Currently 75 active visual and media arts grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in the EU. Hand-curated and updated weekly. Almost every entry is funded; a few notable unpaid open calls and festival submissions are included as clearly flagged exceptions. Browse the list below, or use the interactive desk for filtering and shortlisting.
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Thirtieth edition of VEGAP's Propuestas grants for visual creation, a competition conceived by artists to support other artists, run through the collecting society's Fondo Asistencial y Cultural. It funds the development of a creative project or the production of new work. GRANTS: 20 grants of EUR 5,000 each from a total pot of EUR 100,000. CATEGORIES: one project per author in visual (plastic) arts, photography, graphic design, illustration or new forms of artistic expression; industrial designs are not accepted as graphic design proposals. ELIGIBILITY: natural persons only, individually or in collaboration with other authors; open to authors residing in Spain regardless of nationality, or Spanish citizens residing abroad, who have not received aid from the Fundacion Arte y Derecho or VEGAP in any previous Propuestas or Secuencias call. HOW: digital submission only, via the registration form on the Propuestas site, with a single PDF containing project description, work schedule, budget, CV, portfolio and ID copy. DEADLINE: 26 October 2026 at 12:00 noon (opened 7 September 2026).
Travel-grant programme for individual cultural-sector professionals (artists included) funding mobilities to or from Timisoara, national and international: residencies, research trips, festivals, presentations and professional development. Continuous intake until the budget is exhausted. AMOUNTS: up to RON 7,500 for national mobilities and RON 10,000 for international ones; at least 1% co-funding required. ELIGIBILITY: natural persons aged 18+, Romanian or foreign nationals, active in cultural professions; recipients of the 2025 mobility funding are excluded. DEADLINE: rolling registrations close 27 October 2026 or when the budget runs out, so apply early.
Cas-co and Kunsthal Mechelen invite four Belgium-based early-career visual artists to the Ernest Albert Invitational 2027, a four-month Artistic Development Residency at Cas-co in Leuven within the Off the Grid programme, running in parallel with a Reflective Residency for a researcher who accompanies the group. Residents receive a studio, curatorial guidance and peer exchange, and develop new work towards a group exhibition at Kunsthal Mechelen, 4 June to 29 August 2027, curated by Jessica Meuleman (Kunsthal Mechelen), Zuzanna Rachowska and Arthur Cordier (Cas-co). THEME: the edition departs from landscape understood as a field of relations shaped by memory, ecology, migration and lived experience, and welcomes practices that move between inner and outer worlds across installation, performance, moving image, sound and other experimental forms. SUPPORT: EUR 1,100 artist fee per month, EUR 120 transportation allowance per month, and a one-time production budget of EUR 1,200 (EUR 6,080 total including VAT), plus additional artist and production fees from Kunsthal Mechelen for the exhibition. ELIGIBILITY: Belgium-based visual artists at an early stage of their career with limited institutional or commercial visibility, committed to professionalising their practice through research and experimentation, and open to dialogue and collective participation. HOW TO APPLY: one PDF (max 10 MB) with a description of your practice, a residency proposal, an exhibition proposal, CV and portfolio, via the online application form (Google Form linked from the call page). Deadline 28 October 2026 at 23:59 CET.
Annual vocation bursaries for young talents in six fields including arts plastiques, arts de la scene and sciences et techniques; digital and media artists apply under arts plastiques or sciences et techniques. The EUR 10,000 bourse funds a concrete personal project: equipment, production or training. Vocatio operates under the King Baudouin Foundation umbrella but is a distinct foundation and call. ELIGIBILITY: over 18 and under 35 on 31 December of the application year; Belgian nationals OR persons domiciled in Belgium and resident there for at least 5 years. Call open 14 September to 29 October 2026, 16:00. DEADLINE: 29 October 2026.
The NORMA Fonds redistributes copyright remuneration collected by Stichting NORMA into cultural, social and professional projects involving performing artists, and is one of the few Dutch schemes with four intakes a year and a genuinely short cycle. Both arts-sector organisations and individual arts professionals may apply, though the applicant needs a bank account and legal footing and cannot be a BIS-funded institution. The project must centre on performing artists in the copyright sense, meaning people who perform a copyright-protected work: musicians, dancers, actors, voice actors. This fits live experimental music, sound performance and performative media-art work, but not object-based exhibitions or non-performative installation programmes. The maximum grant is EUR 10,000, the total project budget must stay under EUR 150,000, the applicant's annual budget under EUR 500,000, and at least a quarter of the project budget must be earned from audience income, so this is a top-up rather than a primary funding source. Budgets must honour NORMA's 2026 performer wage norms. Applications are submitted online during a one-month window each quarter; the next round runs 1 to 30 October 2026, closing at 23:59. TIMING RULE: decisions arrive no later than eight weeks after the deadline, and the premiere date must fall at least eight weeks after the application deadline. Organisations that already received a NORMA Fonds grant in 2024 or 2025 are excluded, and supporting staff may not exceed 2 FTE.
The 7th call of the Art Explora residency programme at the Cité internationale des arts opened 21 September 2026. The programme supports projects exploring the crossovers of art with science, technology and ecology, which makes it one of the stronger art-science fits in Europe. Residents receive a furnished live-work studio of around 50 m2 in Paris, EUR 1,000 per month living stipend, up to EUR 3,000 production budget, round-trip travel and mentoring, with residencies of 3 or 6 months for solo artists and 3 months for duos of an artist with a researcher, curator or writer. Open to visual, performing and digital artists of all nationalities and ages with at least 5 years of professional experience and an international exhibition record. Programme details at artexplora.org. TO APPLY: submit via the Art Explora application platform. DEADLINE: 30 October 2026, 11:59 PM Paris time.
AFTER THE PALACE: Resonance 2026 is an international video mapping competition and outdoor showcase that asks digital media artists to creatively reinterpret the dissonant heritage of socialist-era architecture in the context of the history, cultural identity and memory of Krakow's Nowa Huta. Artists, animators, motion designers, creative teams and studios worldwide are invited to create original site-specific projections for the courtyard facade of Building Z of the New Administrative Centre, formerly part of the Lenin Steelworks. Organised by the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow as part of the international artistic and research project unLoc. TECHNICAL: 2D/3D video mapping with sound, 1 to 8 minutes, MP4 (H.264/AAC) in 4K at 25 fps, minimum 40 Mbps, audio 48 kHz/16-bit, built on the dedicated building mapping matrix from the document package. Generative AI tools are permitted provided their use is fully disclosed in the application form and the applicant holds rights to the source materials. TIMELINE: submission deadline 30 October 2026, 23:59 CET; results by 10 November; outdoor showcase and award ceremony 23 November 2026 in the courtyard at 1 Ujastek St, Krakow. TO APPLY: submit the online application form with a download link to the work; the full regulations and mapping matrix are at unloc.art. Contact unloc@uken.krakow.pl.
The EU Delegation to the United States invites mid-career and established visual artists from the 27 EU Member States to apply for the Transatlantic Stars Visual Arts Program 2027, an eight-week artist-in-residence placement at one of six residency sites across the United States from April to early June 2027. Each artist is paired one-to-one with a local American collaborator to co-create work, and must produce at least one physical artwork; the programme concludes with a mandatory two-day summit in Washington, D.C., where the resulting works are exhibited. All visual mediums with a physical space component are accepted. SUPPORT: a living stipend and a materials budget, plus airfare, visa assistance, on-site lodging, studio space, and access to host facilities, equipment and community networks. ELIGIBILITY: citizens of an EU Member State with a valid passport; mid-career or established artists who meet at least four of five professional standing criteria; English proficiency; availability for the full April to early June 2027 period. APPLICATIONS: via the Airtable form linked from the call page. DEADLINE: 30 October 2026 at 11:59 PM CET, or earlier if the cap of 300 applications is reached first. Contact: arts@trsproject.eu. Parallel Transatlantic Stars calls for film and music run on the same deadline.
