Currently 144 active paid visual and media arts grants, fellowships and residencies. 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.
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans annually select 30 fellows based on their potential to make significant contributions to American society, culture, and their chosen fields, across disciplines including the arts. WHAT YOU GET: up to USD 90,000 over two years in stipend and tuition support for graduate study beginning fall 2027, plus mentorship, community, all-expenses-paid attendance at the Fall Conference, and lifelong connection to a network of nearly 900 fellows. ELIGIBILITY: applicants must be an immigrant or the child of immigrant(s), meet the program's age requirements, and be in the first two years of a graduate or professional program or applying to one during the admissions process; school selectivity, GPA, and test scores are not used to determine eligibility, and reapplying is allowed. APPLICATION: free, via the online portal, with a resume or CV, two essays (1,000 words max each), transcripts, any program-required test scores, and 3 to 5 recommendation letters. TIMELINE: finalists notified mid-January 2027, virtual interviews in February, winners notified in March. DEADLINE: 29 October 2026, 2:00 PM EDT.
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.
Grants for large-scale interactive installation art shown at Black Rock City 2027; much of the funded work is creative-tech, light and kinetic. Two-stage process: a Letter of Intent now, with invited full proposals due mid-January 2027. FUNDING STRUCTURE: the official page publishes the overall picture rather than a per-award figure: a USD 1.5 million annual budget across roughly 75 projects, grants covering 40 to 60% of a project's proposed budget, and grants over USD 20,000 described as rare. ELIGIBILITY: open internationally, individuals and collectives; attending the event is recommended but not required. DEADLINE: Letter of Intent due 29 October 2026, 5pm PDT; late LOIs are not accepted.
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.
The 4th Matsu Biennial invites artists and creative teams worldwide to develop new work for the Matsu Islands, Taiwan, taking the archipelago itself as its site: its geography, Cold War history, marine ecology and everyday life. No single theme is set; proposals can explore three axes: The Island (Eastern Min culture, religious practices, traditional stone houses, the returning generation), The Outpost (site translation, geopolitics, blackout regulations, collective memory) and The Ocean (environmental care, sustainable ecology, blue tears sea sparkles, marine debris). PROJECT TYPES: site-specific installations, indoor or outdoor, produced on site; and participatory creative projects such as interdisciplinary actions, immersive experiences or community interactions. SUPPORT: 4 to 5 proposals are selected, each in principle receiving NTD 800,000 (approx. USD 25,000, tax included). Works must be completed by 10 August 2027; the exhibition runs 20 August to 7 November 2027. ELIGIBILITY: individuals and teams of any nationality, aged 18 and over; up to two proposals per applicant; existing works may be reworked if they respond to Matsu's site conditions and cultural context; artists may choose from suggested sites across Nangan, Beigan, Dongju and Xiju or propose their own. HOW TO APPLY: online via Google Form with a project proposal in Chinese or English (PDF, max 8 pages, 10 MB), an artist CV/portfolio (PDF, max 5 pages, 10 MB, at least 3 previous works), and a signed copyright license agreement. Results announced by the end of November 2026. DEADLINE: 30 October 2026 at 17:00 (GMT+8).
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.
The City of Los Angeles' residency-based grant line for socially engaged art. Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residencies (NEAR, USD 12,000) fund individual teaching-artists to run participatory, multi-session residency projects in self-selected non-arts venues (community organizations, civic spaces) across LA's Council Districts, reaching audiences with little exposure to arts programming. Creative Optimism-Uplifting Promises (CO-UP, USD 15,000) funds collaborations between social-justice nonprofits and artists for community-driven arts projects and public events. Both lines run on one autumn application cycle for the 2027-28 framework. ELIGIBILITY: Los Angeles-based artists and host or partner organizations; projects must take place in the City of Los Angeles. DEADLINE: 30 October 2026, 11:59 PM via the DCA grants portal.
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.
The Stokroos Seed Grant supports early-practice visual artists, designers and craft practitioners in the Netherlands with an unrestricted budget for a self-defined plan: EUR 5,000 for individuals, EUR 7,500 for duos, EUR 10,000 for collectives. The plan must start at least 10 weeks after submission, last no longer than a year, and can take place anywhere in the world. WHO IS ELIGIBLE: makers who between 2018 and 2022 completed their first subject-specific HBO or MBO programme, or started their practice without formal training (first public presentation or commission marks the start); at least 21 years old; living and working in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (including its Caribbean parts) or Suriname for at least one year; not enrolled in a study or post-academic programme during the grant period. RESTRICTIONS: one application per person every two calendar years, a lifetime maximum of two Seed Grants, and only one application per year across all Stokroos schemes. DEADLINE: the autumn window runs 1 September to 31 October 2026, but the form CLOSES EARLY once 60 eligible applications are received, so apply as soon as possible. TO APPLY: online form (Dutch or English) with portfolio PDF (max 20 pages, 10MB), CV, work and plan descriptions and a timeline; response within about 8 weeks. Recipients acknowledge Stokroos in communication about the plan.
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.
The Netherland-America Foundation funds professional artistic and cultural projects that show a clear exchange between Dutch and American artists, institutions or audiences, such as exhibitions, performances and other cultural initiatives that promote dialogue and collaboration. Both emerging artists and established organisations may apply. NOT FUNDED: applicants who are not working cultural professionals, seminar attendance, degree tuition, residencies, research, projects without a Dutch-American connection (these are not forwarded to the committee), and projects already underway or finished at the time of review. TIMING: apply at least 6 months before the money is needed; a letter of intent is optional and encouraged for projects 9 or more months out, after which the committee may invite a full application. Recent grantees must wait three years before reapplying. Letter and budget in English, addressed to the NAF Cultural Committee; include visuals where relevant. QUARTERLY CUT-OFFS: 1 February (window 2 Nov-1 Feb, results mid-March), 1 May (results mid-June), 1 August (results mid-September) and 1 November (window 2 Aug-1 Nov, results mid-December). Submit via Submittable.
Whose Archive is it Anyway? is the first in a three-part series of events at The Photographers' Gallery exploring the future of archives and archiving. This one-day event on Friday 16 April 2027 kickstarts the conversation with commissioned talks addressing what it means to make an archive today, who decides what an archive consists of, who creates an archive, who an archive is for, and who has access. The gallery welcomes submissions of real-life experiences rather than academic papers that challenge or answer these or other points related to the future of archives. SUGGESTED TOPICS: artist and photographers' legacies; institutional archives; memory (forgotten or lost histories made visible again); truth within archives (who is telling the stories and how); ownership (who has the authority to tell stories, who owns the images and their stories); relationships between those who create archives and those who use them; radical, non-traditional archives that redesign how stories are gathered and held to safeguard living memories; family archives; reclaimed photographic archives; counter archives that question dominant historical narratives; grassroots archives; technologies that reduce barriers to archives while safeguarding material; digital preservation and digitisation; and dialogic archives. ELIGIBILITY: open to all, especially those with experience of working with archives and the stories within them; applicants must be 18 or older and available to attend The Photographers' Gallery in London on 16 April 2027 to speak at the event. Selected speakers receive a fee of GBP 200 and will be notified by 18 January 2027. Questions to archive@tpg.org.uk. Deadline 1 November 2026, 11:59pm GMT.
The American-Scandinavian Foundation's award program for study and research abroad is its longest-standing commitment to educational exchange: over the past 100 years, more than 4,000 fellowships and grants have gone to Americans working in the Nordic region and Scandinavians in the US engaged in study, research, or creative arts projects. Fellowships for Americans in the Nordic Countries support projects in Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Sapmi. AMOUNTS: long-term fellowships of up to USD 23,000 for 4 to 12 months, and short-term grants of up to USD 5,000 for 1 to 3 months; awards are given in all fields, with graduate students (preferably dissertation-related), academic professionals, and creative artists eligible. In 2026, 31 American Fellows were granted over USD 277,390 in total. REPORTING: fellows abroad more than six months submit an interim report mid-project, and all fellows submit a final narrative report within 60 days of the fellowship period's end. DEADLINE: 1 November 2026 for the 2027-28 cycle. See ASF's Program Guidelines for full requirements and apply via the ASF application portal.
The MIT Museum seeks proposals for compelling digital content exploring humanity's relationship with the BRAIN, the museum's thematic focus from April to September 2027 bringing together art, science, technology and design on cognition, neurotechnology, brain-computer interfaces, mental health and the boundaries of ability. Selected proposals run as ambient content on the two-story digital screen (3840x3024, 80:63 aspect ratio, 20'3" x 16'2") in the museum's central Exchange amphitheater. The museum wants immersive, non-linear, experimental, non-didactic work, such as artful visualizations of data or scientific phenomena; interactivity (touchscreens, QR codes) is out of scope and content-critical audio is discouraged. Content must run on the museum's existing hardware (Windows PC with RTX 3090, NEC LED wall with Analog Way 4K system). WHO CAN APPLY: artists, scientists, engineers, designers and other creative practitioners, from MIT or the broader community. SUPPORT: flat honorarium of USD 2,500-5,000 per selected proposal; no additional development funding. Applications reviewed from 2 November, accepted list finalized January 2027. Deadline: 1 November 2026.
The Rome Prize supports roughly 30 artists and scholars a year with a residential fellowship at the American Academy in Rome; disciplines include Design and Visual Arts, where media and new-genre work is regularly funded. Fellows receive a USD 16,000 (half-term) or USD 30,000 (full-term) stipend plus housing, workspace and weekday meals on the Academy's Janiculum campus. ELIGIBILITY: US citizens for most categories; foreign nationals who have lived in the US for the three years preceding the deadline may apply in Environmental Arts and Humanities and certain postdoctoral categories. FEES: USD 50 (one category) or USD 60 (multiple) by 1 November 2026; a late window runs to 15 November at USD 80/90. DEADLINE: 1 November 2026.
Companion call to the BRAIN Digital Content Open Call: the MIT Museum seeks public programs exploring humanity's relationship with the BRAIN, its thematic focus from April to September 2027 spanning cognition, neurotechnology, brain-computer interfaces, mental health and the boundaries of ability. FORMATS: talks, demonstrations, performances, workshops, films, master classes, music, VR/XR, LARP and maker programs; art-and-science projects especially encouraged. NOT eligible: installations and exhibitions, including temporary ones (screen-based work goes through the separate BRAIN Digital Content call). VENUES: the Exchange amphitheater (capacity 100), Phillip Sharp Room (80), two Learning Labs classrooms (30 each), open areas and roving carts; target audience is curious adults and teens. FUNDING: up to USD 1,000 total per program, covering all costs including speaker/performer fees, travel, materials and equipment rental. WHO CAN APPLY: artists, scientists, engineers, designers and other creative practitioners aged 18+, from MIT or the broader community; proposals need not relate to MIT research; multiple proposals allowed. APPLY via the Fillout form with event name, program description, intended audience, practical considerations, budget, and marketing plans. TIMELINE: review from 2 November 2026, accepted programs finalized by 15 December 2026, programs run April to September 2027. DEADLINE: 1 November 2026, 11:59 PM EST. Questions: mitmuseum-opencall@mit.edu.
Shape Arts' Emergent Residency places an early-career disabled artist at Porthmeor Studios in St Ives, in partnership with Tate St Ives. SUPPORT: GBP 3,000 bursary and a one-week residency (18 to 24 January 2027, plus travel days); a wider shortlisted cohort of disabled artists receives mentoring and support. ELIGIBILITY: self-identify as disabled; aged 18+; within the first five years of your artistic career (career pauses allowed); not in full-time education; not previously shortlisted for Emergent. The bursary and residency are only for artists who live or work in Cornwall, Devon or Somerset; disabled artists elsewhere in the UK can apply for the shortlisted cohort. APPLICATION: via Google Form, or a Word form by email; FAQs available in text, audio, BSL and Easy Read formats. DEADLINE: 1 November 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.
Playful Obscura is the Goethe-Institut's arthouse games residency for Africa, co-run with the Berlin playful-media festival A MAZE. After editions in Ho (2025) and Accra (2026), the third edition moves to Addis Ababa with Creative HUB Ethiopia, the British Council and Alliance Ethio-Francaise. WHAT IT IS: a three-week residency hosting two artists simultaneously to develop experimental, artistic games and playful media, with mentoring from the A MAZE. network and a public showcase. WHO: artists, game developers and creative technologists based in Africa who can work independently on a project; the 2026 call drew 77 applications from 16 African countries. WHAT YOU GET: travel and accommodation plus production support; the 2026 edition offered a production budget of up to EUR 1,000 and a EUR 300 stipend, and the 2027 figures should be confirmed in the full call. APPLICATION: via the Goethe-Institut South Africa Playful Obscura page. 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.
Inciter Art, the Fractured Atlas blog, runs themed quarterly open calls for short essays by artists and arts workers, and this season's theme is 'tending to the hearth': generosity, solidarity and collective investment in the invisible infrastructure behind creative work. Pitch an idea through the form; selected writers are notified one week after the deadline, get four weeks to write a first draft, then one round of edits with the final due a week later, with the Fractured Atlas editorial specialist available for support. Published pieces run 750 to 900 words. Editors look for pitches grounded in your own experience as an artist or arts worker that say something new or a familiar thing in a new way. AI may be used only in a supporting role for writing (research, structure, grammar) and AI-generated images are not accepted; every pitch is read by a human. Writers keep all rights and copyright; Fractured Atlas may use the final piece in promotion with credit. Everyone who submits hears back. ELIGIBILITY: artists and arts workers; payment requires a W-9, so it is set up for US taxpayers. Pitches outside the themed call are also accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. DEADLINE: Monday 2 November 2026, 11:59PM ET; later submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis.
BRAID, the UKRI AHRC-funded Responsible AI programme at the University of Edinburgh, is commissioning around seven creative works that treat Responsible AI as a question of relationships, commitments and obligations rather than a technical checklist or a set of rules, under the title A Promise in Return. WHO: UK-based creative practitioners in any medium: artists, designers, musicians and performers, architects and urban designers, craftspeople and artisans, writers and poets. Full-time undergraduate and taught postgraduate students are not eligible; PhD students may apply if registered as self-employed freelancers. WHAT YOU GET: a commission budget of GBP 8,000 to 12,000, production support from Inspace and the Institute for Design Informatics, and presentation during the Edinburgh Art Festival in August 2027 with the Edinburgh Futures Institute. APPLICATION: online form (written or an eight-minute video application) plus a single PDF of portfolio, CV and budget emailed to braid@ed.ac.uk; late submissions are not accepted. DEADLINE: Monday 2 November 2026 at 17:00 GMT.
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).
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 5 November 2026; invitations to submit a full application sent 15 December 2026 (by invitation only); full application deadline for invited applicants 25 January 2027; grant award notification April 2027. Projects must start after 15 June 2027. VIA runs Fall and Spring cycles each year; Spring 2027 is the current open call. Start with the eligibility form linked from the apply page; full program description, eligibility requirements and LOI guidelines are in the program PDF.
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.
