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There are 133 active opportunities for open calls with no application fee on OpenCall Radar. Deadlines span October 2026 to December 2027. 48 include funding or a cash award; entry is mostly free to enter. Recurring organizers include Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, International Visegrad Fund, Aviário Studio.
133 active opportunities. Open calls, residencies, grants and prizes that charge no entry fee. Free to apply — the only cost is your time on the application. Browse all active opportunities.
Otto Mauer Fonds · Vienna, Austria · Prize
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STACC · Australia · Residency
Institut français, Cité internationale des arts · Paris, France · Residency
ADAGP · Prize
Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre (vA!) · Central, Hong Kong · Exhibition
Mentorat du Livre photographique sur Elles font la culture · Open Call
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity · Banff, Alberta, Canada · Residency
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La Porte Peinte Centre pour les Arts · Noyers sur Serein, France · Residency
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— · Latin America · Residency
International Visegrad Fund · Residency
International Visegrad Fund · Bratislava, Slovakia · Residency
Bunnell Street Arts Center · Homer, Alaska, USA · Grant
Cité internationale des arts · Paris, France · Residency
Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft · Hamburg, Germany · Grant
— · Łódź, Poland · Open Call
Clark Art Institute · Williamstown, MA, United States · fellowship
La Maldita Estampa · Barcelona, Spain · Residency
Académie de France à Rome Villa Médicis · Rome, Italy · Residency
Aviário Studio · Residency
Digital Exhibition Group · Milan, Italy / Online · Exhibition
Cité internationale des arts, Ministère de la Culture · Paris, France · Residency
Hasselblad Foundation · Gothenburg, Sweden · Exhibition
Buildner · Prize
Observatoire de l'Espace du Cnes · Online · Residency
Observatoire de l'Espace du Cnes · Residency
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New Bedford Creative · New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA · Grant
Art Madrid, DOM Art Residence, ExtrArtis · Sorrento, Italy · Residency
Tate · London, United Kingdom · Residency
Perform Europe / Creative Europe · Open Call
Kultur — lx – Arts Council Luxembourg · Berlin, Germany · Residency
Kultur — lx – Arts Council Luxembourg and Cité internationale des arts · Paris, France · Residency
Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) · Zurich, Switzerland · Open Call
NPG · Prize
Fotografiska Tallinn · Tallinn, Estonia · Open Call
COST · Europe · Open Call
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity · Banff, Canada · Residency
Paul & Daisy Soros Foundation · USA · fellowship
Arteles Creative Center · Hämeenkyrö, Finland · Residency
bEam arts · Thessaloniki, Greece · Residency
French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici · Rome, Italy · Open Call
The Ou Gallery · Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada · Residency
bEam arts · Thessaloniki, Greece · Residency
French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici · Rome, Italy · Open Call
Box Factory Ceramics · Queens, New York, USA · Residency
´ace · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Residency
Proyecto´ace · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Residency
— · Thassos island, Greece · Residency
Mori Contemporary Art Foundation (MoriCAF) · Japan · Residency
We-Che Art Residency · Trevelin, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina · Residency
Form Magazine · Rotterdam, Netherlands · Prize
EncoreSpot · Mankayane, Manzini, Eswatini · Open Call
Ucross Foundation · Ucross, Wyoming, USA · Residency
Fondazione Teatro della Città di Livorno “Carlo Goldoni” · Livorno, Italy · Open Call
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HIAP — Helsinki International Artist Programme · Helsinki, Finland · Open Call
National Art Education Foundation (NAEF) · Prize
Volland Foundation · Flint Hills, Kansas, USA · Residency
Artist Trust · Washington State, USA · Grant
Trillium Arts · Blue Ridge Mountains, USA · Residency
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) · Virginia, USA · Grant
Asian Cultural Council (ACC) · Asia, United States · Grant
Sixi Museum · Nanjing, China · Residency
Graham Foundation · Grant
Women's Studio Workshop · Residency
Popps Packing · Detroit, Michigan, USA · Residency
NYFA · Grant
Jazz Danmark · Bremen, Germany · Open Call
WOMB · Mexico · Residency
The Anderson and VCUarts · Richmond, USA · Open Call
CPH STAGE · Copenhagen, Denmark · Open Call
Sarasvati Creative Space Rural Residency · Tennessee, USA · Residency
The Factory on Willow · Manchester, NH · Residency
MIT Press · Cambridge, MA, USA · Prize
— · Manchester, NH, USA · Residency
The Artists Gallery (TAG) · Los Angeles, CA, USA · Open Call
Ruby Mountain Project · Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA · Residency
Théâtre des Doms · Avignon, France · Open Call
Hanns-Lilje-Stiftung · Prize
Z Gallery Arts · Porto Heli, Peloponnese, Greece · Residency
Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts · New York State, USA · Residency
Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA) · Online, with residencies in Italy, Greece, Germany, USA, Mexico, Spain, Morocco · Open Call
Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA) · Portland, Maine, USA · Open Call
Headlands Center for the Arts · Sausalito, California, USA · Residency
Kulturstiftung der Länder · Rome, Italy; Olevano Romano, Italy; Venice, Italy; Paris, France · Residency
European Media Art Festival (EMAF) · Osnabrück, Germany · Open Call
Milan Machinima Festival · Milan, Italy · Open Call
A4 Residency Art Center · Chengdu, China · Residency
Vita Poetica Journal · Online · Open Call
EncoreSpot · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Open Call
Harvard University Graduate School of Design · Cambridge, MA, USA · fellowship
Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation · Grant
International Ceramics Festival Mino Executive Committee · Mino, Japan · Prize
MacDowell · Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA · Residency
Pro Helvetia · Switzerland · Residency
Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) · Mississippi, USA · Grant
R.E.D. — Residency Eina Danz · Eina, Norway · Residency
Community of Madrid · Madrid, Spain · Open Call
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung · Grant
Center for the Arts Crested Butte · Crested Butte, Colorado, USA · Residency
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity · Banff, Canada · Residency
San Francisco Arts Commission · San Francisco, California, USA · Open Call
Vila 31 x Art Explora · Tirana, Albania · Residency
Aviário Studio · Residency
baltanlaboratories · Residency
FUTURES Photography · Budapest, Hungary; Riga, Latvia; Amsterdam, Netherlands · Residency
Hospitalfield · Arbroath, Scotland, United Kingdom · Residency
Hill Center Galleries at the Old Naval Hospital · Washington, D.C., USA · Exhibition
Brooklyn Arts Council · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Grant
The Yard · Chilmark, MA, United States · Residency
Prisma Estúdio Lisboa · Lisbon, Portugal · Residency
L.a. Studio · Patton, Pennsylvania, USA · Residency
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) · Auvillar, France · Residency
Backslash · Cornell University, USA · Grant
Icelandic Textile Center · Blönduós, Iceland · Residency
Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists' Residency · Residency
La Casa Etruria · Latera, Italy · Residency
Sosta House · Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA · Residency
NAHR_Italy · Taleggio Valley, Italy · Residency
Studio 88 Artist Residency · Chiang Mai, Thailand · Residency
Julienne Dolphin Wilding · Crete, Greece · Residency
Venezia Contemporanea Cultural Association · Venice, Italy · Residency
Creative Debuts · UK · Grant
Monterroso Gallery · Houston, TX, USA · Residency
Studio Faire · South West France · Residency
ACENTRICSPACE® · Zhujiajiao, Shanghai, China · Residency
Studio 88 Artist Residency · Doi Saket, Chiangmai, Thailand · Residency
Residencia Corazón · La Plata, Argentina · Residency
SomoS Berlin · Berlin, Germany · Residency
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