Finland's largest private foundation moves to a single joint application round in 2026: the central fund and all 17 regional funds accept applications together from 15 to 30 October. It funds all fields of art and science, with one-year and multi-year working grants as the cornerstone alongside project grants for individuals, working groups and organisations. SCALE: around EUR 49 million awarded annually across roughly 2,100 grants (about 20,600 applications in 2025, including 165 multi-year grants); recent October rounds averaged over 450 grants of one or more years, and working grants can extend up to four years. ELIGIBILITY: Finnish nationals and people or organisations residing or working in Finland; other applicants qualify if the application demonstrates clear, strong ties to Finland or Finnish culture. HOW: apply online during the window via the foundation's grant service. DEADLINE: 30 October 2026.
First edition of an international call for artists under 35 working with artificial intelligence, digital languages and emerging technologies, run by 360° Creativity Events APS for PARMA 360 Festival and Parma European Youth Capital 2027. It follows the 2026 pilot exhibition SYNTHETIC HORIZONS (curated by Chiara Canali). The call focuses on open-source and closed-source image and video generation tools and their creative, social and cultural impact. THEMES: Parma Heritage (crafts, traditions, archives, immersive storytelling of the city); La Cura / Care (wellbeing, accessibility, AI ethics, health tech, public space); Sustainability and Data Ecology (energy and water cost of AI, data extraction and digital colonialism, waste of digital images, ethics of automated production). ACCEPTED FORMATS: digital and synthetic images, NFTs, printed digital photography, digital/3D-printed sculpture, video, audio, interactive browser or chatbot installations, software art, VR, AR, sound art, performance and hybrids. Works must already be completed but need not be unpublished. One application per artist. REQUIRED: an Artist Statement (max 1,500 characters) on how you use AI, naming software, models and workflow; missing statements are excluded. SELECTION: a jury of the PARMA 360 artistic direction, the Parma EYC27 committee and AI/new-tech experts picks 20 finalists (at least 3 from the Parma area), announced from 1 December 2026; finalists show in a group exhibition curated by Chiara Canali in Parma in April-May 2027. The organiser covers shipping to the show and AV equipment hire and gives finalists one hotel night at the opening; return shipping and travel are at the artist's cost. Prize-winning works are acquired in full or in part. AGE: must not have turned 35 by the closing date. DEADLINE: 31 October 2026, midnight Rome time, via the Google Form linked in the call. Questions: aihorizonscall@gmail.com.
Frame Contemporary Art Finland distributes Ministry of Education and Culture funds to promote Finnish contemporary art internationally. The October 2026 round covers two grant types: MOBILITY GRANTS (EUR 250-5,000) for international presentation of existing artworks and professional networking, such as art fair participation; and PRODUCTION GRANTS (EUR 2,500-8,000) for a new commission or international co-production, which requires additional funding and a collaboration agreement. Trips and presentations must take place outside Finland; events in Finland are not eligible. The field is mainly visual art with an emphasis on contemporary art. ELIGIBILITY: natural persons (artists, art experts, working groups) and registered organisations that are Finnish or Finland-based; projects must promote Finnish or Finland-based artists or professionals or showcase Finnish art; expenses for international artists not living in Finland are excluded, and only activity after the application period closes can be funded. Apply via Frame's online grant service in Finnish, Swedish or English. The next round (February 2027) adds publication grants. DEADLINE: 31 October 2026, 23:59.
Alpaca is a festival and conference on algorithmic patterns in the creative arts, run by the non-profit Pattern Club in Sheffield. It brings together live coders, weavers, braiders, origami makers, musicians and other practitioners who make patterns by procedure, and it welcomes contemporary algorithmic art that is human-authored. THEME (talks): making languages and notations for making patterns, with unexpected interpretations welcome. WHAT YOU CAN PROPOSE: live performances, hands-on workshops, and roughly 20-minute conference talks; accepted abstracts (max two pages) are published open access with a DOI and may be invited into an edited volume. WHAT YOU GET: performers receive an artist fee plus national travel; workshop leaders receive an artist fee, materials and national travel. The organisers state they cannot confirm fee amounts at this stage and may cover extra costs on request; international travel is not covered apart from a small European train budget. Talks are unpaid: in-person speakers get a free festival pass and lunch on the conference days. EXCLUSIONS: submissions focused on generative AI or unsupervised pattern generation by LLMs. APPLICATION: via the online form at calls.alpaca.cc; questions to contact@alpaca.cc. DEADLINE: 1 November 2026.
The Follow Fluxus scholarship, awarded by the Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden and the City of Wiesbaden in memory of the Fluxus movement that began in Wiesbaden in 1962, supports artists whose work continues the open, intermedia and experimental spirit of Fluxus. WHO: international and national artists with a completed art degree and relevant professional and exhibition experience; self-taught artists with notable achievements documented through exhibitions and awards may also apply. WHAT YOU GET: EUR 10,000, a rent-free furnished live/work space with studio at the Kunsthaus Wiesbaden (70.88 sqm) from 1 June to 31 August 2027, during which the fellow is expected to spend most of their time in Wiesbaden, and an exhibition at the Nassauischer Kunstverein afterwards. APPLICATION: upload three PDFs (max 10 MB; German or English) to nowtransfer.de: APF_ApplicantName.pdf (application letter, CV and project outline, one A4 page each), Portfolio_ApplicantName.pdf (work examples, exhibitions, video/audio links) and Degree_ApplicantName.pdf; then email the download link to fluxus@kunstverein-wiesbaden.de with the subject 'Follow Fluxus Scholarship 2026_27'. Postal applications are also accepted. Results by December 2026. DEADLINE: 1 November 2026, email received by 23:59 CET.
The Ukraine Solidarity Residencies Programme (USRP), run by HIAP with partner residencies and supported by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, offers residencies across Finland for professional Ukrainian or Ukraine-based artists and arts practitioners affected by the war, whether still in Ukraine or based elsewhere. WHAT YOU GET: a working grant of EUR 1,200 per month, free living and working space, one return trip from the artist's home, and a small access budget for disabled artists. HOSTS: HIAP Suomenlinna in Helsinki (families welcome), AARK in the Turku Archipelago (families welcome), Art Centre Salmela in Mantyharju, eco art residency Fairres in Porvoo, Nelimarkka Artist Residency in Alajarvi, Vartsila Art House in North Karelia (prioritises artists with families) and Gjutars Artists House in Vantaa; some hosts take up to four people including family members, and applicants state their preferred location and length in the form. ELIGIBILITY: professional Ukrainian or Ukraine-based artists and arts practitioners from all disciplines, affected by the war in Ukraine. APPLICATION: in English via the online form only (hiap.fi/usrp-application-form); professional background and current situation (up to 250 words or 2 minutes each, text, audio or video accepted) and a portfolio link of up to 10 pages or 5 minutes; access requirements can be shared confidentially. DEADLINE: 2 November 2026, 15:00 (GMT+2); jury meets in November.
EMMA Kreativzentrum Pforzheim, with Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences and the Design Center Baden-Wuerttemberg, offers three scholarships for international young designers to spend three months working in Pforzheim. WHO: designers in jewellery, fashion, accessories, industrial design, communication design and other design disciplines; interdisciplinary approaches are welcome. No age limit or nationality rule is stated. WHAT YOU GET: EUR 1,000 per month, coverage of material costs, free accommodation, reimbursed travel to and from Pforzheim, a fully equipped workstation at the creative centre and optional use of the university workshops. The residency runs from 1 April to 30 June 2027 and ends with an exhibition at EMMA. APPLICATION: online via the EMMA application portal only. DEADLINE: 2 November 2026, 23:59 CET.
