INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

APPLYING TO the ARTIST OPEN CALL FROM OUTSIDE THE UK?

  • This year we are working with our international shipping partner PACK & SEND, available to transport your artworks to and from WCPF.

    PACK & SEND specialise in international shipping. They will also professionally pack your items to ensure they are safe and secure. They have years of experience in handling and packing even the most fragile of items.

    PACK & SEND are here to make international shipping as easy as possible for you. They will help with shipping paperwork and customs forms, which are required.

    For queries relating to international transportation, please contact PACK & SEND here.

    Please note, it is the artist’s responsibility to declare the artwork on an international postage customs declaration form and pay any customs costs your country may impose. To help with this, Art Business Info have created a comprehensive guide on international shipping and customs declaration here.

  • We will be providing artists with a pre-completed customs form for international delivery available to download from website.

    We can also offer support for international artists’ customs paperwork-related queries.

  • To keep shipping costs low, we recommend using our dedicated WCPF framing service, whereby artworks can be shipped to the UK unframed.

    We launched Woolwich Contemporary Framing to provide competitively priced exhibition-ready frames. Discover more here.

  • Through our partnerships with Artsy and Kunstmatrix, you can enjoy our Online Edition anywhere in the world.

    This year, we are also offering international artists an option to exhibit ‘online-only’ at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, if you are unable to afford international shipping costs.

We have created a useful guide to support our international artists, to make our application and exhibiting process easier than ever.

To strengthen the international links of art and culture in the UK, we have collated a list of additional country-specific support and contacts for our artists.

  • The Australia Council’s International Engagement Fund supports a range of activity that fosters people-to people connections; creates opportunities for cultural exchange and knowledge sharing; and showcases Australian creativity, culture and identity internationally.

    For more information about funding for Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups, click here.

  • The Canadian Council’s Arts Abroad Fund celebrates the creativity, innovation and excellence of Canadian artists by helping to bring Canadian works to the world.

    Find out more about this funding opportunity here.

  • The Danish Arts Foundation’s International Visual Arts Funding Programme supports Danish artists invited to exhibit abroad.

    For enquires, contact the Danish Arts Foundation’s office for Visual Arts via bild@slks.dk or + 45 33 95 42 00 .

    Visit their website for further information.

  • The Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland is an expert on Finnish culture and society. The Institute supports the internationalisation of Finnish contemporary art and helps artists, researchers and social and cultural actors to create international networks. To discover ways in which they support Finnish artists exhibiting in the UK, visit their website.

  • You can find out more on the different approaches, aids and subsidies proposed by the French Ministry of Culture here.

    Furthermore, the Institut Français in London encourages cross-cultural exchange and presents the best of French culture. They offer financial support to connect French Artists with the British Art Scene. Find out more about their opportunities here.

  • The British Council in Germany have compiled a list of funding opportunities for artists exhibiting in the UK. Discover more here.

  • The British Council in India is committed to ensuring that partners, artists, and audiences in India have access to arts and cultural connections with the UK.

    Through new approaches to their work, they aim to continue to provide dynamic opportunities for artists and creative sectors around the world during a difficult and unpredictable time.

    If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions on how the British Council can provide advice and support, please contact arts.india@britishcouncil.org

    For more information, visit their website.

  • Culture Ireland offers support to Irish professional artists, arts organisations and international presenters to present work by Irish artists at significant international venues and festivals.

    Find out more about this funding here.

  • The Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture is the international call for proposals promoted by the DGCC in support of Italian contemporary creativity, strongly committed to the promotion of Italian art and artistic, critical and curatorial research abroad. To find out more, click here.

  • The Daiwa Foundation awards grants to individuals and institutions in the UK and Japan in all areas of the visual and performing arts. Find out more about the Daiwa Foundation Small Grants here.

    The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation also seeks to promote mutual understanding and cooperation between the UK and Japan through financial support for activities, including Arts and Culture. To learn more about their grants, click here.

  • The British Korean Society has at times funds available for small grants to organisations or individuals for activities or projects in sympathy with our members’ and sponsors’ aims of fostering friendship between the UK and Korea. Find out more here.

  • The Dutch Embassy in London works to promote Dutch art and culture in the UK. They have a number of funds available to support artists exhibiting in the UK. Discover more here.

    The Mondriaan Fund also supports artists taking part in international art fairs. Find out more about their grants here.

  • There is support available from the Camoes Institute in Lisbon, which has grants for international accommodation and transportation. More information can be found here.

  • The Swedish Arts Grants Committee supports the work, development and international contacts of professional artists. It distributes state scholarships and grants to individual artists working in the visual arts, design, music, dance, theatre and film. It is required to keep up-to-date on artists' economic and social conditions. Find out more about their opportunities here.

  • Pro Helvetia promotes the professional contemporary Swiss visual arts with a view to ensuring their diversity as well as their national and international reach. It supports the creation of new artistic works, the dissemination of Swiss art and culture outside Switzerland and cultural exchange in Switzerland.

    Find out more about applying for visual arts funding to support presentations of work at art fairs here.

    Pro Helvetia supports presentations by up-and-coming artists at renowned art fairs in order to boost the artists’ international visibility, enable them to take initial steps into the market and become financially independent.

If you can’t find what you’re looking for and have suggestions for additional country-specific support, please get in touch.