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

Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships

Mid Atlantic Arts / Delaware Division of the ArtsClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Performance Grant

Café Royal Cultural Foundation NYCClosed Aug 2026

TheatreDance and CircusPerformance Art

Music Production Grants

Café Royal Cultural FoundationClosed Aug 2026

Music and Audio

Performing Artist-In-Residence Program

Museum of Chinese in America

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Closed Aug 2026

Performance ArtDance and CircusMusic and Audio

Sampo & Modalio Academy 2026

Alter InstrumentsClosed Jul 2026

Music and Audio

Art Open Call: World Culture Salon

One Culture FoundationClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculptureNew Media

PERFORMA-Q: Stage for Untold and Erased Queer Stories - Cycle 1

NOMANTINELSClosed Jul 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

TrenAir Residency Program

Trenčín 2026Closed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Artsin Square Magazine – Issue 11

Artsin SquareClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Call for art: Knowledge in a Fractured World

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH)Closed Jul 2026

PaintingSculptureFilm and Video Art

MusicOn+ InterArts Festival

NextGen InterArts FoundationClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

2027 Home + Away Residency Program

Oolite ArtsClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Europasinfonie Composers Competition

EuropasinfonieClosed Jul 2026

Music and Audio

Wiro Mag: Ghosts

Lyndon WatkinsonClosed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Emerging Artist Development Programme

SaffronClosed Jul 2026

Music and Audio

2026 – Baroque Blue (sept)

Primo Piano Special ProjectsClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

The PJAS 50

Pennsylvania Journal of Arts and SciencesClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Imaginarius 2027 International Call

ImaginariusClosed Jul 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

Silence Awareness Existence: Thematic Residency Program Winter 2027

Arteles Creative CenterClosed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

International open call: emerging and mid-career artists

ImaginariusClosed Jul 2026

TheatreDance and CircusMusic and Audio

Call for Performers

International Festival of HollandClosed May 2026

Performance ArtDance and CircusMusic and Audio

Banff Musicians In Residence 2027

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityClosed Jul 2026

Music and Audio

Audio Recording Engineer: BMiR 2027

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityClosed Jul 2026

Music and AudioNew Media

Audio Recording Engineer: BMiR 2027

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityClosed Jul 2026

Music and Audio

Maybank Foundation Artist Fellowship Programme (MFAFP)

Maybank FoundationClosed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Open Call for Artists

Rough HewnClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

International Artist-in-Residence Program

art quarter budapestClosed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Call for Native and Indigenous Art

Angels Gate Cultural CenterClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Open Call for Artists - OASis Residency

Bethlen Square TheaterClosed Jul 2026

SculpturePerformance ArtFilm and Video Art

Programa de Residência Artística Internacional: Campo Expandido

Itinera ArteClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Queer Migrations Art Book 2026

Bold Mellon CollectiveClosed Jul 2026

PhotographyPaintingFilm and Video Art

Queer Migrations Art Book 2026

Bold Mellon CollectiveClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographyFilm and Video Art

International Artist Residency Program Itinera Arte - Expanded Field

Itinera ArteClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

OPEN CALL: Revitalizing Rituals 2026

Pro Progressione, Homo Faber Alapítvány, Fondation Kamel LazaarClosed Jul 2026

Music and AudioPerformance ArtSculpture

Babel Music XP 2027 Artist Registration

Babel Music XPClosed Jul 2026

Music and Audio

“SONIC CONNECTIONS” – OPEN CALL 2027

Villa Filanda AntoniniClosed Jul 2026

Music and AudioPerformance Art

Post - Animal Signal

MOLEND ARTClosed Jul 2026

New MediaFilm and Video ArtPerformance Art

Open Calls for Online Group Exhibitions

Indian Ocean ContemporaryClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

James Castle House 2-Week Residency 2027

Boise City Department of Arts & HistoryClosed Aug 2025

PhotographySculpturePainting

James Castle House 2-Month Residency 2027

Boise City Department of Arts & HistoryClosed Aug 2025

PhotographySculpturePainting

Hopelab Artist-in-Residence Program

HopelabClosed Jul 2026

WritingPaintingPhotography

ARTICA 2026: Anomaly Test Pattern(s)

ARTICAClosed Jul 2026

New MediaFilm and Video ArtPerformance Art

Emerging artist prize in collaboration with The Koppel Project

KittoClosed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Small Arts Grants

Fleishhacker FoundationClosed Jul 2026

Dance and CircusMusic and AudioTheatre

Loghaven Artist Residency

Loghaven Artist ResidencyClosed Jul 2026

WritingPaintingPhotography

Open Call Sensing Summer 2026

Art Agency ReframedClosed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Open Call for Residents: Composers for Toyful 2026

AtherasClosed Jul 2026

Music and Audio

FY2026 Strategic Investment Grants

Montana Arts CouncilClosed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting