Open Calls
Browse through a list of fully funded residencies that we update regularly and find the best fit for you.
Artist fee of €1,000 /
Coverage of production costs up to €450
Slovenia
Individual- -Project budget: 30,000,000 KRW for art and technology or 20,000,000 KRW for other categories
-Stipend:2,500,000 KRW per individual
- South Korea
Individuals & Collectives- Stipend 600€ / Travel 350€
- Estonia
- Individual
- € 4,000 grant / € 2,000 grant for collaborating artist(s) / € 4,000 project budget
- Cross Countries
- Individuals & Collectives
- € 3,500 artist’s fee /
€ 1,500–3,000 research/production budget
- Greece
- Individuals & Collectives
- € 800 Artist fee / 200 traveling allowance
- Estonia
- Individual
- 50,000 SEK in grant
- Sweden
- Individual
- Saudi Arabia
- Individual
- 10,000 USD grant
- Japan
- Individuals & Collectives
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Honorarium (up to 3,400 EUR) /
Material costs (up to 600 EUR) /
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- Austria
- Individual
- Germany
- Individuals & Collectives
- Grants: 3,000 EUR for Finalists and 5,000 EUR for Laureates
- Cross Countries
- Individuals & Collectives
- Cross Countries
- Organisations
- Material budget: 1,000 EUR / Artist fee: 1,000 EUR (including food expenses)
- Czech Republic
- Individual
- Austria
- Individual
-
Fee
- Poland
- Individual
- €1,000 stipend
- Germany
- Individuals & Collectives
- Stipend of €1,400
- Germany
- Individual
Open Call for Art Residencies GuestRoomMaribor 2026
Deadline: 01.Mar.26
Duration: 1 Months
Pekarna Magdalenske mreže invites artists to apply for the GuestRoomMaribor residency programme. This fully funded programme offers artists a one-month stay in apartment studios at Vetrinjski Mansion in the historic city centre, along with access to our working spaces at the former squat Cultural Centre Pekarna. The residency provides space for research, experimentation, artistic production, and includes presentation of newly developed work at OBRAT – Space for Art and Participation or another suitable venue.
National Asian Culture Center: CREATORS Residency 2026 on Art and Technology (South Korea)
Deadline: 01.Mar.26
Duration: 4 Months
The National Asian Culture Center (ACC) CREATORS Residency aims to establish a sustainable creative production platform through the convergence of art and technology. The programme provides opportunities for CREATORS (including artists, researchers, designers, architects, and engineers) to engage in research, development, production, and exhibition of their multidisciplinary projects.
Tartu City of Literature: Residency for Writers and Translators Spring 2026 (Estonia)
Deadline: 23.Feb.26
Duration: 2 Months
The call for applications for the Tartu UNESCO City of Literature International Residency (April–May 2026) is now open. The residency supports one writer or translator for a two-month stay in Tartu, enabling literary work, participation in local events, and engagement with the community. Writers, poets, and translators of Estonian literature from around the world are welcomed to apply for this international residency in Tartu, Estonia. Applicants must not be current residents of Estonia. Applicants must have at least one published book, screenplay, theatre script, or translation from Estonian.
European Media Art Platform Residency Programme 2026
Deadline: 13.Feb.26
Duration: 2 Months
European Media Art Platform (EMAP) returns in 2026 with a residency programme for artists and collectives in 15 countries. EMAP invites artists, artist duos, collectives, and artistic collaborations working in digital, media, robotic, and bio art to apply for a two-month production residency in 2026.
Onassis AiR Residencies and Fellowships 2026/27 (Greece)
Deadline: 03.Mar.26
Duration: 4 Months
The current ONASSIS AiR OPEN CALL 2026/27 invites applications for a 10-week residency that takes place in Athens, Greece, between September 2026 and July 2027. Process, research, and experimentation are at the core of the residency programme. During the residency, participants are invited to delve deeper into their practice without the pressure of presenting a final work.
Residency for Baltic Sound Artists 2026 (Lithuania)
Deadline: 16.Feb.26
Duration: 2 Weeks
The Kintai.Kitaip residency programme invites sound practitioners to spend two weeks in Kintai developing new sound works, sharing their practices with fellow artists. The resulting sound pieces will be presented at two public end-of-residency events in Kintai and Vilnius. In autumn 2026 and spring 2027, artists will be invited to perform these pieces in Estonia and Latvia. Additionally, the works will be digitally released on the Music Information Centre Lithuania label.
esidence Scholarship 2027 for the World Heritage site Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland (Sweden)
Deadline: 28.Feb.26
Duration: 4 Weeks
The Residence Scholarship for the World Heritage site Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland (Hälsingegårdar) was established in 2018 by the Regional Assembly of Gävleborg. The Scholarship is aimed for professional artists, cultural practitioners and researchers who want to develop an artistic or research idea that connects the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland in Sweden to one or more other World Heritage Sites on the UNESCO list.