The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin awards research fellowships for on-site work in its collections spanning literature, photography, film, art, performing arts, music and cultural history, supporting scholarly articles, dissertations, creative works, digital humanities projects and exhibition proposals. FELLOWSHIP TYPES: Postdoctoral Fellowships of USD 3,500 per month for one or two months, open to holders of a PhD or terminal degree (MFA, MLIS), current or former faculty, and similarly qualified researchers without institutional affiliation; Dissertation Fellowships of USD 2,500 for graduate students with doctoral dissertations in progress; and Travel Stipends of USD 2,000 open to graduate students, current or former faculty and independent researchers including journalists and artists (not combinable with other Ransom Center fellowships). International recipients in all categories receive an additional one-time USD 500 stipend toward visa and travel costs. Fellows spend most days in the Reading Room consulting the collections, with access to a shared office, during a residency period between 1 June 2027 and 31 August 2028. APPLY with a three-page proposal PDF and letters of recommendation; recommendation letters are also due by the deadline. DEADLINE: 6 November 2026, 5:00 PM CST.
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.
Est-Nord-Est offers eight-week residencies in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, welcoming professional visual artists, whether established or emerging, from Quebec, Canada and other countries, with four artists per season. FUNDING: a CAD 2,080 residency honorarium, an individual studio-workshop that also serves as lodging, access to specialized equipment for wood, metal and ceramics, a documentation center, technical, artistic and logistical support, and seasonal bicycle access. Materials, travel and additional living expenses are the resident's responsibility. SESSIONS: Spring (19 April - 11 June 2027), Summer (5 July - 27 August 2027; a curated session with priority consideration for artists of African descent), Fall (27 September - 19 November 2027) and Winter (24 January - 18 March 2028). APPLY online with a CV (max 2 pages), artist statement and research intentions (max 1 page), and a portfolio of 10-15 images with descriptions; virtual mentoring sessions and alternative submission formats available on request. DEADLINE: 8 November 2026, 11:59 PM.
The Judson-Morrissey Excellence in New Media Award (JMEM) is the New Media Caucus's scholarship program supporting BIPOC students in new media art fields. It gives multiple unrestricted monetary awards of up to USD 500 each, funded through donor contributions, and features awardees in an NMC Header/Footer Gallery exhibition and a digitally published interview. ELIGIBILITY: BIPOC undergraduate and graduate students working as artists, practitioners, historians and/or critics in new media art. TO APPLY: submit the Google Form with an application letter (max 500 words), a 100-200 word biography, and either 3-5 artwork samples or 2-3 writing samples. DEADLINE: 8 November 2026, 11:59 PM EST. Questions to NMC co-president Chanhee Choi.
Creatives for Our Future is the Swarovski Foundation's global grant programme for emerging creatives aged 21 to 30. Each selected participant receives a EUR 20,000 grant to support their creative project, alongside a mentorship and education programme. DISCIPLINES: fashion, design, art, architecture and engineering, which makes it a direct fit for fashion-tech, wearable and smart-textile projects. ELIGIBILITY: applicants must be aged 21 to 30 at the time of application and working on an initiative that uses creativity to accelerate awareness, technology, or solutions toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals; open worldwide. DEADLINE: 9 November 2026 at 11:59 pm BST.
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 Upe Foundation and Gasworks are recruiting a full-time Curatorial Fellow for 12 to 18 months, embedded in Gasworks' curatorial team in south London. The Fellow works closely with the artist selected for the 2027 Gasworks residency for artists based in the Baltics and co-develops their 2028 solo exhibition, alongside wider exhibition, registrar, interpretation and residency duties. WHO: early-career curators with a connection to the Baltic region (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia or their diasporas); Gasworks will consider visa sponsorship for this fixed-term role. WHAT YOU GET: a GBP 32,000 per year salary, a 5% employer pension contribution and up to GBP 250 towards relocation flights. APPLICATION: download the job description and application form from the call page and upload the completed form; questions to rosaharvest@gasworks.org.uk. DEADLINE: 9 November 2026, 13:00 UK time.
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 A.I.R. Fellowship Program for Emerging and Underrepresented Women and Non-Binary Artists, established in 1993 by artist Stephanie Bernheim, annually awards six emerging artists based in New York City their first solo exhibition in NYC with the support of the A.I.R. community; more than 130 artists have come through the program. WHAT YOU GET: a USD 3,000 stipend, a solo exhibition at A.I.R. Gallery in spring/summer 2028, 4 to 5 professional development workshops, an assigned artist-mentor, a one-on-one studio visit with a review panelist, and curatorial and staff support across the 12-month fellowship (September 2027 to August 2028). WHO IS ELIGIBLE: women and non-binary visual artists working in any media, 18 or older, resident in the five boroughs of New York City for the full fellowship; you must not have had a solo exhibition at a permanent NYC venue in the last 10 years, must not be enrolled in a degree-granting program during the fellowship, must not be in a comparable development program, and must not be an A.I.R. staff/board member or fellowship alum. SELECTION PANEL for this cycle: Ada Potter, Jo-ey Tang and Mindy Seu. DEADLINE: 10 November 2026, 11:59pm ET. TO APPLY: via Submittable, linked from the program page.
The Asian Cultural Council's New York Fellowship brings artists, scholars and arts professionals from Asia to New York City for a six-month immersive cultural exchange. SUPPORT: USD 38,000 for the six-month fellowship. ELIGIBILITY: non-US citizens/residents from ACC-eligible Asian countries (including Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, among others); age 21+; at least five years of professional experience in an eligible discipline (architecture, archaeology, art history, arts administration, arts criticism, conservation, crafts, curation, dance, ethnomusicology, film, literature, museum studies, music, theater, visual art); English proficiency (J-1 visa requirement); fellows cannot work or pursue coursework during the fellowship. COHORTS: January-June 2028 or July-December 2028. HOW TO APPLY: via the GoApply platform; applications open 1 October 2026. Recommendation letters due 16 November 2026. No application fee. DEADLINE: 10 November 2026 at 9:59 AM ET.
The Asian Cultural Council's Individual Fellowship supports self-directed exploration and cultural exchange experiences in a new or less familiar environment, fostering exchange between the United States and Asia and within Asia. SUPPORT: up to USD 35,000 for a 1-to-6-month program (minimum 30 days; two or more months preferred); single or joint applications with up to 3 participants. ELIGIBILITY: citizens or permanent residents of ACC-eligible countries (the US and countries across Asia, from Afghanistan to Vietnam); age 21+; at least five years of professional experience in an eligible discipline (architecture, archaeology, art history, arts administration, arts criticism, conservation, crafts, curation, dance, ethnomusicology, film, literature, museum studies, music, theater, visual art); English proficiency if traveling to the US; no coursework or teaching during the fellowship. Grant activities must take place between 1 August 2027 and 31 December 2028. HOW TO APPLY: via the GoApply platform; applications open 1 October 2026. Recommendation letters due 16 November 2026. No application fee. DEADLINE: 10 November 2026 at 9:59 AM ET.
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.
The Asian Cultural Council's Graduate Fellowship supports Asian graduate students in an eligible arts or culture discipline at a US university. SUPPORT: USD 15,000 for one academic year of full-time coursework; a second year may be renewed at ACC's discretion. ELIGIBILITY: citizens or legal permanent residents of an ACC-eligible country, territory or region in Asia (US citizens and permanent residents are not eligible); enrolled in, or admitted by 1 April 2027 to, a full-time in-residence graduate degree in the US in an eligible discipline (architecture, archaeology, art history, arts administration, arts criticism, conservation, crafts, curation, dance, ethnomusicology, film, literature, museum studies, music, theater, visual art); must be in the coursework phase, not the research or thesis phase. The five-year experience requirement for other ACC fellowships does not apply. Applicants need a valid US student visa (ACC does not sponsor student visas). Applicants may apply to only one ACC programme per cycle. HOW TO APPLY: via the GoApply portal with an Individual Account (https://goapply2.akoyago.com/acc/application/GRAD2027). Recommendation letters due 16 November 2026, 9:59 AM ET. Questions: the ACC office matching your citizenship (Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines and Taiwan have their own offices; all others application@accny.org). DEADLINE: 10 November 2026, 9:59 AM ET.
