Open Call for Graduate & Early Career Artists

Draíocht is delighted to announce an Open Call as part of its 25th Birthday Exhibition Programme which will take place in its Galleries between 04 March-02 May 2026, Curated by Aisling Prior.

Works shown will be selected by way of a 2-stage Open Submission.

The objective of the Open Call Exhibition is to support and celebrate work by 

1) Graduate visual artists of the last four years (2022 to 2025) from recognised third level art colleges across the island of Ireland and abroad, at BA, MA or PhD levels who are from, live in or work in Fingal
and
2) Early career artists who are from, live in or work in Fingal

The Open Call exhibition will provide a platform for work from emerging artists as Draíocht enters into its 25th Birthday year.

Each participating artist will receive a fee of €350.
25 artists will be selected to show their work. 
 

The Selection Panel

The Selection Panel for the Open Call Submission are: 
Aisling Prior (Exhibition Curator)
Emer McGowan (Director, Draíocht)
Sarah O’Neill (Fingal County Council Arts Officer)
Rich Gilligan (Artist) 
Bassam Issa Al-Sabah (Artist).   
The panel will be chaired by Aisling Prior, (Curator) and the process will be coordinated by Draíocht.

Closing date for submission
31st December 2025, 5pm

Submissions to:   draiocht25opencall@gmail.com

For Guidelines and an Entry Form, please see the downloads below.