme is 'Empathy' with an entry deadline of February 28th, 2026. Includes a QR code and information in both English and Slovak.

The Association of Textile Artists of Slovakia invites artists to participate in its 24th annual international juried exhibition of textile miniatures. There is a size limitation of 20 by 20 by 20 cm.

The theme of the exhibition is EMPATHY.

From the organisers:

“Empathy is an apparently natural human feeling – the ability to perceive another person in our surroundings and to enter into their experience of joyful as well as complex, even tragic, situations.

Empathy is not a given.

It does not arise automatically simply because we share the same space or follow the same news. It is a fragile state of attentiveness – the ability to momentarily withdraw from one’s own world and allow oneself to be affected by the experience of another. Without the need to judge, correct, or seek solutions.

At a time when suffering becomes a distant image and reality is reduced to rapid information, empathy slows us down. It compels us to stay. With a gaze, with a gesture, with silence. It is neither loud nor spectacular. It is inconspicuous, and precisely for that reason vulnerable. It requires the courage to remain open even where it would be easier to look away.”

Where: Galéria Umelka, Bratislava, Slovakia

Deadline: Saturday, the 28th of February.

For more information, visit the European Textile Network‘s listing – https://etn-net.org/berichte/open-call-24th-textile-miniature-empathygal%C3%A9ria-umelka-bratislava-skdeadline-28-02-2026.html

The original post is here – http://www.txt.sk/index-en.html

Instagram @etn_european_textile_network

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Open Call: RHA Annual Exhibition 2026 – Submission Deadline the 23rd

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A person viewing the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition at the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, surrounded by various artworks on the walls. A note in the corner says 'Apply Now!'


A reminder: The deadline for The Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts (RHA) Annual Exhibition is this coming Monday, the 23rd of February.

They are currently accepting submissions for their 196th exhibition. It is Ireland’s largest and longest-running open submission exhibition, and will be open to the public from Monday, the 25th of May, to Sunday, the 9th of August, with free admission at all times.

Open to all artists working in painting, drawing, print, sculpture, photography and architecture, the RHA Annual attracts a large public and critical audience.

Editor’s Note: There is a recap of 2024’s exhibition as several pieces included textile materials or techniques, including a piece by guild member Leiko Uchiyama – https://feltmakersireland.com/2024/07/30/exhibition-final-week-of-the-rha-annual-show/

For more information, visit the RHA website – https://rhagallery.ie/rha-annual/

Their Instagram: @rha.arts

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Open Call: World of Threads Festival – Canada

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Colourful promotional poster for the World of Threads Festival, inviting fibre and textile artists to submit their work. Location: Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Submission deadline: February 28, 2026.

Artists from around the world are invited to submit bodies of work, installations or individual pieces to The World of Threads Festival, in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

Curators Gareth Bate and Dawne Rudman will draw from the pool of submissions to create different thematic group exhibitions, as well as solo shows and installations. They are open to submissions of artwork that have been made between April 2023 and January 2026.

Deadline:
Saturday, the 28th of February 2026.

The Festival runs from the 23rd of September 2026 through the 17th of January 2027.

Where: Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, 2302 Bridge Rd, Oakville, ON L6L 2G6, Canada.

For more information, visit the Festival’s website – https://worldofthreadsfestival.com/submissions/

Their Instagram @worldofthreads

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Open Call: “Listen to the Land Speak” – West Cork Creates Exhibition – Cnoc Buí Community Arts Centre

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Promotional graphic for 'West Cork Creates', featuring an open call for 2026 titled 'Listen to the Land Speak'.

The West Cork Creates (WCC) committee’s 16th Visual Arts Exhibition, “Listen to the Land Speak”, will run from 1st to 16th of August 2026.

The “Listen to the Land Speak” exhibition will be a tribute to the work and ideas of the late Manchán Magan, who honoured us with a knowledgeable and heartfelt opening speech for the 2018 WCC exhibition.

Listen to the Land Speak is a book (and RTE documentary) about “exploring Ireland’s deep connection to its natural landscape, uncovering ancient myths, ancestral wisdom, and ecological lessons embedded in its bogs, rivers and trees, revealing how these elements shaped Irish identity and offer profound insights for today. It’s a journey to understand the life-sustaining wisdom beneath our feet and reconnect with nature’s rhythms, tracing the footsteps of our ancestors who lived in deep harmony with the land.”

You can view Magan’s RTE programme here – https://www.rte.ie/player/series/listen-to-the-land-speak/10001901-00-0000?epguid=IP10001902-01-0001

Details

Craftspeople, fine artists and designers are invited to respond to the theme and produce innovative work (individual or collaborative) for the WCC exhibition.

Approximately 45 participants will be selected from the applications received.

Where: Cnock Buí Community Arts Centre is located in Union Hall, West Cork, P81 X274

Deadline: Sunday, the 1st of March 2026 at 5 PM.

For more information, visit their website – https://www.westcorkcreates.com/

Their Instagram @westcorkcreates @@cnocbuiarts

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Open Call: ReStyle Ireland – 3 Regional Sustainable Fashion Events

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Promotional image for ReStyle Ireland featuring the event details and location: Dublin, Galway, and Cork.

ReStyle Ireland is seeking creatives for its upcoming sustainable fashion events, to be held in Dublin, Galway, and Cork.

“ReStyle Ireland showcases what a truly sustainable fashion future can look like – highlighting both traditional and innovative Irish solutions to the fast-fashion crisis. Their events give attendees the chance to learn, experience, and create, while discovering real alternatives to unsustainable consumer habits.”

They are seeking the following –

– Designers
– Craftspeople
– Traditional skills practitioners
– Instructors
– Social entrepreneurs
– Artists
– Models

To apply, fill out their survey and let them know your skills and interests – https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3P97J8K?

Their Instagram: @restyle.ireland

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