HIAP and Sumud, the Finnish Palestine Network, invite a Palestinian artist to a spring 2027 residency at the Cable Factory in Helsinki, delivered through HIAP's Ukraine Solidarity Residency Programme and supported by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. WHO: professional contemporary artists currently based in Palestine or of Palestinian descent living in the diaspora; formal education, exhibition history or institutional recognition is not required. Family members are welcome; collectives receive no extra grant or travel budget. WHAT YOU GET: a EUR 3,600 working grant, a free 63 sqm live/work studio with kitchenette, sleeping loft and private bathroom (suited to two adults or a small family), one trip to and from home, and a visa budget for application fees and travel to a visa office or embassy (HIAP cannot guarantee visas). APPLICATION: online form only, in English; emailed applications are not considered. DEADLINE: 2 November 2026, 15:00 (GMT+2).
The European Media Art Platform (EMAP/EMARE) is a network of leading European media-art organisations offering fully funded two-month production residencies for artists working with digital media, including media art, bio art and robotic art. Each residency provides a EUR 4,000 grant to the applying artist (including subsistence), a EUR 4,000 project budget, host-provided accommodation, travel covered according to EU ceilings, and access to technical facilities and media labs; a collaborating artist receives an additional EUR 2,000 (EUR 6,000 total for a duo). Residencies take place at one of 15 host institutions across Austria, France, Slovakia, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Croatia, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Latvia, Germany and Poland. ELIGIBILITY: applicants must be EU residents or taxpayers in an EU member state, or residents/taxpayers of one of the eligible non-EU countries (Netherlands-based artists qualify). Undergraduate and Master's students are not eligible; PhD candidates and emerging artists of any age and academic background may apply. IMPORTANT: applicants must apply as a duo or collective, or propose a collaborative project, rather than as a purely solo applicant. The 2027 open call runs from 3 September 2026 to 6 November 2026 at 14:00 CET. Apply online at call.emare.eu. No application fee.
Realities in Transition (RiT2), a Creative Europe XR cooperation project, and host partner L.E.V. Festival invite artists with VR development experience to co-create a walkable VRChat world conceived as a voyage, with 5 to 7 environments, 3 to 5 avatars and optional NPC players; events, social worlds and theatre pieces are not wanted. Three individual artists are selected and work together with a creative technologist, each indicating the skills they bring (for example Unity development, 3D art, animation, sound art or narrative writing) with portfolio examples. WHAT YOU GET: an artist fee of EUR 10,000 gross per artist (EUR 6,000 on signing, EUR 2,000 after the Test Lab, EUR 2,000 at the end) and a production budget of up to EUR 15,000 gross for working hours or external assistance. The residency is fully online from January to June 2027, with a Test Lab at L.E.V. Gijon in May 2027 and a premiere at L.E.V. Matadero in September 2027; no travel or accommodation is included. APPLICATION: online form linked from the call page. DEADLINE (extended): 6 November 2026, 23:59 CEST.
The Sachsen-Anhalt state art foundation's twice-yearly round: work stipends for free artistic development (EUR 1,500 per month for 3 or 6 months, no output obligation) and project funding for artistic projects including publications, across all disciplines including media art. ELIGIBILITY (strict): freelance artists with primary residence in Sachsen-Anhalt. DEADLINE: 9 November 2026 for the next round (Normalverfahren and Sonderprogramme).
Dance Ireland's residency programme at DanceHouse, Dublin, gives dance artists paid studio time to develop ideas for a new work, carry out artistic research or maintain a studio practice. It is aimed at artists and projects that are not otherwise funded. WHAT YOU GET: EUR 750 per week for the participating artist, subsidised studio space, an additional EUR 750 distance bursary for artists based more than 100 km from Dublin, and one dedicated Disabled Dance Artist residency with a EUR 750 bursary and access budget. ELIGIBILITY: Professional Members of Dance Ireland for the general residencies (allow at least a week to renew membership before the deadline); the Disabled Dance Artist residency does not require membership but is for Irish or Ireland-based artists. APPLICATION: read the guidelines PDF, then complete the Google Form linked from the opportunity page; late applications are not accepted. DEADLINE: Monday 9 November 2026 at 12 noon.
EXTRA, a Bordeaux association that publishes book-objects about space, invites proposals for a residency to create a book-object at the crossroads of architecture, publishing and pedagogy, hosted at Fabrique POLA in Bordeaux. Residents spend four weeks of research and creation between January and June 2027 and test the project with a public of their choosing (for example early childhood, school groups or older people). WHO: artists, architects, landscape architects, urban planners, graphic designers, authors and other professionals interested in questions of space; individual, duo or collective applications; no age limit and no stated geographic restriction, though the call is in French. The project must be unpublished and not already under a publishing contract, and applicants must be able to step away from other work during the residency periods. WHAT YOU GET: a EUR 6,000 bursary in three instalments (one bursary per project, even for collectives), up to EUR 500 for materials and up to EUR 1,000 for travel on receipts (sustainable transport preferred), accommodation for up to two people, a workspace at Fabrique POLA, support from EXTRA for the research and public experiments, a presentation at the venue, and possible publication of the book-object under a separate contract with EXTRA. APPLICATION: free; see the call page for conditions, criteria and application guidance, or contact extra.editeurdespaces@gmail.com. DEADLINE: 9 November 2026.
The Athens Digital Arts Festival, Greece's long-running digital arts festival, has opened its call for the 23rd edition in spring 2027 under the theme "It's Alive..." (Dr. Frankenstein's line, reread for an age when we feel the same relief when the Wi-Fi comes back). CATEGORIES: Video Art, Installations, Performances, Animation, Games, Web Art, AR/VR/XR, Music, Talks, Workshops and ADAF Kids. Up to 4 entries per category, one form per work; digital-image collections of up to 5 works can share one application. Videos max 30 minutes (online file up to 2 GB in .avi, .mpeg or .mov, or a Vimeo link). Unrealised works with a complete concept and design are eligible if they can be ready about two months before the festival. Curators share applications across categories, so a work may be accepted in a different one. Shortlisted artists are contacted by email; others are not notified. NO ENTRY FEE. No artist fee or prize is published. DEADLINE: 10 November 2026, via the forms at 2027.adaf.gr. Questions: info@adaf.gr.
The second and final round of Culture Helps Solidarity Collaboration Grants, run by the European Cultural Foundation through its Culture of Solidarity Fund with Insha Osvita, VETERANKA Movement and zusa, and funded by Creative Europe. It supports cultural projects that improve access to culture and promote inclusion and mental well-being for internally displaced people and refugees from Ukraine, helping integrate them into host communities through intercultural dialogue, professional exchange and long-term solidarity; vulnerable groups and veterans are an emphasis. WHO: partnerships of at least two organisations, with at least one Ukrainian-led organisation (in Ukraine or in exile) and at least one based in a Creative Europe country; cross-border partnerships and Ukrainian-led partnerships with neighbouring Creative Europe countries are prioritised. A matchmaking board helps applicants find partners. WHAT YOU GET: up to EUR 20,000 for two-partner projects or up to EUR 30,000 for three or more partners; at least 15 projects will be awarded. APPLICATION: read the Call for Proposals PDF on the call page and apply via the Culture of Solidarity Fund grant platform. DEADLINE: 10 November 2026, 13:00 Amsterdam time (14:00 Kyiv).
Realities in Transition (RiT2), a Creative Europe XR cooperation project, and Beta Festival in Ireland invite artists, technologists, storytellers, engineers, hackers and designers to develop XR, interactive, multi-user work that explores technology through relationships between human, artificial and more-than-human intelligence, with a focus on decolonial thinking and interdependence. Three artists are selected, each paired with a creative technologist and working as a group. WHAT YOU GET: a EUR 15,000 grant per artist for a six-month hybrid residency from March to August 2027, with an in-person period at Beta in May to June 2027, a Test Lab in June 2027 and a showcase at Beta Festival in November 2027. APPLICATION: online form linked from the call page; see the RiT residencies page for eligibility. DEADLINE: 10 November 2026, 23:59 CEST.
