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Calling all artists: Exhibit your sustainability-minded artwork for millions to see and get £2000

21/03/2025
The Gallery open call for artists

One exhibition, 12 artists, 28 days and thousands of billboards and digital screens… The Gallery Season 5 invites artists to make work in response to the theme: ‘It’s Not Easy Being Green’

The Gallery is a new kind of cultural institution without walls that challenges traditional models of viewing art. Season 5 will go live in October 2025 in partnership with The British Council as part of their UK/Brazil Season of Culture.

Conversations about climate change dominate the global agenda. From corporate greenwashing to debates about single use plastics, carbon footprints and environmentally-sustainable living, Kermit the Frog’s singular line “It’s Not Easy Being Green” takes on a whole new meaning. 

What can art bring to the conversation? How can it inspire meaning and generate ideas to help our societies navigate the environmental challenges that lie ahead?

This call out is open to practitioners aged 18+, working at any level, including students. Artists can be based anywhere in the world. This initiative exists to champion ground-breaking artworks by artists at any stage of their practice. Below is a list of what all artists receive, including a fee of £2,000.

All artists receive: 

  • A fee of £2,000  
  • Support from Creative Director Martin Firrell  
  • Support from our exhibition Curator Bakul Patki 
  • An international platform to exhibit work including through the dedicated website at thegallery.org.uk
  • The services of a designer to format the artwork for digital and print if required 
  • Costs of production, mounting, and leasing of the advertising spaces  
  • Selected photographic documentation of the artwork displayed outdoors 
  • Scheduled online meet-ups with fellow contributing artists and team  
  • Participation in online discussion regarding making art for the public realm  
  • Invitation to exhibition launch in October. If based in the UK, reasonable travel and one night’s accommodation will be included. For artists based outside of the UK, a travel stipend of £200 towards any/all travel expenses, including visa fees and one night’s accommodation is included.  
  • For those based outside the UK, Artichoke will explore additional means of support towards travel costs where possible (e.g. from Embassies, Trusts and Foundations). 

Deadline: Sunday 13 April 2025, 23:59 GMT

Find out more and apply via thegallery.org.uk.

For more information please contact the Corporate Communications Team.