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Textile Open Calls

Open calls for Textile artists — 71 active grants, residencies and exhibitions with checked deadlines, entry fees and what the funding covers. Updated daily.

71 active · refreshed daily

71 active listings for Textile, tagged by how each programme describes the practices it accepts. Add your works to your portfolio, and Call Match checks how well they fit each call’s brief.

Exhibition

Wings and Woodlands: A Tribute to Native Birds and Forests — Art Exhibit on Kauaʻi (Kauaʻi Forest Bird Recovery Project)

Kauaʻi Forest Bird Recovery Project

Annual conservation art exhibit of the Kauaʻi Forest Bird Recovery Project celebrating native manu.

30 Oct 2026Group exhibition; artist chooses sales donation

Kauaʻi Society of Artists Gallery, Kukui Grove Center, Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, USA

ResidencySelf-funded

Kaaysá Art Residency — Atlantic Forest, São Sebastião

Kaaysá Art Residency

Kaaysá is an independent multidisciplinary residency at Boiçucanga Beach on the São Paulo coast, set between the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and the ocean and founded in 2017 by Lourdina Jean Rabieh, a Lebanese-Brazilian cultural mediator and former gallerist. More than 800 artists and 40 curators have passed through it. Three formats run in parallel: Kaaysá Open, continuous and year-round with a...

31 Dec 2026Accommodation + curatorial support

Boiçucanga Beach, São Sebastião, São Paulo coast, Brazil

ExhibitionSelf-funded

Amsterdam Artist Showcase – February 2027

Arrival Gallery

Group exhibition at Zesde Vogelstraat 40, 1022XE Amsterdam, Netherlands, 12 to 14 February 2027. Artists choose a Digital Showcase (from £65, 40 places in the current batch), a Physical Showcase (from £165, 40 places) or a Featured Artist place (5 places, price not stated). Submissions are reviewed and not every artist is accepted; selected artists receive the full format, fee, timeline and pre...

28 Jan 2027No direct funding

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Competition

SCAF Emerging Artist Award 2027: TENSION — £1,000 Prize and Exhibition at Dean Clough, Halifax, for Yorkshire Artists

Scott Creative Arts Foundation

Annual award of Scott Creative Arts Foundation, a registered charity in North Yorkshire, for emerging visual artists in the Yorkshire region. The 2027 theme, TENSION, grew out of the history of the Dean Clough Mill in Halifax, once the largest Victorian carpet manufacturer in the world.

31 Oct 2026£1,000 first prize; £175 to 9 finalists

Dean Clough Mill, Halifax, Yorkshire, UK

GrantFully Funded

Rosy James Memorial Trust Emerging Maker Awards 2026 — Three £5,000 Bursaries for Early-Career Northern Ireland Craft Makers

Arts Council of Northern Ireland

The Rosy James Memorial Trust Awards, administered by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland since 2014, come from a bequest of over £500,000 by Belfast arts patron Rosemary (Rosy) James to help craft makers create new bodies of work; past recipients include glass artist Scott Benefield and silversmiths Stuart Cairns and Cara Murphy.

9 Nov 2026£5,000 each (three awards)

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

ResidencyPartial Funding

The Studios at MASS MoCA — Residencies July–December 2027 (with Full Fellowships)

MASS MoCA

The residency programme on MASS MoCA's campus in the Berkshires, which has hosted over 1,000 artists since 2015. Alongside open full fellowships, specific fellowships serve Black and Indigenous creators, artist-parents (with family housing and summer camp for children), and alumni of partner schools and programmes.

1 Nov 202624/7 studio + housing; full fellowships

North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

GrantFully Funded

Danish Arts Foundation Working Grants for Craft and Design 2027 — Three-Year Grant of DKK 855,000

Danish Arts Foundation

The Danish Arts Foundation's Committee for Craft and Design gives working grants to craftspeople and designers — both established makers and those new to the field — so they can develop their practice. A three-year grant amounts to DKK 855,000.

