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

Pre-University Summer Intensive

OCAD UniversityClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

2027 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Culinary Arts

Vilcek FoundationClosed May 2026

PhotographyWritingFilm and Video Art

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New MediaFilm and Video ArtPerformance Art

Post Material Feminism Exhibition Open Call

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Berman ContemporaryClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Open Call 2027

VORBRENNERClosed May 2026

PhotographySculptureFilm and Video Art

CROYDONITES FRINGE

Croydonites Festival of New TheatreClosed May 2026

TheatreDance and CircusMusic and Audio

SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN: Issue 3 "Taboo"

Optic Nerve MagazineClosed May 2026

Writing

Artist Publishing Practicum

Louis PlaceClosed May 2026

Writing

Transitional Justice with Artists (TJA) Grant

AFIELD, Arts of the Working Class, and Framer FramedClosed May 2026

WritingFilm and Video ArtTheatre

Call for Artists: “Strength, Struggle, Survival: A Community Response to 250 Years”

Benton County Historical SocietyClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Being a Woman Art & Literature Project

SATIREVClosed May 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Vila 31 x Art Explora Residency Programme

Art ExploraClosed May 2026

WritingPaintingPhotography

Arts Elevate Artist Training Program

Greater Lowell Community FoundationClosed May 2026

PaintingMusic and AudioDance and Circus

THE AIR WE BREATHE™ – Global Monologue & Storytelling Contest

Malibu Theater™Closed May 2026

Performance ArtFilm and Video ArtWriting

Englewood Arts | 2026 Residency Program

Englewood ArtsClosed May 2026

CeramicsPaintingPerformance Art

Appel à projets : Résidences d’artistes 2026-2027 - Village Charlot

Ville de BeausoleilClosed May 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Amsterdam Open Art Exhibition

THE HOLY ARTClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyFilm and Video Art

NCA Cultural Crossroads: Artist Residency Program (2026)

Henrik Igityan National Centre for AestheticsClosed May 2026

PaintingCeramicsMusic and Audio

Goulburn Art Award 2026

Goulburn Regional Art GalleryClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Create & Connect

The Laundromat ProjectClosed May 2026

PaintingSculptureNew Media

Writer-in-Residence

The Kerouac ProjectClosed May 2026

Writing

Alberta Foundation for the Arts: Artists and Education Funding

Alberta Foundation for the ArtsClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Joining Sword & Pen Playwrighting Competition 2026-27

Babes With Blades Theatre CompanyClosed May 2026

WritingTheatre

Fundaziun Nairs Artist Residence Open Call 2027

Fundaziun NairsClosed Apr 2026

PaintingPerformance ArtMusic and Audio

MarthaMOCA Artist Residency

MarthaMOCAClosed Apr 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Out of Bounds Press Submission Call: Metamorphosis

Out of Bounds PressClosed Apr 2026

WritingPainting

SKYLINE | Art Book Open Call

Barbagelata Contemporary Art FoundationClosed Apr 2026

PhotographyPaintingSculpture

Rethinking Resources: Access, Extraction, and Feminist Perspectives

House of African Feminisms (Goethe-Institut)Closed Apr 2026

New MediaFilm and Video ArtPhotography

PixlynePulse Magazine Issue #2 Open Call

PixlynePulseClosed Apr 2026

PhotographyPaintingWriting

The Open Fund Artist Project Grant

The Open FundClosed Apr 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Call For Artists / NAFAS Festival / Tokyo

The Invisible Dog and BUoY Arts CenterClosed Apr 2026

Performance ArtWritingFilm and Video Art

FINAL OPEN CALL: VISION Call For Artists and Writers

ArtAscentClosed Apr 2026

PaintingWriting

Call for Submissions Issue #2

Artists' DrawingsClosed Apr 2026

PaintingWriting

Artist in the Community Scheme – Mentoring Award

The Arts Council / An Chomhairle EalaíonClosed Apr 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

THE SINGING OF THE NIGHTINGALE: International Trans-Balkan Art Project

BUFFClosed Apr 2026

SculpturePhotographyMusic and Audio

Creative Residency Program

Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin HouseClosed Apr 2026

WritingMusic and AudioDance and Circus

Agility Award

The Arts Council / An Chomhairle EalaíonClosed Apr 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Thinking Care Beyond the Visible

EIGHT / ΤΟ ΟΧΤΩClosed Apr 2026

New MediaPerformance ArtWriting

Back To The Market - Artist Commission Open Call

Studio KIND CICClosed Apr 2026

New MediaWritingFilm and Video Art

Open Call for Submissions

GHOSTMACHINE GalleryClosed Apr 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

TILAL UTIQUE AiR PROGRAMME 2026

Kamel Lazaar FoundationClosed Apr 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Art & Science Residency Call 2026–2028: Imagination

Embassy of Foreign Artists (EOFA)Closed Apr 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

2026-2027 Baldwin Fellowship Program

Baldwin for the ArtsClosed Apr 2026

WritingPerformance ArtTheatre

2026 - 2027 Poet Laureate RFP

Library, Arts & Culture Department, City of GlendaleClosed Apr 2026

Writing

'Boot Polish' - 2026 Callout

Karma Dance (Mental Health & Trauma) CICClosed Apr 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

The TLC Grant

Tiny LungsClosed Apr 2026

Music and AudioFilm and Video ArtWriting

Hedgebrook 2027 Writer-in-Residence Program

HedgebrookClosed Apr 2026

Writing

Rhizome Fellowship 2026

Culture Hack LabsClosed Apr 2026

New MediaOtherWriting