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

Permission to Touch

Fringe Arts BathClosed Apr 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Hay Festival: The Platform open call

Hay FestivalClosed Apr 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

2026 Open Call for Centro de Artes

City of San Antonio Department of Arts & CultureClosed Apr 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Fringe Arts Bath Festival 2026 Call to Artists

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Fringe Arts BathClosed Apr 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Call for Artists: NOVE Exhibition

Milan Cultural CenterClosed Apr 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026

Edinburgh Festival Fringe SocietyClosed Apr 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)Closed Apr 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

The Queer and Trans Research Lab Artist-in-Residence 2026-27

University of Toronto, Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity StudiesClosed Apr 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Midsummer Festival Open Calls and Opportunities

Midsummer Festival / Milton Keynes City CouncilClosed Apr 2026

Performance ArtDance and CircusTheatre

Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency Program (D.E.A.R.) 2026-27

Paul Dresher EnsembleClosed Apr 2026

Music and AudioPerformance ArtTheatre

LUX Center Arts Artist in Resident 2026-2027

LUX Center for the ArtsClosed Apr 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Forgan Arts Centre Residencies: Ecologies of Migration

Forgan Arts CentreClosed Apr 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

Thamesmead Festival 2026 Open Call

Thamesmead NowClosed Apr 2026

Performance ArtMusic and AudioDance and Circus

Call for Art: Future of Female

Dayton Society of Artists (DSA)Closed Apr 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Académie des beaux-arts x Cité internationale des arts Residency Programme

Académie des beaux-arts and Cité internationale des artsClosed Apr 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

BAX Artist in Residence (AIR) 2026–28

Brooklyn Arts ExchangeClosed Apr 2026

TheatrePerformance ArtDance and Circus

2027 Creative Capital Open Call

Creative CapitalClosed Apr 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

2026/27 Artist Residency Program

Vineyard Arts ProjectClosed Apr 2026

Dance and CircusTheatre

Mudhouse Residency 2026 Open Call for Artists

Mudhouse ResidencyClosed Apr 2026

SculptureFilm and Video ArtPhotography

The Shedload-of-Future Fund

ShedinburghClosed Apr 2026

TheatrePerformance ArtMusic and Audio

Franklin Furnace Archive - The FUND 26-27

Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc.Closed Apr 2026

Performance ArtTheatre

Toyooka Theatre Festival 2026 Fringe Open Call

Toyooka Theater Festival Executive CommitteeClosed Apr 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

British Mycological Society: Massee Arts Grant

British Mycological SocietyClosed Mar 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Farmstudio Open Call - Visual and Intermedia projects for Artist Residencies with Exhibition

FarmstudioClosed Mar 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Thessaloniki Fringe Festival 2026

Fringe ArtsClosed Mar 2026

TheatreDance and CircusPerformance Art

Offline Rehearsals: Hypotheses on Returning

A Space GalleryClosed Mar 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

GRACIA Artist Residency Program 2026

GRACIAClosed Mar 2026

SculptureFilm and Video ArtPhotography

FY26 Professional Development Opportunity Grant

Maryland State Arts CouncilClosed Mar 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Creativity Grants for Projects

Maryland State Arts CouncilClosed Mar 2026

Dance and CircusMusic and AudioTheatre

Saari Residence Residency Programme 2027

Kone FoundationClosed Mar 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

City of Burnaby: Deer Lake Artist Residencies 2026

City of BurnabyClosed Mar 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Create Ireland: AIC Awards (Artist in the Community Scheme)

Create IrelandClosed Mar 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2026 Commissions

London Arts and Health and the Culture, Health & Wellbeing AllianceClosed Mar 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Call for art: "Spectrum" - Group Exhibition

The Aplomb ProjectClosed Mar 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Skopje European Capital of Culture 2028

City of SkopjeClosed Mar 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Institut für Neue Soziale Plastik Jewish School of Art 2026 open call

Institut für Neue Soziale PlastikClosed Mar 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Georgina Magklara: Fragments of Not Knowing group exhibition

Georgina MagklaraClosed Mar 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

OPEN CALL FOR KUK FESTIVAL 2026

KUK Theatre FestivalClosed Mar 2026

TheatreDance and Circus

D6:EU Assemble Open Call 2026

D6:EUClosed Mar 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

LocotoResidencia Artística

LocotoClosed Mar 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

"THE WORLD OF THE HETEROSEXUAL IS A SICK AND BORING LIFE"

Ramona Rotten / tenderflesh.studioClosed Mar 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

Salem Arts Festival Performance Application 2026

Salem Arts FestivalClosed Mar 2026

Performance ArtDance and CircusMusic and Audio

ECRAC Resiliency Grant for Individuals

East Central Regional Arts Council (ECRAC)

PhotographySculpturePainting

IIE Artist Protection Fund

Institute of International Education

PhotographySculpturePainting

SBAC Bursary Program

Stoneboat Arts Centre

PhotographySculpturePainting

JFKL Small Grant Programme

The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur (JFKL)

PhotographySculpturePainting

Artists at Risk (AR) / Ecologists at Risk (ER) Open Call

Artists at Risk (AR)

PhotographySculpturePainting

Call to Artists: Pompano Beach BaCA Artists in Residence Program

Bailey Contemporary Arts Center (BaCA) / City of Pompano Beach Cultural Affairs DepartmentClosed Mar 2026

PaintingPerformance ArtTheatre