Currently 3 active visual and media arts grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in Australia. Hand-curated and updated weekly. Every entry is funded, no exposure-only calls. Browse the list below, or use the interactive desk for filtering and shortlisting.
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Tri-nations pilot residency partnership between Creative New Zealand, Creative Australia, and the Oceania Centre at The University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. Selects one established artist each from Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji for a shared 6-week residency at the Oceania Centre (1 October - 12 November 2026), supporting Pacific creatives to develop their practice and grow relationships and networks across Te Moana Nui a Kiwa. THEME: selected artists develop new work themed around Climate Change, a priority under Creative New Zealand's Pacific Arts Strategy and a pressing security issue for the peoples of the Pacific Islands. ACCOMMODATION: studio is suitable for a single artist or a couple; guests may be possible (discuss with the host before applying); additional access requirements can be accommodated on request. ELIGIBILITY: established artists and practitioners from New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji; specific eligibility criteria apply for each country (check the funder's page for your country). APPLY via the Creative New Zealand opportunities page. DEADLINE: 4 June 2026.
Fellowships for Australian artists to live and work at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris for three months, undertaking a specific artistic project using the city's institutions, exhibitions, archives, libraries, collections and artistic resources. Four fellowships are offered per year. Fellows receive rent-free access to the Power Institute's dedicated living/working studio at the Cite, $13,000 AUD towards travel and living costs (paid roughly 6 weeks before travel), and access to the Cite's facilities and global community of artists plus the broader Paris art infrastructure. Fellows pay a refundable bond and utility costs, and on return must share outcomes via a report, public event and/or exhibition. ELIGIBILITY: open to all artists who are Australian citizens or Permanent Residents; applicants cannot have previously held a Cite Internationale des Arts residency (via the Power Institute or any other organisation). Awarded by a committee chaired by the Director of the Power Institute in consultation with the Cite, judged on the strength of the project, the benefit of pursuing it via a Paris residency, and the potential to further the applicant's professional development. Applications open 20 May 2026 and close midnight, 30 June 2026; applicants notified September 2026.
Rolling Expression of Interest call for the Grainger Museum's Creative and Research Residency Program at the University of Melbourne. The programme encourages enquiry into the Grainger Museum Collection and Archive in creative, academic and open-ended ways to deliver research, artistic, learning and/or public-facing outcomes. KEY OBJECTIVES: deliver creative and/or academic research aligned with the museum's aims; research and take inspiration from the Grainger Collection and Archive; engage with University of Melbourne students and/or participate in academic symposia. WELCOMED THEMES: creative enquiry and responses to the Grainger Museum Collection, Archive and building; discipline-focused research into the Grainger Archive; and musical instruments, composition and technology. APPLY at any time by emailing a brief CV and a 1-page proposal (aim and scope, intended collection/archive focus areas with accession numbers if applicable, proposed dates and timelines) to grainger@unimelb.edu.au with subject line 'Grainger Museum Residency Program application'. Reviews twice a year, in April and September. The museum encourages applicants to contact them to discuss the project idea before submitting.