The Asian Cultural Council's Organization Grant funds arts and culture organisations to send participants on cultural exchange between the US and Asia or within Asia. SUPPORT: up to USD 50,000. ELIGIBILITY: nonprofit organisations, government-affiliated or sponsored arts and culture institutions, or academic institutions, legally registered and based in an ACC-eligible location (the US and countries across Asia) with at least five years of artistic or cultural programming. The activity lead and all participants must be citizens or legal permanent residents of an eligible location, though not necessarily the organisation's own. Eligible disciplines: architecture, archaeology, art history, arts administration, arts criticism, conservation, crafts, curation, dance, ethnomusicology, film, literature, museum studies, music, theater, visual art. ACC does not sponsor visas. Applicants may apply to only one ACC programme per cycle. HOW TO APPLY: via the GoApply portal with an Organization Account (https://goapply2.akoyago.com/acc/application/ORG2027). Recommendation letters due 16 November 2026, 9:59 AM ET. Questions: the ACC office matching your location (Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines and Taiwan have their own offices; all others application@accny.org). DEADLINE: 10 November 2026, 9:59 AM ET.
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).
LMCC's flagship regrant line (NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and NYSCA funds) for Manhattan-based individual artists, artist collectives and small nonprofits presenting public-facing arts events in the borough: exhibitions, performances, screenings, festivals, workshops and public art across all disciplines. WHAT YOU GET: USD 1,000 to 20,000 toward a public event taking place in Manhattan between January and December 2027; the related Creative Learning and UMEZ Arts Engagement lines run on the same deadline for arts-education and Upper Manhattan projects. ELIGIBILITY: Manhattan-based artists, collectives and nonprofit organizations (nonprofits with budgets under USD 250,000 for some lines); work must be presented publicly in Manhattan. DEADLINE: 12 November 2026, 6 PM EST, via LMCC's application portal; info sessions run through October.
The Sixi International Artist-in-Residence Project, run by Sixi Museum in Nanjing since 2024, selects 4 artists across two three-month sessions in 2027 (Spring, March to May, and Autumn, September to November). The program is built as an open network across the city, connecting residents with local scholars, artists, historic neighborhoods and natural landscapes, with Open Studios and workshops along the way. Proposals must respond to one of two themes: Flux and Imprints, Contemporary Echoes of Migration History (cross-regional mobility, cultural reconstruction and memory, including family histories of overseas Chinese, the legacy of colonialism in Asia, and identity within global geopolitics), or Folds of Text, Cross-Media Intertextuality and Intervention (text as a fluid medium, with interdisciplinary work across literature, linguistics, music and sound, and visual arts). SUPPORT: round-trip flights, visa fees, insurance, private apartment or loft studio, material allowance, technical assistance, airport pickup and translation; no separate artist fee or stipend is mentioned. ELIGIBILITY: artists of all disciplines, aged 18 or older, proficient in spoken and written Mandarin or English. HOW TO APPLY: email a CV with profile photo, portfolio and residency proposal as a single PDF or ZIP with the subject line Residency Application. Final responses by mid-February 2027; allow 2 to 3 months for visa processing. DEADLINE: 15 November 2026 (GMT+8).
The NYC track of Eyebeam's AGENCY residency cycle supports New York City-based artists exploring questions of agency at a moment when AI systems increasingly act, decide and carry out tasks on our behalf: how to preserve human agency as these systems shape human behavior, how to assert agency in imagining and building the societies we inhabit, and what agency becomes when understood as collective, relational, entangled and more-than-human. Projects might engage AI directly but do not have to; critical and creative approaches to power, autonomy, technological systems, collective action, human and nonhuman relationships, and the social and material structures of agency are all welcome, including reimagining AI through collective governance, repair, rehearsal or mischief, and repurposing AI systems toward new tools, methods and models for the public good. Residents receive a USD 5,000 stipend, mentorship, and access to tools and technical expertise through Eyebeam's network. ELIGIBILITY: individuals only (no collectives this cycle); not enrolled in a full-time degree program; not committed to another residency during the term; must live in New York City within the five boroughs and be able to work on site at Eyebeam at least one day a week for the full term. TIMELINE: deadline Sunday 15 November 2026, 11:59 PM ET; interviews 7-10 December; notifications 14 December; residency 15 March to 11 June 2027. Info session Monday 19 October 2026, 1 PM ET. Apply via Submittable, free.
Data Through Design, the annual exhibition of artworks that creatively analyze, interpret and interrogate data from New York City's Open Data portal, opens its 10th anniversary call, held in conjunction with NYC Open Data Week. THEME: reflections, reverberations and the arc of data over time; the evidence of time (footprints, traces, scars, markers of change), temporal mirrors and kaleidoscopes, messages from the past and future, fractals of time and visuals of scale. Artists may also respond to a previous DxD theme in light of time, and alumni artists are particularly encouraged to apply, including by revisiting past projects. FORMATS: digital, analog, physical, performance, sound works, walks, installations, creative coding, participatory mapping, drawings and more; the organizers highlight participatory data collection, radical and cognitive mapping, and data experienced through time, sound and the senses. REQUIREMENT: projects must reference or use at least one NYC Open Data dataset; other data, including novel and experimental collection systems, is welcome alongside it. WHAT YOU GET: USD 900 stipend, half before and half after the exhibition, plus inclusion in the multi-media group show in New York City, tentatively 26 March to 11 April 2027. Work must be installation-ready by 19 March 2027 and delivered to the venue 22 to 24 March. ELIGIBILITY: open to artists, civic technologists, data enthusiasts, city dwellers and creative practitioners; applicants must be approved to work in the US to be paid the stipend. The submission process has been revamped for this edition, with a new rubric and submission materials to review. APPLICATION: free, via the submission form on the DxD website. DEADLINE: 15 November 2026 at 23:59 EST.
Witte Rook (Breda) and the Ukrainian platform IZOLYATSIA run Digital Explorers (Across Borders), a fully online residency program exploring the artist-in-residence of the future through cross-border collaboration. Each of three phases pairs one artist from the Netherlands with one from Ukraine, working together for about three months on the common.garden platform. WHAT YOU GET: EUR 1,800 fee plus EUR 1,000 material budget per artist (both excluding VAT), expert discussions, technical support, a physical and online exhibition (final exhibitions planned for spring 2028) and a published article about the creative process. ELIGIBILITY: artists and makers working in digital culture and interested in new technology who live and work in the Netherlands or Ukraine; proficiency in English required. APPLICATION: in English via the IZOLYATSIA platform; motivation letter (max 1,000 words), CV (max 3 A4 pages) and portfolio (max 10 A4 pages, 20 MB); applicants indicate a first and second priority phase. PHASES: 'Form' (January to March 2027), 'Content' (May to July 2027), 'Analysis' (September to December 2027). DEADLINE: 15 November 2026, 23:59 CET.
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.
Code:ART is the City of Palo Alto's digital art festival celebrating creative technology in public space, returning 13 to 16 October 2027. This call commissions one artist or team to create a signature interactive installation for Lytton Plaza with a USD 20,000 budget. ELIGIBILITY: open to individual artists and teams based in the US or internationally; individuals must be over 18, and for teams at least one member must be over 18 and able to contract with the City; applicants in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties are particularly encouraged. You may also apply to the parallel Interactive Media Installations call, but can receive only one commission across both. APPLICATION: via SlideRoom. DEADLINE: Monday 16 November 2026, 23:59 Pacific Time.
Code:ART is the City of Palo Alto's digital art festival celebrating creative technology in public space, returning 13 to 16 October 2027. This call selects up to five interactive media installations for the festival, each with a budget of up to USD 9,000. ELIGIBILITY: open to artists nationally and internationally, individuals and teams. You may also apply to the parallel Lytton Plaza Installation call (USD 20,000), but can receive only one commission across both. APPLICATION: via SlideRoom. DEADLINE: Monday 16 November 2026, 23:59 Pacific Time.
