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

Open call for PERFORMNORD 2027

Copenhagen International Theatre / MetropolisClosed Sept 2026

Performance Art

Community Open Studio: Life Drawing & Wine (Butoh Dance Performance)

Federation of Canadian ArtistsClosed Sept 2026

Performance ArtDance and Circus

Call for Expressions of Interest for Independent National and International Experts for the Evaluation of Project Proposals

Foundation "Skopje – European Capital of Culture 2028"Closed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

The Alice Project

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Asylum Productions

Performance ArtTheatre

Culture Moves Europe 2027 – Call for Residents

IDRA TeatroClosed Sept 2026

Performance Art

12.ance Festival 2025

Sigma Contemporary DanceClosed Nov 2025

Performance ArtDance and CircusFilm and Video Art

CONVIVIAL FOODSCAPES: call for an artist

Quinta das Relvas x CONVIVIUMClosed Sept 2026

New MediaPerformance ArtPhotography

Call for Artists: “Movements” International Exhibition

CICA MuseumClosed Sept 2026

PhotographyNew MediaPerformance Art

Open Call: Residency in Moldova

proto produkciia foundationClosed Sept 2026

Performance ArtTheatre

Connecting Threads 2027

ArtcoreClosed Sept 2026

SculpturePaintingPerformance Art

Casa Uno Residency

Mostly Dance / Casa UnoClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT - Sticky Fingers Club | NYC Workshop

Sticky Fingers ClubClosed Sept 2026

Dance and CircusPerformance Art

ArtEvol 2026: A View from Everywhere

London Art CollectiveClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

HUGE Gallery London 2026

HUGE GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Residency Programs 2027

Studio ALTAClosed Sept 2026

Performance ArtTheatre

Fundación Ama Amoedo Grants 2026

Fundación Ama AmoedoClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Who Walks Here - Artistic Residency at OvestLab

Collettivo AmigdalaClosed Sept 2026

Performance ArtWritingFilm and Video Art

Open call for residencies 2027: What is real?

Platform DalíClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

The Fourteenth Chapter on Ritual

Something OtherClosed Sept 2026

WritingNew MediaPerformance Art

Open Call: Colors

Curatone.artClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Communal Autumn/Winter

Aspex PortsmouthClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Aesthetica Art Prize

Aesthetica MagazineClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

CUSP Residency for Time-Based Media Artists

National Gallery of IcelandClosed Sept 2026

New MediaFilm and Video ArtMusic and Audio

STOMPING GROUND CALL OUT 2027

The PlaceClosed Sept 2026

Performance ArtDance and Circus

OASIS Residency 2026

Le Garage ModerneClosed Sept 2026

SculpturePaintingNew Media

INHABIT – Artist-in-Residence

Max Planck Institute for Empirical AestheticsClosed Sept 2026

Performance ArtMusic and Audio

Artist in Residence Program 2027

LATITUDE ChicagoClosed Sept 2026

PhotographyPaintingPerformance Art

International Touring & Environmental Responsibility Programme 2026

Julie’s BicycleClosed Sept 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

Silent Conversations: A two-week retreat for contemplative hiking, contact improvisation, and poetry

Art ContinuumClosed Sept 2026

Performance ArtWritingDance and Circus

INHABIT – Artist-in-Residence

Max Planck Institute for Empirical AestheticsClosed Sept 2026

Performance ArtMusic and Audio

Sandhill Studio Artist-in-Residence

Sandhill StudioClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Maqam — Open Call for Artists

Danseurs Citoyens SudClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Fall 2026 Open Call: Solo Exhibition

A Space GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

DRIFT Open Call - Wave 2

DRIFTClosed Aug 2026

Performance ArtDance and Circus

Creative Professionals Talent Recruitment Initiative

gener8tor Art, Appleton Downtown, Inc., and the Trout Museum of ArtClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Creative Futures Commission 2026: A Paid Residency Opportunity for Early-Career Artists in Bristol

Creative Youth NetworkClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Side Street Studio Arts SOMETHING WICKED... 2026 exhibition

Side Street Studio ArtsClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Final Grant: Political Art in Public Space

ArtcryClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

NIRMAN Residencies 2026-27

NIRMANClosed Aug 2026

Performance ArtWritingFilm and Video Art

Helpmann Fellowships 2026

Helpmann AcademyClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

AIR in Tainan Artists-in-Residence (AIR) Program for 2027

Cultural Affairs Bureau of Tainan City GovernmentClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Open Call 2026/27: Differenti Sensazioni

officine CAOSClosed Aug 2026

TheatreDance and CircusPerformance Art

Water Bodies & Ecology 2026

Dot Line Space Art FoundationClosed Aug 2026

SculptureNew MediaPerformance Art

The Kintai Arts Residency

Kintai ArtsClosed Aug 2026

CeramicsPaintingSculpture

Call for Art: Deepest Rhythms

ARC GalleryClosed Aug 2026

PhotographyPerformance Art

Artist In Residence At The Factory

The Factory on WillowClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Rosewood Arts Center 2027 Exhibition Proposals

City of Kettering, Rosewood Arts CenterClosed Aug 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Virtual Reality Storytelling Fundamentals 2027

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityClosed Aug 2026

New MediaFilm and Video ArtPerformance Art