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SFW Residency at Kent Cultural Alliance - 2026 Residency Sessions
This is a community engagement based residency. Each session is based on a broad them, relevant to local residents. Artists will partner with a local community organizations during the first week of residency to learn about the mission and goals of the organization, so as to be inspired with ideas for creative projects which will engage a broader cross-section of the public in those goals and missions.
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Postdoctoral fellowship program for researchers
The Betsy James Wyeth Fellowship in Native American Art
Fellowship program for scholars and researchers
Apply: Artist Residency at Brandywine Workshop and Archives
Apply for a fully funded two-week print production residency for individual artists at Brandywine Workshop and Archives.
Comic Relief
A juried group exhibition featuring art that uses humor to spark joy, curiosity, and conversations.
The Stagville Memorial Project Public Artworks for the Durham Rail Trail Gateway Plaza
Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for public art at the Durham Rail Trail Gateway Plaza
MoCADA Open Call - Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art
We will reopen the Open Call process in 2025. Every December MoCADA Open Call gives emerging, mid-career and established artists the opportunity to expand their practice and engage with the community through exhibitions, public programs, and educational initiatives.
Artistic Production Grant: Spring 2026 Award Cycle
Production Grants are awarded twice annually to individual artists, nonprofit organizations, and institutions to support new artistic commissions that take place outside museum or gallery walls, within the public realm, or in nontraditional exhibition environments.
PHI Immersive | XR for Impact | PHI Residencies
PHI Immersive is an intensive four-week residency program with PHI Studio in Montréal, Canada.
Call for Nominations: 2025 Lacey Prize
Artist-run centres may be nominated for biennial $90,000-prize recognizing their essential contributions to Canada’s contemporary visual arts scene
BAXTER ST Residency Program
Each year, BAXTER ST at CCNY invites emerging lens-based artists living in New York City who have yet to have a solo exhibition in New York City to apply for the BAXTER ST Residency Program.
Focus Asia: Residency, Commission, Acquisition
Supports one artist from Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and/or Laos to create a new work that integrates performance and moving image art practice.
EMAF 2026 - Call for Entries
Media artists from around the world can now enter their work to be considered for the 2026 European Media Art Festival.
Launch of Ithra Art Prize’s seventh edition
The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) announces the open call for the seventh edition of the biennial Ithra Art Prize, an art grant supporting contemporary art across the Arab world.
Artist in Residence Program | Arts in Nature | Bernheim Forest
For over 40 years, Bernheim’s Artist in Residence program has attracted artists from around the world who seek to use Bernheim as their inspiration.
July – December 2026 Studios at MASS MoCA Residency
Since 2015, the Studios at MASS MoCA residency program has hosted over 1,000 artists and writers at all career stages, income levels, and geographic locations on its North Adams campus surrounded by the beautiful Berkshire Mountains.
Power of Water Open Show
The Power of Water Open Show is a call for entries presented by the Louisa Arts Center. The show will take place from May 30, 2026, to July 17, 2026.
PHI Montréal | Public engagement projects | PHI Residencies - Phi.ca
The PHI Montréal residency program, in partnership with the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ), is aimed at artists from all disciplines recognized by the CALQ and writers from Québec.
W. Eugene Smith Grant
The W. Eugene Smith Grant is designed to encourage and support visual storytellers whose photographic work renews the tradition of W. Eugene Smith’s dedicated compassion as evidenced during his 45-year career as a photographic essayist.
Request for Exhibition Proposals at 20*20 House Gallery – Lansdowne, PA
The Lansdowne Economic Development Corporation (LEDC), in partnership with the LEDC ArtsCommittee (LAC), invites curators, independent artists/collectives, and interdisciplinary teams to submit proposals for the 2026 season at the 20*20 House, Lansdowne’s community-based gallery and art space.
Artist Residency Programs | School of Visual Arts | SVA NYC
SVA's Artist Residencies offer artists, designers and creative thinkers time, space and a supportive community in which to develop ideas and focus on their artistic direction, with summer programs on campus in New York City, as well as year-round in online formats.