Art Opportunities, Open Calls & Residencies
Browse open calls, residencies, grants, awards and other opportunities for artists, curators and cultural practitioners.
- Open Call: Culinary Residency — DAS MINSK Kunsthaus, Potsdam, Germany (deadline 5 September 2026, 11:59 PM)
- INDUSTRA ART OPEN CALL 2027 — INDUSTRA ART Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic (deadline 31 August 2026)
- In Listening 2027 — CTM Festival / Deutschlandfunk Kultur / ORF, Berlin, Germany (deadline 6 September 2026, 23:59 CEST)
- Atmospheric Waves — ASTE (Art, Science, Technology, Education), Liepāja, Latvia (deadline 4 September 2026)
- OASIs 2026 — International Residency — Le Garage Moderne (OASIs), Bordeaux, France (deadline 1 September 2026)
- Artists in the Library — Toronto Arts Council & Toronto Public Library, Toronto, Canada (deadline 6 October 2026)
- Photography Now 2027 — CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea (deadline 20 August 2026)
- Bring Your Art to Paris — September 2026 — Arrival Gallery, Paris, France (deadline 20 August 2026)
- Performing Arts Camp in Koenji 2026 — ZA-KOENJI Public Theatre, Tokyo, Japan (deadline 24 August 2026)
- Sevenoaks Open Call — Studio & Project Spaces — Hypha Studios, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom (deadline 6 September 2026)
- Partner Awards 2026/27 — Unlimited, United Kingdom (deadline 28 September 2026)
- Espace Brownstone Residency 2027 — Espace Brownstone × Art in Latin America, Paris, France (deadline 15 October 2026)
- TAGLI 2026 Mentorship Award — THE TAGLI × Rosewood London, London, United Kingdom (deadline 6 September 2026)
- Shelter — Group Exhibition — Monica Mardare (independent curator), London, United Kingdom (deadline 30 September 2026)
- Neo Future — Shifting into New Realities — Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, Finland (deadline 3 September 2026)
- Communal Autumn/Winter — 'Form' — Aspex Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom (deadline 6 September 2026)
- Teatri Riflessi 2027 — Short Performance Competition — IterCulture APS (Teatri Riflessi), Zafferana Etnea, Italy (deadline 15 October 2026)
- Travel & Residency Grants 2027/2028 — Hessische Kulturstiftung, Wiesbaden, Germany (deadline 15 October 2026)
- The Perch — 'The Mix' Open Call — Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, New Haven, United States (deadline 31 October 2026)
- Cite the Past, Sight the Stars — Residency — The Photographers' Gallery × The Ampersand Foundation, Derbyshire, United Kingdom (deadline 6 September 2026)
- WRG Digital Call-Out — Generation Xi — White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia (deadline 14 September 2026)
- Ceramics Now Annual 2026 — Featured Artist — Ceramics Now, International (deadline 15 September 2026)
- ROI Annual Exhibition 2026 — Open Submission — Royal Institute of Oil Painters, London, United Kingdom (deadline 9 October 2026)
- 2026 JRACraft Chrysalis Award in CERAMICS — James Renwick Alliance for Craft, North America (deadline 23 August 2026)
- Talents Contemporains: Earth, Abbaye de Pontigny — François Schneider Foundation, Europe (deadline 23 August 2026)
- Photography Residency & Commission: North Lincolnshire — Over the Bridge, North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (deadline 24 August 2026)
- Open Call for Public Sculpture at Brown Hart Gardens, Mayfair — Royal Society of Sculptors, London, United Kingdom (deadline 24 August 2026)
- 100+ Asia Art Season Open Call 2026 — 100plusart, Shenzhen, China (deadline 24 August 2026)
- Discerning Eye 2026 – Prizes worth over £9,000 — The Discerning Eye, United Kingdom (deadline 27 August 2026)
- Open Call: London Design Festival 2026 | Everything Then Is Now II – PLATFORM 0 — SPIRA9 ART & Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, London, United Kingdom (deadline 27 August 2026)
- Job opportunity for resident fine-line tattoo artists — FINE, Glasgow, United Kingdom (deadline 30 August 2026)
- NPA 2026 Open Call — newplatform.art, United Kingdom (deadline 30 August 2026)
- 2026 Liu Shiming Artist Grants — Liu Shiming Art Foundation, International (deadline 31 August 2026)
- Jan Michalski Foundation Writers Residency 2027 — Jan Michalski Foundation, Switzerland (deadline 31 August 2026)
