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

Kevin Elyot Award 2026

University of Bristol’s Theatre CollectionClosed May 2026

Writing

Deniz Villaları: Ecological Crossings Residency 2026

Institut français de Turquie and Goethe-Institut IzmirClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePerformance Art

Cáceres 2031 launches international call for Rural Labs for artistic residencies in rural Extremadura

Cáceres 2031 European Capital of Culture ConsortiumClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

The Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation Grant for Writing on Sculpture

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The Jonathan and Barbara Silver FoundationClosed May 2026

WritingSculpture

Chicago Artists Coalition Call for Art: DMG Zine Issue 1

Chicago Artists CoalitionClosed May 2026

WritingPhotographyPainting

Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence

Oak Spring Garden FoundationClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Unsound SOFT POWER: Discourse Program Open Call

UnsoundClosed May 2026

Writing

ArtPrize 2026 Artist Seed Grant

ArtPrizeClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Tulipán Art & Culture Award

Tulipán FoundationClosed May 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Early Career Artist Residency Program

Lanesboro ArtsClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Festival OPEN CALL 2026

Outburst Queer Arts FestivalClosed May 2026

Performance ArtFilm and Video ArtWriting

Early Career Writers of Poetry 2026

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityClosed May 2026

Writing

Early Career Writers of Poetry 2026

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityClosed May 2026

Writing

Collaboration and Innovation Grant

Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and HumanitiesClosed May 2026

Performance ArtWriting

SI Leeds Literary Prize

SI Leeds Literary PrizeClosed May 2026

Writing

Capsules 2026 Call for Projects

LAWClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

PRISM PRESS : SPRING ISSUE OPEN CALL

Prism PressClosed May 2026

PaintingWritingPhotography

Manifest Gallery: VELVET Open Call

Manifest GalleryClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Declarations of Incongruence

FourteenfifteenClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

State of the ART(ist) – Cultural Diplomacy and the Freedom of Art

Ars Electronica and the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International AffairsClosed May 2026

New MediaPerformance ArtWriting

Lumen Prize 2026

Lumen Prize FoundationClosed May 2026

New MediaPerformance ArtFilm and Video Art

Call for Artists: Art Meets Word

Laird Art GalleryClosed May 2026

PaintingWritingPhotography

Art Meets Word 2026

Laird Art GalleryClosed May 2026

WritingNew MediaPainting

MindAIness - Out of Mind: Presence, Flesh, and the Posthuman Condition

BcmAClosed May 2026

Performance ArtTheatreNew Media

The 2026 Letras Boricuas Fellowship

Flamboyan FoundationClosed May 2026

Writing

The Nicholson Project's Artist Residency Program 2026 Application

The Nicholson ProjectClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

2027 Residency Programs

The Nicholson ProjectClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Artistic Production Grant Program

VIA Art FundClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

ESC 2036: 0—1 Open Call

0—1 GalleryClosed May 2026

New MediaPaintingSculpture

ID Bursary Awards 2026

Independent DanceClosed May 2026

Performance ArtTheatreDance and Circus

Open Call for Artist

Arts to Hearts ProjectClosed Jun 2025

PhotographySculpturePainting

Art and Politics online exhibition

Site:Brooklyn GalleryClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Glimpses of Transformation: Climate Fiction Contest 2026

SLYCAN Trust and Resilience FrontiersClosed May 2026

Writing

Rivers of Democracy 2026

European AlternativesClosed May 2026

Performance ArtWritingSculpture

Cavendish Arts Science Fellowship at Girton College

Cavendish Arts ScienceClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

CILT’s Canvas: Envisioning Our Values

Centre for Independent Living in Toronto (CILT)Closed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Eco-Witchery Themed Residency

Argo ArtsClosed May 2026

PaintingPerformance ArtMusic and Audio

Craft 1o1 2026 Programs

Arts Letters & NumbersClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Peyton Evans Artist Residencies

The Studios of Key WestClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

2nd Annual Symposium: Existing Otherwise - Open Call

The Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence (TVCE) in collaboration with Birkbeck Gender and Sexuality Forum (BiGS)Closed May 2026

Performance ArtFilm and Video ArtWriting

Migration in Changing Climates: A PLAYA + PRAx + Spring Creek Project Fellowship

PLAYA, PRAx and Spring Creek ProjectClosed May 2026

WritingPhotographyPainting

Chevening Overseas Territories in the Atlantic and Caribbean British Library Fellowship

British Library and UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeClosed May 2026

Writing

Peyton Evans Artist Residencies (PEAR Program)

The Studios of Key WestClosed May 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

Open Call for Curious Encounters 5

Earthwise ResidencyClosed May 2026

Performance ArtWritingNew Media

Unsolicited Press: In Every Generation, An Anthology Open Call

Unsolicited PressClosed May 2026

WritingPhotography

Ragdale Residency Program 2026

RagdaleClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Ragdale 2027 Residency Program

RagdaleClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

2026 Fall Multidisciplinary Residency

Bethany Arts CommunityClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting