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

The Burlington Magazine Opportunities 2026

The Burlington MagazineClosed May 2026

SculpturePaintingCeramics

Apply for a CIMAM Travel Grant: International Open Call

CIMAMClosed May 2026

Other

Cultural Horizons Mentorship Program

Cultural VistasClosed May 2026

Other

FLAD / AiR 351 Grant 2026

AiR 351Closed May 2026

Other

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Emerging Artists as Entrepreneurs Program

Saint Louis Art FairClosed May 2026

Other

CALT Emerging Traditional Artists Program

Mid Atlantic ArtsClosed Apr 2026

Other

OPEN CALL: You Better (Art)Work

ContracommonClosed Apr 2026

Other

Open Call | Artist Residency 2026 - Zoöp Connections, Kunstfort Vijfhuizen

Kunstfort Vijfhuizen & Czech Centre BrusselsClosed Apr 2026

Other

Call for Multimodal Proposals: Apophatic Art Practice and Research

ApophaticClosed Apr 2026

Other

PEACE Forward: Arts in Education + Partnerships= Possibility

Patchogue Arts CouncilClosed Apr 2026

Other

Living Cultures Grant

Alliance for California Traditional ArtsClosed Apr 2026

Other

Making Visible the Invisible – Critical Pathways Fellowships 2026

Utrecht UniversityClosed Apr 2026

Other

Curatorial Research Residency - Generation Landscape: JMW Turner

Turner ContemporaryClosed Apr 2026

Other

Apply now to become Young V&A’s Designer in The Shed 2026

Young V&AClosed Apr 2026

Other

Lighthouse Works Fellowship Program

Lighthouse WorksClosed Oct 2025

Other

Creativity Pioneers Fund 2026 Open Call

Moleskine FoundationClosed Apr 2026

Other

2026 ArtEN Annual Exhibition Open Call

Art Embassy NetworkClosed Apr 2026

Other

TITAN Innovation Awards

International Awards Associate (IAA)Closed Apr 2026

Other

P.R.O.O.F. Fellowship 2026

Zygote PressClosed Apr 2026

Other

Creative Capacity Grant

Arizona Commission on the ArtsClosed Apr 2026

Other

Rhizome Fellowship 2026

Culture Hack LabsClosed Apr 2026

New MediaOtherWriting

Festival Grant

Arizona Commission on the ArtsClosed Apr 2026

Other

Mountain Writers Intensive 2026

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityClosed Apr 2026

Other

Call for Projects at Flux IV

Flux FactoryClosed Apr 2026

Other

Visiting Curators Vienna 2026

Verein KClosed Apr 2026

Other

Now Hiring: 2027 Bonavista Biennale Curator

Bonavista BiennaleClosed Apr 2026

Other

CICA Art Residency/Internship Program 2026–2027

CICA MuseumClosed Apr 2026

Other

International Curator Residency Open Call

National Sculpture Factory and The GuesthouseClosed Apr 2026

OtherSculpture

Fringe Arts Bath: The Stitch That Bit Back

Fringe Arts BathClosed Apr 2026

Other

Sports Writing 2026 residency

Banff CentreClosed Apr 2026

Other

OPEN CALL Weltkunstzimmer Residency 2026

WELTKUNSTZIMMERClosed Apr 2026

Other

Small Expressions 2026: Annual Exhibit of Small Scale Works

Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.Closed Apr 2026

Other

The Hopper Prize

Other

Fanny Knapp Allen Artist-in-Residence

University of RochesterClosed Apr 2026

Other

EXTINCTION: Save the Planet | International Artist Call

GalleriumClosed Apr 2026

Other

The Textile Center residency

Icelandic Textile CenterClosed Apr 2026

Other

Arts and Science Dual Residency: Niels Bohr Institute

The Center of GravityClosed Apr 2026

Other

2027 Residency and Fellowship Opportunities

Oak Spring Garden FoundationClosed Jun 2026

Other

101 Art Book Nature Edition

Arts To Hearts ProjectClosed Jun 2025

Other

Open Call for Artistic and Cultural Co-Productions

Anibar and NKSSClosed Mar 2026

Other

The Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2026

The CaterpillarClosed Mar 2026

Other

Residency @ Hub Feenix

Hub FeenixClosed Mar 2026

Other

Barbara Webb Residency at GPC

Gloucestershire Printmaking CooperativeClosed Mar 2026

Other

4th Annual Asian Pacific American Festival of the Arts (APAFA 2026) Open Call

OH Art FoundationClosed Mar 2026

Other

East Call Curatorial Residency

EasttopicsClosed Mar 2026

Other

East Call Curatorial Residency 2026

EasttopicsClosed Mar 2026

Other

Travel Grant

Lutfia Rabbani Foundation

Other

ForestEEN EU Passport Travel Grant

ForestEEN

Other