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3,234
organisers
361
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tanz.nord Open Call 2027 — Up to Five Paid Touring Performances for Existing Dance Productions from Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (€360 per Person per Show)
Other
Fully funded

tanz.nord Open Call 2027 — Up to Five Paid Touring Performances for Existing Dance Productions from Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (€360 per Person per Show)

tanz.nord

€360 per performance per person + feesDeadline: 2 Nov 2026
Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (touring venues)
One World — Herberger Theater Galleries, Phoenix, May–August 2027 (Arizona Artists)
Exhibitions
Self-funded

One World — Herberger Theater Galleries, Phoenix, May–August 2027 (Arizona Artists)

Herberger Theater Center

Group exhibition, 22 May – 1 August 2027Deadline: 31 Jan 2027
Phoenix, Arizona, USA (Herberger Theater Galleries)
Indigenous Fashion Creation Residency 2027: Embellishments and Accessories — Fully Funded Five Weeks, Banff Centre
Residencies
Fully funded

Indigenous Fashion Creation Residency 2027: Embellishments and Accessories — Fully Funded Five Weeks, Banff Centre

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

Full scholarship: tuition, room and meals ($8,605.80)Deadline: 16 Dec 2026
Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada
A Song for UNIMA! — International Competition for an Anthem Celebrating UNIMA's 2029 Centenary, Performed by a UNIMA Choir in Prague
Competitions

A Song for UNIMA! — International Competition for an Anthem Celebrating UNIMA's 2029 Centenary, Performed by a UNIMA Choir in Prague

UNIMA - Union Internationale de la Marionnette

Song performed at UNIMA centenary, Prague 2029Deadline: 21 Mar 2027
Online submission; performance in Prague, Czechia (June 2029)
VII International Sculpture Symposium Lindern 2027 — Four Artists Carve in Stone, Wood or Metal for Two Weeks, €2,000 Fee and Hotel with Full Board
Residencies
Partial funding

VII International Sculpture Symposium Lindern 2027 — Four Artists Carve in Stone, Wood or Metal for Two Weeks, €2,000 Fee and Hotel with Full Board

Gemeinde Lindern

€2,000 fee + hotel with full board + materialsDeadline: 31 Dec 2026
Lindern (Oldenburg), Lower Saxony, Germany
Budapest Galéria Művészcsere 2027 — Artist Exchange Residencies in 11 European Cities for Budapest-Based Artists and Curators (Housing, Studio, Stipend)
Residencies
Partial funding

Budapest Galéria Művészcsere 2027 — Artist Exchange Residencies in 11 European Cities for Budapest-Based Artists and Curators (Housing, Studio, Stipend)

Budapest Galéria

Housing, studio and stipend (14 residency places)Deadline: 8 Nov 2026
Partner residencies in Austria, Germany, France, Iceland, Portugal, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Slovakia
Focal Point 9 — Sharjah Art Book Fair Open Call for UAE-Based Publishers, Artists and Designers (11–13 December 2026)
Exhibitions

Focal Point 9 — Sharjah Art Book Fair Open Call for UAE-Based Publishers, Artists and Designers (11–13 December 2026)

Sharjah Art Foundation

Display and sell table at the art book fairDeadline: 10 Nov 2026
Bait Obaid Al Shamsi, Arts Square, Sharjah, UAE
Arctic Canvas Open Call 2026 — Two-Week Sound & Music Residency in Snæfellsnes, Iceland, Curated with Robert Raths (Erased Tapes)
Residencies
Partial funding

Arctic Canvas Open Call 2026 — Two-Week Sound & Music Residency in Snæfellsnes, Iceland, Curated with Robert Raths (Erased Tapes)

Arctic Canvas

Two weeks free live/work studioDeadline: 8 Nov 2026
Arctic Canvas Studio, Snæfellsnes Peninsula, Iceland
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Time

The open calls run 15 months ahead

Deadlines from 22 October 2026 to 31 December 2027. Most of them sit in the first months: half close by 16 November 2026, nine in ten by 31 January 2027; after that only single calls.

Calls without a deadline (90) are not counted.

Urgency

25
Oct

2027 ACC NEXT Emerging Asian Artists International Open Call — Art & Technology, Gwangju

National Asian Culture CenterGwangju, South Korea (ACC Creation Space 5)
3 days left
26
Oct

Aalborg Lysfestival 2027 Open Call — Light Artworks, up to DKK 70,000 incl. DKK 20,000 Artist Fee

Aalborg LysfestivalAalborg, Denmark (festival 13–27 Feb 2027)
4 days left
28
Oct

Ernest Albert Invitational 2027 — Four-Month Paid Residency at Cas-co, Leuven and Group Show at Kunsthal Mechelen, €6,080 per Belgium-Based Early-Career Artist

Cas-coOff the Grid, Cas-co, Leuven, with the exhibition at Kunsthal Mechelen, Belgium
6 days left
29
Oct

CNL Grants for Authors and Illustrators — €5,000–30,000 to Write or Illustrate a Book in French (Any Nationality)

Centre national du livreFrance (remote; any country of residence)
7 days left
30
Oct

Musikfonds Outer Ear — €25,000–50,000 for Participatory Experimental Music Projects in Germany (2nd Round)

Musikfonds e.V.Germany
8 days left
31
Oct

Bedford International Short Story Competition 2026 — The Bedford Competition, UK (First Prize £2,000)

The Bedford CompetitionBedford, England, UK (online entry worldwide; postal entries from the UK only)
9 days left
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361
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selected artists
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Foundations, residencies, museums, festivals and arts councils — 1,274 of them accepting applications right now.

Indiana University KokomoTown of Manchester — WORK_SPACE GalleriesStadt SchwabachMosesian Center for the ArtsAsymmetryLand Kärnten, Kunst und KulturThe Paseo ProjectCity of PickeringA4 Art MuseumFUNDARTEIstanbul Foundation for Culture and ArtsSpark GalleryGobierno de JunínArchie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic ArtsDzanc BooksArteles Creative CenterOhio Arts CouncilCommunauté de Communes de Freyming-Merlebach (with DRAC Grand Est)
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