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

Rock Steady Nashville Art Show

Rock Steady NashvilleClosed Aug 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

ARTIST OPEN CALL: DAISY CHAIN

CorridorClosed Aug 2026

Film and Video ArtPhotographyNew Media

MOVIDA Labs Open Call

MOVIDA (Movement and Virtual Intelligence for the Development and Accessibility of Artists and Audiences)Closed Aug 2026

Dance and CircusNew Media

Scholastic Awards Region-at-Large Adjudication Partner Organization Application

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The Alliance for Young Artists & WritersClosed Aug 2026

PaintingWritingPhotography

Scholastic Awards Region-at-Large Adjudication Partner Organization Application

Alliance for Young Artists & WritersClosed Aug 2026

PaintingWritingSculpture

Art Scene West’s 3rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition

Art Scene WestClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Scholastic Awards Region-at-Large Adjudication Partner Organization Application

Alliance for Young Artists & WritersClosed Aug 2026

PaintingWritingSculpture

OPEN CALL for MOVIDA Labs on Dance & Technology

MOVIDAClosed Aug 2026

Dance and CircusNew Media

NOT YET! treat gallery's annual Summer Open Call

treat galleryClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

International Juried Art Competition

NOMA GalleryClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

The Betty Bowen Award

Seattle Art MuseumClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographyFilm and Video Art

Solo Exhibition Open Call

The Fusion Art GalleryClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Studio Residency Programme 2026/2027

Sarabande FoundationClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Call for Applications Night as Commons and the Dark Side of Light

hypha_etcClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculptureNew Media

Guildford Festival of the Arts 2026

Guildford Festival of the ArtsClosed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

MusicOn+ InterArts Festival

NextGen InterArts FoundationClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Konrad and Paweł Jarodzki Artist-in-Residence Programme 2026

Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in EuropeClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Artsin Square Magazine – Issue 11

Artsin SquareClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

DESIGN X EDGE 2026

PEAR & MULBERRYClosed Jul 2026

New Media

2027 Home + Away Residency Program

Oolite ArtsClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

P.A.R.I.S. (Paris Art Renaissance & International Salon)

TERAVARNAClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculptureNew Media

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

NOMANTINELSClosed Jul 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

The Cat Show

C.A.T. House CollectiveClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Fondo Transborder CONVO micro-grant Open Call

Fondo TransborderClosed Jul 2026

New MediaFilm and Video ArtPhotography

O-Jak Bridge Art & Dance Festival Poster Competition

Gallery B612Closed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Art Open Call: World Culture Salon

One Culture FoundationClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculptureNew Media

2027 Oolite Arts Studio Residency Program

Oolite ArtsClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Wiro Mag: Ghosts

Lyndon WatkinsonClosed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

ANIDOX:LAB Residency 2026

ANIDOX:LABClosed Jul 2026

Film and Video ArtNew Media

Lucid Dreams

Ten Moir GalleryClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

STIFF 2026. – Open call for artworks

International Student Film Festival – STIFFClosed Jul 2026

Film and Video ArtPerformance ArtNew Media

WE THE PEOPLE - Open Call

Studio Montclair Inc.Closed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Open Call 2026: International Residency Programme – In the meantime nothing happens

Fundacion Camila CanequeClosed Jul 2026

WritingNew MediaFilm and Video Art

TrenAir Residency Program

Trenčín 2026Closed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Spazio13 Urban Bodies Residency 2026

Spazio13Closed Jul 2026

Performance ArtPhotographyFilm and Video Art

The PJAS 50

Pennsylvania Journal of Arts and SciencesClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

The Fold Open Call

Virga GalleryClosed Jul 2026

New MediaFilm and Video ArtPainting

International open call: emerging and mid-career artists

ImaginariusClosed Jul 2026

TheatreDance and CircusMusic and Audio

2026 – Baroque Blue (sept)

Primo Piano Special ProjectsClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Silence Awareness Existence: Thematic Residency Program Winter 2027

Arteles Creative CenterClosed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

2026 Art Competition: Water / Seascape

Contemporary Art Gallery OnlineClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Nomad Art Prize

Nomad Art Cultural AssociationClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Audio Recording Engineer: BMiR 2027

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityClosed Jul 2026

Music and AudioNew Media

Submissions: New York, I Love You

Yellow StudioClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

LatinXperiencia 2026: La Resiliencia

Cabrillo GalleryClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Open Call for the 13th International Photography Festival: CITIZENS

PHOTO IS:RAELClosed Jul 2026

PhotographyFilm and Video ArtPerformance Art

Nancy Ingersoll Foster Artist in Residence Program

Oliver Art CenterClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

2027 Solo and Group Exhibition Proposals

Rehoboth Art LeagueClosed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting