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Creating a CaFÉ Account

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Creating a CaFÉ Account

CaFÉ is free for artists, and signing up takes just a few minutes.

Last updated on 16 Feb, 2026

✔️ Section 1: Legal & Contact Information

Review and accept the CaFÉ Terms & Conditions first. Then, complete the fields to enter a username, your legal name, preferred email, and create a password.

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Form to create an account, including personal and address information.

✔️ Section 2: Teams

Choose the type of account you want to set up. If you are the sole creator of the artwork, select Individual. If you work with collaborators or associates, select Team and enter their name(s). Their name(s) will be included on your applications.

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Field to select individual or team account, with inputs for team members’ names.

✔️ Section 3: Artistic Discipline

This section is optional. Choose up to four artistic disciplines that describe your work. This helps us target notifications that interest you. This information is not shared with call administrators and will not impact your applications.

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Field with checkboxes allowing artists to select up to four disciplines.

✔️ Section 4: Notification Settings

Opt in to CaFÉ emails in this section. You can unsubscribe at any time.

  • Opportunity Notifications: Receive a weekly email with upcoming deadlines and calls for entry that have recently started accepting applications.

  • Deadline Notifications: Receive emails reminding you of upcoming deadlines for applications that you have started.

  • Artist System Information: Receive emails about new CaFÉ features, upcoming updates, and other information about CaFÉ.

  • Call Promotion Announcements: Receive emails about individual events that just opened or have an upcoming deadline.

Review the Communication Policy.

While you can’t opt out of receiving emails from calls for entry to which you have applied, we never want to send you emails you don’t want. To subscribe (or unsubscribe) from all email lists, click the checkbox next to each notification option.

Once you've finished, click the reCAPTCHA (I'm not a robot) and click Create My Profile to complete your account setup.

👋 All signed up? Welcome to the CaFÉ community! Get started by uploading work samples to your portfolio.

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