Mercado Indie – Open Call

A two‑week residency in Narva (23 Nov‑6 Dec 2026) for artists linked to Finno‑Ugric cultures, offering a €1,700 per‑diem, accommodation, travel support and collaborative workshops.

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.

Artist residency in Oulu, Finland for Frozen People festival

The City of Lublin invites two artists to engage in creative work as part of the „Festiwal na Złotej” (Festival on Złota Street).

Open call for one residency artist to collaborate with one local artist on a project on the theme of Activism.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

Small grant up to £1,200 for artists, organisations and individuals working in Scotland’s traditional arts.

Funding to support Scottish artists taking work to international touring opportunities following the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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.

The European Media Artists Residency Exchange (EMARE) offers two‑month residencies at eleven European media art institutions, with €4,000 grant, accommodation, travel support and production budget for emerging media artists.

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

Der Österreichische Musikfonds fördert Musikproduktionen, die auf Tonträgern oder digital veröffentlicht werden.

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Open call for Sidewalk 2026, a free educational art project.

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'.

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

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.

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.

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.

Nordic Music Days will return to Helsinki in November 2027, and we would now like to invite you to make a submission to the open call.

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.

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

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).

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

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.

The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) announces an open call for its annual Summer School, which in 2026 will take place in Madona, a town in the Vidzeme region of northern Latvia, from August 6th to 10th

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.

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.

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.

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.

Explore Edmonton (KDays)

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

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 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 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.

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.

Open Call for Künstler: Preis des Kunstvereins Hannover 2027/2028

Wettbewerb für die LinzKultur/4 2026

Autorinnen und Autoren mit erstem Wohnsitz in Baden-Württemberg können für literarische Projekte Arbeitsstipendien zwischen 1000 € und 3000 € erhalten.

Residency The Rijksakademie is a two-year residency programme that annually offers 50 artists space for research, experiment and for the production of new work.

Die Kulturabteilung vergibt im Bereich Wissenschaft unter anderem Einzelförderungen und Gesamtförderungen.

Das Aktionsbündnis Weltoffenes Werder besteht seit 2017 als ein unabhängiger und überparteilicher Zusammenschluss von Vertreterinnen zivilgesellschaftlicher Initiativen, der evangelischen Kirche, Kultur- und Bildungseinrichtungen, Politik, Unternehmen, Künstlerinnen und Einzelpersonen.

Ars Biologica Art X Science Residency

Internationale Künstler*innen können ein Jahr lang in der Residenzwohnung in der Ateliergemeinschaft Achterhaus wohnen und arbeiten.

Open call for artists, collectives, and curators to respond to the festival theme with diverse and imaginative proposals.

UAxEU Internship Programme 2026 offers Ukrainian cultural professionals a 2‑3 week internship in European cultural institutions, with a €1,000 travel bursary.

The Prague City of Literature Residency is a program that supports writers and translators from all over the world. The residency is open to applicants who are working on a literary project.

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.