Applications to exhibit open now

The Oud & Wood Artisan Expo is a curated international exhibition celebrating masterful wood craftsmanship and oud-related industries. Organised by CTCS Worldwide Sdn. Bhd., this event connects artisans, industry leaders, and global markets - bringing tradition and innovation under one roof.

Running from 22nd to 25th October 2026, this is an opportunity to explore craftsmanship, network with makers, and witness the fusion of heritage and contemporary design.

The OWA Expo aims to:

• Promote Malaysia’s wood craft and Oud heritage on a global stage.

• Connect wood craft professionals, Oud entrepreneurs, collectors, and investors across borders.

• Facilitate knowledge sharing, market visibility, and regional collaboration in the wood craft and Oud communities.

• Showcase international trends, innovations, and best practices to elevate global standards.

Exhibition opportunities would suit the following artisans and businesses:

• Oud Distillers & Artisans

• Niche Perfumer & After Brands

• Culture Retailers

• Masterclass Facilitators

• Agarwood Plantation Owners

• Master Carvers & Wood Artisans

• Artisanal Furniture & Joinery Studios

• Musical Instrument Luthiers

• Cultural Heritage Woodshops

• Tool & Finish Suppliers

• and more…

How to Apply

Read through the event brochure that includes exhibition packages and pricing. Apply directly to CTCS via owa@ctcs.com.my

Also remember to follow the OWA Artisan Expo on Instagram.

Applications open now!

Jogja Expo Center (JEC), Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Road to INACRAFT Festival 2026 serves as a collaborative platform to strengthen Indonesia’s craft ecosystem by bringing together artisans, MSMEs, designers, buyers, investors, and the public within an integrated series of programs. Through the Road to INACRAFT Festival 2026 approach, the event combines initiatives for business growth and exports, as well as a space for appreciation, education, and retail transactions. Thereby forming a comprehensive ecosystem - from upstream production and brand development to the end market.

Initiated by ASEPHI, INACRAFT Festival 2026 integrates exhibitions, business programs, and cultural experiences into a single national and international scale craft festival platform. The festival underscores the role of culture in strengthening the craft-based creative economy while positioning Yogyakarta as an inspirational stage for cross-generational collaboration.

Information documents:

• Road to Inacraft Festival overview

• Road to Inacraft Festival program of events

Register now for an exhibitor booth:

• Download the form

• Register via the website.

You can also apply to attend the Craft & Cultural Tour using this form.

Follow Road to Inacraft on Instagram and contact the organisers directly via connect@inacraftfestival.com

Applications close 15th May 2026

National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai

Theme: At Play

What forces are at play, shaping and defining the world we experience? What impulses do we contain that form or override these forces?

Play is integral to the human experience and fundamental to the creative process. There is a tension inherent in play that is exhilarating yet risky, competitive yet collaborative. Through play we can put down the weight of a loaded past, imagine radical futures, and yet remain truly present. Play provides not only refuge, but resistance.

Play allows us a sense of joy, moving lightly between structure and chaos without fear of failure. It exists at the threshold of uncertainty - where systems can be questioned, patterns broken, conventions overturned. Play offers us the freedom to pivot, adapt and shape-shift, opening up space for thinking otherwise—about material, making, and consequently about the world we are part of.

In this third edition of the Indian Ceramics Triennale, the exhibition is seen as an incubator of possibilities. Artists are invited to hold this undefined and unknown moment filled with potential, to dare to play through inventiveness, provocation, humour, satire, meaning, absurdity, performance and color. To use play as an institution of and for disruption, dreaming into existence the unexpected and unacknowledged. To question, through play, the forces at play.

Two Zoom information sessions will be organised on APRIL 2 AND APRIL 11 AT 6 PM IST to guide applicants through the process. Follow the link.

Read more about the event and apply to their open call for artists here.

You can also follow ICT on Instagram.

Applications open now

Velanga Orchard, Andhra Pradesh, Jambuneradipalli Village, India

Hosted by Slow Pottery, ‘Self Guided Artist Residencies’ are where you can spend some quality time with your art form in a mango farm in South India, isolated from the hustle bustle of everyday life, immersed in your project, connecting with yourself and like minded artists in the space.

Open to all artists - You could be a writer, a painter, photographer, a ceramic artist, an illustrator, a graphic designer or a movement artist.

Multiple Dates Available:

You can choose from one to four weeks between any of these dates. Minimum stay 6 nights and 7 days

• July 1st to 25th 2026 - hot mango month - includes a summer discount.

