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There are 207 active opportunities for open calls with no application fee on OpenCall Radar. Deadlines span August 2026 to December 2027. 105 include funding or a cash award; entry is mostly free to enter. Recurring organizers include Cité Internationale des Arts, Mondriaan Fund, Cité internationale des arts.
207 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.
Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur und Tourismus, Landesverband Soziokultur Sachsen e. V., and Johanna und Fritz Buch Gedächtnis-Stiftung · Saxony, Germany · Prize
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Nederlands Letterenfonds and The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) · Amsterdam, Netherlands · fellowship
Mondriaan Fund · Residency
Hamburg Ministry for Culture and Media · Hamburg, Germany · Residency
transmediale · Berlin, Germany · Residency
Digital Aesthetics Research Center (Aarhus University) in collaboration with transmediale · Open Call
James Castle House · Boise, Idaho, USA · Residency
Cité Internationale des Arts · Paris, France · Residency
CREATE PURPOSE (Heinrich Böll Stiftung SH, STIPO Greece, Atelierul European de Artă) · Kiel, Germany; Athens, Greece; Bucharest, Romania · Residency
Art Students League · Spain · Grant
Era Contemporary · Philadelphia, PA, USA · Exhibition
Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum · Athens, Greece · Exhibition
Cité internationale des arts · Paris, France · Residency
Cité Internationale des Arts · Paris, France · Residency
M-Cult · Helsinki, Finland · Residency
Cité internationale des arts · France · Residency
Artis · Residency
AiR Program of Tainan City Government of Taiwan · Tainan, Taiwan · Residency
Moulin du Got · France · Residency
Les Vendémiaires · Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers, France · Residency
Kulturbüro der Stadt Duisburg · Duisburg, Germany · Residency
Kulturbrauerei Schaan · Schaan, Liechtenstein · Residency
Bergen Internasjonale Teater · Bergen, Norway · Open Call
TERAVARNA · Online · Prize
Kunsthalle Rostock · Rostock, Germany · Prize
Obee Editions · Residency
HFBK Hamburg – Hochschule für bildende Künste · Duisburg, Germany · Residency
Transart Institute · Online · Open Call
AWARE Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions · Paris, France; Graz, Austria; Ljubljana, Slovenia · Residency
Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen · Schöppingen, Germany · Residency
Finnish Cultural Foundation · Residency
Stadt Duisburg · Duisburg, Germany · Residency
Officine CAOS · Turin, Italy · Open Call
AiR Program of Tainan City Government of Taiwan · Tainan, Taiwan · Residency
Gasworks · London, UK · Residency
RAM galleri · Oslo, Norway · Exhibition
Pro Helvetia · Grant
Copenhagen Photo Festival · Copenhagen, Denmark · Open Call
Cité Internationale des Arts · Paris, France · Open Call
— · Grant
Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) in partnership with the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) · Franklin County, Ohio, USA · fellowship
The Globe Theatre · Prize
Shiro Oni Studio Artist Residency Program · Onishi, Gunma prefecture, Japan · Residency
Oslo National Academy of the Arts · Oslo, Norway · Residency
Rijksakademie · Amsterdam, Netherlands · Residency
Surel's Place · Boise, Idaho, USA · Residency
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) · USA · Prize
Edvard Munch’s Studios · Residency
ESNS · Groningen, Netherlands · Open Call
Bureau des arts visuels — Institut francais Deutschland · Berlin, Germany · Open Call
OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH (OÖLKG) · New Taipei City, Taiwan · Residency
Fundació Mies van der Rohe · Grant
Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, Berlin · Berlin, Germany · Grant
Arteles Creative Center · Hämeenkyrö, Finland · Residency
Arteles Creative Center · Hämeenkyrö, Finland · Residency
— · Reykjavik, Iceland · Residency
National Gallery of Iceland (Listasafn Íslands) · Reykjavík, Iceland · Residency
Maumaus · Lisbon, Portugal · Open Call
Communication Arts · Open Call
