Location: Diriyah, Saudi Arabia (in-person, intensive on-site programme)

Award: Production budget; access to advanced audio-visual labs, immersive-reality and spatial audio-visual environments; cutting-edge professional equipment; multidisciplinary mentorship from international digital and new-media artists; and a culminating curated group exhibition at DAF in October 2027. Specific stipend amount not stated in the public call. No application fee.

Duration: Approximately one year (programme starts October 2026), with three months of thematic and conceptual seminars followed by a practice-based phase and a final group exhibition in October 2027

Deadline: 31 May 2026

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 conceptual 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 spatial audio-visual environments, concluding with a curated group exhibition at DAF in October 2027. ELIGIBILITY: emerging creative practitioners under 35, at graduate or postgraduate level, with experience in modern media and digital art; open worldwide with a particular focus on practitioners from the Middle East and North Africa. Apply via the linked Ministry of Culture engagement portal.

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Location: TOKAS 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)

Award: Round-trip economy-class airfare between nearest airport and Tokyo (Narita or Haneda); per diem living expenses of JPY 4,200 per day (excl. tax); fee for work/project of JPY 300,000 (excl. tax); living space (single 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.

Duration: Three-month residency in one of three slots: May-July 2027, September-November 2027, or January-March 2028 (six creators total, two per slot), concluding with an Open Studio research presentation

Deadline: 16 Jun 2026

Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) International Creator Residency invites practitioners to develop new works and ideas in Tokyo, with research outcomes presented at a closing Open Studio at TOKAS Residency. The programme fosters cross-cultural creative exchange across visual arts (drawing, installation, painting, performance, photography, media art, sculpture, sound art, video, etc.), design and architecture. ELIGIBILITY: creators residing outside Japan with at least five years of experience in visual arts, design or architecture; sufficient English to communicate with residents and TOKAS staff; independent and capable of working and living on one's own; duos eligible if at least one member resides outside Japan and they have completed at least one prior project together; students ineligible except PhD candidates. CONDITIONS: must stay consecutively at TOKAS Residency for the proposed period; create work for the Open Studio and submit a comprehensive project report; cooperate with TOKAS public relations; 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).

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Location: Kyoto, Japan

Award: Roundtrip flight, private accommodation and $800 USD stipend

Duration: 4 weeks (1 to 30 November 2026)

Deadline: 17 Jul 2026

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

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