• August 17th to 28th 2026

• September 16th to 27th 2026

• October 16th to 27th 2026

• November 10th to December 8th 2026

Other details:

• Accommodation - Double and single occupancy cottages, all built with local materials and vernacular design under the canopy of mango trees to keep it naturally cool. No air conditioning provided.

• Food & Catering - All three meals provided, with snacks, tea and coffee. Wholesome homemade Indian meals cooked fresh

• For Potters - Access to the Slow Pottery studio. No more than 5 artists at a time working together.

• For other artists - A dedicated shared space. Depending on your work and equipment, you can choose your corner. No more than 8 artists will be working together.

Read through their website for more comprehensive information and pricing. To book, please email hello@slowpottery.com.

Follow Slow Pottery on Instagram.

Applications close 31st August 2026

Initiated in 2018, the Golden Camellia International Cultural and Creative Design Competition has grown into a benchmark event rooted in Kunming, based in Yunnan, radiating to South East Asia and facing the world after eight years of development. It holds the consistent theme of "Creativity Changes Life, Integration Creates Value".

The competition focuses on Yunnan’s unique cultural and natural resources, setting up diverse tracks such as intangible cultural heritage activation, world heritage innovation, cross-cultural integration, digital cultural and creative with AIGC, and local characteristic products. It advocates integrating traditional culture with modern technology, and combining artistic value with practical functions. Dozens of the awarded works of the competition have been selected as the “State Gifts" of China. It has formed a complete industrial chain covering creativity, intellectual property protection, industrial landing and international communication, and has achieved remarkable results in talent training and achievement transformation.

The competition has attracted more than 30,000 participants, gathering creative designers, intangible cultural heritage inheritors and craft masters. This year, the competition is reaching internationally to attract more entries from different countries and establishing deep cooperation with overseas arts and crafts organisations.

Open to artists working in visual arts, handicrafts, and other areas of design such as, toys, ornaments, installations, home decor, bookmarks, fridge magnets, calendars.

Free to participate and there are multiple prizes to be won.

How to Apply:

• Read the Guidelines of the Competition for more information

• Submit an application form to jchsjds@vip.163.com and ben88ja@gmail.com

You can also follow Golden Camellia on Instagram

Applications close 12th July 2026

In 2026, the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize celebrates its 25th Anniversary, marking a quarter-century of championing ambitious ideas on an intimate scale while reaffirming the enduring vitality of sculpture.

This nationally significant acquisitive award, brings together artists from across Australia and situates their work within an international context. Now an internationally respected platform for creative brilliance, the Prize fosters ambitious thinking within limited dimensions, encouraging dialogue around scale, material, and the imaginative potential of contemporary sculpture.

Eligible works must be freestanding, suspended or wall-mounted sculptures, designed or completed after July 2025. There is no limit to the number of entries an artist can submit, and collaborative entries are welcome.

A non-refundable entry fee of $51.50 (plus a 0.55% transaction fee) must accompany each entered work. Entry fees contribute towards the cost of organising the Prize and Exhibition.

A total prize pool of $29,000 will be awarded:

• Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize – $25,000

• Special Commendation Award – $2,000

• Mayor’s Award – $1,000

• Viewers’ Choice Award – $1,000

Key Dates:

• Entries close: Sunday 12 July

• Finalists announced: Monday 10 August

• Cut-off for artwork delivery to Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf: Monday 7 September

• Winners announced: Thursday 1 October

• Exhibition of Finalists: Friday 2 October - Sunday 29 November at Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf

• Viewers’ Choice announced: Monday 30 November

Please visit their website to read all the information and the terms and conditions for entry.

You can also follow them on Instagram.

Applications close 31st July 2026 (Japan time)

‘KYOTOOOOOOO-JEWELRY-2026’
Scheduled for 24th October to 1st November 2026. CJST In Cooperation with The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

During the exhibition period, various programs - such as exhibitions, workshops, and performances - will take place across Kyoto at galleries, studios, and shops. CJST will compile all participating programs into an official guide and disseminate the information both domestically and internationally.

Main Participating Programs (Planned)

• Workshops at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (Scheduled for October 25, 2026)

• The 4th CJST Symposium (Scheduled for October 24 and October 31, 2026)

• The 3rd CJST Open Call Exhibition “Brooch” – Selected Artists Exhibition (Venue: FACILE Jewelry)

• Gallery exhibitions across Kyoto

Individuals or groups who meet the following conditions are eligible to apply:

• Ability to organise a jewellery-related program in Kyoto Prefecture during the period from October 24 to November 1, 2026. Participation for a single day or for an extended period within these dates is also welcome. (Exhibitions, workshops, talks, performances, etc.)

