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Call for Submissions: The 10th CICA New Media Art Conference & Exhibitions 2026

artsforla on October 7, 2025

Call for Submissions: The 10th CICA New Media Art Conference & Exhibitions 2026

Call for Papers

CICA Museum invites creative writers, scholars, and artists worldwide to participate in the 10th CICA New Media Art Conference 2026 and publication. We welcome proposals for paper presentations, workshops, experimental sessions, and artistic performances.

Accepted contributors will have the opportunity to present and exchange ideas with peers. Please note that all presenters are required to register and attend the conference in person. Presenters and exhibitors who participate on-site will be featured in the book “New Media Art 2027,” scheduled for publication in December 2026. The book will be distributed through major bookstores in Korea and made available internationally via the CICA Press website.

*This year’s categories include:
-Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Art
-AI Ethics, Creativity, and Authorship
-Art and Climate Change
-Environmental & Eco-Art Practices
-Art in a Global/Post-Pandemic Society
-Art, Social Media, and Digital Communities
-New Media Culture & Digital Aesthetics
-Art, Politics, and Activism
-Political Issues in Contemporary Art
-Art Market and Institutional Critique
-Issues in Art Schools and Education
-Art and Copyright, Intellectual Property & Digital Rights
-Blockchain, NFT, and Web3 Art
-Data Visualization & Algorithmic Aesthetics
-Single-Channel Video & Animation
-New Media Installations & Hybrid Environments
-Interactive & Participatory Art
-Virtual, Augmented & Mixed Reality Art
-Immersive Media and Spatial Storytelling
-3D Printed & Digital Fabrication Art
-Performance Addressing Media & Technology
-Bio Art, Post-Humanism & Art/Science Collaborations
-Archiving, Preservation, and Curating Digital Art

* How to submit:
Please visit our website for more information.
(https://cicamuseum.com/call-for-submissions-the-10th-cica-new-media-art-conference-exhibitions-2026/)

Call for Exhibitions

CICA Museum invites artists worldwide to participate in the Solo Exhibition Series for the 10th CICA New Media Art Conference 2026 and publication. Selected artists will be given a solo exhibition in the gallery space, with approximately 44 square meters assigned to each artist. During the conference week, “CICA NMAC 2026 Showcase: Group Exhibition by NMAC Exhibitors” will also be held, showcasing one work from each exhibitor for conference attendees and visitors. All accepted artists and researchers will have the opportunity to present and discuss their work with peers.

Please note that all exhibitors are required to register and attend the conference in person. Presenters and exhibitors who participate on-site will be featured in the book New Media Art 2027, scheduled for publication in December 2026. The book will be distributed through major bookstores in Korea and will also be available internationally via the CICA Press website.

*This year’s categories include:
-Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Art
-AI Ethics, Creativity, and Authorship
-Art and Climate Change
-Environmental & Eco-Art Practices
-Art in a Global/Post-Pandemic Society
-Art, Social Media, and Digital Communities
-New Media Culture & Digital Aesthetics
-Art, Politics, and Activism
-Political Issues in Contemporary Art
-Art Market and Institutional Critique
-Issues in Art Schools and Education
-Art and Copyright, Intellectual Property & Digital Rights
-Blockchain, NFT, and Web3 Art
-Data Visualization & Algorithmic Aesthetics
-Single-Channel Video & Animation
-New Media Installations & Hybrid Environments
-Interactive & Participatory Art
-Virtual, Augmented & Mixed Reality Art
-Immersive Media and Spatial Storytelling
-3D Printed & Digital Fabrication Art
-Performance Addressing Media & Technology
-Bio Art, Post-Humanism & Art/Science Collaborations
-Archiving, Preservation, and Curating Digital Art

*How to submit your work:
Please visit our website for more information.
(https://cicamuseum.com/call-for-submissions-the-10th-cica-new-media-art-conference-exhibitions-2026/)

Salary: None 

Benefits: Accepted contributors will have the opportunity to present and exchange ideas with peers. Please note that all presenters are required to register and attend the conference in person. Presenters and exhibitors who participate on-site will be featured in the book “New Media Art 2027,” scheduled for publication in December 2026. The book will be distributed through major bookstores in Korea and made available internationally via the CICA Press website.

Selected artists will be given a solo exhibition in the gallery space, with approximately 44 square meters assigned to each artist. During the conference week, “CICA NMAC 2026 Showcase: Group Exhibition by NMAC Exhibitors” will also be held, showcasing one work from each exhibitor for conference attendees and visitors. All accepted artists and researchers will have the opportunity to present and discuss their work with peers.

