Currently 5 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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Biennial international prize for individual artists or collectives worldwide aged 18-35. No application fee. Open to all visual-arts media, including video, installation, performance, photography. Excluded: applicants with Russian or Belarusian citizenship/residency, and former winners. Shortlist announced late November 2026; shortlisted artists are exhibited at PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv and at a collateral event at the Venice Biennale 2027 (exhibition opens August 2027). Of the $40,000 production investment for the main winner, the funds are tied to producing new work. Strong fit for an artist working at the intersection of installation, video and critical AI/surveillance themes (an AI/drones installation would qualify as a video/installation submission). Tight age window (must be 35 or under at deadline); the prize is positioned as career-launching for younger practitioners.
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.
Production grants for newly commissioned works of visual art exhibited beyond museum walls, in the public realm, or in non-traditional exhibition environments. Grants are awarded to projects that best exemplify VIA's three core values of Artistic Production, Thought Leadership, and Public Engagement. Two-stage application process: Letter of Inquiry due 21 May 2026; invitations to submit a full application sent 24 June 2026 (by invitation only); full application deadline for invited applicants 23 July 2026; grant award notification November 2026. Projects must start after 15 December 2026. VIA runs Fall and Spring cycles each year; Fall 2026 is the current open call.
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.
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.