ART4MENTAL is a Creative Europe project (partners in Ukraine, Poland, Czechia, Estonia, Sweden and Austria) selecting 20 artists to create immersive VR content and scenarios used in art-therapy and mental-health support sessions across Ukraine and the EU. Selected artists get professional training in VR technology and trauma-informed design, local bootcamps, a residency in Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains, study visits to rehabilitation centres, ongoing collaboration with mental-health professionals, and present their work at European exhibitions and conferences, including an international exhibition in Poland. ELIGIBILITY: the official page says residents of EU countries and Ukraine with a proven artistic practice and full availability for all mandatory activities; the On the Move listing adds that at least 10 of the 20 places go to artists from Ukraine and at least one each to Czechia, Estonia, Sweden and Austria, so applicants from other EU countries are eligible but not prioritised. Two stages: online form with supporting documents, then an online interview; selected artists announced January 2027. DEADLINE: 11 November 2026 per On the Move (the official page only says November 2026; no time zone stated).
AIR-M Ebenböckhaus and the non-profit Salta art, in partnership with ERA Foundation, offer a residency for two contemporary visual artists from South America at the Ebenböckhaus in Munich-Pasing, Germany, from 7 July to 29 September 2027. Since 2022 the Department of Arts and Culture of the City of Munich has collaborated with Salta art to extend the residency programme to South America; ERA Foundation's support funds the second position. WHAT YOU GET: a grant and accommodation contract of EUR 1,300 per month from the City of Munich, rent-free accommodation in a shared apartment with individual lockable rooms, three work and presentation rooms (52 m2) in the house, return tickets from South America (economy / 2nd class), a shared studio at Empfangshalle in the Museumsquartier, a EUR 600 research trip allowance and a MakerPlus membership at MakerSpace Munich (wood, metal, electronics, IoT, laser cutting, additive manufacturing, textile workshops). A mentoring initiative pairs each resident with a Munich-based curator for up to three meetings, a research trip is organised, and an Open Studio event closes the residency. A curator from South America will also live and work at the house for part of the period. ELIGIBILITY: professional visual artists (painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, film, video, digital art, performance or interdisciplinary practices) born and based or residing in South America, over 18, not students, who pursue art as their main occupation and can demonstrate professional experience; former residents of Villa Waldberta or Ebenböckhaus are not eligible. A good level of spoken English is required and applications must be completed in English. APPLICATION: free, via Google Form with one PDF (max 10MB, 20 pages) containing personal information, one referee contact, a 200-word biography, CV (max 4 pages), letter of intent, practice description (max 500 words) and work samples. Selection is decided by the City of Munich on the recommendation of the Salta art jury (Amanda Carneiro, MASP; Chus Martinez; Anna Schneider, DAS MINSK); outcomes by end of December 2026. Note: the Ebenböckhaus is not barrier-free. DEADLINE: 15 November 2026, midnight CET.
The Arts Council of Ireland's Festivals Investment Scheme funds small to mid-scale arts festivals whose programmes engage local communities or communities of interest, across all artforms including multidisciplinary, digital and performance programmes. Round 2 of the 2027 scheme is for festivals later in 2027 (Round 1, which closed in May 2026, covered festivals from January to June 2027). WHO: organisations delivering an arts festival programme in the Republic of Ireland. WHAT YOU GET: a grant of up to EUR 45,000 towards the festival programme, in three bands by scale. APPLICATION: through the Arts Council online services portal; guidelines and budget templates are on the scheme page. Opened 20 October 2026. DEADLINE: 19 November 2026 at 17:30.
The Theatre Project Award supports specific artistic projects in theatre, enabling individual artists and organisations to bring their ideas to fruition and create excellent work, from script and concept development through to new creations, including devised, interdisciplinary and technology-led performance. WHO: individual theatre artists and theatre organisations based in Ireland. WHAT YOU GET: a project grant of up to EUR 26,000 in this round (Play Development and Theatre Creation scales). APPLICATION: through the Arts Council online services portal; read the 2027 guidelines on the award page first and contact theatre@artscouncil.ie with questions. Opened 20 October 2026. DEADLINE: 19 November 2026 at 17:30.
FOTODOKS, the Munich festival for contemporary documentary photography, invites existing lens-based, documentary-driven projects on the theme of care and its connections to politics, emotions and intimate relationships for its 13th edition in October 2027. Selected works are shown in a group exhibition and included in the festival catalogue and on the FOTODOKS website; the curatorial team also invites some artists directly. WHO: individuals, collectives and groups of all backgrounds, ages and genders; submissions in English or German. WHAT YOU GET: an artist fee of EUR 500 for a single artist, EUR 800 for a duo or up to EUR 1,200 for a collective depending on size; travel support of up to EUR 150 within Germany, EUR 300 within Europe or EUR 500 from outside Europe; accommodation during the 4-day opening week; and production of the work for the exhibition in agreement with FOTODOKS. APPLICATION: free, via the Picter submission page; questions to opencall@fotodoks.de. Results are announced in March 2027. DEADLINE: 20 November 2026.
Themed international residency: three artists, duos or collectives are selected for one of three four-month periods between February 2027 and January 2028 to work on the 2027 theme 'On Absence'. Each resident receives EUR 1,100 per month and a rent-free furnished studio apartment in central Weimar; the programme closes with a group exhibition the following year. ELIGIBILITY: open worldwide, all ages and disciplines; currently enrolled students are excluded; applications in English or German. DEADLINE: 22 November 2026.
The UNESCO City of Media Arts Office of Karlsruhe's Department of Cultural Affairs awards the dm-Award connecting worlds, with dm-drogerie markt as awarding partner, ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe as curatorial partner and KME as organiser of the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Light Festival. Under the motto PLAYGROUND, the call seeks projects that connect the digital space of the projection mappings on Karlsruhe Palace's facade with the analogue space of the Market Square, playfully activating public space. FORMAT: every project must have two elements: a projection mapping on the palace facade (2 to 5 minutes) and at least one satellite on the Market Square that also works independently of the projection and is publicly and freely accessible. Examples include interactive projections and game elements with audience participation, installations or media artworks relating to the projection, combinations of performance, concerts or actions with projection mapping, sculptural, 3D or immersive formats, new technologies, and collaborations between local and international players. The winner is realised in 2027 during the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE and the exhibition Media art is here, running four weeks between mid-August and mid-September 2027. WHO: artists worldwide, individually or as a collective. WHAT YOU GET: a EUR 10,000 prize, up to EUR 20,000 net production funding (which must cover all production costs, including fees, equipment and the winners' travel), plus curatorial and technical support; technical requirements are set out in the Production Guidelines. APPLICATION: via the call page; questions to cityofmediaarts@kultur.karlsruhe.de. Application period 9 October to 25 November 2026, closing at 13:00 CET.