• Willingness to consider participation in the Jewellery Walk Rally

  • Visitors collect necklace parts instead of stamps while visiting exhibitions. Visitors will receive a program guide and a dedicated string; by visiting multiple venues, they will complete an original necklace. Each participant is requested to produce and provide approximately 200 parts (bead-like, ring-shaped, etc.) that can be threaded onto a string of approx. 1 mm diameter.

  • Materials, designs, and techniques are open, but parts must have a structure that allows threading.

  • Items that may cause harm to the wearer are not permitted.

  • Participation in the walk rally is not mandatory; however, priority in promotion will be given to those who cooperate.

• Venue arrangement, operation, and costs must be independently managed and covered by each participant.

Submission & Contact Information

Please submit the following information by email to the CJST organising team:

• Participant name (individual or group)

• Project title

• Exhibition / event period

• Venue address

• Description and format (including details such as solo exhibition, performance, admission restrictions, etc.)

• Website or URL (if available)

If there is any uncertain information, please let us know.

Email: info@cjst-japan.com

Read more about the program on the CJST website and follow them on Instagram.

Applications close Friday 24th July 2026

Theme: ‘Shuki Shuhaidai’-Sake ware

The application guideline for 2026 ITAMI International Craft Exhibition is now available. Please note there are separate guidelines for those living inside and outside of Japan.

• Shuki (Sake vessel) – vessels that enrich the pleasure of sharing a toast with Japanese sake.

• Shuhaidai (Sake Cup Stands) – creations that enhance and enliven the atmosphere of a sake gathering. It does not simply refer to stands alone; they encompass anything that adorns, wraps, or carries - indeed, anything that enhances and colors the sake setting. As a theme, they invite broader expression and open the door to new interpretations.

In this competition, they are seeking works that are truly suited to drinking Japanese sake - not wine or whisky, but Sake.

In Japan, where there has long been a tradition of sharing cups of sake on a wide variety of occasions, thoughtfully designed sake ware has developed over time. Japanese sake can be served in many different ways - atsukan (warm), hiya (room temperature), or reishu (chilled) - and its flavor changes significantly depending on the temperature. Accordingly, vessels appropriate to each style of serving are essential.

Shuki and Shuhaidai may be made from any material, including ceramics, metal, glass, wood, lacquer, or textile. The distinctive qualities of each material can transform the atmosphere of a gathering.

While Japanese sake is deeply rooted in tradition, proposals for new styles are most welcome. You are invited to imagine the pleasures and settings of drinking sake, and to propose new scenes of conviviality for people living in contemporary society.

The exhibition will run from Saturday 14th November to Sunday 20th December 2026. Application fees apply.

Head to the Itami Museum website to read the appropriate application guidelines, and follow Itami on Instagram.

Applications open now

27th - 31st May 2026
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Near the Kurmanjan Datka monument at the intersection of Chuy Avenue and Erkindik Boulevard

Theme: “World Cultural Heritage: Traditions, Crafts, Continuity.”

Since 2006, the OIMO festival has contributed to the development of cultural tourism and entrepreneurship based on intangible cultural heritage. It is a significant cultural event in the Kyrgyz Republic and is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Its mission is to promote and preserve the traditional culture and crafts of Kyrgyzstan and the world.

Application:

Participants must be artisans, designers, or creators producing handmade or culturally significant products. All products must be original, of good quality, handmade, and aligned with the theme of traditional culture and crafts.

• Download the event program and participants booklet for all the information.

• Fill in and submit the application form online.

• Approved applications will receive an official invitation letter to apply for a visa if required.

• One booth space (3x3m) will be provided free of charge, but all other costs must be covered by the participant.

Contact Altynai at +996700876299 and email oimofestinfo@gmail.com for any additional event information.

Follow OIMO on Instagram

Applications close 5th May 2026

31st August – 6th September 2026 
Bishkek & Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan

The selection process is conducted in three stages:

1. Stage I – applications accepted until May 5, 2026

2. Stage II – technical selection until May 7, 2026 (verification of application compliance with established requirements)

3. Stage III – expert evaluation and final selection (in-person evaluation of products and determination of the winners – participants of the International Competition) from May 10-18, 2026.

The main areas of the National Selection are:

1. Textiles and felt

2. Jewelry and artistic metalwork

3. Leather crafts

4. Wood carving

5. Ceramics

6. Modern interpretation of traditional crafts

7. Souvenirs and representative products

All expenses for selected winners are fully covered by the organizer.

The application must include: 

1. A completed application form (Appendix 1)

2. A copy of an identity document

3. Participant's portfolio

4. A description of the product or collection

5. Photographs of the product

Read through all the application terms and conditions here.

Send application and passport copy to ethnocraft@worldnomadgames.org