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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

Blue Mountain Center 2026 Residency Sessions

Blue Mountain CenterClosed Feb 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Perform at Gothenburg Fringe 2026

Gothenburg Fringe FestivalClosed Jan 2026

TheatreDance and CircusMusic and Audio

OPEN CALL VENE.RE 2026: CENTRO DI RESIDENZA DEL VENETO

Centro di Residenza del Veneto - Vene.ReClosed Jan 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

The Hatchery 2026

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Many Hats CollaborationClosed Jan 2026

TheatreDance and CircusMusic and Audio

Cultural Foundation Art Residency 2026 Application

Cultural FoundationClosed Jan 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

prehistoricsoul LAB residencies program

prehistoricsoulClosed Jan 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Deep Space Performance Residency

North American Cultural LaboratoryClosed Jan 2026

Performance ArtTheatre

Open Call 2026 - Frankfurt Moves!

Frankfurt LAB and KfW StiftungClosed Jan 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

The Netherland-America Foundation Cultural Grant Program

The Netherland-America FoundationClosed Aug 2025

PhotographySculpturePainting

New Work Development Artist Residency

Texas A&M University College of Performance, Visualization & Fine ArtsClosed Jan 2026

PhotographyPaintingNew Media

National Mobility Fund

CPH STAGEClosed Jan 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

Story Sharing Residency 2.0 2026

Banff CentreClosed Jan 2026

Film and Video ArtTheatreMusic and Audio

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship

New York Foundation for the ArtsClosed Jan 2026

SculptureNew MediaPainting

DANCETOPIA 2026: OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS

DANCETOPIAClosed Jan 2026

Performance ArtDance and CircusTheatre

ODETTA Gallery - Ghost Town exhibition

LIC Artists, Inc. (LIC-A)Closed Jan 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Jerwood Royal Court Commissioning Scheme

Royal Court TheatreClosed Jan 2026

Theatre

Flynn Breakthrough: Open Call for Performances for Public Spaces

The FlynnClosed Jan 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL 2026: Applications Now Open!

Dublin Fringe FestivalClosed Jan 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

Touring of Work Scheme 2026 – Round 2

The Arts Council / An Chomhairle EalaíonClosed Jan 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

British Science Festival proposals - Open Call

British Science AssociationClosed Jan 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

Floorr Magazine Artist Interview Submission

Floorr MagazineClosed Jan 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

2026 {Re}HAPPENING Call for Proposals

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts CenterClosed Jan 2026

PhotographySculptureNew Media

PLAYlab – Open Call 2026

Esplanade – Theatres on the BayClosed Nov 2025

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

Ireland’s EU Presidency Culture Programme 2026 Call for Expressions of Interest

Culture IrelandClosed Jan 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Call for Collaborators: A Process-Led Performance Ensemble

Ramona RottenClosed Jan 2026

Performance ArtTheatre

Connect and Create # Mobilités de professionnels

Goethe-Institut and Expertise FranceClosed Nov 2025

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

PORTALS: V&A Immersive Design Course

Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)Closed Jan 2026

New MediaPerformance ArtTheatre

Light & Shadow International Artshow

Curatone.artClosed Jan 2026

SculptureFilm and Video ArtPhotography

OPEN CALL 2026

Drupa CentreClosed Jan 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Poetic Disasters Club Auditions 2026–27

Club Guy & RoniClosed Jan 2026

Dance and CircusPerformance ArtTheatre

OPEN CALL FOR AUDITION | MA PERFORMANCE PRACTICES

Home of Performance PracticesClosed Jan 2026

Performance ArtDance and CircusTheatre

2026 BorderLight Fringe Festival Call for Artists

BorderLightClosed Jan 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

International Puppet Fringe Festival 2026

Teatro SEA, Grupo Morán (The Morán Group) and The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Education CenterClosed Jan 2026

Performance ArtTheatre

Quiet, Piggy: We Cannot be Silenced | A Virtual Exhibition

Woman Made GalleryClosed Jan 2026

SculptureFilm and Video ArtPhotography

Call for applications AVIAMA 2026 GRANTS Puppets and Mobility

AVIAMAClosed Jan 2026

Theatre

ALTER EGO 2026

Theatre-Studio 4xCClosed Jan 2026

TheatreDance and Circus

CASA - Artist in Residence

Casa LethbridgeClosed Jan 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

June Bingham New Playwright Commission

Live & In ColorClosed Jan 2026

Theatre

Kathmandu International Artist in Residency (KIAR) 2026

Space AClosed Jan 2026

SculpturePaintingNew Media

Artistic Research Fellowships

Folger InstituteClosed Jan 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

2026 Spring Flagship Program (EmergeNYC)

BAX / EmergeNYCClosed Jan 2026

Performance ArtNew MediaTheatre

New Generation Call for Application 2026 - Schöne Aussicht

JES StuttgartClosed Jan 2026

TheatrePerformance Art

Individual Residency Programme Italy: TAKING TIME / PRENDENDO TEMPO

The Museum of Loss and Renewal

PhotographySculpturePainting

Mentorship Residency Program

Indigo Arts Alliance

PhotographySculpturePainting

Artist Residency Program

The Watermill CenterClosed Jan 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Island Connect II Residency Program 2026

Island ConnectClosed Jan 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

Project to Support Space for Performing Arts Artists

Bangkok Art and Culture CentreClosed Jan 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

The Watermill Center Artist Residency Program 2027

The Watermill CenterClosed Jan 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting