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To celebrate the April 2027 first anniversary of Omaha Central Library, OPL is partnering with Amplify Arts and looking for applicants working at the intersection of art and technology to create a new permanent public artwork for Omaha Central Library that sparks public participation and interaction.

To celebrate the April 2027 first anniversary of Omaha Central Library, OPL is partnering with Amplify Arts and looking for applicants working at the intersection of art and technology to create a new permanent public artwork for Omaha Central Library that sparks public participation and interaction.

CTM Festival invites artists worldwide to create experimental sound‑focused works for live performance in Berlin and radio broadcast, with a €6000 commission fee per selected work.

The City of Peoria is brightening up its streets with a call to artists for the upcoming "Light at Play" event slated for spring 2026.

Grant Programs Individual and organization grants for architecture; architectural history, theory, and criticism; design; engineering; landscape architecture; urban planning; urban studies; visual arts; and work being done in the fine arts, humanities, and sciences that expands the boundaries of thinking about architecture and space.

MUUS Collection is an American 20th century photography collection that preserves, researches, and reveals work from the archives it owns and represents.

Calgary Arts Development is seeking Expressions of Interest from professional artists or artist teams to join The City of Calgary’s Walden Fire Station and Library project team to create permanent public artwork(s) for the new combined fire station and library being built for the community of Walden at 969 Walden Dr. SE.

ArtFields transforms the city into a town-wide gallery as art is displayed not only in galleries but also in boutiques, restaurants, and other local businesses. Accepted artists are part of a celebration of art and community while they compete for over $100,000 in prizes, plus Southeastern Partner awards that include exhibitions and residencies.

LOUD Art Society invites submissions for the 2026 group exhibition, Unity in Diversity: Colours of Healing.

Up to $15,000 for professional media artists to create new works or complete projects in film, video, audio, digital, VR/AR, and more.

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports immigrants and children of immigrants pursuing graduate study in the United States — including visual artists, designers, architects, and filmmakers.

Art in Public Places staff is available for Virtual Open Office Hours (VOOH) every Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. throughout the application period to answer questions about the projects, eligibility requirements, and application process.

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The Anita Wetzel Residency Grant offers mature artists a fully funded 4–6 week residency at Women's Studio Workshop to create new work in printmaking, papermaking, or photography.

The city of Peoria is searching for visionary artists, designers, and creative teams to help light up downtown Peoria at next spring’s Light at Play event.

The newly created position of Partnerships and Production Manager is a critical member of the Arts Initiative’s small, highly motivated team.

The Chris Klug Foundation’s "Create for Life" campaign invites artists and creators to submit a design that expresses what organ, eye, or tissue donation means to them.

The Illinois Arts Council (IAC) announces the opening of its Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) Creative Projects Grant program.

Artists of national and international stature, from diverse disciplines, and at any stage in their career, are provided opportunities to create new works while living in and engaging with the community.

Aiming to continuously rethink and re-examine the scope and the boundaries of “curating architecture,” the CCA solicits ideas for projects that take innovative curatorial approaches and experimental formats.

A four‑week, $2,500‑stipended residency for artists working at the intersection of environmental challenges and artistic practice, located at the Catto Center in Toklat, Aspen, CO.

In these scary times, what will you stand up for?

A public art commission to create a permanent Clotilda Memorial, open internationally with a $2 M budget, deadline August 9 2026.

AXS Film Fund is a grant program for documentary filmmakers and nonfiction new media creators who identify as living with a disability, particularly those from underserved communities.

This guide presents only residencies that are fully-funded. That is, every residency below offers cost-free participation, housing, food, and access to facilities during the entire duration of the residency.

The Misk Art Institute, in partnership with the Montresso Art Foundation, offers a fully funded two‑month international artist residency at the Jardin Rouge art space in Marrakech, Morocco.

Stypendium dla artysty, pisarza lub badacza z Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej na rok w Instytucie Idei i Wyobraźni Columbia University w Paryżu. Aplikacje przyjmowane do 30 września.

The Klimt02 New Talents Award is an annual international initiative that recognizes emerging talents in contemporary jewellery and arts and crafts, offering a solo exhibition, a €1000 prize, and a work acquisition for the winner.

Professional mural artists and artist teams with experience in large-scale installations are invited to submit proposals for a large-scale exterior mural installation at a new residential development.

La convocatoria busca seleccionar a los mejores artistas y creadores que representen a Chile en la Feria Internacional de Artesanías de Quito, Ecuador.

BUDAPEST INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS is an international platform for photographers from all levels and genres to share their best images with the creative community in Hungary and Eastern Europe.

L’objectif de ce programme est d’encourager et de faciliter la mobilité des artistes basés en Indonésie et d’élargir leur réseau professionnel et artistique.

Residencia de investigación en Pivô Salvador en Salvador de Bahía (Brasil)

Visegrad–Taiwan Scholarships facilitate academic mobility between the V4 region and Taiwan by providing financial support to PhD candidates and doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, who are citizens of the V4 countries, to study/conduct research at selected higher-education institutions in Taiwan.

Apply to Cellar Press's residency in printmaking, letterpress, and book arts for 2026.

Dispositif de résidence Les Affluentes propose une résidence de 6 semaines à Luynes pour les jeunes diplômés de TALM, avec une bourse de 2 500 € et un accompagnement professionnel.

The Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre offers a free studio residency program for artists of all disciplines, with no rental costs and flexible durations of 1‑6 months.

Hangar obre una convocatòria perquè unx artista realitzi una residència durant el curs 2026-2027 en una escola d’educació primària, dins del programa espais c.

An eight‑month, fully funded residency for emerging and early mid‑career choreographers based in Hamburg, Germany.

The Camargo Fellowship offers 10‑week research‑based residencies in Cassis, France for established artists, scholars and thinkers, providing accommodation, a weekly stipend and travel support.

The residency offers one artist the opportunity to develop their practice, explore new connections, and build collaborations with fellow artists, communities, and institutions within the Parisian art ecosystem.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Arts Council offers the Tokyo Creation Grant Program to support diverse creative activities that enhance Tokyo’s appeal as a city.

The CMC/DMARC Sonic Arts Residency 2026/27 invites Irish and international composers and sound artists to work at the University of Limerick’s Electronic Music Studio for 10 working days, receiving a €1,000 honorarium, travel and accommodation bursaries, and access to world‑class facilities.

The Schöne Aussicht festival is a biennial international festival that brings together theatre and performing arts for children and young people from around the world.

The International Public Art Short Film Festival is a unique opportunity for artists to showcase their work in a public setting. The festival will feature a selection of short films that explore the intersection of art and public space.

Convocatoria Ordinaria Iberescena 2026-2027 abre oportunidades de financiación para artistas, compañías y organizaciones de artes escénicas de los países iberoamericanos.

Prospect Art invites professional visual artists worldwide to apply for a $1,500 commission to create a new work responding to the curatorial theme 'We Come in Pieces'.

Kultur invites performing arts producers from Luxembourg to submit proposals for staging creations at either the Festival OFF d’Avignon or the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2027.

Are you ready to make a lasting impact in your community? We’re excited to launch the 2025/26 edition of The Europe Challenge—the programme that brings together libraries and their communities to address today’s most pressing social, digital, and climate challenges through collaboration across European borders.

NASA is inviting creative professionals to partner on storytelling projects for its missions through non-reimbursable Space Act Agreements.

El Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía. C3A, dependiente de la Consejería de Cultura y Deporte, ha abierto la convocatoria de sus residencias artísticas para el ejercicio 2026-2027.

Convocatoria para el Premio Regional de Artes Víctor Jara 2026, dirigida a artistas emergentes y con trayectoria del sur de Chile, con cuatro disciplinas: música, artes escénicas, poesía y artes visuales.

La Corporación Cultural SACO, en colaboración con ESO Chile, invita a artistas nacionales a postular a la residencia Observatorio ISLA, un espacio de creación e investigación en torno a astronomía que se desarrollará en noviembre de 2026 en la ciudad de Antofagasta.

The Cad Factory’s CASE Incubator National Residency Program is a paid 12‑month residency for mid‑career socially engaged artists across Australia.

Lighthouse Arts is inviting expressions of interest for group shows in our 2026 exhibitions program.

Temple Bar Gallery + Studios invites applications from artists for Six Year Membership Studios, Three Year Membership Studios and Project Studios (one year).

Aberdeen Performing Arts is seeking to commission a new play for Light the Blue 2027, targeting early‑career playwrights aged 18–35 based in or connected to North‑East Scotland.

A four‑artist residency and exhibition exploring displacement across Cyprus, Ukraine and online, offering a €1,800 fee, production budget, travel and accommodation support.

Fundacja „Krzyżowa” zaprasza artystów do udziału w sześciotygodniowej rezydencji 21.09–31.10.2026 w Krzyżowej, oferując wsparcie finansowe, przestrzeń do pracy i możliwość prowadzenia warsztatów.

The city of Brookings, Oregon invites qualified artists and artist teams to submit proposals for a signature sculpture that will serve as a symbolic Gateway to the Pacific Northwest.

The Full Circle International Residency Award aims to support mid-career Australian artists through a unique residency, research, and exhibition opportunity.

Funding for professional artists, cultural organisations, and creative projects in Sydney.

La Maison populaire lance sa quatrième édition de Fabrique à l’œuvre, une résidence d’actions artistiques et territoriales à destination d’un·e commissaire d’exposition et d’un·e artiste.

An international literary competition open to poetry and short fiction, offering £5,000 in prize money and publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology.

La convocatòria, adreçada a artistes visuals amb trajectòria expositiva, ofereix una residència de dos mesos a Barcelona per fomentar la recerca, la producció i el diàleg amb l’escena contemporània.

Applications are now open for Dance Ireland Residencies taking place between January and May 2026.

The French Institute in Egypt (Institut français d'Égypte) announces its 2027 Call for Applications for a three‑month artist residency at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris, France.

Bridges is a joint research residency for art critics, offering a live‑in studio, €1,000 monthly stipend and travel cost coverage in Paris.

Diriyah Art Futures, a pioneering new media arts hub in Saudi Arabia, has announced 18 successful applicants for the second Emerging New Media Artists Program.

Copenhagen Photo Festival 2027 invites solo artists and photographers to present a project in a solo exhibition, offering €537 participation fee, travel and accommodation support, and extensive promotion.

The Dublin Region Early Childhood Arts Residency 2026 offers five residency awards of up to €13,000 each to professional artists who will develop and deliver creative arts experiences for children aged 0–5 years experiencing homelessness.

The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant Program supports young and emerging photographers worldwide to develop documentary and photojournalism projects focused on social, political, environmental, and humanitarian issues.

TED and POSCA are launching a new kind of artist residency: a globally distributed cohort of artists working across different geographies, cultures, and communities, united by a shared drive to shape public life through art.

La Maison Denise Masson – Maison du Dialogue de Marrakech lance son appel à projets 2027 pour deux dispositifs de résidence autour du fait religieux, du dialogue interculturel et des sociétés du Maroc, du Maghreb et de la Méditerranée.

A residency opportunity for artists to visit Australian World Heritage Sites and work towards a public reflection on their learnings.

Programme de résidence artistique 2027 du Institut français et de la Cité internationale des arts à Paris, ouvert aux artistes et professionnels de la culture résidant à l’étranger depuis au moins 5 ans.

International competition inviting artists to submit existing outdoor sculptures or installations on the theme of Earth for permanent installation at the Domaine de l'Abbaye de Pontigny in Burgundy, France.

La convocatoria AT! Musika está dirigida a fomentar la movilidad internacional de creadoras y creadores de la música.

Artist in Residence Program at Lakewood Cemetery

Supports First Nations, Inuit, and Métis artists and cultural practitioners in creating, preserving, and sharing Indigenous arts and cultural projects lasting up to 12 months.

LIEVITO è un programma di residenze dedicato alle pratiche visive, performative, coreografiche e audiovisive, con focus su corpi, immagini e narrazioni in movimento.

The Foundation’s residency programme is open to practitioners across the fields of visual arts and the humanities who wish to address, through creative practice or research, the major challenges of our time.

The Hamburg Ministry for Culture and Media is inviting applications for eight three-month residencies

For the sixth consecutive year, the Institut français NL and the Jan van Eyck Academie are continuing their collaboration and launching a call for applications that will allow one selected candidate from the French overseas territories to take on an 11-month residency programme among some 35 international artists, designers, architects, curators, writers, and other researchers.

An initiative by Northwest Film Forum, Collective Power Fund distributes a total of $60,000 over 14 projects by arts collectives and individual artists in unincorporated and incorporated King County, Washington—and focuses primarily on supporting work that incites public dialogue, pushes boundaries, explores genre fluidity, speaks its truth through an authentic perspective, and is often non-traditional, anti-institutional, socially responsible, or disruptive of existing structures and conventions.

The Independent Projects Grant Program is a collaborative funding initiative administered by The Architectural League of New York in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).

Fellowships are awarded through two annual competitions: one open to citizens and permanent residents of the United States and Canada, and the other open to citizens and permanent residents of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Toronto Arts Council offers grants up to $15,000 for community-based arts projects that foster public participation, collaborative creation, and skill-building in Toronto.

Conceived with the needs of humanists in mind, the National Humanities Center provides scholars with an environment and resources conducive to generating new knowledge and furthering understanding of the human experience.

Call for artwork submissions for the third installment of the I’M SCARED exhibition series at Bethany Arts Community, Ossining, NY.

Die Kreissparkasse Bersenbrück bietet im Rahmen des Franz Hecker-Stipendiums jungen Kunstschaffenden im Bereich der Bildenden Kunst (Malerei, Bildhauerei, Graphik und Fotografie) in einem Zeitraum von drei Monaten die Möglichkeit, ohne große wirtschaftliche Belastung künstlerisch tätig zu sein.

Kunst im öffentlichen Raum

NORPA is inviting Northern Rivers artists and makers to be part of the inaugural Live Edge — a new annual multi-artform performance platform at The Joinery.

Das Bremer Autor:innenstipendium 2026 wird vom Senator für Kultur in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Literaturhaus Bremen ausgeschrieben.

PERFORMA-Q: Stage for Untold and Erased Queer Stories

국립광주과학관(전남광주과학문화거점센터)은 수학·과학과 예술을 융합한 창작 문화를 확산하기 위해 ‘2026 매스&사이언스 아트(Math & Science Art) 작품 공모전’을 개최한다.

Join Nichole Vogelsinger, of wildboho, for an immersive exploration of color and texture through embroidery.

This modality aims to provide artistic residencies at Pivô Salvador, offering residents access to the institution’s facilities and curatorial guidance from the team.

An international residency for chefs, food artists, designers, researchers and creators to develop food‑based art projects at the Global Gastronomy Museum in Shanghai.

Recruiting nine artists (eight cohort artists and one Lead Artist) for paid participatory arts placements across Stirling communities for 2026-2027.