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

Play As We Are: A Symposium of Somatic Sound Practices

Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS)Closed May 2026

Music and AudioPerformance Art

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

PLAYA, PRAx and Spring Creek ProjectClosed May 2026

WritingPhotographyPainting

Eco-Witchery Themed Residency

Argo ArtsClosed May 2026

PaintingPerformance ArtMusic and Audio

Ragdale Residency Program 2026

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RagdaleClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Ragdale 2027 Residency Program

RagdaleClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Nonclassical Artist in Residence (AiR)

NonclassicalClosed May 2026

Music and Audio

2026 Fall Multidisciplinary Residency

Bethany Arts CommunityClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

ELEVATE Open Call

Brighter SoundClosed 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

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

2026 LIT Entertainment Awards

International Awards Associate (IAA)Closed May 2026

Film and Video ArtNew MediaMusic and Audio

Discipline Prize

Cleveland Arts PrizeClosed May 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

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

2027 & 2028 Exhibit Seasons

Maude Kerns Art CenterClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Open Call 2027

VORBRENNERClosed May 2026

PhotographySculptureFilm and Video Art

CROYDONITES FRINGE

Croydonites Festival of New TheatreClosed May 2026

TheatreDance and CircusMusic and Audio

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

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

Alberta Foundation for the Arts: Artists and Education Funding

Alberta Foundation for the ArtsClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

NCA Cultural Crossroads: Artist Residency Program (2026)

Henrik Igityan National Centre for AestheticsClosed May 2026

PaintingCeramicsMusic and Audio

Résidence Airlab 2026-2027

Université de LilleClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyFilm and Video Art

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

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

Call for individual mobility 2025-2026

Culture Moves EuropeClosed Apr 2026

Music and AudioPerformance ArtPhotography

Rethinking Resources: Access, Extraction, and Feminist Perspectives

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

New MediaFilm and Video ArtPhotography

Earplay: 2026 Donald Aird Composers Competition

EarplayClosed Apr 2026

Music and Audio

Peripheral Grounds: performative residency open call

Grund1535Closed Apr 2026

Performance ArtMusic and Audio

Fundaziun Nairs Artist Residence Open Call 2027

Fundaziun NairsClosed Apr 2026

PaintingPerformance ArtMusic and Audio

The Space 2026 Digital Commissioning – Open Call

The SpaceClosed Apr 2026

New MediaFilm and Video ArtMusic and Audio

Artist Creative Practice

South ArtsClosed Apr 2026

Dance and CircusMusic and AudioTheatre

residenze lievito 26-27

LA CAP RE|HUBClosed Apr 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

PixlynePulse Magazine Issue #2 Open Call

PixlynePulseClosed Apr 2026

PhotographyPaintingWriting

Camden Fringe 2026

Camden FringeClosed Apr 2026

TheatrePerformance ArtDance and Circus

Call For Artists / NAFAS Festival / Tokyo

The Invisible Dog and BUoY Arts CenterClosed Apr 2026

Performance ArtWritingFilm and Video Art

Dairy Arts Center Annual Call for Art 2027

Dairy Arts CenterClosed Apr 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Lievito Residences 26-27

LA CAP RE|HUB in collaboration with IPERCUBOClosed Apr 2026

PaintingPerformance ArtFilm and Video Art

Open Call: Intensive 3D Sound Mentoring Programme for Sound Artists and Musicians

Platform AsiaClosed Apr 2026

Music and Audio

The Democracy Cycle 2026 Open Call

Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) and Civis FoundationClosed Apr 2026

TheatreDance and CircusMusic and Audio

PRIX COAL Etudiant 2026 : La Nuit

COALClosed Apr 2026

PhotographyDance and CircusSculpture

Design and Build 2026 Competition - Soundscapes in Structure

Museum of Outdoor Arts (MOA)Closed Apr 2026

SculptureNew MediaMusic and Audio

THE SINGING OF THE NIGHTINGALE: International Trans-Balkan Art Project

BUFFClosed Apr 2026

SculpturePhotographyMusic and Audio