The Academie de France a Madrid at the Casa de Velazquez offers 12 one-year residencies for 2027-2028 to young graduates and established artists developing a creative project in the Iberian Peninsula. Applicants declare one main discipline: drawing, printmaking, sculpture, painting, architecture, music composition, choreography, photography, or film and video (multidisciplinary development during the year is welcome). REQUIREMENTS: over 18; a higher arts diploma or a body of work judged by the committee; good French (application and interview in French); individual applications only (no collectives); at most three applications per lifetime. STATUS: EU/Schengen nationals must show affiliation to an artist/author or self-employed scheme; non-EU applicants need a French residence permit allowing work (to join URSSAF artists/authors) or a Schengen residence and work permit from another EU state plus artist-author status there, covering the whole residency. APPLICATION: online portal with a project of up to 5,000 characters in French, expectations and career fit (600 characters each), CV in French (max 3 pages), portfolio (A3 landscape PDF, max 10 pages), up to two video links of max 10 minutes, audio files (composers must include a chamber or orchestral work with score), up to 10 photos and up to two recommendation letters. SELECTION: pre-selection the week of 8 March 2027, interviews in French in Paris the week of 5 April 2027, results mid-April 2027. Residents must live at the Casa outside closure periods and take part in its exhibitions and concerts. DEADLINE: 27 November 2026, 13:00 Madrid time. Questions: candidatures-cvz@casadevelazquez.org.
DOMA Initiatives, in partnership with the British Council, nominates one Malaysia-based fellow for the British Council Venice Fellowship Programme at the 2027 Venice Biennale (62nd International Art Exhibition). The fellow spends one month in Venice: half the time as an exhibition ambassador at the British Pavilion (stewarding, engaging visitors, supporting daily gallery operations) and half on independent research or a creative or architectural project inspired by Venice, the Pavilion and the Biennale themes. Fellows complete 15 hours of online training in March-April 2027 and, on return, run a sharing session, workshop or exhibition for DOMA Initiatives. ELIGIBILITY: active early-career professionals in architecture or related creative fields, based in Malaysia, with a portfolio integrating research or creative practice with the themes of La Biennale di Venezia; strong spoken and written English; must also meet the British Council criteria in the Venice Fellowship Programme Guidance Notes 2027. HOW TO APPLY: complete the application form (Google Doc linked from the call page) and email it with a CV and portfolio/research proposal to the selection committee. Shortlisting and interviews 30 November to 3 December 2026; nomination to the British Council 4 December 2026; final selection announced January 2027. Contact: Veronica Ng, DOMA Initiatives Coordinator, veronican@sunway.edu.my. DEADLINE: 27 November 2026, 12:00 noon MYT.
First edition of an international competition for short live performances of around fifteen minutes in dance and physical theatre, run by Music & Movie ETS within the InterAgendo project. Works must carry an ethical, civic or social theme. Six companies are selected to perform in Sassari on 6-8 May 2027 in front of a National Jury, a Schools and Community Jury and a Territorial Jury. MONEY: each selected company receives a guaranteed gross fee of EUR 500 (solo), EUR 700 (duo) or EUR 900 (three or more performers) plus three nights' accommodation; the Best Work Award is EUR 1,000 and the Reflections Award EUR 400. Application is free; only the six selected companies pay a EUR 50 security deposit, refunded in full at the end of the festival. Similar in format to Teatri Riflessi in Sicily. DEADLINE: 30 November 2026, 23:59 CET.
To mark the 40th anniversary of ERASMUS in 2027, the European Cultural Foundation is opening its historical archives for a Creative Research Fellowship: one professional creative practitioner will research ECF's lesser-known role in shaping the ERASMUS student mobility programme (from the European Institute of Education and the Office for Cooperation in Education to the ERASMUS Bureau, which ran the scheme until 1994) and translate that history into a public-facing artwork about what European belonging feels like and what the next ERASMUS could be. WHAT YOU GET: a EUR 10,000 grant for travel, living costs and production; a research residency at the Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence during the first trimester of 2027; and presentation of the finished work in Brussels in September 2027, in partnership with the House of European History. WHO: creative practitioners residing in a Council of Europe member state with a track record of research-based work for museum contexts. DEADLINE: 1 December 2026, 17:00 CET. The full call is linked from ECF's open calls and social channels; a dedicated call page could not be located at the time of adding.
Research and creation studio residencies in Brussels for artists working in the performing arts in the broad sense: dance, performance, theatre and crossovers with other disciplines (projects that are purely circus, visual art, music or for young audiences are excluded). WHAT YOU GET: one to two weeks of free studio space tailored to your project, a EUR 750 flat fee per selected project for travel and lunch, overnight guesthouse accommodation for international artists subject to availability, basic technical equipment in some studios, and an optional moment to share work with other residents. ELIGIBILITY: open to Belgian and international artists and collectives at any career stage. Applications can be written or submitted as audio or video, in Dutch, French or English. DEADLINE: 1 December 2026 for residencies between August and December 2027; selections announced end of February 2027.
The Flemish Arts Decree (Kunstendecreet) structural funding round for 2028-2032 is open. Werkingssubsidies are the backbone funding of the Flemish arts field: five-year operating grants for arts organisations, including festivals, production houses, arts centres, ensembles and platforms, covering continuous operation rather than single projects. WHO: professional arts organisations with a non-commercial character, established in Flanders or Brussels and addressing the Flemish community, active in visual, audiovisual and photographic arts, performing arts, music, architecture and design, or transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral arts. Your operation must fulfil one or more of five functions: development, production, presentation, participation and reflection. In this round every organisation applies for one policy period only; organisations currently funded for two periods must still submit a new plan. A project subsidy cannot be combined with a werkingssubsidie, and any running project subsidy must end by 31 December 2027. WHAT YOU GET: an annual operating grant for five years, with at least 50 percent of the grant to be spent on paying staff and artists; organisations choosing production or presentation functions need at least 20 percent own income. APPLICATION: via the KIOSK web application, using the official beleidsplan (policy plan) template and cijferbijlage (financial appendix). The assessment handbook (draaiboek) is published by 1 November 2026; Kunstenpunt runs advice sessions and a checklist for first-time applicants. DEADLINE: 1 December 2026.
Hordaland Kunstsenter, founded in 1976 as Norway's first artist-run art centre, invites artists based in the Nordic and Baltic countries to apply for its 2027/2028 residency programme in central Bergen, supported by the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture. The centre does not privilege any medium and is especially interested in practices that move between disciplines, including exhibition-making, performance, sound, publishing, moving image, socially engaged and research-based or discursive work. WHO: artists with a permanent address in Sapmi, Denmark, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Sweden, Aland, Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania (citizenship not required); artists based in Norway, full-time students and artistic PhD candidates are not eligible; visa costs are the resident's own. WHAT YOU GET: a NOK 30,000 stipend for the full-time two-month residency, a furnished one-bedroom self-catering apartment near the centre, up to EUR 500 travel support booked by the residency coordinator, a dedicated desk and workspace, access to the project room, and connections to studios, specialist workspaces and production networks in Bergen. Residents give a public presentation or talk during their stay. APPLICATION: fill in the Google form on the call page and email one PDF (CV, motivation letter on intentions and use of time, up to 5 slides of recent work) to residency@kunstsenter.no; questions to scott@kunstsenter.no. DEADLINE: 1 December 2026.
Berlin's Wiederaufnahmefoerderung funds revivals of existing independent-scene productions, covering rehearsals and performances for solo and group projects across all performing art forms: theatre, dance, performance, music theatre and music. WHO: professional artists and independent groups based in Berlin (not enrolled students), and institutions working mainly with the Berlin independent scene. The original production must have been staged successfully in Berlin (music productions may have premiered elsewhere) and must previously have received Berlin Senate funding; work on the revival must not have started, and the same revival cannot already be funded by another Berlin or Hauptstadtkulturfonds programme. Minimum performance targets apply: generally four performances for theatre and dance, two for music and music theatre. WHAT YOU GET: up to EUR 30,000 per project for the March to December 2027 period. APPLICATION: electronically via the Berlin service portal with all attachments; read the current Infoblatt and use the sample financing plan. ACCESS (Performing Arts Programm Berlin) offers help with the online application. DEADLINE: 2 December 2026 at 14:00.
