Open Call for the FFA Gallery (Galerie FaVU) for 2026, app. deadline 31 August 2025
The Faculty of Fine Arts of the BUT announces a call for artists and curators to submit exhibition projects to the FFA Gallery (Galerie FaVU) for the year 2026. The call is open to individuals, groups or collectives both the Czech Republic and abroad. We welcome visual, audiovisual, and sound projects that respond to current social issues. Please note that this call does not apply to ongoing diploma and bachelor theses or studio presentations without further conceptual specification. There are no thematic restrictions for the conception of exhibition projects. The primary selection criterion is the quality of the exhibition project in its contemporary context. For the 2026 exhibition season, we plan to support seven projects. The submitted projects will be evaluated by the FFA Gallery Advisory Board.
Applications are submitted online at: https://forms.gle/XFs1fthyTZpmmaqM8
Deadline for submission is 31 August 2025.
The gallery provides:
- exhibition space (hall 67 m² and basement 59 m²)
- exhibition guarding
- financial support for the costs of the exhibition in the amount of 20 000 CZK (including fees)
- production, technical support and PR of the exhibition
Criteria for project submission:
- completed online application form
- a brief description of the project, including visual documentation
- portfolio of the artist/curator incl. CV
Basic information about the gallery:
FFA Gallery (Galerie FaVU) is a vibrant communication space for an emerging generation of artists and curators. It is an experimental laboratory for open dialogue with the academic environment and the public. It offers a background for professional presentation to young artists not only from the ranks of students and PhD students, but also graduates of art schools. The basic mission of the FFA Gallery is to present remarkable results in the field of visual, audiovisual and sound creation.
During the renovation of its original premises on Údolní Street, FFA Gallery will be located in a 19th-century former distillery building at Pekařská 436/78 (in the former cultural centre Distillery). This space is situated in a courtyard within the busiest street of the Old Town of Brno ("Staré Brno"), within walking distance from the faculty buildings.
The gallery layout consists of two main parts – a hall on the raised ground floor and cellar spaces. The hall is a room measuring 10.7 × 6.3 meters. At the rear of the hall, there is a brick podium running across the entire width with a depth of 1.8 meters. The ceiling is vaulted in bands, and the walls are decorated with historic tiles up to a height of 160 cm, as is the floor. The space is illuminated by two tall factory windows and also has electric lighting. The cellar spaces are accessible via stairs from the courtyard. The central vaulted room measures 4.5 × 8.8 meters and is connected to a smaller vaulted space measuring 4.8 × 2.8 meters, accessible through a corridor (1.6 × 3.6 meters). The cellar can be completely darkened, as it has no natural light and only electric lighting. For openings and accompanying programs, a courtyard decorated with greenery and equipped with outdoor furniture is also available.
Photos, floor plans and information about exhibition programme can be found here.
| Author | Mgr. Tímea Vitázková |
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