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

Scholastic Awards Region-at-Large Adjudication Partner Organization Application

Alliance for Young Artists & WritersClosed Aug 2026

PaintingWritingSculpture

Literature Grant

Café Royal Cultural Foundation NYCClosed Aug 2026

Writing

Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships

Mid Atlantic Arts / Delaware Division of the ArtsClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Art Scene West’s 3rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition

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Art Scene WestClosed Aug 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

September - October 2027 Murray Gallery

The Galleries at SCCClosed Aug 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

ARTIST OPEN CALL: DAISY CHAIN

CorridorClosed Aug 2026

Film and Video ArtPhotographyNew Media

Scholastic Awards Region-at-Large Adjudication Partner Organization Application

Alliance for Young Artists & WritersClosed Aug 2026

PaintingWritingSculpture

Scholastic Awards Region-at-Large Adjudication Partner Organization Application

The Alliance for Young Artists & WritersClosed Aug 2026

PaintingWritingPhotography

Performing Artist-In-Residence Program

Museum of Chinese in AmericaClosed Aug 2026

Performance ArtDance and CircusMusic and Audio

Artist Development Programme for Parents & Carers

Kinfolk FamiliesClosed Aug 2026

Performance ArtPhotographyFilm and Video Art

SOURCE WRITING PRIZE

SourceClosed Aug 2026

Writing

Wiro Mag: Ghosts

Lyndon WatkinsonClosed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

The Center for Fiction / Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellowships

The Center for FictionClosed Jul 2026

Writing

Artsin Square Magazine – Issue 11

Artsin SquareClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

Fondo Transborder CONVO micro-grant Open Call

Fondo TransborderClosed Jul 2026

New MediaFilm and Video ArtPhotography

STIFF 2026. – Open call for artworks

International Student Film Festival – STIFFClosed Jul 2026

Film and Video ArtPerformance ArtNew Media

Call for Artist in Residence Applications

Amerind MuseumClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculpturePerformance Art

MusicOn+ InterArts Festival

NextGen InterArts FoundationClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographySculpture

TrenAir Residency Program

Trenčín 2026Closed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Les Kometa Fellows

KometaClosed Jul 2026

PhotographyWriting

Anthology Short Story Competition 2026

Anthology MagazineClosed Jul 2026

Writing

Open Call 2026: International Residency Programme – In the meantime nothing happens

Fundacion Camila CanequeClosed Jul 2026

WritingNew MediaFilm and Video Art

Spazio13 Urban Bodies Residency 2026

Spazio13Closed Jul 2026

Performance ArtPhotographyFilm and Video Art

The PJAS 50

Pennsylvania Journal of Arts and SciencesClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

2026 – Baroque Blue (sept)

Primo Piano Special ProjectsClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Silence Awareness Existence: Thematic Residency Program Winter 2027

Arteles Creative CenterClosed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

2027 Solo and Group Exhibition Proposals

Rehoboth Art LeagueClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Threads & Feast Open Calls

Et Al Gallery and StudioClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

International Artist-in-Residence Program

art quarter budapestClosed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Call for Native and Indigenous Art

Angels Gate Cultural CenterClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

2026-2027 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesClosed Jul 2026

WritingFilm and Video Art

Programa de Residência Artística Internacional: Campo Expandido

Itinera ArteClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

International Artist Residency Program Itinera Arte - Expanded Field

Itinera ArteClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

The Outside In Artist Development Bursary

Outside InClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Queer Migrations Art Book 2026

Bold Mellon CollectiveClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographyFilm and Video Art

The Burlington Contemporary Art Writing Prize

Burlington ContemporaryClosed Jul 2026

Writing

Queer Migrations Art Book 2026

Bold Mellon CollectiveClosed Jul 2026

PhotographyPaintingFilm and Video Art

Mediterranean Futures Residency 2026

EL SPACEClosed Jul 2026

New MediaFilm and Video ArtPhotography

Open Call: Art House by Civil Art

Civil ArtClosed Jul 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

James Castle House 2-Month Residency 2027

Boise City Department of Arts & HistoryClosed Aug 2025

PhotographySculpturePainting

James Castle House 2-Week Residency 2027

Boise City Department of Arts & HistoryClosed Aug 2025

PhotographySculpturePainting

Hopelab Artist-in-Residence Program

HopelabClosed Jul 2026

WritingPaintingPhotography

Artists Accelerator Program Fall 2026

Sebastopol Center for the ArtsClosed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

The Kyoto Retreat

Creative CapitalClosed Jul 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Deep Winter Writers 2027

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityClosed Jul 2026

Writing

Deep Winter Writers 2027

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityClosed Jul 2026

Writing

FY2026 Strategic Investment Grants

Montana Arts CouncilClosed Jul 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

OPEN CALL: DREAMS

Barbagelata Contemporary Art FoundationClosed Jul 2026

PhotographyPaintingSculpture