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.

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DIT 2026: Campfire Disco!

Live Art Development Agency (LADA)Closed Feb 2026

Performance ArtTheatreFilm and Video Art

Call for projects “UNESCO-Aschberg Programme for Artists and Cultural Professionals”

UNESCOClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Becoming Constable – National Trust Flatford

Essex Cultural Diversity Project and the National TrustClosed Feb 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

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Artsbox Artist in Residence Program

Maribyrnong City CouncilClosed Oct 2025

PhotographySculpturePainting

Edital de Chamamento 2026 – Viagem Teatral (espetáculos não inéditos)

SESI-SPClosed Dec 2025

TheatreDance and CircusPerformance Art

Artist at Pine Needles Residency

Science Museum of MinnesotaClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

European Theatre Convention: open call for Strategic Communication Specialist

European Theatre Convention (ETC)Closed Feb 2026

Theatre

Bethany Arts Community Emerging Artist Fellowship 2026

Bethany Arts CommunityClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

InResidence 2026 Artist Residency for Playwrights / Theatre Makers

A TurmaClosed Feb 2026

TheatrePerformance ArtWriting

Dans i Blekinge open call for performers 2026

Dans i BlekingeClosed Feb 2026

Dance and CircusPerformance ArtTheatre

KRE8!Lab Goa: Hip Hop Movement identity, Flow and Expression

Marso RivièreClosed Feb 2026

Dance and CircusTheatrePerformance Art

The Watermill Center International Summer Program

The Watermill CenterClosed Feb 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

Basic Income for the Arts Pilot Scheme: Reports

Department of Culture, Communications and Sport

PhotographySculpturePainting

OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS for DIDSBURY ARTS FESTIVAL 2026

Didsbury Arts FestivalClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

EMBracing the Ocean programme

European Marine BoardClosed Feb 2026

SculptureFilm and Video ArtPhotography

What’s on Your Mind? (Forecast Open Call)

Forecast (Skills e.V.)Closed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Applications for the 2026 IndyFringe Festival

IndyFringeClosed Feb 2026

TheatreDance and CircusPerformance Art

Hannah Arendt Special IHRAF Festival

International Human Rights Art MovementClosed Feb 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

2026 IndyFringe Festival

IF TheatreClosed Feb 2026

TheatreDance and CircusPerformance Art

Musical Theatre Submissions

Live & In ColorClosed Feb 2026

TheatreMusic and Audio

Friends of the Porkies Artist-in-Residence program

Friends of the PorkiesClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Brisbane Comedy Festival 2026

Brisbane Comedy FestivalClosed Feb 2026

Performance ArtTheatreMusic and Audio

Mandel Cultural Leadership Program

Mandel Institute for Nonprofit LeadershipClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Mandel Cultural Leadership Program for artists open call

Mandel Institute for Nonprofit LeadershipClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

World of WearableArt Awards Competition

World of WearableArtClosed Feb 2026

SculpturePerformance ArtTheatre

Bursary Award – Round 1

The Arts Council / An Chomhairle EalaíonClosed Feb 2026

Dance and CircusFilm and Video ArtMusic and Audio

Creative Start Project Grant

ArtsWA (Washington State Arts Commission)Closed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Grants for Arts Projects

National Endowment for the ArtsClosed Feb 2026

PaintingSculptureDance and Circus

Wardrobe Technician Program 2026

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityClosed Feb 2026

TheatreDance and Circus

Partnerships in the Arts: Building Resilient Cultural Ecosystems

Banff CentreClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Open Call Mittelyoung 2026 | Fear

MittelfestClosed Feb 2026

TheatreMusic and AudioDance and Circus

We Are Epic Nudge Fund

We Are EpicClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Factory International x EUNIC Creative Producers Programme

Factory International and EUNIC LondonClosed Feb 2026

Performance ArtNew MediaTheatre

b-side artist open call 2026

b-sideClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

b-side Open Call: Research & Development Opportunities 2026

b-side Arts FestivalClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Black Makers and Designers Residency

MakerversityClosed Feb 2026

SculptureNew MediaTheatre

Planetary Transitions 2026: Potsdam Artist Residency (f_m_x)

Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) at GFZClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Forms of Devotion Exhibition

Light Art SpaceClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Half Moon: Artists Call Out 2026

Half MoonClosed Feb 2026

New MediaTheatreFilm and Video Art

Back to Basics

Arteles Creative CenterClosed Feb 2026

SculptureFilm and Video ArtPhotography

RFP: Call for Artists for The Blossom Reverie Fair

The North Country Rural Development Coalition (NRDC)Closed Nov 2025

SculpturePerformance ArtTheatre

Producers' Academy 2026

CifasClosed Feb 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

Institut français: Résidence Villa Kujoyama 2027

Villa KujoyamaClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Princess Grace Foundation-USA 2026 Awards

Princess Grace Foundation-USAClosed Feb 2026

TheatreDance and CircusFilm and Video Art

Social Experiment — call for proposals

Word of Warning + ContactClosed Feb 2026

Performance ArtTheatre

Blue Mountain Center Application for 2026 Residencies

Blue Mountain CenterClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

AgorALF 2026 CALL FOR INTERACTIVE AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

Anna Lindh FoundationClosed Feb 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

Bothy Project Self-Directed Residencies 2026-27

Bothy ProjectClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting