Deadline for online application: 30.09.2026. The Festival of Contemporary Bulgarian Ceramics / 2026 will be held in the city of Sofia from 21 Dec 2026 until 20 Jan 2027 with the kind assistance of the Ministry of Culture and the support of Union of Bulgarian Artists (UBA). Theme of the Festival: "The Texture of Time": Time doesn't just leave traces – it creates textures. In every crack, every surface and every memory lies a story that ceramic art can tell. We expext you with new creative searches in this beautiful theme...

Deadline for applications: September 15, 2026. Submission fee: $15. Published in print and digital editions at the end of the year, Ceramics Now Annual will feature at least 20 artists selected through an international open call and will continue as a yearly editorial project. We will select at least 20 artists working with ceramics whose work reflects unique individual perspectives and the creative potential of ceramics today. Selected artists will be featured in Ceramics Now Annual 2026, to be released in December. The digital edition will be free to read, giving selected artists broad international visibility. To celebrate 16 years of Ceramics Now in December, we are delighted to invite ceramic artists from around the world to be part of the first Ceramics Now Annual, a new flagship publication created to discover and spotlight new artists, ideas, and perspectives shaping contemporary ceramics....

The Union of Bulgarian Artists announces a competition for a creative (two-month) residency at the Cité internationale des arts, Paris for the calendar year 2026. The aim of the competition is to select up to 12 artists (residents), full members of the UBA.

The Union of Bulgarian Artists announces a competition for a creative (two-month) residency at the Cité internationale des arts, Paris for the calendar year 2026. The aim of the competition is to select up to 12 artists (residents), full members of the UBA...

Balkan Quadrennial of Painting "Myths and Legends of My People", which takes place in the city of Stara Zagora, is a contemporary art competition. The event takes place every four years, with the first edition dating to 2004. This December 2024, will be conducted the sixth edition of Balkan Quadrennial of Painting. The Quadrennial is accessible to painters...

Dear colleague!
We are pleased to inform you that your works have been approved for the second round of the selection and we expect them in Sofia until 20 November 2023.
We would like to remind you that the graphics are to be sent unframed and without mount, arranged as shipments, declared as printed materials with no commercial value.
The Triennial is unable to take up customs operations and duties and such packages will not be able to be released and processed.
You are kindly asked to complete and sign the attached form and send it both electronically and as a printout in the tube with the graphics.
The fee payment deadline is also 20 November.
For convenience of the authors on-site acceptance of graphics has also been arranged to take place on 21 November, Tuesday, from 10 to 18 h at the Union of Bulgarian Artists, 6 Shipka, Sofia, where the entry fee can also be paid.
The results of the selection will be announced on 25 November.
From the Triennial team