Open Call for Light Installation Artist: Light Up Kilburn 2026

About the Open Call

Are you an artist, designer or architect working with outdoor light installations? Hive Curates invites local and national artists to submit expressions of interest for Light Up Kilburn 2026. Help us illuminate Kilburn Grange Park during one of the darkest winter months and create a unifying space for the local community. Taking place across two evenings in February 2026, Light Up Kilburn will transform Kilburn Grange Park into a captivating immersive experience of light. Hive Curates and Camden Council invites artists to submit proposals for outdoor light installations. Artists are encouraged to respond to the festival’s themes of biodiversity and women’s night-time safety, both with the aim of uniting communities. We welcome submissions in the form of existing artworks and new ideas, with particular interest in proposals that consider community engagement. There are a number of opportunities available for this open call. Background: Light Up Kilburn - took place in February 2024, using light artworks and illuminations to light up buildings on the High Street and Kilburn Grange Park. Working with schools, community groups, businesses and local artists, Light Up Kilburn created a moment of cohesion and community pride which has left a lasting legacy. Festival Dates: Friday 27th - Saturday 28th February 2026.

What is Offered

An artist fee of £5,000 (plus VAT) for the creation and exhibition of a light installation at Kilburn Grange Park.

Requirements

Artists, designers, or architects working with outdoor light installations are invited to apply. Applicants can be local or national artists. Selected artists must be available for installation on Thursday, February 26th, and de-installation on Saturday, February 28th (after 9 pm) and/or Sunday, February 29th, 2026. The artist fee must cover production, hire, transport, install, de-install, and any community engagement.

How to Apply

In the first stage we are asking artists to register their interest in the Open Call via the provided Expression Of Interest link. For more information, please download the PDF artist brief.