Inês Coelho da Silva & Kita Rancaño Ward and Walla Capelobo were the artists selected for the Open Call for Artists, who will receive creative grants of €2,500 each and carry out artistic residencies to develop new projects to be presented at the 1st edition of the Walk&Talk Biennial, between September and November 2025. The CARA LAVADA Collective was selected in the Open Call for Programming, aimed at agents or associations based in the Azores, with a grant of up to €5,000 for the presentation of activities in the Biennal's official program.

VOTING
— The jury for the Walk&Talk Biennale 2025 Open Calls was made up of Claire Shea (Guest Curator), Fatima Bintou Rassoul Sy (Guest Curator), Liliana Coutinho (Guest Curator), Jesse James (Artistic Director, Walk&Talk), Rubén Monfort (Program Coordinator, Walk&Talk).
— The jury previously scored the eligible applications from both Calls, and from these votes and final deliberations (majority votes) came the decisions on the people to be selected;
— Each application was evaluated considering the points indicated in the respective regulations.

RESULTS
Between December 19, 2024, and January 31, 2025, 395 applications were received for the Open Call for Artists and 7 for Programming. The following people were selected from the eligible applications:
— Artists: Inês Coelho da Silva & Kita Racaño Ward; Walla Capelobo
— Programming: CARA LAVADA

The report of the deliberation meeting is available for consultation HERE.
For more information, e-mail opencalls@walktalkazores.org.