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Visual and Media Arts Grants (Worldwide)

Currently 6 active visual and media arts grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in Worldwide. 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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Open calls

  1. Olympic Heritage: Artists in Residence 2026

    3-2-1 Qatar Olympic & Sports Museum (QOSM) and The Olympic Museum, Lausanne · Doha, Qatar OR La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland (one residency in each location) · Deadline: 30 Apr 2026 · Award: Round-trip flights + accommodation + living expenses allowance + mentorship + QAR 30,000 / €8,000 acquisition fee for resulting artwork (museums' permanent collections) + participation in international exhibition as part of the Cultural Olympiad (including LA 2028)

    Joint residency by the 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic & Sports Museum and The Olympic Museum in Lausanne for digital and immersive media artists to critically engage with sports culture and Olympic Legacy. Residents get exclusive access to museum collections, mentorship and expert support. The Doha residency is hosted at QOSM; the Swiss residency is at La Becque Artist Residence in La Tour-de-Peilz. Open to multi-disciplinary artists worldwide aged 18 to 35 (as of 31.12.2026) whose practice involves a significant element of digital art (any new media form, possibly combined with physical media). Free entry. Submit in English via the official online form by 30 April 2026 at 23:59 (GMT+1).

  2. Open Call: Netstalgia (Not Acceptable) - Error 406

    Error 417: Expectation Fail · Online · Deadline: 04 May 2026 · Award: €1,500 to €7,000 per project

    Open call for artists, curators and collectives worldwide to propose projects that take a clear-eyed view of internet histories and explore how they can open pathways toward more equitable futures. The brief: what protocols, networks, archives and shared conditions are needed to build the internet we actually want? Respond to netstalgia with error 406 not acceptable. Jury: Chia Amisola, Olia Lialina, Peter Sunde and Vladan Joler. Project deadline 4 May 2026 (23:59 CEST); work delivery 30 October 2026.

  3. CIFRA Award: RestArt Reality (Open Call)

    CIFRA · International (online submissions) · Deadline: 08 May 2026 · Award: 5 winners x €1,000

    Open call for any form of digital art submittable as a video, around the theme 'RestArt Reality': screen-native works engaging with pseudo-evidence, invented archives, alternative chronologies, reconstructions and 'false' testimonies. Five winners each receive €1,000.

  4. Boiler Room Broadcast Lab #14 (2026)

    Boiler Room · Worldwide (project streamed on Boiler Room channels) · Deadline: 17 May 2026 · Award: Up to GBP 10,000 to produce the project, plus in-kind support from Boiler Room and a full release across Boiler Room's channels

    Open call for individual musicians, collectives, and curators to pitch a project to be streamed on Boiler Room. The fund looks to platform overlooked scenes and spaces, innovative programming concepts that prioritise underrepresented artists, marginalised communities, and forward-thinking collaborations. While Boiler Room's archive is heavily DJ-focused, applicants are encouraged to explore live performance, instrumentation, and non-club genres. Winning application receives up to GBP 10,000 to bring the project to life, plus additional in-kind support and a full release on Boiler Room's channels. Deadline: Sunday 17 May at 23:59 BST. This is the 14th edition of Broadcast Lab.

  5. The 2026 Lumen Prize

    The Lumen Prize · Global · Deadline: 23 May 2026 · Award: 3 x $5,000 category awards + $15,000 Gold Award

    International art prize across three categories, each with a $5,000 award: Legacy Futures (works engaging past, present and future, examining our relationship to technology, culture and time); Systems & Structures (works examining or critically engaging with cultural, ecological, technological and social systems via code, data, networks, biological or environmental processes, institutional frameworks etc., e.g. misinformation, machine vision, human-machine relations); and Experiential Innovation (works prioritising experience via participation, presence, sensation or environment, including live coding, performance, interactive installations, experiential VR/AR and cross-modal practices). The Jury also selects one Gold Award Winner across all categories, awarded $15,000 in 2026. Two-stage judging: an International Selectors Committee curates a longlist of finalists, then a Jury Panel selects the winners. Standard entry fee $45.00; submissions close 23 May 2026 at 19:00. If the entry fee is a barrier, contact info@lumenprize.org.

  6. The Kyoto Retreat 2026

    The Kyoto Retreat (founded by Dexter Wimberly) · Kyoto, Japan · Deadline: 17 Jul 2026 · Award: Roundtrip flight, private accommodation and $800 USD stipend

    Four-week residency in Kyoto for artists, curators and writers from anywhere in the world, working in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, installation, fiction and nonfiction writing, poetry, interdisciplinary or social practice. Open to all career stages, 21 and over. Selected participants notified by 1 September 2026.