Tag: Open Calls

Open Call: Submissions of photos of the ‘Studio on the Move’ for Vessel Magazine

Published on by Feltmakers Ireland

The editors of Vessel Magazine invite submissions exploring the notion of the studio in motion for publication in the upcoming edition of The Vessel.

They are specifically looking for craft practices that exist in shifting contexts, where making adapts to movement, embraces constraints, or unfolds across changing locations. They hope to feature submissions in the form of triptychs that evoke dialogue among the images, and collectively articulate the diverse, portable, and evolving nature of dispersed studio practices.

Craftspeople are invited to submit a set of three photographs, along with contextual information, that captures how their studio operates beyond a fixed site, revealing the tools, processes, and conditions that shape their work in motion. The editors will select 5-10 submissions for an article to be featured in the 12th edition of The Vessel, to be published in Autumn 2026.

If a submission is selected, a paid honorarium will be provided.

Deadline: the 1st of September

For more information, visit their website: https://vessel-magazine.no/open-call

Their Instagram: @thevesselmag @norwegiancrafts

Disclaimer for Feltmakers Ireland Blog

Feltmakers Ireland aims to share information about awards, education, events, exhibitions, and opportunities that you will find interesting. Our sharing is neither paid for by nor an endorsement of these individuals or organisations.

Contact Us: If you have any concerns about content, please email us at feltmakersie@gmail.com.

Questions: For questions about content, please follow the link to the organisation involved in hosting the event.

Open Call: The Colour of Everyday – Bernat Klein Symposium- Call for Abstracts

Published on by Feltmakers Ireland

The Bernat Klein Foundation Symposium, supported by Future Island–Island, Belfast School of Art, and Creative Scotland, seeks abstracts for ‘The Colour of Everyday’, to be held in November. It is a symposium exploring colour, craft, sustainability and cultural heritage inspired by the legacy of textile designer and colourist Bernat Klein.

They are interested in hearing from designers, researchers, makers, educators and community practitioners working across:

  • Colour in education
  • Sustainable design + material innovation
  • Heritage, memory and place
  • Regenerative making and ecological craft

Abstract deadline: Friday, the 4th of September 2026

The Symposium is on Saturday, the 28th of November 2026

For more information, visit this page on the Future Island Island website: https://www.futureisland-island.org/updates/bernat-klein-foundation-symposium/

Their Instagram @futureislandisland

Disclaimer for Feltmakers Ireland Blog

Feltmakers Ireland aims to share information about awards, education, events, exhibitions, and opportunities that you will find interesting. Our sharing is neither paid for by nor an endorsement of these individuals or organisations.

Contact Us: If you have any concerns about content, please email us at feltmakersie@gmail.com.

Questions: For questions about content, please follow the link to the organisation involved in hosting the event.

Open Call: Craft & Sustainability Festival – Barcelona 2026 – In person and online

Published on by Feltmakers Ireland

Craftwork Festival 2026 invites European practitioners to Barcelona for three days of exhibition, exchange, and reflection on how craft can shape more sustainable, circular, and environmentally responsible practice.

There are two participation tracks: one in person and the other online.

When: 2nd-4th of December, 2026

Where: ESPRONCEDA, Institute of Art and Culture, Carrer d’Espronceda, 326, Naves 5 & 10, Sant Andreu, 08027 Barcelona, Spain

For more information and to apply, visit this website: https://bit.ly/CW4ABCN

Their Instagram: @craftwork4all

Disclaimer for Feltmakers Ireland Blog

Feltmakers Ireland aims to share information about awards, education, events, exhibitions, and opportunities that you will find interesting. Our sharing is neither paid for by nor an endorsement of these individuals or organisations.

Contact Us: If you have any concerns about content, please email us at feltmakersie@gmail.com.

Questions: For questions about content, please follow the link to the organisation involved in hosting the event.

Open Calls: 2 Exhibitions Seeking Artwork – Esker Arts, Co Offaly & Market Gallery, Co Cork

Published on by Feltmakers Ireland

Esker Arts invites artists from or based in Offaly, Galway, Roscommon, Tipperary, Laois, Westmeath, Kildare, and Meath to submit one existing artwork for a group exhibition curated by Rachel Botha, taking place October–December 2026.

This year’s Open Call explores the idea of ‘the good neighbour’. It can be interpreted from the perspective of a community defined by place, identity, or commonality; understood beyond borders through shared causes or struggles; or viewed through our relationship with the natural environment.

Submissions in any medium and from artists at all stages of their careers are welcomed.

Deadline: Wednesday 26 August, 5:30 PM

There is no submission fee, and they’re seeking existing works. Selected artists will receive a small participation fee.

Esker Arts, High St, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, R35 NY50

To apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxhn9pMKRzX_1uH5ekMMuLclCoqzpZML7-yaawu-xvNQK3Qw/viewform

@eskerarts

The Market Gallery Cork is seeking artwork in any medium for an exhibition titled “Layers of the Land.” Suitable artworks could include landscapes or artworks about the land on which we live and our relationship to it.

