Grants, residencies and exhibitions open to artists in Portugal — 23 active calls with verified deadlines, application fees and funding details. Updated daily.
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23 active opportunities linked to Portugal — from local foundations to international programs accepting artists based in or targeting this region. Resolved from location fields, organizers, and verified metadata. Sign in free for the full filters, deadline reminders and calendar export.
GrantFully FundedO Espaço do Tempo
O Espaço do Tempo
Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
ResidencyFully FundedCultivamos Cultura
Site-responsive, community-oriented residency of Cultivamos Cultura in rural Alentejo, part of the European OASis network, linking artistic practice with ecology, local communities and sustainable futures. The jury — three from Cultivamos Cultura, three from OASis partners and one local resident — favours projects with local or natural materials, ecological interest and care for the community.
Cultivamos Cultura, São Luís, Odemira, Portugal
GrantPartial FundingCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
This program serves as a vital counterpoint, highlighting how major private foundations protect and aggressively promote specific regional ecosystems by offering rolling grants up to €5,000. It acts as a localized accelerator within the highly competitive broader European market, specifically for Portuguese or Portugal-based practitioners. The ideal candidate is a Portuguese or Portugal-based c...
Portugal / International
ResidencyPartial FundingCreArt
The City of Aveiro, through the CreArt 3.0 network, is selecting two visual artists for a 19-day residency inside the Boas Festas programme, from 23 November to 11 December 2026. The work is for public space, with a focus on light and sound installations and performance, and the form and site are set with the curators. The call was published on 2 October 2026. Questions go to museusdeaveiro@cm-...
Aveiro, Portugal
CompetitionMONSTRA | Festival de Animação de Lisboa
The Portuguese competition of Lisbon's animation festival.
Lisbon, Portugal
ResidencySelf-fundedOBRAS Residencies
Self-directed Alentejo residency — simple stone houses from €165/week plus optional €50/week studio on a 200+ year-old estate.
Évoramonte, Alentejo, Portugal
CompetitionBuildner
Situated near the Cávado River, this competition involves the adaptive reuse of a former horse barn into a slow-living restaurant and guest accommodation. It is a profound exploration of communal dining, generational memory, and seamless landscape integration. The brief is heavily imbued with the concept of 'slow architecture' and the phenomenology of the hearth. The architectural intervention ...
Braga, PortugalWe combine the venue, the organiser’s country, city references and who the call is open to — not just keywords in titles.
Most international programmes work in English, and each listing states when the local language is required.
This varies. Fully funded opportunities and residencies often cover travel expenses or provide travel grants, while others only fund local accommodation.
Most listed opportunities are open internationally. Any citizenship or residency restrictions are structured and highlighted on the program card.
Art academies, museums, galleries, foundations and non-profit spaces. In the organisers section you can browse them by type, each with every call it has run and the months it usually opens.