Wyn Open Call Edition III: Winemaking in Essex

About this call

Wyn and Focal Point Gallery invite artists to propose a new commission for Wyn's third Edition, which spotlights Essex, United Kingdom, as an emerging wine region. The work responds to Essex's sense of locality as it is transformed by its new wine industry, and results in an artistic intervention on 100 bottles of Essex wine. The intervention can be uniform across the 100 bottles or varied. There are no limitations on media: stickers, stamping, screen printing, acid etching, painting, textile and other two or three dimensional applications can be considered. The bottles are filled before the artwork is applied, which may limit higher temperature or more intensive processes, and the glass must stay structurally sound. One commission is awarded. The artist works with the Wyn team and a graphic and industrial design team that helps with production and applies the mandatory product disclosure guidelines for alcohol products. The selected artist is contacted in January 2027 and the commission goes live in Summer 2027.

Who can apply

• Open to applicants of any nationality
• Medium: Mixed Media / Painting / Printmaking / Textile
• Entry fee: See official site
• Open to artists aged 18 or over with a link to Essex or a significant interest in Essex. Duos and collectives may apply, but the fee stays the same; you may apply both as part of a collective and as an individual. Submit through the online form: contact details, a short biography (200 words max), 5 artworks that represent your practice, with artwork information (title, duration, credit line), moving image works as an excerpt of 5 minutes max, a proposal or expression of interest for this commission (300 words max) and the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form at the end of the form. Printable forms can be posted to the gallery if the online form is a barrier. Applications that do not meet the criteria are disqualified. The public pages do not state an application fee.