The Kennedy Center's Access/VSA Emerging Young Artists Program (2027 theme: Thrive) awards 15 young disabled visual artists a USD 3,000 stipend, an all-expenses-paid career development week in Washington DC (14 to 18 June 2027) and exhibition of one work. ELIGIBILITY: aged 16 to 25 on the deadline date; US-based with the right to work in the US; have a disability as defined by the ADA and be willing to disclose it publicly; submitted work made in the last three years and after the onset of disability; no generative-AI work; previous winners ineligible. OBLIGATIONS: attend three virtual workshops (April to June 2027) and the DC week to receive the stipend. APPLICATION: free, via CaFE (artist.callforentry.org); accommodation and alternative-format requests by 30 October 2026. Winners notified by 13 January 2027. Questions: vsainfo@kennedy-center.org. DEADLINE: 19 November 2026, 23:59 ET.
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.
Small project grants for socially engaged art; the 2027 cycle covers film/video and theater projects, a fit for experimental film and video work with a social edge. Two-step process: mail in an application request form first, then submit the full proposal via the portal. ELIGIBILITY: US residents with a Social Security number, or US-based nonprofits and fiscally sponsored projects. TIMELINE: request forms accepted 14 September through 20 November 2026 (postmark by 25 November); completed proposals due 16 December 2026, 5pm EST.
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.
Busan Metropolitan City invites individuals and teams from around the world to propose a site-responsive work of land and ecological art for Eulsukdo, an estuarine island at the mouth of the Nakdong River, South Korea's longest river. The island sits in a brackish estuary where river meets sea and is an important stopover for migratory birds on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway; once heavily altered by agriculture, landfill and urban development, it has been restored as wetlands and bird habitat, a layered history the call frames as an invitation to reflect on coexistence between human and more-than-human life. Proposals must respond to Eulsukdo's ecology, landscape, history and changing environment while minimising ecological disturbance and demonstrating environmental responsibility across the work's whole lifecycle. ELIGIBILITY: individuals or teams professionally active in art, landscape architecture, architecture, design or related fields; interdisciplinary teams welcome. SELECTION: one proposal, with artwork support of KRW 380,000,000 and an artist fee of KRW 20,000,000. SUBMISSION WINDOW: 2 November 00:00 to 22 November 2026 24:00 KST (UTC+9). Provisional opening of the realised work May to June 2027. Full guidelines via the official website (eulsukdo-ecoart.com); inquiries to eulsukdo.ecoart@gmail.com.
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 Fondation Francois Schneider's Talents Contemporains competition, in its 16th edition, supports contemporary creation on the theme of WATER. Submissions can be a project for an installation or sculpture, or an existing unique work in painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography, video, textile art or other fine and visual arts; performing arts and music are excluded. A Grand Jury (chaired by international museum figures) designates 4 to 7 laureates. WHAT YOU GET: EUR 15,000 per laureate as a merit prize and official acquisition of the artwork (EUR 8,000 for editioned works); installation and sculpture projects share up to EUR 50,000 in production assistance (existing works get no production budget); plus an exhibition at the foundation's centre in Wattwiller, a bilingual publication, inclusion in the collection and a video portrait. ELIGIBILITY: visual artists of all nationalities, of legal age, with a solid professional background and/or an art school degree and a recent continuous track record over the past five years (exhibitions, publications or residencies); one artwork or project per candidate per year. Applications in French (French speakers) or English (all others), via the foundation's online platform. DEADLINE: 22 November 2026.
Sadler's Wells Digital Stage commissions three new Dance on Screen films of up to four minutes on the theme The Future Remembers, asking artists to consider legacy, responsibility and the futures we are creating together. WHO: filmmakers and dance artists of any style working across dance and moving image, aged 18 or over, applying as individuals, groups or companies; international applicants are welcome and filming can happen anywhere. WHAT YOU GET: a flat GBP 6,000 per commission regardless of team size, which must cover equipment and any external filmmaker or producer; a Sadler's Wells producer helps shape the idea and source collaborators, and the in-house filmmaker may support editing. Finished films premiere at the Dance Digital Film Festival in November 2027. APPLICATION: online form describing your practice and the idea; shortlisted artists are interviewed in early December 2026. Contact digitalstage@sadlerswells.com. DEADLINE: midnight, 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.
Annual design commission for an ambitious, technically challenging large-scale public artwork or structure, built over summer 2027 by more than 100 young people working with Beam staff. The selected designer collaborates through bi-weekly remote planning meetings and may visit the build with travel reimbursed, making this genuinely remote-friendly for a physical commission. A strong fit for creative-technology and installation practices. AWARD: USD 5,000 to the proposer plus roughly USD 15,000 in fabrication budget. ELIGIBILITY: open worldwide, any age, individuals or teams. DEADLINE: 30 November 2026, 11:59pm EST.
The Sigg Fellowship for Chinese Art Research supports new research on Chinese art in dialogue with the M+ Collections; the 2026/27 edition focuses on tradition and contemporary Chinese art. WHO: individuals or research groups of any nationality and any age, with a postgraduate degree in a relevant discipline, or an undergraduate degree plus at least three years of relevant professional or academic research experience; proficiency in spoken and written Chinese or English is required, and the fellowship is subject to obtaining a Hong Kong visa. WHAT YOU GET: HKD 200,000 to cover all expenses, including travel, living, insurance and research costs, for a three-to-six-month attachment to M+. Fellows give a public lecture in Hong Kong and write an essay of at least 5,000 English words or 7,500 Chinese characters for M+ Magazine. APPLICATION: submit a research proposal (max 1,000 words) and full CV via the Google form on the call page, in English or Chinese, and have two academic or professional referees email recommendation letters directly. Results are announced in early 2027. DEADLINE: 30 November 2026, 23:59 (UTC+8).
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.
Wave Farm, the Warhol Foundation-backed transmission arts center in Acra, NY, opens one application covering all its 2027 opportunities: the Transmission Art Residency, the Spatial Sound Residency, and two Radio Art Fellowship tracks (Research, and Community Engagement) connected to Wave Farm's WGXC radio station. WHAT YOU GET: a USD 1,000 stipend for each 10-day residency and USD 2,000 for each two-month fellowship, with access to Wave Farm's research library, transmitter and receiver equipment, and on-site staff support to develop a new transmission artwork. ELIGIBILITY: international; collaborations allowed; full-time students are ineligible except rare post-graduate cases; past residents and fellows may reapply; applicants may apply to as many opportunities as they wish but will be offered at most one; DJ sets are explicitly ineligible. A strong fit for signal-based, broadcast, spatial sound and radio-adjacent work. DEADLINE: 1 December 2026 at 11:59 pm EST. Finalists are interviewed by Zoom, with notifications in late February 2027 and residencies during 2027.
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 Jan van Eyck Academie's general open call for its 2028 residency year: 30 to 32 artists, curators, designers, writers, architects and other artistic researchers spend 11 months (15 January to 15 December 2028) in Maastricht, across material-based and research-driven practices, with access to the academy's labs and community. Individuals, duos, collectives and candidates with children can apply; duos and collectives submit one application and pay one fee. SUPPORT: monthly stipend of EUR 1,500 (EUR 2,000 with children; duos EUR 1,500 each or EUR 2,500 combined for life partners; collectives up to EUR 4,500 combined), with rent including service costs deducted; EUR 2,000 annual working budget; newly built furnished private studio apartments (families get a spacious private apartment; collectives up to three studio apartments, possibly on rotation). ELIGIBILITY: no nationality or age restriction; sufficient English required (Dutch and English are the working languages); full-time alumni of the Rijksakademie or De Ateliers are not eligible; the academy is not an educational institute and provides no degrees or ECTS. FEES: application fee EUR 65 excl. VAT (EUR 78.65 incl. VAT), waived for applicants from and living in OECD DAC-list ODA recipient countries; enrolment fee EUR 2,750 excl. VAT for accepted participants. APPLY via the Dapple platform with an artist statement (250 words), motivation (500 words) and project proposal (500 words) in English (or one video/audio/link covering all three), plus one PDF (max 10 MB) with recent work from the last five years (max 25 pages) and a CV (max 2 pages); applications cannot be changed after submission. TIMELINE: call opened 5 October 2026; selection outcome mid-May 2027. DEADLINE: 1 December 2026, 23:59 CET.
