Arts organisations in Switzerland running open calls

Canton of St. Gallen

Switzerland

Save Our Seas Foundation

Switzerland

A foundation that funds research, conservation and education projects worldwide, mainly on sharks and rays, since 2003.

Federal Office of Culture

Switzerland

The Swiss federal office for culture. It funds artistic creation, supports cultural heritage, amateur culture, living traditions and multilingualism, runs the Swiss Art Awards, and oversees institutions including the Swiss National Library.

Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung

Switzerland

A Swiss cultural foundation that supports cultural creation and holds annual competitions for young musicians and artists.

FIBA Foundation

Switzerland

Social and legacy arm of the basketball federation FIBA, which runs the annual FIBA Photo Contest.

Pro Helvetia

Switzerland

Pro Helvetia - Support, connect, inspire. Committed to the arts in Switzerland and around the world.

Grindelwald Tourismus

Switzerland

The tourism organisation of Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, which has run the Land Art Festival Grindelwald since 2023.

bluefactory

Switzerland

A site that hosts creative workshops, associations, a radio and modular administrative spaces, under the motto 'The rise of the citizen of the future'.

Stadt Dübendorf

Switzerland

The town of Dübendorf near Zurich, Switzerland, which offers a city studio for artists.

Amt für Kultur des Kantons Bern

Switzerland

The cultural office of the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. It runs cultural funding, including residency grants for Bern-based artists abroad.

Landis & Gyr Foundation

Switzerland

The Landis & Gyr Foundation supports outstanding projects from a wide range of artistic disciplines. The main area of focus is professional and contemporary creative work by artists/writers in Switzerland, preferably in cooperation with a…

Lilly Keller Stiftung

Switzerland

A Swiss foundation that runs artist residencies. Applications for the 2027 residencies are open until 1 November 2026.

Ville de Neuchâtel

Switzerland

TRACES Art & Science @ Energypolis

Switzerland

An art and science programme at Energypolis in Sion that invites an international visual artist to work with the Laboratory for Energy Materials.

Arts at CERN

Switzerland

The arts programme of CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva.

Landschaftspark Binntal

Switzerland

Nature park in the Binntal, Valais, Switzerland, combining nature, culture, trade, tourism and agriculture.

Kunsthalle Graubünden

Switzerland

Kunsthalle in Chur, Switzerland, a platform for emerging artists, contemporary art and curatorial exhibition concepts.

Visarte Ost

Switzerland

Eastern Swiss section of Visarte, the professional association of visual artists in Switzerland, which represents artists' interests in politics and society.

HelvetArt Gallery

Geneva, Switzerland

Kanton Thurgau

Switzerland

Tanzhaus Zürich

Switzerland

Michelangelo Foundation

Switzerland

Homo Faber Championing and supporting creative artisans worldwide Homo Faber is presented by the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship Homo Faber is a cultural movement centred on creative artisans.

Kanton Glarus

Switzerland

Fumetto Comic Festival Luzern

Switzerland