Email submissions to marketgallery@douglasvillage.ie by midnight on Sunday 13th September.

Market Gallery, Douglas Village Shopping Centre, Douglas, Co Cork, T12 E39C

More information: https://www.marketgallerydouglas.com/open-call

@market_gallery_cork

Disclaimer for Feltmakers Ireland Blog

Feltmakers Ireland aims to share information about awards, education, events, exhibitions, and opportunities that you will find interesting. Our sharing is neither paid for by nor an endorsement of these individuals or organisations.

Contact Us: If you have any concerns about content, please email us at feltmakersie@gmail.com.

Questions: For questions about content, please follow the link to the organisation involved in hosting the event.

Of Interest: Participatory Arts Project with Studio – Dublin

Published on by Feltmakers Ireland

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in Dublin is partnering with The Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Older People’s Council (dlr OPC) on a studio project for professional designers/makers and older people.

They welcome applications from individual designers and makers who they will support to develop their craft practice with older people in the County. The designers/makers will receive a monthly fee to support their practice, a materials budget, and a training stipend. Additionally, the DLR will offer full (rent-free) access to a studio in dlr Baths from early October 2026 for 14 months. It will give designers/makers the space and time to create their work.

The organisers will host a visit to the Studio on Thursday 30 July at 2 PM. If you are interested in visiting, please email arts@dlrcoco.ie or phone (01) 236 2759 to book a place.

  • The deadline for questions is 1 PM, Friday, the 4th of September 2026.
  • The deadline for applications is 1 PM, Monday, the 7th of September 2026.

Your application can include written documents, video, or audio files.

To learn more and apply, go to https://dlrcoco.submit.com/show/379


Instagram: @dlrcoco.ie @agefriendlyireland @dlr_arts

Disclaimer for Feltmakers Ireland Blog

Feltmakers Ireland aims to share information about awards, education, events, exhibitions, and opportunities that you will find interesting. Our sharing is neither paid for by nor an endorsement of these individuals or organisations.

Contact Us: If you have any concerns about content, please email us at feltmakersie@gmail.com.

Questions: For questions about content, please follow the link to the organisation involved in hosting the event.

Awards: Dorothy Waxman Textile Prize – Open to Students and Recent Graduates of Textiles Worldwide

Published on by Feltmakers Ireland

Only two weeks left to apply for the Dorothy Waxman Textile Prize, which is part of New York Textile Month, an exciting gathering of textile-related events held across multiple locations this September in New York City.

Li Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano are pleased to announce the 12th edition of the Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize, awarded to a current or recently graduated student in Textiles or Fashion who exhibits sustainable thinking and innovative creativity in textiles. The prize is part of the TALKING TEXTILES initiative that promotes textile education and creativity.

The competition is international and open to students currently enrolled in programs focused on textiles, fashion, interior, or lifestyle textiles. Graduates from 2025 and 2026 are also eligible to apply.

The $5000 prize for the winner is sponsored by the American company MOHAWK GROUP. @mohawkgroup

Deadline: Friday, the 7th of August, 2026.

Work in image by Carlotta Talkenberger @ct.textil.e

For more information and to apply, visit the New York Textile Month website: https://www.textilemonth.nyc/textile-prize-2026

On the website, one can also see and learn about the inspiring past winners and others whose work is highlighted.

Their Instagram: @newyorktextilemonth

Disclaimer for Feltmakers Ireland Blog

Feltmakers Ireland aims to share information about awards, education, events, exhibitions, and opportunities that you will find interesting. Our sharing is neither paid for by nor an endorsement of these individuals or organisations.

Contact Us: If you have any concerns about content, please email us at feltmakersie@gmail.com.

Questions: For questions about content, please follow the link to the organisation involved in hosting the event.

Exhibition Deadline Extended: Leitrim Design House ArtWall

Published on by Feltmakers Ireland

The submission deadline for our group exhibition on the ArtWall at The Leitrim Design House, in Co Leitrim, has been extended to Friday, the 17th of July, at midnight.

Theme: Essence of Nature

We invite members to create a piece which reflects a unique interpretation of nature’s quiet power, from delicate studies of flora and fauna, to bold, abstract evocations of landscape and light.

Artists are encouraged to present works that reflect their unique perspective on the Essence of Nature through visual, conceptual or abstract forms. This open call welcomes all artistic styles and interpretations.

UPDATE: The SUBMISSION DEADLINE has been extended to the 17th of July, at midnight.

Artwork to be received at the drop-off point by Tuesday, 11th August 2026

Important Details:

Our exhibition will be displayed on the ArtWall at the beautiful Leitrim Design House gallery in Carrick-on-Shannon from Wednesday, 26th August to Saturday, 3rd October 2026.

**To ensure uniformity on the ArtWall, we have pre-purchased specific-sized frames, together with the required D-rings, for your artwork, which are available to purchase HERE **

Note: Your submission needs to be two-dimensional but may be wet-felted, needle-felted, or both.