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.
The Palestine Film Fund, set up by the Palestine Film Institute in 2025 so that Palestinians can tell their own stories, gives financial and professional support to Palestinian filmmakers worldwide in two rounds a year. This is the autumn round. WHAT IS FUNDED: short films up to 30 minutes at development, production or post-production stage, and medium or feature-length films at development or post-production stage only; fiction, documentary, animation, hybrid, experimental and essay forms are eligible, series are not. WHO: the director must be Palestinian, living in Palestine or the diaspora, with a recognised link to Palestine, and aged 18 or over; a non-Palestinian producer may apply if the director is Palestinian. Feature and medium-length applicants need at least one previously directed short. Only producers (or director-producers) may apply for post-production. One project per director per cycle, and not while holding an active PFF grant. WHAT YOU GET: up to EUR 3,000 (short, development), EUR 7,000 (short, production or post), EUR 5,000 (feature, development) or EUR 15,000 (feature, post-production). APPLICATION: online form in English or Arabic; questions to fund@palestinefilminstitute.org. DEADLINE: 4 December (the fund page gives no year; read as 2026 from the round schedule; past rounds closed at 23:59 Palestine time).
PARC's 28th annual fellowship competition for Palestinian scholars funds field-based research in the arts, humanities, social sciences, public health and environmental studies; purely scientific research is not eligible. WHO: Palestinian PhD students who have defended their dissertation proposal, or Palestinian PhD holders, regardless of residence or ID; researchers without a doctorate qualify with at least 10 refereed articles, and MA holders only as part of a team led by a PhD holder. Recent PARC fellows (last three years) are ineligible. FIELDWORK: in Palestine, Jordan, Egypt or Lebanon, lasting two months to one year (Golan Heights proposals accepted with a comparative Palestine framework). WHAT YOU GET: up to USD 6,000, with research to be completed by 31 December 2028. APPLICATION: in English via the Apply Now link (application form, 350-word abstract, 2,000-word proposal, service component, budget, CV up to 10 pages, ID and passport details; PhD students also transcripts and two recommendation letters). Information webinar 27 October 2026; awards announced 15 April 2027. DEADLINE: 5 December 2026.
Amsterdam Light Festival invites light art concepts for its 16th edition (2027-2028), presented along and on the canals of Amsterdam. WHO: creatives from all over the world, individually or as a team; multiple submissions are allowed and existing work may be considered. A second strand, Open Call X Amarte (supported by the Amarte Fonds), is for makers based in the Netherlands who are new to the medium of light art and seeks concepts for walking visitors. WHAT YOU GET: an artist fee of EUR 4,000, with the costs of producing the artwork and travel covered, plus technical support from the festival; Amarte selections receive an EUR 4,000 fee and a EUR 20,000 production budget. APPLICATION: read the Artist Briefing, fill in the submission template and submit via the portal linked from the briefing; see the FAQ at amsterdamlightfestival.com/en/faq-open-call. DEADLINE: 7 December 2026, 23:59 CET.
CURRENTS presents one of the leading art and technology festivals in the United States, held every summer in Santa Fe, New Mexico since 2010, bringing together established and emerging new media artists from the USA and worldwide. The 2027 edition (11-20 June 2027) accepts submissions in: installations (interactive and non-interactive); audio experiences; virtual, augmented and mixed reality environments; robotics, kinetic and electro-mechanical objects and installations; multimedia performance; fabrication, 2D/3D printing and wearables; and experimental single channel video, documentary and animation. The festival is a collaboration between the non-profit Parallel Studios, partners throughout the city, and interns and volunteers. SUPPORT: selected artists may be eligible for travel, lodging and shipping support, though the festival warns it may not be able to cover international shipping given costs and risks, and may instead be able to supply needed equipment; no artist fee is published. SUBMISSION FEE: USD 30 single, USD 25 each for multiple. DEADLINE: 8 December 2026; participating artists announced March 2027. Questions to connect@currentsnewmedia.org.
Welcome to the Fringe Palestine is an 8-day festival of Palestinian performance inside the 2027 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, run with Independent Arts Projects and the Workers Theatre Co-operative. WHO: Palestinian performance artists in any discipline, based anywhere in the world. Work must be live (visual art or film needs a live element), small-scale (a team of no more than two, simple tech, everything in reasonable hand luggage), in 60-minute slots (shows of 30 minutes or less may share a slot), and finished or a presentable work in progress; no development or residency support is offered. Non-English shows need a finished translation and surtitles. Past participants may apply, but artists not previously programmed get priority. WHAT YOU GET: a GBP 2,000 fee per artist or company, plus travel and visa costs, accommodation, per diem and bus passes, Fringe registration, marketing and PR, a dedicated venue with simple tech, documentation, and networking events. APPLICATION: Google Form linked from the call page, in English or Arabic; contact sara@i-a-p.net. Results by February 2027. DEADLINE: Wednesday 9 December 2026, 23:59.
The Adirondack Experience museum on Blue Mountain Lake offers four one-month artist residencies for June, July, August and September 2027. Residents work publicly on their own practice a minimum of six hours a day (roughly 10:00-16:00) three days a week in the museum's public areas, and spend two days a week (Fridays and Saturdays, 10:00-16:30) engaging visitors in the Art Lab makerspace. WHAT YOU GET: USD 5,000 stipend for the residency, USD 500 travel allowance, USD 250 Art Lab materials allowance, and free housing in a large bedroom on the second floor of the museum's Residence building with shared bathroom, kitchen and dining access, parking, utilities, wi-fi and laundry. ELIGIBILITY: visual artists with a portfolio of at least five works exhibited publicly (museums, public, university or private galleries) or sold to private collectors; digital and performance artists must explain how visitors will have an enriching experience watching them at work; open internationally, but ADKX cannot sponsor visas, so non-US artists arrange their own. CONDITIONS: artists provide their own materials outside the Art Lab allowance, and the museum retains first option to purchase one work created during the residency at fair market price. APPLICATION: email the completed application package to cbraunstein@theadkx.org. DEADLINE: 11 December 2026, 17:00 EST.
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.
Arts Council England has opened applications for its next National Portfolio, the core structural funding programme for England's cultural sector. For the first time the programme offers five-year funding from the outset, covering April 2028 to March 2033, after the current portfolio was extended to March 2028. WHO: properly constituted arts organisations, non-national museums and libraries across England, with an independent board or oversight group in place; festivals, venues, companies, studios and digital and media-arts organisations are all within scope. Museums working towards Accreditation must achieve it by 1 April 2028. Applications must be viable without additional investment, and ACE warns that demand will exceed the available funding. WHAT YOU GET: regular annual funding for five years, minimum GBP 50,000 a year with no upper limit. APPLICATION: via the National Portfolio Applicant Hub, which holds the eligibility guidance, the full applicant guidance (published September 2026) and the online application. The window opened 20 October 2026. DEADLINE: 15 December 2026.
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).
Gasworks and the Upe Foundation offer a fully funded eleven-week London residency for one contemporary visual artist at a pivotal stage in their career who is based in Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia, as part of a multi-year partnership for artists and curators connected to the Baltic region. The resident develops their practice in London from 7 July to 21 September 2027 and returns for a solo exhibition at Gasworks in July to September 2028, developed with the Upe Foundation Curatorial Fellow. WHAT YOU GET: a private studio at Gasworks, accommodation in the Gasworks residency house, economy return flights and taxi transfers, all visa costs and application support, a weekly living stipend of GBP 175, a materials budget of up to GBP 800, studio visits and curatorial support. APPLICATION: read the Application Guidelines and Residency FAQ, then submit via the online form on the call page. DEADLINE: 2 February 2027, 13:00 UK time.