Institut Estudis Baleàrics · Balearic Islands, Spain · Grant
DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam · Potsdam, Germany · Residency
Asociación de Arte Útil · Karlsruhe, Germany · Open Call
The Photographers’ Gallery · Derbyshire, UK · Residency
Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto · Biella, Italy · Residency
Erie Canal Artists in Residence · Syracuse, NY, United States · Residency
Fondazione Pistoletto Cittadellarte and UNIDEE Residency Programs, in collaboration with UniCredit Group · Biella, Italy · Residency
Pioneer Works · Brooklyn, NY, United States · Residency
Sónar+D · Open Call
International Sculpture Center · Prize
ADAGP · Grant
Platform Dalí · Barcelona, Spain · Residency
Centre d’art Madeleine Lambert – Ville de Vénissieux · Vénissieux, France · Residency
Nocefresca di Sassu Francesca · Sardinia Island, Italy · Residency
Toulouse Métropole · Toulouse, France · Grant
Wayne Art Center · Open Call
Friends of the High Line · New York, USA · Open Call
Princeton University, Lewis Center for the Arts · Princeton, New Jersey, USA · fellowship
The Jim Henson Foundation · Grant
Fundación Ama Amoedo · Grant
Fondazione Prada · Open Call
MacDowell · Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA · Residency
AMADEUS Festival Vienna · International · competition
— · Prize
Public Art Agency Sweden · Stockholm, Sweden · Open Call
Harvard University · fellowship
Outside In and David Zwirner · London, UK · Exhibition
Dezi Art · Prize
Studio ALTA · Residency
PhotoVogue · Online · Open Call
Eurobodalla Shire Council · Moruya, Australia · Prize
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) · Saratoga Springs, NY, USA · Open Call
Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto · Biella, Italy · Open Call
Ville de Caen et Département du Calvados · Caen, France · Grant
New England Foundation for the Arts · Massachusetts, USA · Grant
International Awards for Art Criticism (IAAC) Organising Committee · Online · Prize
Gasworks · London, UK · Residency
Artquest · London, UK · Open Call
Marrakech International Film Festival · Marrakech, Morocco · Open Call
Art Omi · Ghent, New York, USA · Residency
International Awards for Art Criticism · Prize
Guardian Documentaries and arte.tv · Grant
The Gibbes Museum and Society 1858 · Charleston, South Carolina, USA · Prize
AHL Foundation · New York, NY, USA · Exhibition
NKF - Nordiska Konstförbundet · Residency
Concours photo pour adolescents - The Dreamers sur Elles font la culture · Prize
CENTRE NATIONAL DE CREATION MUSICALE VOCE · Pigna, Corsica · Residency
Fulbright Scholar Award · Valencia, Spain · Grant
Phileas – The Austrian Office for Contemporary Art · Grant
State of Berlin · Istanbul, Turkey; Paris, France; New York, USA; Tokyo, Japan · Residency
IFEMA MADRID · Madrid, Spain · Open Call
Arte Fiera · Bologna, Italy · Open Call
Metropolis (Copenhagen International Theatre) · Copenhagen, Denmark · Open Call
Nordic Culture Fund · Grant
Rose Choreographic School · London, UK · Residency
Art Hub Copenhagen · Copenhagen, Denmark · Residency
University of Ljubljana, Academy of Fine Arts and Design (UL ALUO) · Ljubljana, Slovenia · Residency
Kultur — lx - Arts Council Luxembourg · Venice, Italy · Open Call
Kultur — lx - Arts Council Luxembourg, Ministry of Culture, Casino Luxembourg—Forum d’art contemporain · Venice, Italy · Open Call
LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) · Los Angeles, California, USA · Grant
Behörde für Kultur und Medien · Hamburg, Germany · Grant
Werner-Kühl-Stiftung · Syke, Germany · Prize
Unlimited · Grant
České Budějovice ECoC 2028 and Ars Electronica · České Budějovice, Czech Republic · Residency
Queens Museum · Queens, NY, USA · fellowship
Singapore Art Museum (SAM) · Singapore · Residency
Kulturamt der Stadt Leipzig · Leipzig, Germany · Grant
Threads · Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan · Residency
Prague Quadrennial · Prague, Czech Republic · Open Call
Misk Art Institute · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Open Call
Annantalo · Helsinki, Finland · Exhibition