The Artwall can accommodate 45 frames in total. If we have more than 45 entries, we will move to a juried selection process.

All artwork must be for sale.

For more information and to apply, please visit this page on the Feltmakers Ireland website – https://feltmakersireland.com/exhibition-application-2026-leitrim-design-house/

Leitrim Design House Instagram – @theleitrimdesignhouse


Disclaimer for Feltmakers Ireland Blog

Feltmakers Ireland aims to share information about awards, education, events, exhibitions, and opportunities that you will find interesting. Our sharing is neither paid for by nor an endorsement of these individuals or organisations.

Contact Us: If you have any concerns about content, please email us at feltmakersie@gmail.com.

Questions: For questions about content, please follow the link to the organisation involved in hosting the event.

Open Call: Nature and Place – Temporary Public Artworks – Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Arts Office

Published on by Feltmakers Ireland

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Arts Office invites applications from professional artists for a project which responds to the rivers and coastal areas of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown (DLR). This temporary opportunity will take place between November 2026 and September 2027. It is not open to permanent artworks or to fixed installations in the landscape.

There is a strong emphasis on sustained collaboration and engagement; artists should be interested in working with scientific or environmental experts connected to the area or the project’s themes.

Deadline: Wednesday, the 5th of August 2026 at 5 PM

More information can be found on their website – https://dlrcoco.submit.com/show/376

@dlr_arts

Disclaimer for Feltmakers Ireland Blog

Feltmakers Ireland aims to share information about awards, education, events, exhibitions, and opportunities that you will find interesting. Our sharing is neither paid for by nor an endorsement of these individuals or organisations.

Contact Us: If you have any concerns about content, please email us at feltmakersie@gmail.com.

Questions: For questions about the content, please follow the link to the organisation hosting the event.

Open Call: Hunt Museum in Limerick

Published on by Feltmakers Ireland
Graphic featuring the words 'HUNT OPEN SUBMISSION 2026' set against a colourful patterned background of arches in pink and orange.

Applications are now open for the Hunt Museum’s second open submission. (Last year, two of our members had pieces in the Hunt Museum exhibition: Karena Ryan and Dr Niki Collier.)

This exhibition will be inclusive and offers a unique platform for both emerging and established artists to showcase their work.

Submissions of work are invited from visual artists working in paint, photography, sculpture, print, drawing and mixed media.

Entry deadline: Noon, Monday, the 7th of September 2026

For more information, see this page – https://www.huntmuseum.com/whats-on/hunt-museum-open-submission-exhibition-2026/

Their Instagram @huntmuseum

Disclaimer for Feltmakers Ireland Blog

Feltmakers Ireland aims to share information about awards, education, events, exhibitions, and opportunities that you will find interesting. Our sharing is neither paid for by nor an endorsement of these individuals or organisations.

Contact Us: If you have any concerns about content, please email us at feltmakersie@gmail.com.

Questions: For questions about the content, please follow the link to the organisation hosting the event.

Open Call: Celebrating Ten Years of Castles in Communities – Co Roscommon

Published on by Feltmakers Ireland
A poster for an event titled 'Lughnasadh gathering the work', featuring an image of a historic stone ruin surrounded by grass under a cloudy sky. It includes details about a call for art in Ballintober, Co. Roscommon, with a submission deadline of June 21, 2026, and a QR code for further information.

Castles in Communities is a community-engaged research project that has taken place in Ballintober and north Roscommon since 2015.

Inspired by the ancient Irish harvest festival of Lughnasadh, this exhibition explores how art and archaeology gather meaning from the landscape.

Theme: Lughnasadh: gathering the work. Rather than re-enacting ritual or belief, Lughnasadh is used as a conceptual metaphor for transition: the moment when sustained seasonal work is gathered, assessed and shared.

For Castles in Communities, this concept mirrors the close of excavation and survey and the shift into post-excavation analysis, interpretation and public storytelling. After ten field seasons of research, the project stands at its own harvest threshold, where accumulated labour, gratitude for community relationships and archaeological knowledge are gathered and carried forward.

Contributions are invited to this exhibition from artists as well as local residents who notice meaningful details in the landscape – places or moments where history, culture, and everyday life intersect.

One does not need to be a professional artist to submit.

Exhibition will be held on the 24th- 26th of July, 2026, in Ballintober, Co. Roscommon.

Deadline to submit: 21st of June, 2026.

More information, here – https://castlesincommunities.com/exhibition-2026-test/

Disclaimer for Feltmakers Ireland Blog

Feltmakers Ireland aims to share information about awards, education, events, exhibitions, and opportunities that you will find interesting. Our sharing is neither paid for by nor an endorsement of these individuals or organisations.

Contact Us: If you have any concerns about content, please email us at feltmakersie@gmail.com.

Questions: For questions about the content, please follow the link to the organisation hosting the event.