- Open Call for Cypriot and Cypriot Diaspora Artists — Syno, International (deadline 31 August 2026)
- INHABIT Artist-in-Residence (fully funded) — Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt, Germany (deadline 1 September 2026)
- AA2A Artist Residencies Across England — AA2A, United Kingdom (deadline 1 September 2026)
- Barcelona Art Exhibition - September 2026 — HUGE Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (deadline 2 September 2026)
- Stomping Ground Call Out — The Place, United Kingdom (deadline 3 September 2026)
- Curator at Aspex Portsmouth — Aspex Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom (deadline 7 September 2026)
- AMADEUS Festival International Design Competition 2026/2027 — AMADEUS Festival Vienna, Vienna, Austria (deadline 10 September 2026)
- What If … Exhibition — JustArt Collective, United Kingdom (deadline 10 September 2026)
- ArtEvol 2026: A View from Everywhere — London Art Collective, London, United Kingdom (deadline 10 September 2026)
- Learning Through Making Fund — Freelands Foundation, United Kingdom (deadline 11 September 2026)
- ILLUMINE 2 Light Art Commission Open Call — Light Up The North, United Kingdom (deadline 11 September 2026)
- Rose Choreographic School's Artistic Cohort 2027-2029 — Rose Choreographic School, London, United Kingdom (deadline 20 September 2026)
- INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL FOR POSTERS — Peace Museums, International, Online (deadline 21 September 2026)
- 2026 Foundwork Artist Prize: 10,000 USD Grant with Studio Visits and Interview — Foundwork, International (deadline 25 September 2026)
- QM-Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowship 2027–2028 — Queens Museum and Jerome Foundation, New York City, United States (deadline 28 September 2026)
- Factory Berlin Creative Blueprint — Factory Berlin Creative, Berlin, Germany (deadline 30 September 2026)
- Artistic Research Fellowship — European Cultural Foundation, Florence, Italy (deadline 30 September 2026)
- Winsor & Newton Art Mail: Join a Global Watercolour Gallery — Winsor & Newton, International, Online (deadline 30 September 2026)
- WRITER'S INDIA Residency — KIAR Art Residency India, Bhubaneswar, India (deadline 30 September 2026)
- BE OPEN ArtLimitless 2026 — Open Call for Sustainable Art — BE OPEN Foundation, International, Online (deadline 1 October 2026)
- Deck the Mill – A Handmade Christmas Tree Decorations Exhibition — Farfield Mill, United Kingdom (deadline 1 October 2026)
- European Green Hydrogen Mural & Calendar Art Competition 2027 — Wasabi Innovations Ltd., Europe (deadline 1 October 2026)
- VŨV: NOON Art Magazine is calling for submissions — VUV Magazine, International (deadline 1 October 2026)
- OPEN CALL: The Gift of Art — Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, United States (deadline 1 October 2026)
- Rotterdam Photo 2027 Open Call: Vibrance - The Pulse of a Living World — Rotterdam Photo, Rotterdam, Netherlands (deadline 4 October 2026)
- THE JOURNEY #3 — Open Call — The Journey, International, Online (deadline 15 October 2026)
- 2027 Gallery Season Open Call — Gateway Regional Arts Center, Kentucky, United States (deadline 31 October 2026)
- Show Your Art in London This November 2026 — Arrival Gallery, London, United Kingdom (deadline 1 November 2026)
- François Daulte Research Grant 2026 — Fabre Museum, Montpellier, France (deadline 30 November 2026)
- SAIKONEON Artist-in-Residence 2026 — SAIKONEON, Yamanashi, Japan (deadline 1 December 2026)
- Global open call- Season 4 Belonging — Art Coordinate, International (deadline 1 December 2026)
- Artist Call-Out: Future Focus — Positive Life Workshops CIC, St Helens, United Kingdom (deadline 20 December 2026)
- NARS International Residency Program — NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, United States (deadline 31 December 2026)
- Open Call for Artists — NICOLA Arts, United Kingdom (deadline 31 December 2026)
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Artist Grants — Pollock-Krasner Foundation, International (deadline 31 December 2026)
- RevArt Artist Interview 2026 — RevArt, Online (deadline 31 December 2026)
- International Mute Photo Festival — Photonisos Arts & Culture NPO, Europe (deadline 30 April 2027)