Education requirements: None 

Deadline to apply: October 30, 2025 

Documents required to apply: Work Sample/Portfolio

How to apply: Please visit our website for more information.

Innovate Grants

artsforla on October 6, 2025

FALL 2025 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce our newly increased award amounts of $1,800.00.

Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (12) honorable mentions (6 in art and 6 in photo), will be featured on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. Innovate Grant’s commitment extends beyond the grant cycle by promoting the work of selected winners and honorable mentions into the future. For more information and to apply visit https://innovateartistgrants.org

Innovate Grant supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants. We’ve simplified the grant process, so that artists and photographers can focus on making their innovative work. The work should speak for itself and our application reflects that.

Innovate Grant awards:
+ 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Visual Artist
+ 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Photographer
+ 12 x Honorable Mentions

Explore the work of ALL Past Innovate Grant recipients and read their interviews at https://innovateartistgrants.org

How to Apply: Visual Artists and Photographers 18 years and older, from all around the world, are eligible to apply. All media and genres are accepted. All applicants retain the right to the work they submit. Apply today at https://innovateartistgrants.org

Category: Multiple disciplines and genres accepted
Deadline: Thursday, December 11, 2025 – Submit by 11:59PM Pacific Standard Time
Region: US & International
Awards: 2 x $1,800.00 USD Grants // 12 x Honorable Mentions

Apply Online Today
https://innovateartistgrants.org

Salary: Innovate Grant awards: + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Visual Artist + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Photographer + 12 x Honorable Mentions

Benefits: Innovate Grant awards:
+ 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Visual Artist
+ 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Photographer
+ 12 x Honorable Mentions

Education requirements: None 

Deadline to apply: November 12, 2025 

Documents required to apply: Work Sample/Portfolio

How to apply: Visual Artists and Photographers 18 years and older, from all around the world, are eligible to apply. All media and genres are accepted. All applicants retain the right to the work they submit. Apply today at our website.  

Call for Artists: International Youth Art Competition and Showcase 2026

artsforla on October 5, 2025

CICA Museum invites young artists worldwide, ages 14 to 22, to participate in the “International Youth Art Competition and Showcase 2026.” Selected artists will receive a digital certificate, with a printed copy available for in person pickup. Selected works including photographs, prints, paintings, video art, sculptures, and installations will be presented in a group exhibition at the CICA Museum.

* Deadline: October 23, 2025

* Categories
– Photographs & 2D Digital Art
– Video & Interactive Art
– Painting, Sculpture & Installation Art

* Installation Guidelines
– Photographs & 2D Digital Art
Selected works will be printed in 10×15 or 10×10 inches, framed, and installed by our curators and assistants. Upon request, works can be printed and framed in larger sizes; additional fees may apply.

– Video & Interactive Art
The Museum will provide projectors and DVD/DIVX players. Multiple single-channel works will be screened through a projector. If a work requires an exclusive projector or more than two projectors/monitors, please indicate this in your submission email. Additional fees may apply.

– Painting, Sculpture & Installation Art
Artists are responsible for the shipment and return of their physical works, as well as all related expenses. Two-dimensional works should not exceed 39 inches (1 m) on the longest side. Installation pieces should not exceed 39×39×79 inches (1×1×2 m, w×l×h). Wall-mounted works should not exceed 10 kg. If you wish to submit works exceeding these size or weight limits, please indicate this in your submission email.

* Exhibition Dates: May 6 – 24, 2026
(Dates subject to change)

* How to submit your work:
Please visit our website for more information.
(https://cicamuseum.com/international-youth-art/)

Salary: None 

Benefits:CICA Museum invites young artists worldwide, ages 14 to 22, to participate in the “International Youth Art Competition and Showcase 2026.” Selected artists will receive a digital certificate, with a printed copy available for in person pickup. Selected works including photographs, prints, paintings, video art, sculptures, and installations will be presented in a group exhibition at the CICA Museum.

Education requirements: None 

Deadline to apply: October 23, 2025

Documents required to apply: Work Sample/Portfolio

How to apply: Please visit our website for more information.

Artist-in-Residence Program at the UCLA Film & Television Archive

artsforla on September 30, 2025

The UCLA Film & Television Archive will host an emerging artist for two weeks to activate the Archive’s collection in their artistic practice. The program provides the artist with time, support and access to select Archive collections.

