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VISUAL Carlow Open Call 2027 - Exhibition Proposals
VISUAL Carlow and Carlow Arts Office · Carlow, Ireland
Free open call for a professional artist, duo or group at any career stage to realise an ambitious exhibition at VISUAL, Carlow, in September 2027, with an artist fee, production budget and curatorial support.
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Who can enter
- Location
- Open worldwide
- Age
- No age limit
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Any medium
- Status
- Professional artists only
- Collectives
- Collectives and duos welcome
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- Professional visual artists, duos or groups at any career stage, from anywhere; proposal-based.
About
VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art in Carlow, with Carlow Arts Office, runs an annual open call inviting exhibition proposals from professional visual artists working in any media, at any career stage, locally, nationally or internationally. Duos and groups are welcome. The selected artist receives an artist fee, a significant production budget agreed with VISUAL, curatorial, production, technical and marketing support, access to specialist fabricators and transporters, and a related learning programme.
For the 2027 programme, applications closed at 5pm on 22 May 2026, submitted by email with up to ten examples of work, a proposal outline of up to 500 words (or three minutes of video) and a CV. There is no submission fee. A shortlist was announced at the end of June 2026, with shortlisted artists paid to develop expanded proposals by the end of August and the winner announced in September 2026. The exhibition opens in September 2027.