Annual award from the Lillias Mitchell Trust recognising craft and visual artists connected to Ireland. AWARDS: EUR 10,000 each to two winners, one in Visual Art and one in Craft + Applied Art (total fund usually around EUR 30,000); shortlisted artists also receive a smaller financial award, amount to be confirmed. ELIGIBILITY: craft and visual artists living and working on the island of Ireland, and Irish-born artists working overseas; any career stage with demonstrated artistic merit; full-time students are normally not considered; previous main-award winners cannot reapply. APPLICATION: online, no fee. TIMELINE: applications open 12:00 noon on 16 October 2026. DEADLINE: 11 December 2026, 17:00.
Germany's flagship residency awards for visual artists, architects, writers and composers, administered by the Kulturstiftung der Laender for the federal government. One application window covers the Rome Prize at Villa Massimo (10 months, EUR 3,000/month, international visibility expected), Casa Baldi in Olevano Romano (3 months, EUR 3,000/month), the Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venice (3 months, EUR 1,534/month) and a 6-month Paris residency (approx. EUR 1,500/month). Accommodation and studio are provided everywhere. ELIGIBILITY: German citizenship, or primary residence and artistic practice in Germany. Application window 1 October to 15 December 2026 for residencies in 2028, via auslandsstipendien-von-bund-und-laendern.de. DEADLINE: 15 December 2026, 23:59.
The Ortaklasa programme, run by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) with Culture Action Europe under EU funding, supports cultural cooperation projects between Turkiye and Europe that rethink cultural policies from the local level up to international cooperation, support cultural and artistic production, and develop fair cooperation. STRUCTURE: applications come from a four-institution partnership consisting of a culture-oriented CSO based in Turkiye as lead applicant, a culture-oriented CSO based in an EU member state or candidate country (Albania, Iceland, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo or Serbia) as partner, and one municipality from Turkiye plus one municipality from an EU member state or candidate country (the same list plus Bosnia and Herzegovina) as associates. FUNDING: total budget EUR 890,000; grants cover between 70 and 95 percent of total eligible costs. TIMELINE: call opened 17 September 2026; questions accepted until 6 December 2026 via ortaklasa.hibeler@iksv.org; deadline 18 December 2026, 17:00 UTC+3; results 16 March 2027; indicative project start 1 April 2027. APPLICATION: through the online portal; see the Guideline for Grant Applications for eligibility details and evaluation criteria.
France Culture and LaScam offer two EUR 5,000 grants (Brouillon d'un reve) to write a first creative audio documentary in the spirit of L'Experience, France Culture's strand of auteur sound documentaries. The target format is a 57'30 documentary for broadcast or a native podcast series with variable episode length. WHO: authors writing their first creative audio documentary, in French; reportage, news programmes and more classic documentaries are excluded. WHAT YOU GET: EUR 5,000 to fund the writing; production and inclusion in France Culture's output are decided separately afterwards by its Fictions et Creation department. APPLICATION: email bourses.documentaires@radiofrance.com with a 5-line summary (max 500 characters), the intended duration, a two-page PDF (statement of intent plus a note on the sound design), names, detailed CV and contact details, optional links to earlier work, and an IBAN. The committee meets in mid-January 2027 and results are announced by 5 February 2027. Submission window: 20 October 2026, 08:00 to 20 December 2026, 23:59 (Paris time).
Grant for a single artist publication, analog or digital formats included, by freelance visual artists or artist duos; media artists are eligible. The call opened 1 October 2026. FUNDING: up to EUR 24,000 per project with at least 10% own contribution (third-party funds allowed). ELIGIBILITY: primary residence in Germany; not enrolled as a student; artists may apply to only one KUNSTFONDS programme per year. NOTE: the sibling KUNSTFONDS_Stipendium (EUR 18,000 for 6 months) is expected to open mid-December 2026 with the same deadline. DEADLINE: 15 January 2027, 24:00.
The organisation-side strand of Culture Moves Europe, the EU's flagship mobility scheme for artists and cultural professionals, funds organisations to host artists in residence. WHO: newly or well-established legal entities registered and based in a Creative Europe country and active in architecture, cultural heritage, design and fashion design, literature, music, performing arts or visual arts, with capacity to host one to five residents from other Creative Europe countries. WHAT YOU GET: EUR 50 per day per resident for the host, plus accessibility support of EUR 375, 675 or 1,200; residents receive EUR 30 per day, a travel allowance of EUR 400 or EUR 800 and optional top-ups (green travel, overseas regions, family, visa). PROCESS: apply in English via the Goethe Application Portal, registering as Organisation/Enterprise and selecting the 2026-2027 call for residency hosts; results by 9 March 2027, then hosts select residents and submit residency info cards between 9 March and 31 July 2027, with residencies starting from 12 April 2027. The call opened 15 October 2026. DEADLINE: 18 January 2027.
Winter round of Germany's flagship open, non-thematic federal project line, one of the largest European funders that will back a festival, exhibition programme or multi-partner convening run by an organisation rather than an individual artist. It funds large innovative projects across all artistic fields, explicitly including New Media alongside visual and performing arts, music, film, photography and architecture. There is no published maximum, but the EUR 50,000 minimum total project cost sets the scale, and at least 20 percent co-financing is mandatory. This round closes 31 January 2027 at 12:00 CET, with decisions at the external jury meeting in May 2027; no project may start before its jury date, so plan four to six months of lead time. Non-German organisations are genuinely eligible, which is unusual at this scale, provided the project is visible in Germany and has an international dimension. Two practical barriers: the application form must be completed in German, and project communications must include a German-language version.
The Basisfoerderung is Berlin's two-year structural line for the independent performing arts scene, giving groups and solo artists without a production venue planning security beyond single projects. WHO: professional, privately organised groups and individual artists in dance, performing and performative arts (all genres) with their main working base in Berlin, a visible public presence in the Berlin scene and a demonstrated artistic identity; a group should show at least two years of continuous, independent work in the applying line-up. Legal entities and natural persons can apply. CONDITIONS: at least one new production in Berlin per funding year (revivals only in exceptional cases); if performance costs are requested, box-office income must appear in the financing plan. WHAT IT FUNDS: production-related personnel and material costs, Berlin performance costs, general costs for developing and securing working structures, and costs for accessible production. Jury criteria include continuity and development of previous work, a convincing longer-term artistic perspective, quality of the planned productions, own and third-party income, networking and relevance to Berlin's cultural infrastructure. APPLICATION: online via the Berlin funding portal (fms.verwalt-berlin.de) with the official two-year financing plan; the 2028-2029 Infoblatt is published in December 2026, the current sheet covers 2026-27. ACCESS (Performing Arts Programm Berlin) helps with online applications. DEADLINE: 31 January 2027, 24:00 (cut-off deadline, no late submissions).
The Konzeptfoerderung is the longest structural funding line Berlin offers independent performing arts groups and individual artists who have no venue of their own: four years of funding for an artistic concept rather than single productions. WHO: professional, privately organised groups and individual artists in dance, performing and performative arts (all genres) whose work has shown a distinct artistic character over several years, has met with interest from audiences and critics, and who have their main working base in Berlin. CONDITIONS: at least one new production in Berlin per funding year; revivals only in exceptional cases. WHAT IT FUNDS: production-related personnel and material costs, performance costs, and general costs needed to develop and secure the artistic work that cannot be assigned to individual productions. APPLICATION: online via the Berlin funding portal (fms.verwalt-berlin.de) with the official four-year sample financing plan; read the Konzeptfoerderung information sheet and the minimum-fee recommendations first. The 2028-2031 call documents are published in December 2026. ACCESS (Performing Arts Programm Berlin) offers help with online applications. DEADLINE: 31 January 2027 (end of day; cut-off deadline).
