BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Grant Desk//Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH NAME:The Grant Desk - Visual & Media Arts\, Asia X-WR-CALNAME:The Grant Desk - Visual & Media Arts\, Asia deadlines X-WR-CALDESC:Paid open calls\, fellowships and residencies in AI\, tech\, r esearch\, and digital and mixed-media arts\, sorted into the right pile. U pdated as new calls land on the desk. Filtered to: Visual & Media Arts\, A sia. REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT12H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:diriyah-art-futures-emerging-new-media-2026-27@artificialnouveau.github .io DTSTAMP:20260520T194426Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260531 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601 SUMMARY:Deadline: Diriyah Art Futures: Emerging New Media Artists Program 2 026/27 (Riyadh) DESCRIPTION:Third cycle of Diriyah Art Futures' Emerging New Media Artists Program\, a developmental collaboration with Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains. The first three months centre on thematic and conc eptual exploration through seminars\, lectures\, screenings and workshops spanning digital technology\, socio-cultural dynamics\, the environment\, more-than-human life and cultural heritage. The programme then moves into a practice-based phase with personalised advisory and access to DAF's labs \, encompassing advanced audio-visual techniques\, immersive reality and s patial audio-visual environments\, concluding with a curated group exhibit ion at DAF in October 2027. ELIGIBILITY: emerging creative practitioners u nder 35\, at graduate or postgraduate level\, with experience in modern me dia and digital art\; open worldwide with a particular focus on practition ers from the Middle East and North Africa. Apply via the linked Ministry o f Culture engagement portal.\n\nOrganisation: Diriyah Art Futures (DAF)\, in collaboration with Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains\ nLocation: Diriyah\, Saudi Arabia (in-person\, intensive on-site programme )\nAward: Production budget\; access to advanced audio-visual labs\, immer sive-reality and spatial audio-visual environments\; cutting-edge professi onal equipment\; multidisciplinary mentorship from international digital a nd new-media artists\; and a culminating curated group exhibition at DAF i n October 2027. Specific stipend amount not stated in the public call. No application fee.\nDuration: Approximately one year (programme starts Octob er 2026)\, with three months of thematic and conceptual seminars followed by a practice-based phase and a final group exhibition in October 2027\n\n More: https://engage.moc.gov.sa/reg_forms/tracks/250/?lang=en URL:https://engage.moc.gov.sa/reg_forms/tracks/250/?lang=en LOCATION:Diriyah\, Saudi Arabia (in-person\, intensive on-site programme) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:tokas-international-creator-residency-2027@artificialnouveau.github.io DTSTAMP:20260520T194426Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260616 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260617 SUMMARY:Deadline: Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS): International Creator Resid ency 2027 DESCRIPTION:Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) International Creator Residency in vites practitioners to develop new works and ideas in Tokyo\, with researc h outcomes presented at a closing Open Studio at TOKAS Residency. The prog ramme fosters cross-cultural creative exchange across visual arts (drawing \, installation\, painting\, performance\, photography\, media art\, sculp ture\, sound art\, video\, etc.)\, design and architecture. ELIGIBILITY: c reators residing outside Japan with at least five years of experience in v isual arts\, design or architecture\; sufficient English to communicate wi th residents and TOKAS staff\; independent and capable of working and livi ng on one's own\; duos eligible if at least one member resides outside Jap an and they have completed at least one prior project together\; students ineligible except PhD candidates. CONDITIONS: must stay consecutively at T OKAS Residency for the proposed period\; create work for the Open Studio a nd submit a comprehensive project report\; cooperate with TOKAS public rel ations\; no commercial or for-profit activities\; accommodation is for the participating creator only (no family/partners/friends/guests). Apply via the TOKAS online submission form by 16 June 2026\, 18:00 JST: application form (PDF\, in English)\, two letters of recommendation from referees at art and cultural institutions\, and a portfolio (max 6 A4 landscape pages\ , max 10MB\, up to 3 projects).\n\nOrganisation: Tokyo Arts and Space (TOK AS)\, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture\nLocation: TOK AS Residency\, 2-14-7 Tatekawa\, Sumida-ku\, Tokyo\, Japan (single room 25 sqm\; twin room 49 sqm for duos\; shared studios 125 sqm and 48 sqm)\nAwa rd: Round-trip economy-class airfare between nearest airport and Tokyo (Na rita or Haneda)\; per diem living expenses of JPY 4\,200 per day (excl. ta x)\; fee for work/project of JPY 300\,000 (excl. tax)\; living space (sing le room) and access to shared studio. Note: 20.42% income tax is deducted from per-diem and project-fee amounts. For duos\, airfare is provided for both members but per diem and project fee are paid for one person only. No application fee.\nDuration: Three-month residency in one of three slots: May-July 2027\, September-November 2027\, or January-March 2028 (six creat ors total\, two per slot)\, concluding with an Open Studio research presen tation\n\nMore: https://www.tokyoartsandspace.jp/en/archive/application/20 26/20260430-317.html URL:https://www.tokyoartsandspace.jp/en/archive/application/2026/20260430-3 17.html LOCATION:TOKAS Residency\, 2-14-7 Tatekawa\, Sumida-ku\, Tokyo\, Japan (sin gle room 25 sqm\; twin room 49 sqm for duos\; shared studios 125 sqm and 4 8 sqm) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:kyoto-retreat-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io DTSTAMP:20260520T194426Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260717 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260718 SUMMARY:Deadline: The Kyoto Retreat 2026 DESCRIPTION:Four-week residency in Kyoto for artists\, curators and writers from anywhere in the world\, working in drawing\, painting\, sculpture\, photography\, film\, video\, new media\, installation\, fiction and nonfic tion writing\, poetry\, interdisciplinary or social practice. Open to all career stages\, 21 and over. Selected participants notified by 1 September 2026.\n\nOrganisation: The Kyoto Retreat (founded by Dexter Wimberly)\nLo cation: Kyoto\, Japan\nAward: Roundtrip flight\, private accommodation and $800 USD stipend\nDuration: 4 weeks (1 to 30 November 2026)\n\nMore: http s://www.kyotoretreat.com URL:https://www.kyotoretreat.com LOCATION:Kyoto\, Japan END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR