THE OCP

A historical record of open calls, residencies, and grants that have closed. These opportunities are no longer accepting applications, browse live calls for current opportunities.

All Photography Sculpture Painting New Media Performance Art Theatre Dance and Circus Film and Video Art Ceramics Music and Audio Writing Other

Manila Artist Showcase Open Call

Arrival GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Call for Expressions of Interest for Independent National and International Experts for the Evaluation of Project Proposals

Foundation "Skopje – European Capital of Culture 2028"Closed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

CraftForms 2026, 31st International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft

Wayne Art CenterClosed Sept 2026

CeramicsSculpture

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Stone Canoe Submission Call

The YMCA's Downtown Writers CenterClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

SSG & AC Edwards Fellowship

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)Closed Sept 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

GALLERY jENSEITS: BI-ANNUAL OPEN CALL 2027

GALLERY jENSEITSClosed Sept 2026

PaintingSculptureCeramics

Open Call for Ceramics Now Annual 2026

Ceramics NowClosed Sept 2026

Ceramics

Hambidge Residencies (Spring Session)

The Hambidge CenterClosed Sept 2026

PhotographyPaintingSculpture

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Galerie OpenbachClosed Sept 2026

SculpturePaintingCeramics

Connecting Threads 2027

ArtcoreClosed Sept 2026

SculpturePaintingPerformance Art

MAD Artist Studios | Artist Residency | Cycle 46 and 47

Museum of Arts and DesignClosed Sept 2026

SculpturePaintingCeramics

Still Life Art Competition

Megalopolitan Art GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

MAD Artist Studios Artist Residency Cycle 46 and 47

Museum of Arts and DesignClosed Sept 2026

CeramicsSculptureNew Media

HUGE Gallery London 2026

HUGE GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Fundación Ama Amoedo Grants 2026

Fundación Ama AmoedoClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Open Call 2027

NocefrescaClosed Sept 2026

PhotographyPaintingNew Media

Open call for residencies 2027: What is real?

Platform DalíClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Communal Autumn/Winter

Aspex PortsmouthClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Open Call: Colors

Curatone.artClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Aesthetica Art Prize

Aesthetica MagazineClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

COLOUR

Le Gâteau GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

OPEN CALL: NOW 2026 Exhibition Opportunity

Gerald Moore GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

The 14th Annual Joshua Tree National Park Art Expo

Joshua Tree National Park Council for the ArtsClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Studio bursary open call for London-based Hong Kong Diaspora artists

GasworksClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Maqam — Open Call for Artists

Danseurs Citoyens SudClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Fall 2026 Open Call: Solo Exhibition

A Space GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Sandhill Studio Artist-in-Residence

Sandhill StudioClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Helpmann Fellowships 2026

Helpmann AcademyClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

AIR in Tainan Artists-in-Residence (AIR) Program for 2027

Cultural Affairs Bureau of Tainan City GovernmentClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

2026 Hale Fully Funded Artist-in-Residency

Nantucket Arts CouncilClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Creative Professionals Talent Recruitment Initiative

gener8tor Art, Appleton Downtown, Inc., and the Trout Museum of ArtClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

NHAC Members Show

North Hills Art CenterClosed Aug 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Creative Futures Commission 2026: A Paid Residency Opportunity for Early-Career Artists in Bristol

Creative Youth NetworkClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Final Grant: Political Art in Public Space

ArtcryClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Artist In Residence At The Factory

The Factory on WillowClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

The Kintai Arts Residency

Kintai ArtsClosed Aug 2026

CeramicsPaintingSculpture

PURE ABSTRACTION Open Call

Art FluentClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

PURE ABSTRACTION

Art FluentClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Rosewood Arts Center 2027 Exhibition Proposals

City of Kettering, Rosewood Arts CenterClosed Aug 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Artist Residencies at ESSA

Eureka Springs School of the ArtsClosed Aug 2026

PaintingSculptureCeramics

Monthly Online Exhibitions: Group, Solo, and Photography

Arrival ShowsClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

2026–2027 Residency Programme

Fondation d’entreprise MartellClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

COUNTERFORM: A Call for Works About Reactions - the Aftermath of Change

Manifest GalleryClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

HYPERVIEW: An International Call for Works About Vastness and Scale

Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing CenterClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

VISAGE: An International Call for Works of Portraiture

Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing CenterClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Chrysalis Award 2026 Open Call

James Renwick Alliance for CraftClosed Aug 2026

Ceramics

Summer 2026 ArtFund Me Grant

ArtFund MeClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Open Call: Small Matters

Carter Burden GalleryClosed Aug 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography