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NAME:The Grant Desk - Visual & Media Arts\, Worldwide
X-WR-CALNAME:The Grant Desk - Visual & Media Arts\, Worldwide 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\, W
 orldwide.
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UID:boiler-room-broadcast-lab-14-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io
DTSTAMP:20260428T124520Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260518
SUMMARY:Deadline: Boiler Room Broadcast Lab #14 (2026)
DESCRIPTION:Open call for individual musicians\, collectives\, and curators
  to pitch a project to be streamed on Boiler Room. The fund looks to platf
 orm overlooked scenes and spaces\, innovative programming concepts that pr
 ioritise underrepresented artists\, marginalised communities\, and forward
 -thinking collaborations. While Boiler Room's archive is heavily DJ-focuse
 d\, applicants are encouraged to explore live performance\, instrumentatio
 n\, and non-club genres. Winning application receives up to GBP 10\,000 to
  bring the project to life\, plus additional in-kind support and a full re
 lease on Boiler Room's channels. Deadline: Sunday 17 May at 23:59 BST. Thi
 s is the 14th edition of Broadcast Lab.\n\nOrganisation: Boiler Room\nLoca
 tion: Worldwide (project streamed on Boiler Room channels)\nAward: Up to G
 BP 10\,000 to produce the project\, plus in-kind support from Boiler Room 
 and a full release across Boiler Room's channels\nDuration: Production tim
 eline TBD by project\; output is a streamed broadcast on Boiler Room.\n\nM
 ore: https://boilerroom.tv/broadcast-lab/
URL:https://boilerroom.tv/broadcast-lab/
LOCATION:Worldwide (project streamed on Boiler Room channels)
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UID:olympic-heritage-artists-residence-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io
DTSTAMP:20260428T124520Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260501
SUMMARY:Deadline: Olympic Heritage: Artists in Residence 2026
DESCRIPTION:Joint residency by the 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic & Sports Museum and 
 The Olympic Museum in Lausanne for digital and immersive media artists to 
 critically engage with sports culture and Olympic Legacy. Residents get ex
 clusive access to museum collections\, mentorship and expert support. The 
 Doha residency is hosted at QOSM\; the Swiss residency is at La Becque Art
 ist Residence in La Tour-de-Peilz. Open to multi-disciplinary artists worl
 dwide aged 18 to 35 (as of 31.12.2026) whose practice involves a significa
 nt element of digital art (any new media form\, possibly combined with phy
 sical media). Free entry. Submit in English via the official online form b
 y 30 April 2026 at 23:59 (GMT+1).\n\nOrganisation: 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic & S
 ports Museum (QOSM) and The Olympic Museum\, Lausanne\nLocation: Doha\, Qa
 tar OR La Tour-de-Peilz\, Switzerland (one residency in each location)\nAw
 ard: Round-trip flights + accommodation + living expenses allowance + ment
 orship + QAR 30\,000 / €8\,000 acquisition fee for resulting artwork (mu
 seums' permanent collections) + participation in international exhibition 
 as part of the Cultural Olympiad (including LA 2028)\nDuration: 3 months (
 1 September to 1 December 2026)\n\nMore: https://www.olympics.com/museum/e
 xplore/programmes/olympic-heritage-artists-in-residence-2026
URL:https://www.olympics.com/museum/explore/programmes/olympic-heritage-art
 ists-in-residence-2026
LOCATION:Doha\, Qatar OR La Tour-de-Peilz\, Switzerland (one residency in e
 ach location)
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UID:creativity-pioneers-fund-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io
DTSTAMP:20260428T124520Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260424
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260425
SUMMARY:Deadline: Creativity Pioneers Fund 2026
DESCRIPTION:Unearmarked €5\,000 micro-grant for cultural and creative non
 profits advancing bold\, unconventional practices toward a more just\, inc
 lusive and equitable world. Beyond the grant\, recipients gain access to i
 n-kind support\, mentorship\, learning opportunities\, peer-to-peer exchan
 ge\, visibility and networking. Open only to active\, legally registered n
 onprofit organisations (not individuals\; an organisational bank account i
 s required)\, regardless of geographical location. Looking for organisatio
 ns that place creativity at the core of their mission\, prioritise disadva
 ntaged and/or marginalised communities (primarily youth aged 16 to 27)\, a
 nd focus on long-term systemic change with a local-yet-globally-relevant p