Application deadline: Monday, November 14, 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time
For more information about the residency and to submit an application, please visit the Archive’s website: https://cinema.ucla.edu/blogs/archive-blog/apply-2026-artist-in-residence-program

The Archive recognizes that barriers to archival access have limited engagement with this rich collection, particularly among emerging artists and cultural producers from marginalized communities. In the selection process, the advisory committee will prioritize proposals that are responsive to today’s cultural context. The candidate is not required to have an academic background and can work in the visual arts, archiving, filmmaking and time-based media. The program is not open to currently enrolled students. The Archive will provide an honorarium of $10,750 for the selected artist-in-residence. This program is made possible with support from the Golden Globes Foundation.

Salary: $10,750 

Benefits: The Archive will provide an honorarium of $10,750 for the selected artist-in-residence and access to the Archive’s holdings in select collections.

Education requirements: None 

Deadline to apply: November 14, 2025 

Documents required to apply: Resume, Work Sample/Portfolio, Other

How to apply: For more information about the residency and to submit an application, please visit the Archive’s website. 

Call for art

artsforla on August 19, 2025

Full link to open call: https://tinyurl.com/j3f262SW

OBJECTIVE
BLUE COLLAR CRIME, as a show, produces work that highlights working class solidarity and seeks out humor, invention, pleasure, and irreverence in the instability of our current moment. The exhibition is borne out of a recognition that corporate interests operate by a different set of rules and profits at the expense of our collective well being. Private industry’s failure to contribute their share of taxes, destruction of the environment, stagnation of wages, monopolization of industry, and so forth. In short, their white collar crime has produced an increasingly precarious world with which our only response can be blue collar crime.

The exhibition BLUE COLLAR CRIME distinguishes itself from the existing connotations of blue-collar crime as less sophisticated or more violent than white collar crime. BLUE COLLAR CRIME learns its lessons as the bastard step-sibling to white collar crime; it is subversive, furtive, unpredictable, conspiratorial, and fugitive. It delights, confuses, and surprises; it is the absurd born from the absurd. Through the exhibition, we define BLUE COLLAR CRIME and a language of possibility from a place of uncertainty.

GUIDELINES
Artists may submit works of any medium that:

-Reimagines blue collar crime (for example, defying hostile architecture, starting an illegal garden in an abandoned plot, disrupting ATM’s, or even memes that uses humor to encourage dissent)

-Represents blue collar joy, and/or class solidarity

-Responds to white collar crime, or the history of white/blue collar crime

-Responds to the categorization of different colored, collared crimes

-Responds to any part of the objective

Artists may submit multiple works of any medium.
All artwork submitted must be ready to hang or install.
Artists outside of Los Angeles should be prepared to cover the cost of shipping.
Artists working in new media, film, or video may be required to use your own equipment for the exhibition.
Extra consideration will be given to pieces that are mischievous, fun, critical.

Salary: Not applicable 

Benefits: Selected artists will be included in a group exhibition titled BLUE COLLAR CRIME debuting in December 2025, presented by a gallery in Los Angeles (details will be provided for artists who are invited to participate in the show).

Education requirements: None 

Deadline to apply: November 15, 2025

Documents required to apply: Work Sample/Portfolio

How to apply: Visit our website

Fill out Google document

$4,500 & $1,000 Artist Grants

artsforla on August 13, 2025

The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for our Fall 2025 artist grants.

For this open call, we have increased grant amounts to $4,500.

We will be providing 6 grants totaling $13,000 USD.

2 artists will each receive $4,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000.

This is an open call, all media eligible.

Our open call provides you with a direct path to get your work in front of an international community of curators, artists, gallerists, and arts administrators.

We support artists working in all visual art media, from diverse backgrounds, in wide-ranging geographic locations.

Recent/Past California based grant winners include:
— J. Carino, Riverside, California (2025)
— Abdulhamid Kircher, Los Angeles, California (2023)
— Ville Kansanen, California (2023)
— Kira Dominguez Hultgren, San Francisco, California (2020)
— Elena Bajo, Los Angeles, California (2019)
— Mark Baugh-Sasaki, San Francisco, California (2019)
— Isabel Yellin, Los Angeles, California (2019)
— Maja Ruznic, Los Angeles, California (2018)
— Erik Parra, San Francisco, California (2018)

In addition to grants, 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via our online Journal as well as our Instagram feed, currently reaching an audience over 150k.

Deadline: November 11, 2025

Visit https://hopperprize.org to submit your work

Salary: $4,500 & $1,000 Artist Grants

Benefits: 2 artists will each receive $4,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000.

Education requirements: None 

Deadline to apply: November 11, 2025 

Documents required to apply: Work Sample/Portfolio

How to apply: Submit your work via our website