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Now open: call-out to Artists for
Fringe Arts Bath Festival 2025

Deadline - Fri 11 April - 23:59 GMT

About FaB: Fringe Arts Bath (FaB) is a test bed for new ideas, a platform for early career curators and artists, and those who prefer to operate outside the gallery-based art scene.

Here you can read short descriptions of the 20+ exhibitions, projects and events we are supporting for the Fringe Arts Bath Festival programme 2025.

To find out more please click the link or image relating to any project, including media accepted and details of how to apply.

All are welcome to apply, from anywhere in the world, with any level of experience, whether you consider yourself an Artist or not.

Application is free, you can apply to as many projects as you wish. Selected artists will be asked for a £22 donation to help cover costs of this volunteer-led festival.

See our FAQs here for more details: fringeartsbath.co.uk/faq, and contact the FaB team if you have further questions: info@fringeartsbath.co.uk.

You hate my job, but you need it

The exhibition explores jobs that are socially appreciated but not valued or considered aspirational. People do not value these jobs economically or socially, and they see them as "stupid jobs." However, they allow us to have a better quality of life.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/need for full info.

YOu are the light

“Light from without. Light from within. The light of my shadow!” We invite artists, from multiple disciplines, to submit works which explore the theme of the “embodiment of light”.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/you for full info.

urban biophilia - your sanctuary

We invite works to help create a sanctuary where the ‘outside' is brought ‘inside' just for a moment… the healing power of nature manifests through varied art forms, acting as conduits to increase wellbeing.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/urban for full info.

sent from…

‘Sent From…’ invites you to design and write a postcard, anonymously. To a friend, family member, acquaintance or even stranger to express, through design and writing, unsaid sentiments or words.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/sent for full info.

screenplay

The SCREENPLAY exhibition will present works made for light projection or monitor display, with an emphasis on pieces that reach beyond the conventions of narrative, storytelling, information and persuasion.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/screenplay for full info.

rehearsing embodied ecologies: a practice of world-making

We are in a time of climate catastrophe. A time where the remnants of colonial violence echo and shake the ground beneath us. 'rehearsing embodied ecologies' is an attempt of collecting practices, art, conversations, perspectives, to find common ground.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/rehearsing for full info.

lusus naturae: empathy and the unusual

Lusus Naturae will consider different emotional, physical and metaphorical interpretations of what it means to be or feel like a 'freak of nature', to witness or experience a profound individuality outside of social norms.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/naturae for full info.

’like a breach in nature’

"Like A Breach In Nature" is an exhibition exploring alternate realities, surreal environments, and uncanny landscapes, where animals dominate, creating an alternate ecology that delves into escapism, otherness, and fabricated worlds.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/breach for full info.

insert there

Insert There invites artists to reimagine the placement for their work, exploring art's relationship with context by digitally or physically inserting creations into real or fictional spaces.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/insert for full info.

in search of ghosts

‘In Search of Ghosts’ is an interdisciplinary exhibition pioneering relationships between art and archaeology in exploration of how people have lived differently over time.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/ghosts for full info.

human-machine co-creation

Experience a "post-human" future through interactive art, digital media, and thought-provoking works. Explore identity, AI's role, and societal shifts. Join us to rethink creativity!
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/machine for full info.

habitual states

An interdisciplinary exhibition that explores, re-examines and represents natural places that shape us. Seeking works that circle themes of memory, time, land and identity through creation and ritual.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/habitual for full info.

good soup

Good Soup explores Bath's ecology through foraging and cooking practices. It aims to create an interdisciplinary public programme with workshops, sensory walks, and communal meals celebrating local ecosystem.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/soup  for full info.

gentle words fall upon loving ears

Why should the celebration of our love be confined to just one month of the year, when the love we share is ever-present, woven into the fibres of everyday life?
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/gentle  for full info.

Free-for-All

Reimagining our Common Wealth. Artists, makers and digital commoners are invited to submitbvwork in any media, that celebrates our deep capacity to share resources with generosity and foresight.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/free for full info.

FaB Photomarathon

Date TBC. It’s a simple challenge: submit 20 photos, in response to 20 themes, taken in the right order over 10h. Far more than that, the FaB Photomarathon takes you on a psychogeographical ramble through the city of Bath, UK, for the 19th year.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/photomarathon for full info.

earthbound: art, migration, and material connections

Exhibition using foraged local materials—clay, wood, pigments—or photography and performance exploring migration, resilience, and ecology. Open to site-specific works and artist interventions engaging with natural processes and environments.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/earthbound full info.

coquette cornucopia

Artists and culinary creators explore food, rituals, and sculpture in an immersive exhibition blending art, design, and sensory experiences. Celebrate gathering, tradition, and creativity through functional objects, non-functional works, and curated ceremonies.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/coquette for full info.

community - - what does it mean to you?

I am looking for art that explores what makes a community— it’s people people, its’ places, what stimulates the senses and our souls from food to festivals…
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/community  for full info.

catnip

CATNIP invites works celebrating humanity’s timeless relationship with cats, exploring the rich and complex dynamics of the human-cat relationship, from their ancient reverence to their role in contemporary digital culture.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/catnip for full info.

art maps

A map is not just topography. It can be any kind of creative journey; a timeline, a mental journey, an evolution of an idea or to record a process.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/maps for full info.

Volunteers

Join the team! We're always looking for help, from regular festival production sessions year-round to festival set-up & take-down, behind-the-scenes tech, event stewards, invigilators, photographers, data collectors and other ad-hock help.
To find out more visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/support

Events

Inviting submissions for workshops / dance / performance / films / participatory / intervention and other time-based work for FaB’s live events program.
Max 200 words (written or audio file or short video) + images / video / sound / links via email to submissions@fringeartsbath.co.uk

Groups & Collectives

Inviting artist groups & collectives with work of a high standard that they wish to show.
Send max 200 words (written or audio file or short video) + images / video / sound / links via email to submissions@fringeartsbath.co.uk

CAN YOU SUPPORT FAB?

You can make a donation, or share some skills and a little of your time by volunteering, click here to find out more.