Institute for Ideas and Imagination (II&I), Columbia University's Paris Global Center · Paris, France · Residency
Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft · Hamburg, Germany · Grant
Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg · Magdeburg, Germany · Grant
Mondriaan Fund · Netherlands, Caribbean part of the Kingdom · Grant
Fondation des Treilles · Residency
National Art Education Foundation (NAEF) · Grant
Fondation des Treilles · Prize
Otto Mauer Fonds · Vienna, Austria · Prize
Institut français, Cité internationale des arts · Paris, France · Residency
STACC · Australia · Residency
ADAGP · Prize
Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre (vA!) · Central, Hong Kong · Exhibition
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity · Banff, Alberta, Canada · Residency
Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft · Hamburg, Germany · Grant
International Visegrad Fund · Residency
Clark Art Institute · Williamstown, MA, United States · fellowship
— · Łódź, Poland · Open Call
International Visegrad Fund · Residency
Hasselblad Foundation · Exhibition
Observatoire de l'Espace du Cnes · Online · Residency
Buildner · Prize
Observatoire de l'Espace du Cnes · Residency
Art Madrid, DOM Art Residence, ExtrArtis · Sorrento, Italy · Residency
Tate · London, United Kingdom · Residency
Perform Europe / Creative Europe · Open Call
Fotografiska Tallinn · Tallinn, Estonia · Open Call
Paul & Daisy Soros Foundation · USA · fellowship
French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici · Rome, Italy · Open Call
´ace · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Residency
Box Factory Ceramics · Queens, New York, USA · Residency
Proyecto´ace · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Residency
Form Magazine · Rotterdam, Netherlands · Prize
Ucross Foundation · Ucross, Wyoming, USA · Residency
Artist Trust · Washington State, USA · Grant
National Art Education Foundation (NAEF) · Prize
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) · Virginia, USA · Grant
Asian Cultural Council (ACC) · Grant
Graham Foundation · Grant
The Anderson and VCUarts · Richmond, USA · Open Call
WOMB · Mexico · Residency
CPH STAGE · Copenhagen, Denmark · Open Call
The Factory on Willow · Manchester, NH · Residency
The Factory · Manchester, NH, USA · Residency
MIT Press · Cambridge, MA, USA · Prize
Z Gallery Arts · Porto Heli, Peloponnese, Greece · Residency
Hanns-Lilje-Stiftung · Prize
Théâtre des Doms · Avignon, France · Open Call
The Artists Gallery (TAG) · Los Angeles, CA, USA · Open Call
Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA) · Online, with residencies in Italy, Greece, Germany, USA, Mexico, Spain, Morocco · Open Call
Kulturstiftung der Länder · Rome, Italy; Olevano Romano, Italy; Venice, Italy; Paris, France · Residency
European Media Art Festival (EMAF) · Open Call
Milan Machinima Festival · Milan, Italy · Open Call
Vita Poetica Journal · Online · Open Call
A4 Residency Art Center · Chengdu, China · Residency
International Ceramics Festival Mino Executive Committee · Mino, Japan · Prize
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
San Francisco Arts Commission · San Francisco, California, USA · Open Call
Vila 31 x Art Explora · Tirana, Albania · Residency
baltanlaboratories · Residency
FUTURES Photography · Budapest, Hungary; Riga, Latvia; Amsterdam, Netherlands · Residency
Prisma Estúdio Lisboa · Lisbon, Portugal · Residency
SomoS Berlin · Berlin, Germany · Residency
Icelandic Textile Center · Blönduós, Iceland · Residency
Studio Faire · South West France · Residency
ACENTRICSPACE® · Zhujiajiao, Shanghai, China · Residency
Monterroso Gallery · Houston, TX, USA · Residency
Sosta House · Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA · Residency
Venezia Contemporanea Cultural Association · Venice, Italy · Residency
NAHR_Italy · Taleggio Valley, Italy · Residency
Studio 88 Artist Residency · Doi Saket, Chiangmai, Thailand · Residency
Backslash · Cornell University, USA · Grant
Julienne Dolphin Wilding · Crete, Greece · Residency
L.a. Studio · Patton, Pennsylvania, USA · Residency
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