Alpaca Festival
Alpaca Festival Open Call: Pattern-Based Workshops, Talks and Performances
- Deadline
- 01 November 2026
- Location
- United Kingdom / Europe
- Application fee
- FREE
- For
- Practitioners engaged in pattern-based arts (weaving, braiding, origami, live/creative coding, etc.)
Alpaca is a festival on Algorithmic Patterns in the Creative Arts, comprised of live performances, workshops and conference talks. It brings together people who value deep, human curiosity into patterns — whether in heritage crafts or contemporary algorithmic art (but not AI).
Humans have always explored algorithmic patterns as creative, culturally-embedded ways to work beyond our imaginations. The festival focuses on pattern-making procedures, material behaviours, and pattern-making culture.
Who can apply
- All practitioners engaged in pattern-based arts (weaving, braiding, origami, live/creative coding, etc.)
What you get
- Performers and workshop leaders: national travel expenses + artist fee
- Conference speakers: free festival pass