Development bursaries for individual professional artists under the Flemish Arts Decree: free development time with no output obligation, across all disciplines of the professional arts including media/digital art and sound. Two strands: opkomend talent (EUR 7,500, one year) and bewezen talent (EUR 12,000 per year for one, two or three years). Two windows a year, closing 15 September and 15 March. ELIGIBILITY: artists connected to the Flemish Community, in practice living and/or working in Flanders or Brussels. DEADLINE: 15 March 2027 for the next round.
Regional residency programme pairing an artist with an Ile-de-France venue for a creation residency in visual, digital or urban arts. The artist receives a bourse of EUR 2,400 gross per month for 2 to 10 months, and the venue receives support for its mediation programme around the residency. ELIGIBILITY: professional artists affiliated to the French artist social-security regime (in practice, artists working in France), applying jointly with the host venue. The May 2026 session is closed. DEADLINE: 18 March 2027 for the next session.
Flagship EU mobility grant for artists and cultural professionals: individual or group (up to 5 people) mobility to carry out an artistic or cultural project in another Creative Europe country, with the support of an international partner of your own choosing (an individual or an organisation). The project must follow 2 of the 4 objectives: to learn, to create, to explore, or to connect. SECTORS: architecture, cultural heritage, design and fashion design, literature, music, performing arts, and visual arts; no specific level of experience required. ELIGIBILITY: aged 18+, legally residing in one of the Creative Europe countries, including the overseas countries and territories and outermost regions (Netherlands eligible). GRANT: EUR 85 daily allowance per day of project implementation; travel allowance EUR 400 under 5,000 km or EUR 800 from 5,000 km (distance calculated automatically in the application form as a one-way straight line); top-ups for green mobility (EUR 400), OCT/outermost regions (EUR 175), family (EUR 200 per child under 18) and visa (EUR 120); accessibility support of EUR 30 per day plus personal assistance or sign language interpretation covered. APPLICATION: official national identification, proof of legal residence, short CV, artistic and creative portfolio, and a letter of invitation from the international partner. TIMELINE: call opened 1 October 2026, 9:00 CEST; deadline 30 April 2027, 23:59 CEST.
The Acquisitions scheme helps Dutch museums and other cultural heritage institutions buy objects that enrich the Dutch National Cultural Heritage Collection, across everything from contemporary art to natural history collections. Acquired objects must be displayed to the public on a (semi-)permanent basis. CONDITIONS: the estimated value of the object must exceed EUR 50,000; complete provenance research is required; the applicant must contribute significantly to the acquisition costs; where multiple items are involved they must form an inseparable ensemble; the institution must follow the lending guidelines and remain the permanent owner. NOT FUNDED: artists' estates, constructional provisions, or passive conservation. APPLY online through the Mondriaan Fund digital system after registering an account, with valuation reports, condition assessments, provenance research, a presentation plan and an itemised budget. Rolling deadline, but allow about three months for processing.
Art Fair International covers stand rental for galleries taking visual art from the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom to an art fair, and stand rental plus travel and transport costs for art book publishers at art book fairs. WHO CAN APPLY: Dutch and non-Dutch galleries that have signed and actively apply the Gallery Fair Practice Code, and art book publishers. CONDITIONS: an invitation from the fair is required; the artists presented must be artistically and substantively active in professional visual arts; a maximum of one application per fair per calendar year; no more than three awards annually. AMOUNTS scale with how much of the stand is given to artists from the Netherlands and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom, as set out in the funding notes. APPLY through the Mondriaan Fund digital application system after creating an account, at least six weeks before a fair on the fund's established list, or three months before a fair that is not listed.
Artist's Fee reimburses part of the compensation an institution pays an artist for work on an exhibition: producing new work, production-related labour, event activities, and providing artwork for presentation. It does not cover expenses such as materials or transport. WHO CAN APPLY: visual arts institutions in the Netherlands or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom that publicly exhibit contemporary visual art and/or heritage without a sales objective, and that subscribe to the Fair Practice Code, the Culture Governance Code and the Diversity and Inclusion Code. CONDITIONS: the artist must hold a bachelor's degree in visual arts or have at least three years of professional experience; the fee must comply with the Fair Pay Rate Table 2023; the application must be submitted at least two months before the exhibition opens; the exhibition must open within 12 months of application; artist invoices must be paid within one month; and institutions already receiving other fair pay funding for 2025-2028 are not eligible. AMOUNT: up to 50% of the standard amount excluding VAT where the fee meets at least 100% of the guideline, with a minimum application of EUR 100. APPLY through the online system after creating an account, with a signed artist contract, the exhibition budget, artist CVs and a recent Chamber of Commerce registration. Note for artists: this is applied for by the institution, not by you, but it is worth pointing an exhibiting venue towards.
Art Heritage Festival supports festivals, biennales, triennales and similar events dedicated to the presentation of visual art and/or heritage, held in physical spaces and occurring no more than once a year. The scheme backs activities that reach diverse audiences or create meaningful public engagement with art and heritage. WHO CAN APPLY: non-profit organisations based in the Netherlands or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom; institutions for art education and post-academic institutions are excluded. NOT FUNDED: journals, publications, documentaries, symposia, conferences or online-only festivals. CONDITIONS: events must be publicly accessible and held no more than once a year; the project cannot receive simultaneous funding from other Mondriaan Fund grants or specified national cultural programmes; the organisation must subscribe to the Fair Practice Code, the Culture Governance Code and the Diversity and Inclusion Code; and fair artist compensation is mandatory where artists are involved. AMOUNT: up to 40% of eligible project costs, on a project budget above EUR 25,000. APPLY through the Mondriaan Fund online system after registering an account. Allow three months for processing; activities that have already happened cannot be funded.
Art Heritage Presentation funds presentations that are innovative and non-standard, rather than business-as-usual programming: exhibitions featuring internationally renowned artists, engaging shows offering fresh perspectives, public co-creation projects, and presentations built around special loans or commissioned work. WHO CAN APPLY: cultural institutions in the Netherlands and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom that focus on presenting cultural heritage and/or visual art, including museums, art centres and archives; art education and post-academic institutions are excluded, and the institution must be a non-profit legal entity established in the eligible territory. CONDITIONS: presentations must be open to the public; festivals, biennales and other events recurring annually or less often are handled by the separate Art Heritage Festival scheme, not this one; the organisation must subscribe to the Fair Practice Code, the Culture Governance Code and the Diversity and Inclusion Code; and artist fees must be realistic and included in the budget. AMOUNT: up to 40% of variable project costs, on a project budget above EUR 25,000. APPLY online after registering an account, with an institutional profile, project plan, presentation plan, itemised budget and, where applicable, artist information with visual documentation.
Collection Mobility supports the revaluation of a collection and, where applicable, the selection, disposal and/or relocation of parts of a collection. NOT FUNDED: construction work, building preservation, archaeological excavation, passive conservation or documentation. WHO CAN APPLY: Dutch museums and other cultural heritage institutions that are publicly accessible, manage nationally or internationally significant collections, and are registered with the Dutch Museum Register. Joint applications are encouraged and, where relevant, institutions must apply together. CONDITIONS: applicants must follow the Basic Principles for Smarter Loan Transactions in the Netherlands; collections must be disposed of in line with the Guideline for the Disposal of Museum Objects; and the applicant must contribute significant funding itself. AMOUNT: up to 40% of eligible costs, determined per application. APPLY through the online system at mondriaanfonds.nl after creating an account, with organisational information, collection details, a project plan, a budget and supporting documents.
