In 2026 Fife Contemporary will have been working across Fife for 20 years – producing exhibitions, programmes and projects connecting Fife audiences with visual art and craft. Across that 20-year period our programmes have frequently fore-fronted our changing environment and supported artists from across Scotland to consider and reflect environmental concerns through practice and in exhibitions; as well as expanding the wider social, political and environmental contexts within which artists make and show their work.
In March 2026 Fife Contemporary will be producing a new exhibition running over a year at two venues across Fife. In this exhibition we want to look back at some of our own significant programmes addressing the climate crisis and also look forward to life in our ever-changing world. The exhibition will explore how artists are dealing with uncertainty and are finding a place to respond; from developing sites of reassurance and security to creating radical resistance.
Exhibition Opportunity Details:
Fife Contemporary are issuing this open call for proposals from artists to feature in our exhibition with the current working theme – ‘The Artist’s Voice in the Permacrisis’.
The dates the exhibition will be open will be:
20 March – 13 September 2026, inclusive at Kirkcaldy Galleries, Fife
3 October 2026 – 7 March 2027, inclusive at St Andrews Museum, Fife
Artists should propose recent work (created in the last 5 years) which seeks to find a response to living with environmental uncertainty or Permacrisis.
Terms:
Fife Contemporary will support successful artists with an exhibition fee of £250 per artist for every 3 months of loan period, from date of receipt of work. If exhibiting in both parts of this exhibition we expect the total fee to be £1000 per artist.
Fife Contemporary will pay all costs of transporting and exhibiting work and will work closely in consultation with the artist to discuss display needs when curating the exhibition.
There is a further contribution of £1000 available to support one artist with the cost of realising a new work to be premiered in the exhibition.
Additional fees will be offered for speaking at events or running workshops.
The artist does not need to pay a fee to apply.
This opportunity is open to:
- Any artist currently living and working in Scotland
We particularly welcome proposals from:
- New or recent graduate artists as an early career opportunity
- BIPOC artists or artists with experience of one or multiple forms of marginalisation
- Artists with additional needs – we also welcome Access Statements and work with artists to support access needs
How to Apply:
Fife Contemporary work across visual art and craft and welcome applications from artists working in all disciplines and fields of practice. We do not mind whether you define your work as visual art or craft and work can include film, music or performance designed for gallery exhibition.
Please supply all files digitally in formats accessible to all platforms such as .pdf, .jpeg, .mov etc.
Fife Contemporary have a dedicated access support budget. Please contact [email protected] if you need additional support to apply or would like this information in a different format.
Your application should include:
- An Artist Statement summarising your practice. Suggested word count, 250 words.
- Up to 5 images (or 3 minutes of film/audio) of the proposed work, alongside a summary statement about the piece you are proposing for the exhibition. If work is in progress, please discuss or explain this here. Suggested word count, 250-500 words.
- An Artist CV
The items listed above are essential to your application. You may also include links to online portfolios, your social media pages or website to support your application if you wish.
An equal opportunities monitoring form can be downloaded here and should be returned with your application.
Find the full Exhibition Callout Document here
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Please submit applications to Fife Contemporary by email to [email protected] by 11am, Tuesday 15th July 2025.