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title: "OPEN CALL: Fringe Arts Bath 2026 - 'New Only:Only New'"
description: Open call for a curated group exhibition in Bath, UK as part of Fringe Arts Bath Festival 2026 (22 May–6 June). Free to apply, all media welcome.
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status: closed
createdAt: "2026-03-30"
updatedAt: "2026-10-21"
programType: Exhibition
organization: Fringe Arts Bath
organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/fringe-arts-bath
deadline: "2026-04-11"
location: Bath, United Kingdom
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disciplines:
  - drawing
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  - Emerging artist
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# OPEN CALL: Fringe Arts Bath 2026 - 'New Only:Only New'

**Hosted by:** Fringe Arts Bath

**Type:** Exhibition | **Location:** Bath, United Kingdom | **Deadline:** April 11, 2026

## About This Program

> "Process-based work celebrating organic making, chance, and impulse; influenced by the Fluxus movement. Work that is brand new and free from artificial influence."

'NEW ONLY : ONLY NEW' - Curated by Chloë Dowsett

I would like to explore the organic world of process based work. Work that consecutively changes through chance, impulse, making and interaction.
To retract from the progression of artificial autonomy by celebrating what cannot be searched or generated.

The exhibition invites artwork that is brand new. Drawing, printing, dancing, collaboration, performance, words or and media that hold no influence to this saturation of artificial outlooks.
This exhibit is heavily influenced by the Fluxus movement and what it stands for, the present.

APPLICANTS:
- Any medium
- Artists or not
- Challenging ideologies
- Experimental

'New only : only new' is part of Fringe Arts Bath Festival 2026 (FaB), with 17 exhibition & project call-outs forming the FaB Festival programme, 22 May - 6 June 2026 in Bath, UK.

FaB is a test-bed for new ideas, a platform for early-career curators & artists, and those who prefer to operate outside of the gallery-based arts scene. FaB aims to raise the profile of contemporary visual arts in Bath and beyond.

FaB festival is a free, 2 week festival putting art in unusual places in unexpected ways for people to happen across and interact with, with exhibitions, interventions and events based in Bath, UK.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Career Stage:** Emerging artist
- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** drawing, installation, mixed media, printmaking, performance
- **Note:** Open to artists or non-artists. Any medium accepted. Work must be brand new.

### Additional Requirements

Email new@fringeartsbath.co.uk with: exhibition/project name in email title; max 200 words about your work and how it fits the call-out (written, audio file, video or another format); images of the work or links to video/performance work; any relevant links (optional).

## Timeline

- **Opens:** March 30, 2026
- **Deadline:** April 11, 2026
- **Program Start:** May 22, 2026
- **Program End:** June 6, 2026

## Contact

**Contact:** Chloë Dowsett

**Email:** new@fringeartsbath.co.uk

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/new