The deadline for 2024 submissions was 21 March, 5pm. If you have submitted an application you can still view the Regualations and FAQs below. Please remember to log back into your submission account from midday, 2 April to view the pre-selection results.
On view from Saturday 11 May – Sunday 16 June 2024, the exhibition will showcase a diverse range of contemporary art and architecture from our Royal Scottish Academicians, invited exhibitors, plus artists and architects carefully selected from online open submissions.
The Open Architecture element aims to highlight some of the most stimulating, contemporary architectural practise across Scotland and beyond.
For this year’s architecture open call, a theme has been set to explore how a body of work might intersect, collide or align around an area of focus.
Submissions are invited for works that respond to the theme of ‘Critical Action’. In the face of an ever-growing climate emergency and rising inequalities we welcome submissions that harness the potential of people, locality, materiality, and environment to positively shape our urban, rural and societal landscapes. We also invite new and developing work that challenges the status quo and ‘imagines what is possible’ (bell hooks, 2012).
The quality and character of works selected should reflect the world within which we work to ensure the RSA’s influence and relevance.
Submissions are accepted in any suitable medium - including models, drawings, collages, photography and film/animations.
Applicants are asked to acknowledge their submission related to the set theme in the 'Artwork Description' section during the application process so that the selection team can better understand the connections being made.
The application deadline has now passed. If you have submitted an application you can still view the Regulations and FAQs above to check details. Please remember to login to the application site from midday 2 April to find out if your work has been pre-selected.
Online Application deadline | Wed 21 Feb 2024 at 5pm |
Pre-selection announced | Tues 2 April 2024 from midday |
Hand-in of works | Fri 26 – Sat 27 April 2024, 10am-4.30pm |
Final selection announced | Wed 1 May 2024 from midday |
Exhibition open to public | Sat 11 May - Sun 16 June |
Collection of works | Wed 19 - Sat 22 June 2024, 10am – 4.30pm |
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