3 Feb 2027Up to DKK 855,000 (three-year grant)

Denmark

FAQ

What counts as Textile here?

This includes programs that explicitly specify Textile as the main or one of the priority mediums, ranging from specialized contests to interdisciplinary open calls.

Are digital works or performance documentation accepted?

Yes, when they meet the call’s submission rules — each listing spells out the formats and sizes the organiser asks for.

Do residencies provide specialized equipment for Textile?

Specialised residencies often offer equipped studios, print presses, darkrooms, labs or technical help — listed with each programme’s facilities.

How do I demonstrate experience in Textile?

Provide a cohesive portfolio of 5-10 recent works, with descriptions detailing the concept, dimensions, and materials used.

Are there material grants specifically for Textile?

Yes. Production grants often set aside a budget for materials and new work — each listing shows the award and what it covers.

Discover

Textile Open Calls

Open calls for Textile artists — 71 active grants, residencies and exhibitions with checked deadlines, entry fees and what the funding covers. Updated daily.

71 active · refreshed daily

71 active listings for Textile, tagged by how each programme describes the practices it accepts. Add your works to your portfolio, and Call Match checks how well they fit each call’s brief.

Exhibition

Wings and Woodlands: A Tribute to Native Birds and Forests — Art Exhibit on Kauaʻi (Kauaʻi Forest Bird Recovery Project)

Kauaʻi Forest Bird Recovery Project

Annual conservation art exhibit of the Kauaʻi Forest Bird Recovery Project celebrating native manu.

30 Oct 2026Group exhibition; artist chooses sales donation

Kauaʻi Society of Artists Gallery, Kukui Grove Center, Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, USA

ResidencySelf-funded

Kaaysá Art Residency — Atlantic Forest, São Sebastião

Kaaysá Art Residency

31 Dec 2026Accommodation + curatorial support

Boiçucanga Beach, São Sebastião, São Paulo coast, Brazil

ExhibitionSelf-funded

Amsterdam Artist Showcase – February 2027

Arrival Gallery

28 Jan 2027No direct funding

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Competition

SCAF Emerging Artist Award 2027: TENSION — £1,000 Prize and Exhibition at Dean Clough, Halifax, for Yorkshire Artists

Scott Creative Arts Foundation

31 Oct 2026£1,000 first prize; £175 to 9 finalists

Dean Clough Mill, Halifax, Yorkshire, UK

GrantFully Funded

Rosy James Memorial Trust Emerging Maker Awards 2026 — Three £5,000 Bursaries for Early-Career Northern Ireland Craft Makers

Arts Council of Northern Ireland

9 Nov 2026£5,000 each (three awards)

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

ResidencyPartial Funding

The Studios at MASS MoCA — Residencies July–December 2027 (with Full Fellowships)

MASS MoCA

1 Nov 202624/7 studio + housing; full fellowships

North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

GrantFully Funded

Danish Arts Foundation Working Grants for Craft and Design 2027 — Three-Year Grant of DKK 855,000

Danish Arts Foundation

3 Feb 2027Up to DKK 855,000 (three-year grant)

Denmark

FAQ

What counts as Textile here?

This includes programs that explicitly specify Textile as the main or one of the priority mediums, ranging from specialized contests to interdisciplinary open calls.

Are digital works or performance documentation accepted?

Yes, when they meet the call’s submission rules — each listing spells out the formats and sizes the organiser asks for.

Do residencies provide specialized equipment for Textile?

Specialised residencies often offer equipped studios, print presses, darkrooms, labs or technical help — listed with each programme’s facilities.

How do I demonstrate experience in Textile?

Provide a cohesive portfolio of 5-10 recent works, with descriptions detailing the concept, dimensions, and materials used.

Are there material grants specifically for Textile?

Yes. Production grants often set aside a budget for materials and new work — each listing shows the award and what it covers.