Open Calls
Browse through a list of fully funded residencies that we update regularly and find the best fit for you.
Cross Countries- Organisations
- Stipend of €1,400
- Germany
Individual- France
- Individual
- China
- Individual
- 10,000 EUR + 5,000 EUR production
- France
- Individual
- 1,200 EUR Stipend / 1,500 EUR Production /
- Ukraine
- Individual
- 5,000 EUR
- Malta
- Individual
- 1,000 GBP
- United Kingdom
- Individual
- 1,300 EUR Stipend / 1,500 EUR Production
- Spain
- Individual
- 1,000 EUR Fee / 600 EUR Travel
- Austria
- Individual
- Tunisia
Culture Moves Europe: Call for Residency Hosts 2025–2026
Deadline: 30.Apr.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.
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.
Art Zoyd Studios: 2026/2027 Residency in Electroacoustic and Electronic Music
Deadline: 29.May.26
Duration: 2 Weeks
Art Zoyd Studios invites applications for its 2026/2027 residency programme, offering periods of research, experimentation and development for artists working in electroacoustic and electronic music. Residencies take place throughout the year, with sessions lasting between one and two weeks, generally spaced over several months depending on the availability of the centre. The call is open to artists from all over the world.
Guyan Huaxiang Art Center/LooLooLook Gallery: Artist Residency
Deadline: 19.Apr.26
Duration: 1 Months
International artists are invited to participate in a 30-day artist residency in Lishui, Zhejiang Province (China) at the Guyan Huaxiang Art Center, a cultural village renowned for its artistic heritage and spectacular natural environment. This region is shaped by over 1,500 years of history, notably through the Tongji Weir irrigation system, now recognised as a World Heritage site, and has given rise to what is known in China as the ‘Lishui Barbizon,’ referring to a tradition of artistic practice deeply connected to the observation of nature.
AirLab Residency 2026–2027
Deadline: 01.May.26
Duration: 1 Years
The University of Lille, with the support of the Hauts-de-France Region and in partnership with Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains, has launched a call for applications for the AIRLab residency (Artist in Immersion Research in a Laboratory) for the 2026–2027 academic year.
Magic Carpets: Residency at Jam Factory Art Center 2026
Deadline: 10.Apr.26
Duration: 1 Months
The Creative Europe-funded project Magic Carpets is calling for applications from artists from Creative Europe-eligible countries for a residency in Lviv, Ukraine at the Jam Factory Art Center for 30 days between 1 June and 15 August 2026. The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine causes lost, left and mined lands on the occupied, de-occupied and pre-frontline territories of Ukraine. Thousands of people who have been forced to leave their homes since 2014, found their way to cope with the loss by ‘reproducing’ their homes on the new lands through seedlings and gardening, which re-creates their familiar set up/ambient, or through the cooking that provoke memories and gives emotional support through social gathering.
Culture Directorate Malta: Influss Artistic Residence
Deadline: 21.Apr.26
Duration: 1 Months
Influss is a multidisciplinary residency programme that moves beyond traditional, production-focused models to champion the intrinsic value of the creative process. The Culture Directorate of Malta, in collaboration with Malta Society of Arts, and the Valletta Cultural Agency through the Valletta Design Cluster, invite practitioners to pursue deep creative inquiry whilst grounding their work in the cultural and physical landscape of Malta.
Delfina Foundation: Residency for Visual Artists based in Latin America and the Caribbean
Deadline: 12.Apr.26
Duration: 12 Weeks
With support from St Paul’s Cathedral and The Irma Pastrana Borrero Foundation for Humanity’s Peace and Development (The Pastrana Foundation), Delfina Foundation welcomes applications from contemporary visual artists based in Latin America and the Caribbean for a residency in London.
Art and Landscape Residency
Deadline: 13.Apr.26
Duration: 8 Weeks
The purpose of this programme is to develop an artistic residency between Chillida Leku (Hauser & Wirth San Sebastian) and Tabakalera International Centre for Contemporary Culture, in San Sebastian, Spain. This call is aimed at artists of any nationality who wish to explore new artistic contexts and develop an artistic investigation and creation project linked to art and the landscape.
Positive Futures Festival: Sound and Performative Residency
Deadline: 30.Apr.26
Duration: 1 Months
GRUND1535 and Positive Futures Festival (PFF) announce an open call for artists working at the intersection of sound, voice, and performance to apply for a residency in Tyrol, Austria, taking place from 1–26 October 2026.
Tilal Utique Residency for Artists in the Global Majority
Deadline: 19.Apr.26
Duration: 3 Weeks
The residency invites artists working across visual arts, performance, literature and expanded practices to spend three weeks at Tilal Utique developing research, reflecting their practice, and entering into dialogue with other artists and thinkers. Residencies conclude with a shared moment of presentation, which may take the form of a conversation, open studio, or informal gathering.