The closest thing the Netherlands has to a dedicated regional art-and-technology fund, being a public-private scheme co-financed by ASML and sited in the country's main technology region. It funds professional cultural projects of high quality with national or international reach, which in practice covers festivals, exhibitions and public programmes including media art and creative technology work. Private-law legal entities only (stichting, vereniging or BV); both new and existing cultural organisations qualify. Projects are assessed on societal impact (must address at least two of accessibility, inclusivity, diversity, social cohesion), cultural entrepreneurship and sustainability, alongside professional artistic quality. Applications are accepted all year round via a two-stage route: an intake where Brabant C scouts give an initial assessment, followed by a full application, pitch session and decision. TIMING RULES ARE STRICT and are the main planning constraint: the full application must be submitted a minimum of 12 weeks before the project starts, and the project may not begin until at least 12 weeks after a complete application has been approved. The internal clock runs roughly two weeks for a completeness check, about six weeks to the pitch session, and about four weeks from pitch to decision. Brabant C never covers more than half the budget, so a matched partner is required from the outset. A separate Brabant C matching scheme for impactful culture projects is open year-round through 31 December 2026 for Brabant-based organisations outside the Brainport region.
Since 2025 Het Cultuurfonds runs a dedicated application route for individual makers and collectives, separate from its project grants for foundations and associations. The ontwikkelbijdrage awards up to EUR 5,000 for research, workshops, masterclasses, courses and training, experiments and equipment, and for the pre-phase of a project, giving makers room to test and develop an idea before it has to be fully executed. It is open to all disciplines: visual artists, theatre makers, spoken word artists, photographers, musicians, ceramicists, restorers and more. A separate matchfundingbijdrage of EUR 250 to EUR 1,500 supports crowdfunding campaigns for public-facing projects such as exhibitions or performances. The route is run with voordekunst. Applying is a two-step process: a short vooraanvraag (pre-application) answered within one week, then a full application answered within four weeks, with development funds paid out within two weeks of approval. Rolling intake, no application fee.
Amarte Fonds is a private Dutch foundation that supports the arts, with rolling (continuous) contributions for visual artists and independent curators. There are two contribution types: a development contribution of up to EUR 2,750 and a project contribution of up to EUR 5,500. Up to 80 percent is paid in advance, with the remainder after the final report is approved. Applicants must be based in the Netherlands or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom (the ABC and SSS islands). The fund also supports work across theatre, film, music, literature and interdisciplinary projects through specific programmes. There is no fixed deadline and no application fee; decisions are relatively fast. Apply year-round via the online portal.
Commission artists to create new work in publicly accessible spaces such as hospitals or museums. Open to individuals and organisations. Continuous deadline.
Support for visual artists with 4+ years of experience to expand their portfolio, increase visibility or conduct research. Continuous deadline.
Rolling project funding from the Mondriaan Fund for visual artists who want to carry out a concrete artistic plan, research project or working period in the Netherlands or abroad. The fund's definition of visual art is broad and explicitly includes installation art, conceptual art, performance, artistic research, photography, audiovisual, digital, sound and (new) media art, and art in public space. AMOUNTS: a fixed contribution of EUR 2,785 per month for up to 6 months, or a flexible contribution for up to 12 months sized to the project budget; hired expertise, materials and equipment can be part of the budget. The fixed contribution cannot be awarded within 1 year of receiving an Artist Start grant. ELIGIBILITY: visual artists from the Netherlands or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom, professionally active for at least 1 year. CONDITIONS: applicants must contribute at least 10 percent of the sum requested; this own contribution may be personal investment, third-party support, an interest-free loan from Fonds Kwadraat or crowdfunding. APPLY at any time through the Mondriaan Fund online application system; allow around 3 months processing once the application is complete.
Support for visual artists at the beginning of their careers with plans for new work. Continuous deadline.
Support for owners and managers of objects registered as protected heritage. Continuous deadline.
Voucher to assist hiring artisans for artistic research or work production. Continuous deadline.
Voucher covering childcare costs for visual artists with dependents under compulsory school age. Continuous deadline.
Funding for developing and deepening artistic practice. Continuous deadline.
Quick-response voucher for visual artists, curators, art critics and art observers based in the Netherlands or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom who have been invited to take part in a public programme abroad. Eligible activities include giving a lecture, performance, book presentation or taking part in a panel at a contemporary visual art institution, venue, festival or symposium outside the Netherlands. Participation in an exhibition and commercial gallery or art fair contexts are not eligible. Visual artists need at least one year of professional practice; curators, critics and art observers need at least two years. Applicants cannot be enrolled full-time in a Bachelor's, Master's or postdoctoral programme. The voucher covers travel and accommodation up to EUR 2,500. Rolling intake, but the timing window is strict: applications are accepted a maximum of 4 months and a minimum of 5 weeks before the activity starts. No application fee.
Rolling general project funding for smaller media-art works, events and research. Covers interdisciplinary projects across music, theatre, dance, visual arts, literature, film, architecture, socioculture, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, and children's and youth culture. For artists, professionals, initiatives and institutions based in Karlsruhe (group applications must include at least one person/institution with first residence or registered office in Karlsruhe). Applied for via the City of Karlsruhe online application; selected by UCCoMA Office staff.
Fonds 21 supports professional, high-quality art and culture projects by Dutch non-profit organizations (foundations, associations and non-profit BVs/NVs), across performing arts, visual arts, film, literature and interdisciplinary work, with additional pillars for arts education and youth & society. The minimum request is EUR 10,000 with no stated maximum, and roughly EUR 11.5 million is available annually. Applications are accepted year-round via the online portal (after a short eligibility snelcheck) and must be submitted at least four months before the project start date. Free-of-charge events are generally not supported; the fund expects most programming to be paid-access. No application fee.
Het Cultuurfonds (formerly Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds) invests over EUR 40 million per year in culture and nature in the Netherlands. Foundations and associations can apply year-round for project grants (typically EUR 15,000 to EUR 50,000 at national level), and since 2025 individual makers and collectives can apply for up to EUR 5,000. Provincial chapters run their own quarterly rounds for regional projects, and numerous themed funds (EUR 5,000 to EUR 25,000) cover specific disciplines. Rolling intake via the online application portal. No application fee.
VSBfonds supports cultural initiatives that make it possible for everyone in the Netherlands to take part in art and culture, spanning ten programme lines from professional performances to community arts. Applications are accepted year-round with no deadlines from foundations, associations and applicants without a formal legal form, and must be submitted at least four months before the initiative starts (two months for amateur arts). A two-minute online quickscan checks eligibility before the formal application. No fixed minimum or maximum amount; the request should be proportionate to other funding. No application fee.
The Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie, one of the Dutch national cultural funds (annual budget around EUR 30 million), currently has several schemes open for applications: cultural education in vocational education (mbo, EUR 5,000-55,000), cultural education in vmbo/vso/pro (EUR 10,000-65,000), cultural education for the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom (EUR 5,000-50,000), an open call for design-based learning platforms (up to EUR 75,000) and an interdisciplinary scheme for professional makers (EUR 12,500-50,000). Most schemes target cultural institutions, in some cases in partnership with schools. See the subsidies overview for per-scheme conditions. No application fee.
AFK is the City of Amsterdam's arts fund and the main route to project money for artists and organisations working in the city, and it was the significant gap in this desk's Dutch coverage. The Projectsubsidies 2026-2028 scheme funds art and culture projects across disciplines, split into four categories by scale and applicant type; requests up to EUR 7,500 in categories 1 and 2 are assigned to an assessment round by monthly draw, with published loting and gesprek dates. ELIGIBILITY: you must live or work in the municipality of Amsterdam or in Zaanstad, Oostzaan, Landsmeer, Waterland, Haarlemmermeer, Amstelveen, Ouder-Amstel or Diemen. Both individual makers and organisations can apply depending on category. NOTE: AFK periodically closes individual categories when demand outruns budget (categories 3 and 4 for professional art were temporarily shut in May 2026 and reopened on 1 July 2026), so check which categories are open before you start. Applications are in Dutch through the AFK portal. Phone 020 520 0520, weekdays 09:30-12:30 and 13:30-16:00.