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

Other Lands Other Sounds 2026

CuriosaClosed Jun 2026

Music and AudioPhotographyFilm and Video Art

BGA SEED COMMISSION 2026 OPEN CALL

Black Gold ArtsClosed Jun 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

Call for Artists: “Message” International Exhibition

CICA MuseumClosed Jun 2026

PhotographyPaintingSculpture

Opening Doors: Nordic/Baltic Artist Residency in Oslo

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PRAKSISClosed Jun 2026

PhotographyWritingPerformance Art

Research Residency Program 2027

Tokyo Arts and SpaceClosed Jun 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Arts & History: Annual Grant FY27

City of Boise, IDClosed Jun 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

SLASH Festival 2026: Call for International Theatre Delegates

ArteVOX TeatroClosed Jun 2026

TheatrePerformance ArtDance and Circus

BORNA BABIĆ: Paperbridge Workshop

Mediterranean Dance CenterClosed Jun 2026

Performance Art

Gradus II ed. – Open call for artists under 35

Reggio Parma FestivalClosed Jun 2026

TheatrePerformance Art

The Meridian Award

The Meridian AwardClosed Jun 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Marble House Project 2027 Artist Residency

Marble House ProjectClosed Jun 2026

SculpturePaintingPhotography

Stove Works Artist Residency

Stove WorksClosed Jun 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

2027 Artist Residency Program

Marble House ProjectClosed Jun 2026

SculpturePaintingPhotography

IV MALA Festival 2026: Open Call

MALA FestivalClosed Jun 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

The Meridian Award 2026

Meridian AwardClosed Jun 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

CALL FOR ARTISTS: NATURAL FLOW | The 2nd Edition 2026

Carmela LoiaconoClosed Jun 2026

PhotographyPaintingSculpture

BIANCOSCURO ART CONTEST 13th edition (Monte-Carlo edition)

BIANCOSCUROClosed Jun 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Call for artists: Accelerator 26-27

Boundless TheatreClosed Jun 2026

TheatrePerformance Art

Apertura inscripciones XIII Edición Muestra BETA PUBLICA

Asociación BETA PUBLICAClosed Jun 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

CreArt 3.0 OPEN CALL: ART AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION RESIDENCY IN LIEPĀJA (LV)

Liepāja 2027Closed Jun 2026

SculpturePerformance Art

2026 Woods Street Youth Art Prize

Creative City Hobson's BayClosed Jun 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Ordinary Objects: Call for First-Time Composers

COMAClosed Jun 2026

Music and AudioPerformance ArtWriting

Notations #2

hosqClosed Jun 2026

Music and AudioPerformance ArtNew Media

Immersive Arts Commission 2026

Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA)Closed Jun 2026

New MediaPerformance ArtTheatre

JL Summer Circus Hub Studio Space Lottery

Jacksons LaneClosed Jun 2026

Performance ArtDance and Circus

Kiff Dance Days

AVDCClosed Jun 2026

Performance ArtDance and Circus

International Open Call for Artists: The Wonders of the Possible (LMDP) 2026

Kyber TeatroClosed Jun 2026

TheatreNew MediaPerformance Art

Remai Modern x Cité internationale des arts

Cité internationale des arts and Remai ModernClosed Jun 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

2026 SET Film Festival Open Call

SET SpaceClosed Jun 2026

New MediaFilm and Video ArtPerformance Art

48th Members’ Showcase

ArtlinkClosed Jun 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

PATHWAYS: Camins en Moviment Alcoi 2026

Paula SerranoClosed Jun 2026

Dance and CircusPerformance ArtTheatre

Residenza Lago Scuro 2026

Residenza Lago ScuroClosed Jun 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Annuale Internazionale Apollo dionisiaco XIII Edizione Roma 2026

Accademia Internazionale di Significazione Poesia e Arte ContemporaneaClosed Jun 2026

PaintingSculpturePerformance Art

CAC – Individual Artist Fellowships

Kala Art InstituteClosed Jun 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Remote ecologies: art, climate and the Amazon creative fellowship

Eccles Institute at the British LibraryClosed Jun 2026

New MediaPerformance ArtFilm and Video Art

CHWA ‘Common Ground’ Conference Callout

Culture, Health & Wellbeing AllianceClosed Jun 2026

Performance Art

Overlap exhibition open call

LIC-AClosed Jun 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Notations #2 open-call

hosqClosed Jun 2026

Music and AudioPerformance ArtNew Media

2026 San Francisco Bay Area Artadia Awards

ArtadiaClosed Jun 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Dream Awake 'The Deal' Casting 2026

Dream AwakeClosed Jun 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

10th Birthday Party - Artist Commission Opportunities

Selina Thompson LtdClosed Jun 2026

Performance ArtSculpture

40-Day Residency & Group Exhibition 2026

BEERS LondonClosed Jun 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

13th Akropoditi DanceFest 2026

Akropoditi DanceFestClosed May 2026

Performance ArtDance and Circus

GEËSTU / GISS - Residency Program 2026

GEËSTU / GISSClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence

Oak Spring Garden FoundationClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

The Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellowship Programme in Japanese Arts 2026-27

Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and CulturesClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Cáceres 2031 launches international call for Rural Labs for artistic residencies in rural Extremadura

Cáceres 2031 European Capital of Culture ConsortiumClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

The Lambeth Fringe Festival 2026

The Lambeth FringeClosed May 2026

TheatrePerformance ArtMusic and Audio