Scholarships
A Stay in the Artists’ Town of Kalbe
The Artists’ Town is an innovative project in the Altmark region aimed at addressing demographic change through art and culture. Within the historic, protected buildings, artists find a creative working environment in the heart of Kalbe’s old town. The call for applications is aimed at professional, exceptionally talented, and primarily younger artists in the fields […]
Modes of Access – Digital Residencies 2026
The Schöppingen Artists’ Village and the kaethe:k Kunsthaus are offering four digital residencies for media artists. The thematic focus is on “Modes of Access” as technological and political means of accessing resources. Artists with chronic illnesses, disabilities, and/or neurodiversity, or those facing other travel restrictions such as visa restrictions or caregiving responsibilities, are encouraged to […]
Scholarship for Working with Cultural Heritage
The fellowship enables cultural professionals from countries on the DAC list to spend time at host institutions. The goal is to deepen profession-specific knowledge on a transnational level, introduce new perspectives, and build long-term collaborations through exchange. The focus is on transcultural dialogue and engagement with cultural heritage, collections, and archival materials. The fellowship promotes […]
OPEN CALL – ARTIST RESIDENCY FOR PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS
We are looking for artists and creative professionals from all artistic and creative fields (visual arts, theater, music, film, literature, design, architecture, crafts) who are interested in developing and implementing a participatory art project in the Bavarian Forest over a period of three months. The residencies take place at SCHIESSLHAUS AiR in Kollnburg or at […]
Artist Residency Balmoral Castle
Founded in 1995, the Artist Residency Schloss Balmoral in Bad Ems is a place for reflection, artistic production, discussion and encounters. It supports visual artists from all countries by awarding various residency scholarships, including one for an artist-at-risk and one for an artist from Rwanda. The scholarships for Schloss Balmoral in Bad Ems are awarded […]
Art Residency 2026 DISAPPEARING LANDSCAPE // Slovakia
The European project OASIS is calling for applications from artists for an international art residency from 14 to 22 August 2026 in the High Tatras, where artists, youth culture and alternative creative spaces unite to respond to the rapid loss of Carpathian landscapes, wildlife habitats and authentic mountain life. The High Tatras and surrounding Carpathian […]
RostockScholarship 2027
The Kunstverein zu Rostock e.V. announces annual residency scholarships for visual artists for the period from January to September. The Rostock scholarship holders are selected from the applications by a jury of experts. They receive a monthly grant of 1,500 euros as well as the opportunity to use the studio apartment in the Schleswig-Holstein-Haus Rostock.The […]
TaDA Residency Program 2027 // Switzerland
Every year, six residents from Switzerland and abroad have the opportunity to work with textile companies in Eastern Switzerland for three months, use a studio in Arbon and network in various contexts. During the public event “TaDA Spinnerei”, which lasts several days and features international speakers, they can present their project to an interested public […]
EIDOLON GRANT
eidolon centre for Everyday Photography is calling artists, academics, enthusiasts, and professionals, who have a passion and serious interest in vernacular photography and everyday imaging.The eidolon Grant is an international programme that is presented annually to artists, academics, professionals, researchers, collectors and vernacular photography enthusiasts whose past work and proposed project is centred around the […]
Artist in Residence // Kunststiftung Starke
The Starke Art Foundation supports young, up-and-coming artists of all genres. In the stimulating and exclusive atmosphere, they can concentrate fully on their artistic work and (further) develop their individual style. We support them in their artistic development and also promote exchange between artists. Artists from Germany and abroad up to the age of 40 […]
ELIZABETH GREENSHIELDS FOUNDATION GRANT
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation exists to support young representational artists from around the world in the fields of painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. The foundation will only fund young artists who are pursuing their studies or are in the early stage of their career, are working in a representational style of painting, drawing, sculpture or […]
The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, […]
York University: Connected Minds Artist-in-Residence / 2026-27 // Canada
Sensorium: Centre for Digital Art and Technology, in partnership with Connected Minds: Neural and Machine Systems for a Healthy, Just Society, invites applications for the 2026-27 Connected Minds Artist-in-Residence program at York University (Toronto). The Artist-in-Residence will begin their tenure in Fall 2026.The selected artist will carry out their residency project through research-based creative practice. […]
SYMPOIESIS / SITUATED Residencies / 2027 / Early call
Sympoiesis (from the Greek sún, “with,” and poiesis, “creation/production”) is a term coined by feminist biologist and philosopher Donna Haraway. Haraway proposes that nothing is created alone (autopoiesis); rather, everything is created “with” others in complex, dynamic, and situated networks. In an artistic context, this means moving beyond the 20th-century anthropocentric idea of the artist […]
2 Material Research Fellowships 2027
Re:Create Europe invites emerging artists and cultural practitioners to engage with questions of resistance, resilience, and the transformation of cultural policies through international residency programmes, an accompanying webinar series and digital mapping. The first year under the topic Transformation of Cultural Policies focuses on the role of artistic and cultural practices in times of transformation, with particular […]
DWELL HERE: ONE YEAR RESIDENCY OPEN CALL / 2027 // Ireland
!!! €10 application feeIMMA welcomes applications for Dwell Here 2027: One Year Residencies for nationwide and internationally based practices to reside for one year at the Museum. This opportunity invites applications across disciplines of the visual arts, design, architecture, curation, and related humanities fields. Successful applicants will be supported to undertake independent site-responsive research.IMMA’s Dwell […]
OASis In the Park Site-specific Residency 2026 // Italy
Fondazione Campania Welfare is launching the second round of OASis In the Park, following the success of our first residency cycle (San Laise Open Lab). The residency is based at Parco San Laise, a former NATO base in Bagnoli, Naples, currently undergoing a gradual process of social and cultural regeneration.The OASis operates as a diffused […]
Hold Space Retreat for Artists of Color // USA
This program offers artists and cultural workers of color dedicated time for communal living, creative practice, and rest on Ox-Bow’s historic campus in Saugatuck, Michigan. Designed to nurture reflection, collaboration, and renewal, the retreat provides individuals or groups of up to twelve participants space to create, organize, and connect within a supportive environment. Retreats may […]
Silence Awareness Existence – residency program in Finland, Winter 2027
Residency program for artists, writers, researchers & deep minds Periods: 1 month (29 days/period)When: Jan / Feb / Mar 2027Where: Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, FinlandApplication deadline: July 30th, 2026 Thematic, transdisciplinary residency program in Finland for artists, writers, researchers and creative minds attuned to the theme. The program brings together creative individuals from different backgrounds. […]
AIR BURGENLAND – PEACE CASTLE RESIDENCY
Peace Castle is a residency for artists to explore the nexus between art and peacebuilding. Letting the unspeakable explain meaning that is lost in trauma. Adding nuance and empathy to shift paradigms in conflict. The Peace Castle Residencies begin in May 2024 and are ongoing. You can apply for a residency at any time and […]