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

Manila Artist Showcase Open Call

Arrival GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

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

NOVE 2026

A4U and Spira9 ArtClosed Sept 2026

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Kora Art Collective - Coming Soon

Kora Art Collective

PaintingSculpturePhotography

The Greenwich Art Society Member Exhibit Theme "Between Here and There"

Greenwich Art SocietyClosed Sept 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

The One

Black Eyes GalleryClosed Sept 2026

Photography

CONVIVIAL FOODSCAPES: call for an artist

Quinta das Relvas x CONVIVIUMClosed Sept 2026

New MediaPerformance ArtPhotography

SSG & AC Edwards Fellowship

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)Closed Sept 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Hambidge Residencies (Spring Session)

The Hambidge CenterClosed Sept 2026

PhotographyPaintingSculpture

2026 Lucie Foundation Photo Book Prize

Lucie FoundationClosed Sept 2026

Photography

3rd International Digital Art Biennial „THE ONE”

Fundacja PinataClosed Sept 2026

PhotographyFilm and Video Art

Women United ART PRIZE 2026

Women United ART MOVEMENTClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Stone Canoe Submission Call

The YMCA's Downtown Writers CenterClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

GALLERY jENSEITS: BI-ANNUAL OPEN CALL 2027

GALLERY jENSEITSClosed Sept 2026

PaintingSculptureCeramics

(Not) Food Porn

Der GreifClosed Sept 2026

Photography

Call for Artists: “Movements” International Exhibition

CICA MuseumClosed Sept 2026

PhotographyNew MediaPerformance Art

Casa Uno Residency

Mostly Dance / Casa UnoClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Snapshot America: A Portrait of the United States in 2026

Rhode Island Center for Photographic ArtsClosed Sept 2026

Photography

Beyond the Image Art Prize – First edition

Via Gluck 62 AIRClosed Sept 2026

PhotographyFilm and Video ArtNew Media

Dezi Art Prize

DeziClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyFilm and Video Art

COLOUR

Gallery RingClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

ArtEvol 2026: A View from Everywhere

London Art CollectiveClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

2027 Open Call for Curators

Bronx Council on the ArtsClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

HUGE Gallery London 2026

HUGE GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

HUGE Gallery Open Calls

HUGE GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Still Life Art Competition

Megalopolitan Art GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Fundación Ama Amoedo Grants 2026

Fundación Ama AmoedoClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

UAL Level 3 Diploma in Creative Practice (Online Adults)

Morley College LondonClosed Sept 2026

PaintingSculptureNew Media

Quiet Landscape: Beauty, Stillness, and Connection

PhotoPlace GalleryClosed Sept 2026

Photography

Open call for residencies 2027: What is real?

Platform DalíClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Open Call 2027

NocefrescaClosed Sept 2026

PhotographyPaintingNew Media

Open Call: Colors

Curatone.artClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

OPEN CALL : MOON RIVER

Opale ArtClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Strange Weather

Art Center SarasotaClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Open Call: Cite the past, sight the stars

The Photographers’ GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PhotographyNew Media

Communal Autumn/Winter

Aspex PortsmouthClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Aesthetica Art Prize

Aesthetica MagazineClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

COLOUR

Le Gâteau GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

PhotoBook Awards

ApertureClosed Sept 2026

Photography

OPEN CALL: NOW 2026 Exhibition Opportunity

Gerald Moore GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

2026 VMFA Aaron Siskind Award for Photography

Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsClosed Sept 2026

Photography

Quo Vadis? The Future World Art Contest

QhantomClosed Sept 2026

PaintingNew MediaFilm and Video Art

Pro Helvetia: Grant for production with presentation 2026

Pro HelvetiaClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

The 14th Annual Joshua Tree National Park Art Expo

Joshua Tree National Park Council for the ArtsClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Ich seh' etwas, was du nicht siehst

Fondament and Der GreifClosed Sept 2026

Photography

Studio bursary open call for London-based Hong Kong Diaspora artists

GasworksClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Fall 2026 Open Call: Solo Exhibition

A Space GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Artist in Residence Program 2027

LATITUDE ChicagoClosed Sept 2026

PhotographyPaintingPerformance Art