WOW is the world's largest wearable-art competition, culminating in a staged show in Wellington, New Zealand, with the 2027 awards night on 17 September 2027. The Kinetic and Avant-garde sections regularly attract technology-driven wearables, making this a natural target for e-textile, robotic and sensor-driven garment work. WHAT YOU GET: a prize pool exceeding NZD 200,000 across 25 awards; in the published 2026 schedule the Supreme WOW Award paid NZD 30,000, the runner-up NZD 15,000 and each section winner NZD 8,000 (the 2027 schedule was not yet posted at the time of listing). KEY DATES: the 2027 section themes are published and entries open in November 2026; international designers must lodge an intention to enter by 11 February 2027 and submit their entry by 25 February 2027 (New Zealand designers: 31 March and 14 April 2027); finished garments ship to New Zealand with a final delivery cut-off of 2 June 2027. ELIGIBILITY: designers worldwide, entering under their own names rather than as a business; teams of up to three allowed; entrants must be 18 or over. There is no entry fee.
Matching grants supporting US-based performing artists and ensembles, all performing-arts practices including experimental music and performance, appearing at international festivals and significant presenting engagements outside the United States. GRANT: up to USD 11,000 toward eligible travel and engagement expenses, matched 1:1. ELIGIBILITY: artists/ensembles based in any US state or territory; not open to non-US-based artists. The portal opens early December 2026; the round covers projects between 1 July 2027 and 30 August 2028. DEADLINE: 24 February 2027, 11:59pm ET.
Project grants for individual artists in visual arts and new media (new media explicitly included), covering creation, development, training and marketing. A parallel AFA Film and Video Individual Project Funding stream shares the same deadline and the same CAD 18,000 cap. ELIGIBILITY: Canadian citizen, permanent resident or Protected Person whose primary residence has been Alberta for at least one full year before applying. DEADLINE: 1 March 2027.
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.
The Daiwa Foundation Small Grants support projects that promote interaction between the UK and Japan in any field, including arts exchanges, exhibitions, conferences, grassroots and educational exchanges and research travel, with travel between the two countries as the main focus. New initiatives are encouraged, and gender equality and SDG themes are welcome; continuing or regular events (such as an annual festival edition) are unlikely to be funded without a strong reason or special occasion. NOT ELIGIBLE: commissions of artworks, capital costs, consumables, salaries or professional fees, tuition and commercial activity. WHAT YOU GET: GBP 2,000 to 9,000 (most awards GBP 3,000-4,000), with flights funded up to GBP 1,200 each and subsistence up to GBP 100 per person per day, plus GBP 50 extra per flight for environmental projects in Japan. APPLICATION: read the Application Notes, then apply via the Foundation's online portal (separate forms for UK- and Japan-based applicants); advice from grants@dajf.org.uk. Decisions by late May or early June 2027. DEADLINE: 31 March 2027 (the following round closes 30 September).
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.
The BFI Doc Society Features Production Fund (delivered via BFI with Doc Society as delegate partner) supports UK filmmakers producing non-fiction feature films intended for theatrical release. Two strands: Directions (first- or second-time directors) and Momentum (established talent). AMOUNT: up to £150,000 non-recoupable grant (the total Doc Society contribution per project cannot exceed £150,000). ELIGIBILITY: UK-based filmmakers, both emerging and established directors; experienced and debut producers eligible; projects must meet at least three of six stated priorities: equity/diversity, audience impact, talent development, creative risk, UK-wide access, and environmental sustainability. PROCESS: two-stage — submit an Expression of Interest, then a Full Application if invited. Rolling intake year-round. Opened May 2026. APPLY via BFI Doc Society website. Contact: hellobfi@docsociety.org.
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.
apexart's Open Calls turn a curatorial idea into a funded apexart exhibition, selected by a crowdsourced international jury of more than 600 people in 70 countries. WHO CAN SUBMIT: anyone, from anywhere, with no fees at any level: trained and student curators, artists, writers and creative people regardless of experience, background or location. HOW: a 500-word proposal for a focused, idea-driven, original group exhibition, submitted through the online form during the proposal window. TWO ANNUAL WINDOWS: every October for exhibitions in apexart's NYC space, and every February (to early March) for exhibitions taking place anywhere in the world except NYC; for the international call you must propose a location you have actually visited, with the specific venue settled after selection. SELECTION: jurors vote anonymously online (each proposal gets an equal number of views, submitter names hidden); proposals are judged on the strength of the idea and how well it is communicated, not on connections or CV. WHAT WINNERS GET: a USD 10,000 budget (USD 8,000 for expenses, up to USD 2,000 curator honorarium, plus up to USD 1,000 venue-rental match outside NYC), with apexart covering insurance, publicity, the printed brochure, the opening reception and most logistics including loan agreements and shipping, and staff working closely with the guest curator. Winning proposals become part of apexart's next exhibition season. Check the site for the current window's exact dates; submission forms only go live during the proposal periods.
Applications for the 2027 Bertha Artivism Awards are open (confirmed 23 September 2026). The awards fund up to USD 20,000 for a one-year activist-art project made in collaboration with a social justice organization, campaign or movement, and the cohort also receives peer exchange and support from the Bertha Foundation network. Open worldwide to artists and collectives across disciplines. IMPORTANT: no closing date is published on the award page, and the cohort starts January 2027, so apply early rather than waiting; the call has historically opened around August and closed in the autumn. TO APPLY: submit the application form linked from the Artivism Awards page at berthafoundation.org.
The Roger Tory Peterson Institute's artist-in-residence program nurtures nature artists with a week in Jamestown, New York, and facilitated access to the Peterson Collection, inclusive of Roger Tory Peterson's original field guide art, fine art, films, slides, and personal papers. WHAT YOU GET: a USD 1,000 honorarium, with housing, per diem, and travel reimbursement for out-of-town artists. AFTERWARDS: residents create a body of work inspired by their time at RTPI, featured in a solo exhibition at the institute the following year. APPLICATION: rolling; applications are always accepted but residency slots are limited. Email the curator (rkosinski@rtpi.org) a statement of interest in Roger Tory Peterson, birds, or nature, a project proposal detailing research themes and planned artworks, and portfolio images representing your practice. DEADLINE: rolling.
Production fund run by Kolkata gallery Experimenter with a cooperative of artists and supporters, juried by a rotating panel of artists and curators. It explicitly supports film, video, sound, digital and new media art, artistic research, installation, performance and public art among other practices. GRANT: up to INR 1.5 lakhs (INR 150,000) toward realising a project, one bursary per artist per year, disbursed within 30 days of selection. ELIGIBILITY: open to all visual artists worldwide, individuals or collectives, no age, nationality or medium restrictions; applications preferred in English but vernacular and foreign languages accepted. ROLLING: applications may be submitted at any time and are reviewed when the next round is announced. Apply via the Google Form linked from the Generator page; contact generator@experimenter.in.
England's main always-open public funding route for project work: individual artists, freelancers, collectives and cultural organisations can apply at any time for GBP 1,000 to 100,000. Supported disciplines span visual arts, combined arts (including festivals), dance, theatre, music, literature, museums and libraries, and the fund regularly backs digital and interdisciplinary work within those. WHAT YOU GET: project funding covering artist fees, production, R&D within a project, touring or presentation, with decisions in roughly 8 weeks under GBP 30,000 and 12 weeks above. ELIGIBILITY: applicants based in England (others can apply if the activity substantially takes place in England and benefits English audiences); individuals must be 18+. DEADLINE: none, rolling applications via Grantium on artscouncil.org.uk.
Scotland's main always-open fund for individual artists and freelance creative practitioners across all artforms, including visual art, moving image, sound, digital and cross-disciplinary practice. It supports the development of creative practice and new work: research, experimentation, creation, collaboration, professional development and small-scale presentation. WHAT YOU GET: GBP 500 to 50,000 covering artist time at fair pay rates, materials, access costs and project costs; decisions in 10 weeks for requests up to GBP 20,000 and 14 weeks up to GBP 50,000. ELIGIBILITY: individuals based in Scotland (not organisations; a separate Open Fund serves them). DEADLINE: none, rolling applications via the Creative Scotland portal, subject to available budget.
Run by Seattle's Northwest Film Forum as part of the Warhol Foundation's Regional Regranting Program, the Collective Power Fund supports visionary new arts projects that incite public dialogue, push boundaries, explore genre fluidity, and are often non-traditional, anti-institutional, socially responsible or disruptive of existing structures. AWARDS: one USD 10,000 grant for an artist team or artist-run collective and ten USD 5,000 grants for individual artists, USD 60,000 in total. ELIGIBILITY: artists aged 21 or older living in incorporated or unincorporated King County, Washington (proof of residency at finalist status); work grounded in the visual arts or with a strong visual context; applicant must be the primary creator, able to receive income in the US, and hold creative control and rights; projects must include a publicly accessible component and be completed by 31 December 2027; one project per cycle. APPLICATION: via Submittable (nwfilmforum.submittable.com). DEADLINE: the 2026 application is open but the closing date was not published at the time of listing; the 2025 cycle closed mid-November, so apply early and confirm the deadline with grants manager jade@nwfilmforum.org.
FfAI gives grants to individuals active in visual art and culture (artists, curators, critics, researchers, writers, organizers) for independent travel and research, and to small institutions for general activities and projects. AMOUNTS: USD 10,000 for individual research grants; institutional grants typically USD 10,000 to 25,000, limited to organizations with annual budgets under USD 1,000,000 (US organizations must be IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofits; non-US organizations must be created and operated exclusively for charitable and/or educational purposes, with a signed statement from an authorized officer). NOT FUNDED: scholarships, residency programs, production of work, or major equipment; research and travel must be independent of institutional or professional obligations, and funds cannot be transferred to anyone else. PROCESS: two-stage and rolling; anyone can submit an inquiry via the form at apply.ffaiarts.net, but a full proposal must be invited; if you do not hear back within four months, the inquiry was not selected. DEADLINE: none (rolling inquiries). NOTE: there is no conventional 'open call' page; the grants page only sketches the two grant types, the guidelines page holds the amounts and rules, and the entry point is the inquiry form at apply.ffaiarts.net.
The Performing Arts Fund NL's Internationale Werkreis voor Individuen pays travel and accommodation for a short trip abroad that serves your artistic orientation or professional development: conferences, workshops, lectures, panels and festivals without a sales or performance goal. Makers may also attend an invited performance of existing work abroad if they add an activity such as a rehearsal, lecture or workshop. WHO: individual professional performing artists (theatre, dance, music, music theatre, performance) active in the Dutch performing arts field. WHAT YOU GET: up to EUR 2,500 (Europe and Caribbean Netherlands) or EUR 4,000 (rest of the world) per trip; one award per calendar year. APPLICATION: rolling via Mijn Fonds from 16 weeks to 4 weeks before the first activity, while the annual budget lasts. DEADLINE: rolling.
The Snelloket is the Performing Arts Fund NL's fast-track touring grant for Dutch companies, ensembles, bands, performance makers and DJs invited to perform abroad. WHO: groups or performers with legal personality (stichting, vereniging, bv or nv; sole traders and partnerships are excluded) that have given at least ten professional performances at relevant Dutch venues or festivals in the previous 18 months. A management, booking agency or label with a structural relationship may apply on the artist's behalf. WHAT IT FUNDS: travel, transport and visa costs for at least three consecutive performances confirmed by foreign venues or festivals; flights under 600 km, accommodation and per diems are excluded. WHAT YOU GET: up to EUR 6,000 within Europe or EUR 10,000 outside Europe per application, twice a year at most. APPLICATION: rolling via Mijn Fonds, between four months and one month before the first show, with a decision within a month. DEADLINE: rolling.
The Mondriaan Fund's International Art Presentation grant helps art institutions and festivals abroad present current work by living visual artists from the Netherlands or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom, covering costs that raise the work's visibility and fall outside the host's regular budget. WHO: internationally recognised institutions outside the Kingdom whose main purpose is showing contemporary art (not sales); commercial galleries are excluded (they use Art Fair International). Dutch and Caribbean-Kingdom artists with at least one year of professional practice can apply for their own personal costs. WHAT IS FUNDED: return travel for the artist and guest curator (one production trip and one opening visit), up to EUR 1,000 per person for lodging, transport and insurance of the work, up to 50 percent of production costs for new site-specific commissions (the host must pay the artist a realistic fee), up to 25 percent of publication costs and up to 50 percent of film subtitling. Artists may not be asked to pay to take part. Guest curators from the Netherlands need at least two years of curatorial experience. APPLICATION: via the Mondriaan Fund's My Fund system with a plan, presentation plan, CVs, consent declaration, itemised budget excluding VAT, quotes above EUR 1,000 and visual documentation; processing takes about three months. DEADLINE: rolling.
Pro Helvetia supports presentations outside Switzerland of contemporary artists, photographers and architects from Switzerland, with applications generally made by the host institution or festival. WHO: established cultural institutions and organisers with international reach based outside Switzerland; exhibitions normally run at least four weeks, which does not apply to festivals and similar events. WHAT IS FUNDED: transport and insurance, equipment rental, materials for temporary artworks, fees for the participating artists, photographers and architects from Switzerland, and their economy-class travel (no accommodation). TIMELINE: requests up to CHF 25,000 can be submitted year-round with a decision within eight weeks; CHF 25,001 to 50,000 year-round with a decision within four months; over CHF 50,000 by 1 March, 1 June, 1 September or 1 December. Projects need a clear connection to Switzerland, and only complete, on-time applications are considered. APPLICATION: via the Pro Helvetia online portal. DEADLINE: rolling (fixed dates for requests over CHF 50,000).
Pro Helvetia funds thematic group exhibitions of design from Switzerland and knowledge exchange at public specialist events abroad, such as symposia and round tables, organised by institutions outside Switzerland. WHO: recognised design institutions and established festivals or design weeks outside Switzerland. WHAT YOU GET: up to CHF 10,000 for transport and insurance costs and economy-class return travel for participants from Switzerland (accommodation not covered). APPLICATION: year-round via the Pro Helvetia online portal; the project can start eight weeks after submission and decisions come within eight weeks. DEADLINE: rolling.
Wales Arts International's International Opportunities Fund supports Wales-based creative professionals and arts organisations to build relationships, collaborations and networks abroad, share skills internationally and raise Wales's profile. WHO: arts organisations, individual creative professionals and formal or informal collectives based in Wales (unconstituted groups need one lead applicant). WHAT IS FUNDED: in-person, arts-focused activity outside Wales and the UK with at least one international partner, such as presenting work at an international partner's invitation (where the partner pays at least an appropriate fee), attending international networks and events, collaboration and partnership development, and residencies organised by an international partner. WHAT YOU GET: up to GBP 7,500 for collaboration, presentation, and networks and events, or up to GBP 5,000 for residencies (GBP 7,500 outside Europe with prior approval), covering up to 90 percent of eligible costs. Artists, bands, songwriters or producers invited to international showcase festivals should use the PRS Foundation International Showcase Fund instead. APPLICATION: rolling via the Arts Council of Wales portal; projects must start at least 10 working weeks after submission. DEADLINE: rolling.