Masaha Residency Cycle 11 for Visual Artists (Saudi Arabia)
Deadline: 28.Feb.26
Duration: 3 Months
Misk Art Residencies involves three-month visual arts residency (3 May – 25 July 2026) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, focusing the transformative role of creative expression. The residency aims to support artistic development and practice by promoting the possibilities of meaningful exchange between the local community and the global cultural landscape.
Artist-in-Residence Programme 2026–2027 in Music and Sound (Japan)
Deadline: 01.Mar.26
Duration: 1 Months
The Edeiken International Arts Foundation (EIAF), founded by Dr. Nicole Edeiken, announces the one-month Artist-in-Residence Programme hosted at 7artscafe in Yokohama, Japan. This residency is exclusively for professional musicians, composers, sound artists, and interdisciplinary creators whose primary medium is music or sound. The programme supports innovation in contemporary sound, composition, performance, and cross-genre experimentation while fostering meaningful cultural exchange in Yokohama.
AIR InSILo: 2026 Residency on Place (Austria)
Deadline: 23.Feb.26
Duration: 2 Months
For this edition, AIR InSILo invites artists to take part in a residency curated by Agata Ciastoń in Hollabrunn, Austria. The residency will focus on working with place as a field of relations, encompassing matter and memory, body and landscape, and local and cosmic time. Special attention will be given to: working mothers; underrepresented artists; artists from countries with minimum/ non-existing support for art and culture; LGBTIQA+ representatives.
Martin Roth Initiative: Temporary Relocation to Germany for Artists and Cultural Actors at Risk 2026
Deadline: 20.Feb.26
Duration: 15 Months
Martin Roth Initiative supports artists and cultural actors at risk to temporarily relocate to Germany with the assistance of a host cultural institution. The application is submitted in tandem between the artists and cultural actors and the host organisations. Scholarships awarded through the programme last up to 15 months.
Open Call for Circus Projects 2027
Deadline: 09.Mar.26
Duration:
circusnext intends to build an ecosystem for artistic risk-taking, research and experimentation. On an annual basis, circusnext launches a call for projects to identify and support emerging circus authors throughout Europe. Its primary goal is to care for and encourage the development of new generations of creative spirits in the circus sector, who dare to experiment and question the current artistic boundaries. This open call is intended for emerging artists who are currently developing an upcoming circus creation.
Culture Moves Europe: Call for Residency Hosts 2025–2026
Deadline: 16.Mar.26
Duration:
Culture Moves Europe is the mobility scheme funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and implemented by the Goethe-Institut. The call for residency hosts provides financial support to legal entities wishing to host artists and cultural professionals for a residency project. The residency should host between 1 and 5 residents and it should follow two of these objectives: to learn, to create, to explore, to connect, or to transform.
CreArt 3.0: AiR programme Skateholders hosted by České Budějovic (Czech Republic)
Deadline: 28.Feb.26
Duration: 5 Weeks
Skateholders is an ongoing cultural project based in České Budějovice and the South Bohemian region (it is part of the European Capital of Culture 2028 programme in České Budějovice), aiming to support the development of skateboarding by strengthening community activities and activating public space. Together with skateboarders, architects, and local stakeholders, the organisers work to expand skateboarding infrastructure in the city through small-scale architectural interventions.
OPEN CALL 2027 | Bildraum Studio
Deadline: 02.Mar.26
Duration: 2 Months
The
Open call for artistic residency in Wrocław
Deadline: 15.Mar.26
Duration: 4 Weeks
The Wrocław Institute of Culture
anorak Studio Residency – Open Call 2026 (Berin based artists)
Deadline: 28.Feb.26
Duration: 3 Months
anorak invites Berlin-based artists, curators, and researchers working in time-based media, writing, translation, publishing, and culinary projects to submit collaborative proposals for a 3-month residency at the shared anorak studio in Berlin-Tempelhof from 1 July – 30 September 2026. The residency supports in-person collaboration, and includes a €1,000 stipend per project. It is suitable for projects that will benefit from a shared studio environment and an extended in person work period. With a focus on process and research rather than production, we hope to enable informal exchange and dialogue as well as more formalised sharing sessions.
Edenkoben Scholarship for Fine Arts
Deadline: 15.Apr.26
Duration: 6 Months
The Künstlerhaus Edenkoben awards two scholarships annually for visual arts: one scholarship for the period from January 15th to June 15th and one scholarship for the period from July 15th to December 15th.