Open calls and competitions
Public opportunities where artists submit prepared works, process context and supporting information.
For Organisations
Run AI art open calls, galleries and cultural programmes with a free starting point.
AI-ARTS gives cultural organisations a practical foundation for programme pages, artist submissions, review, selected results and public gallery release.
Use the free foundation for small or standard activities. Discuss Premium only when a programme needs more concurrent calls, custom domains, stronger branding, larger media capacity, reporting, VR/XR presentation or advisory support.
Supported by Empirical Cultures, the research-led cultural technology organisation behind the AI-ARTS framework.
Programme examples
Examples of cultural programmes and activities
The same foundation can support small curated activities, competitions, exhibitions, workshops, educational programmes and larger public cultural programmes.
Gallery or foundation awards
Awards and curated calls that connect artist recognition, partner evidence and public presentation.
Exhibitions and public galleries
Selected works can be released into public gallery contexts with artist credit and cultural records.
University or school programmes
Structured creative activities where process notes and review records help teaching and reflection.
Workshops and invitation-only activities
Smaller programmes for selected participants, shared documentation and later public release.
Digital festivals, biennales and public engagement
Larger cultural moments with multiple programme strands, public pages, galleries and records.
Programme workflow
From cultural brief to public record.
The organisation workflow keeps the cultural brief, entry path, review decisions and public release connected.
Step 1
Define the goals
Set the programme purpose, audience, artistic focus, dates, awards and public message before opening submissions.
Step 2
Create the activity
Create the public page, submission route, rules, media guidance, timeline, eligibility and review approach.
Step 3
Receive submissions
Artists enter prepared works or private programme drafts with images, descriptions, process notes and any programme-specific questions.
Step 4
Review and assess
Organisers, reviewers or judges assess entries, request changes where suitable and record decisions.
Step 5
Select and release
Selected entries remain private until organisers deliberately release results, galleries or awards.
Step 6
Preserve the record
Published galleries, results, exports and publication records keep the programme understandable after the call ends.
Empirical Cultures
Research-led support for responsible cultural technology.
Empirical Cultures supports AI-ARTS with frameworks for programme framing, rights, provenance, review language, public communication and digital workflow.
Programme framing
Clarify what the call is asking artists to do and how AI-mediated work will be communicated publicly.
Rights and provenance
Support proportionate documentation around source material, process, authorship and consent.
Review and evaluation
Keep review language explainable, culturally literate and useful for funders, partners or archives.
Public communication
Explain AI-mediated work without hype, panic or unnecessary technical obscurity.
Documentation and learning
Support archives, reporting, process records and future evidence use.
Digital workflow and infrastructure
Submission, review, publication, archive and presentation workflows where useful.
Free and Premium
Free foundation. Premium only when programmes need more.
Free is the complete starting point for most cultural organisations. Premium adds capacity, identity, reporting and advisory support for larger or more complex programmes.
Free
A complete starting point for cultural organisations running AI art activities.
For galleries, universities, foundations, festivals, collectives and public programmes that want to run AI or digital art open calls, competitions or cultural activities.
- Organisation profile
- Customisable public call pages and submission forms
- Artist submissions within fair-use upload and storage limits
- Reviewers or judges
- Review, selection and release workflow
- Public results pages
- Public gallery pages for selected works
- Standard image and media support
- Basic VR presentations and standard VR/XR galleries
Premium
For organisations that need more capacity, identity, reporting or tailored support.
Premium keeps the same core service and adds stronger presentation, custom routes and additional support where the programme needs it.
- Everything in Free
- More concurrent active open calls
- Custom domain or subdomain options
- Stronger organisation branding and page styling
- Higher upload, storage and file-size limits
- Reporting for partners, funders or internal evaluation
- Advisory or consultancy support for setup, review process, public communication and responsible delivery
- Customised VR/XR galleries and immersive presentation options where required
For artists
Are you joining as an artist?
The Free and Premium options above are for organisations running cultural programmes. If you are an artist, create a free account to build your profile, share your work and apply to competitions.
Comparison
What changes with Premium?
The free foundation stays available. Premium is only for extra scale, identity, domain options, reporting, advisory support or customised immersive presentation.
| Area | Free | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Open calls | Open calls or competitions for standard programmes | More concurrent active open calls |
| Public pages and forms | Customisable public call pages and submission forms | Same, with stronger branding and page styling |
| Submissions | Artist submissions within fair-use limits | Same, with higher upload, storage and file-size limits |
| Reviewers and judges | Reviewers or judges | Same |
| Review and selection | Review submissions, assess entries, request changes and select works for release | Same |
| Results and galleries | Public results pages and public gallery pages for selected works | Same, with more flexible presentation for larger programmes |
| Organisation identity | Organisation profile | Same, with stronger branding and page styling |
| Domain | Standard organisation route | Custom domain or subdomain options |
| Media | Standard image and media support | Same, with higher upload and storage limits |
| VR/XR galleries | Basic VR presentations and standard VR/XR galleries | Same, with customised VR/XR galleries and immersive presentation options where required |
| Reporting | Basic programme records | Reporting for partners, funders or internal evaluation |
| Advisory support | Standard platform guidance | Advisory or consultancy support for setup, review process, public communication and responsible delivery |
Discuss a programme
Start with the cultural idea, then choose the workflow that fits.
Use the free foundation for galleries, competitions, workshops, public engagement or cultural programmes. Discuss Premium when the programme needs more concurrent activities, stronger branding, larger media limits, reporting or advisory support.