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

Our Place

Young People's Borough of CultureClosed Sept 2026

Performance ArtPaintingMusic and Audio

Scratch Festival

Apples and SnakesClosed Sept 2026

Performance ArtWriting

Open call with Tate for Brooks International Fellowship Programme 2027

Delfina Foundation and TateClosed Oct 2022

Writing

Creative Revival with Claire Rousay

CAMPClosed Sept 2026

Music and Audio

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Writing

Performance Art

Limen Art Residency

LimenClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculptureNew Media

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

Stone Canoe Submission Call

The YMCA's Downtown Writers CenterClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Jentel Artist Residency

Jentel FoundationClosed Sept 2026

PaintingWritingMusic and Audio

William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center Residency

Edward F. Albee FoundationClosed Sept 2026

PaintingWriting

ArtEvol 2026: A View from Everywhere

London Art CollectiveClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

HUGE Gallery London 2026

HUGE GalleryClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

ISLAA Publication Grant: 2026 Call for Proposals

Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA)Closed Sept 2026

Writing

Shearing Fellowship

Black Mountain InstituteClosed Sept 2025

Writing

Open Call 2027

NocefrescaClosed Sept 2026

PhotographyPaintingNew 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

International Granada Writers in Residence Programme 2026

Granada UNESCO City of Literature and the University of GranadaClosed Sept 2026

Writing

Creative Writing Award

Aesthetica MagazineClosed Sept 2026

Writing

The Fourteenth Chapter on Ritual

Something OtherClosed Sept 2026

WritingNew MediaPerformance Art

Open Call: Colors

Curatone.artClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Tartu City Literature Residency for Writers and Translators

Tartu City of LiteratureClosed Sept 2026

Writing

Maqam — Open Call for Artists

Danseurs Citoyens SudClosed Sept 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Sandhill Studio Artist-in-Residence

Sandhill StudioClosed Sept 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

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

Art ContinuumClosed Sept 2026

Performance ArtWritingDance and Circus

HYDRA Blue 2.0

VAVortex & Digital BohemiansClosed Sept 2026

PaintingMusic and AudioWriting

Voices Against Xenophobia Submission CALL

African Narratives Writing HubClosed Aug 2026

Writing

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

Cultural Affairs Bureau of Tainan City GovernmentClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

The Tapestry: 2026 Gallery's Migration Literary Award

Gallery of Human MigrationClosed Aug 2026

Writing

Helpmann Fellowships 2026

Helpmann AcademyClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

2026 Criticism Residency

Violet InstituteClosed Aug 2026

Writing

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

Art Writing Prize

The Emerging Art FoundationClosed Aug 2026

Writing

NIRMAN Residencies 2026-27

NIRMANClosed Aug 2026

Performance ArtWritingFilm and Video Art

Final Grant: Political Art in Public Space

ArtcryClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Bridges

Cité internationale des arts and AICA InternationalClosed Aug 2026

Writing

Artist In Residence At The Factory

The Factory on WillowClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Covert Talent Development Programme 2026

Writing Our LegacyClosed Aug 2026

Writing

Apply to Free Reads 2026!

Shape ArtsClosed Aug 2026

Writing

2026–2027 Residency Programme

Fondation d’entreprise MartellClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

COUNTERFORM: A Call for Works About Reactions - the Aftermath of Change

Manifest GalleryClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Black Itinerant Library Open Call

House Work PresentsClosed Aug 2026

PhotographyFilm and Video ArtWriting

Summer 2026 ArtFund Me Grant

ArtFund MeClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Futurisms Intensive Writing Residency 2027

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityClosed Aug 2026

Writing

Hyperreality @ Villa Graziani

Creativi InsoddisfattiClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

26/27 Off Season AiR Cottage Application

Woodstock Byrdcliffe GuildClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

MacDowell Residency Fellowship

MacDowellClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Artlink Winter Market

ArtlinkClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media