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

VAA OpenSpaces - Global Artist Call

Visual Artists AssociationClosed May 2026

PaintingSculptureNew Media

2027 Residency Programs

The Nicholson ProjectClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

One Caucasus Music Academy 2026

One CaucasusClosed May 2026

Music and Audio

ESC 2036: 0—1 Open Call

0—1 GalleryClosed May 2026

New Media

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Painting

Sculpture

Open Call for Artist

Arts to Hearts ProjectClosed Jun 2025

PhotographySculpturePainting

The Fête de la Musique 2026

新北市政府文化局Closed May 2026

Music and Audio

NEW WORK Focus on Los Angeles 2027–2028 Artist Commission and Exhibition

Prospect ArtClosed May 2026

SculptureNew MediaFilm and Video Art

PASS (Performing Arts Salon Saturdays) Residency Program – Annual Open Call

Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical GardenClosed May 2026

Dance and CircusMusic and AudioTheatre

Eco-Witchery Themed Residency

Argo ArtsClosed May 2026

PaintingPerformance ArtMusic and Audio

Peyton Evans Artist Residencies

The Studios of Key WestClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Peyton Evans Artist Residencies (PEAR Program)

The Studios of Key WestClosed May 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Migration in Changing Climates: A PLAYA + PRAx + Spring Creek Project Fellowship

PLAYA, PRAx and Spring Creek ProjectClosed May 2026

WritingPhotographyPainting

Play As We Are: A Symposium of Somatic Sound Practices

Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS)Closed May 2026

Music and AudioPerformance Art

Ragdale Residency Program 2026

RagdaleClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Ragdale 2027 Residency Program

RagdaleClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

2026 Fall Multidisciplinary Residency

Bethany Arts CommunityClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Nonclassical Artist in Residence (AiR)

NonclassicalClosed May 2026

Music and Audio

FACT FICTION: Interdisciplinary Research and Development Programme

New Music Research Institute Amsterdam in collaboration with .abeceda InstituteClosed May 2026

Music and AudioPerformance ArtWriting

ELEVATE Open Call

Brighter SoundClosed May 2026

Music and Audio

2026 Armstrong Now

Louis Armstrong House MuseumClosed May 2026

Music and AudioFilm and Video ArtDance and Circus

Open Call: Lucky Dip 2026/2027

a space artsClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

2027–2029 Tulsa Artist Fellowship

Tulsa Artist FellowshipClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Discipline Prize

Cleveland Arts PrizeClosed May 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

2026 LIT Entertainment Awards

International Awards Associate (IAA)Closed May 2026

Film and Video ArtNew MediaMusic and Audio

Fall into Focus residency

Arteles Creative CenterClosed May 2026

PaintingWritingNew Media

Touring of Work Scheme 2027 – Round 1

The Arts Council / An Chomhairle EalaíonClosed May 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

International Virtual Group Exhibition - Contempora 4th Edition

Make Art GalleryClosed May 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

CROYDONITES FRINGE

Croydonites Festival of New TheatreClosed May 2026

TheatreDance and CircusMusic and Audio

2027 & 2028 Exhibit Seasons

Maude Kerns Art CenterClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Open Call 2027

VORBRENNERClosed May 2026

PhotographySculptureFilm and Video Art

Transitional Justice with Artists (TJA) Grant

AFIELD, Arts of the Working Class, and Framer FramedClosed May 2026

WritingFilm and Video ArtTheatre

#Works That Will Not End - Elsewhere

ELSEHEREClosed May 2026

PhotographyNew MediaPerformance Art

Résidence Airlab 2026-2027

Université de LilleClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyFilm and Video Art

HAPPENING Open Call: A European Programme for Creative Entrepreneurs

HAPPENING Consortium (ALTER EGO (X), Energie alter-native, Entire Framework, ICHEC)Closed May 2026

TheatreMusic and AudioDance and Circus

Create & Connect

The Laundromat ProjectClosed May 2026

PaintingSculptureNew Media

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust/RSA Houston Blackadder Bequest Award 2026-2027

British School at RomeClosed May 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Arts Elevate Artist Training Program

Greater Lowell Community FoundationClosed May 2026

PaintingMusic and AudioDance and Circus

Alberta Foundation for the Arts: Artists and Education Funding

Alberta Foundation for the ArtsClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Inter Arts Center (IAC) and the Danish Composers’ Society: More Sound Residency

Inter Arts Center (IAC) and the Danish Composers’ SocietyClosed May 2026

Music and AudioNew Media

NCA Cultural Crossroads: Artist Residency Program (2026)

Henrik Igityan National Centre for AestheticsClosed May 2026

PaintingCeramicsMusic and Audio

Earplay: 2026 Donald Aird Composers Competition

EarplayClosed Apr 2026

Music and Audio

Fundaziun Nairs Artist Residence Open Call 2027

Fundaziun NairsClosed Apr 2026

PaintingPerformance ArtMusic and Audio

Call for individual mobility 2025-2026

Culture Moves EuropeClosed Apr 2026

Music and AudioPerformance ArtPhotography

Camden Fringe 2026

Camden FringeClosed Apr 2026

TheatrePerformance ArtDance and Circus

Rethinking Resources: Access, Extraction, and Feminist Perspectives

House of African Feminisms (Goethe-Institut)Closed Apr 2026

New MediaFilm and Video ArtPhotography

Peripheral Grounds: performative residency open call

Grund1535Closed Apr 2026

Performance ArtMusic and Audio

residenze lievito 26-27

LA CAP RE|HUBClosed Apr 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Artist Creative Practice

South ArtsClosed Apr 2026

Dance and CircusMusic and AudioTheatre