 erspective. Not interested in art-for-art's-sake\, conventional NGO approa
 ches\, or amateur/improvised initiatives. The 2026 call ran 30 March to 24
  April 2026\, 17:00 CEST. Award decisions announced in September\; agreeme
 nts and disbursement by December 2026.\n\nOrganisation: Creativity Pioneer
 s Fund (Moleskine Foundation)\nLocation: Anywhere (legally registered nonp
 rofits only)\nAward: €5\,000 unearmarked micro-grant\nDuration: Starting
  point for long-term collaboration (mentorship\, peer exchange\, follow-on
  support)\n\nMore: https://creativitypioneersfund.org/opencall
URL:https://creativitypioneersfund.org/opencall
LOCATION:Anywhere (legally registered nonprofits only)
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UID:lumen-prize-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io
DTSTAMP:20260428T124520Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260523
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260524
SUMMARY:Deadline: The 2026 Lumen Prize
DESCRIPTION:International art prize across three categories\, each with a $
 5\,000 award: Legacy Futures (works engaging past\, present and future\, e
 xamining our relationship to technology\, culture and time)\; Systems & St
 ructures (works examining or critically engaging with cultural\, ecologica
 l\, technological and social systems via code\, data\, networks\, biologic
 al or environmental processes\, institutional frameworks etc.\, e.g. misin
 formation\, machine vision\, human-machine relations)\; and Experiential I
 nnovation (works prioritising experience via participation\, presence\, se
 nsation or environment\, including live coding\, performance\, interactive
  installations\, experiential VR/AR and cross-modal practices). The Jury a
 lso selects one Gold Award Winner across all categories\, awarded $15\,000
  in 2026. Two-stage judging: an International Selectors Committee curates 
 a longlist of finalists\, then a Jury Panel selects the winners. Standard 
 entry fee $45.00\; submissions close 23 May 2026 at 19:00. If the entry fe
 e is a barrier\, contact info@lumenprize.org.\n\nOrganisation: The Lumen P
 rize\nLocation: Global\nAward: 3 x $5\,000 category awards + $15\,000 Gold
  Award\nDuration: One-off prize\n\nMore: https://zealous.co/lumenprize/opp
 ortunity/the-2026-lumen-prize/
URL:https://zealous.co/lumenprize/opportunity/the-2026-lumen-prize/
LOCATION:Global
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UID:netstalgia-not-acceptable-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io
DTSTAMP:20260428T124520Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260504
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260505
SUMMARY:Deadline: Open Call: Netstalgia (Not Acceptable) - Error 406
DESCRIPTION:Open call for artists\, curators and collectives worldwide to p
 ropose projects that take a clear-eyed view of internet histories and expl
 ore how they can open pathways toward more equitable futures. The brief: w
 hat protocols\, networks\, archives and shared conditions are needed to bu
 ild the internet we actually want? Respond to netstalgia with error 406 no
 t acceptable. Jury: Chia Amisola\, Olia Lialina\, Peter Sunde and Vladan J
 oler. Project deadline 4 May 2026 (23:59 CEST)\; work delivery 30 October 
 2026.\n\nOrganisation: Error 417: Expectation Fail\nLocation: Online\nAwar
 d: €1\,500 to €7\,000 per project\nDuration: Project-based (work deliv
 ery deadline 30 October 2026)\n\nMore: https://error417.expectation.fail/4
 06/netstalgia-not-acceptable/open-call
URL:https://error417.expectation.fail/406/netstalgia-not-acceptable/open-ca
 ll
LOCATION:Online
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UID:kyoto-retreat-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io
DTSTAMP:20260428T124520Z
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
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UID:cifra-award-restart-reality-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io
DTSTAMP:20260428T124520Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260509
SUMMARY:Deadline: CIFRA Award: RestArt Reality (Open Call)
DESCRIPTION:Open call for any form of digital art submittable as a video\, 
 around the theme 'RestArt Reality': screen-native works engaging with pseu
 do-evidence\, invented archives\, alternative chronologies\, reconstructio
 ns and 'false' testimonies. Five winners each receive €1\,000.\n\nOrgani
 sation: CIFRA\nLocation: International (online submissions)\nAward: 5 winn
 ers x €1\,000\nDuration: One-time award\n\nMore: https://promo.cifra.com
 /opencall
URL:https://promo.cifra.com/opencall
LOCATION:International (online submissions)
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