Foundations that run open calls for artists: 282 in all, 120 accepting applications now, in Albania, Andorra, Angola, Argentina and more.
282 organisations · 120 accepting applications
Open calls from organisations of this kind: what each one has open now, the calls it ran before and how often it opens. Look at who runs a call before you apply.
Netherlands
Foundation based in the Netherlands that supports cultural initiatives sharing and imagining Europe, including cross-border cultural collaborations.
Chicago, United States
South Korea
Egypt
Germany
Japan
United States
Artesana Foundation is a New York-based arts and culture organization advancing contemporary art, cultural entrepreneurship, artist development, residencies, research, and interdisciplinary cultural programs.
Germany
A German foundation that supports and preserves artistic quality in contemporary visual art. It runs scholarships and project funding and keeps an artists' archive.
Czech Republic
Prague foundation for contemporary art that has long helped young artists bring their work to the public.
Turkey
Australia
A cultural trust that for thirty years has assisted emerging artists in Australia.
United Arab Emirates
A foundation in Abu Dhabi for music and the arts, founded by H.E. Huda Alkhamis-Kanoo, which administers the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award.
Uruguay
A foundation linked to the Banco República in Montevideo, Uruguay. Its Museo del Gaucho y la Moneda reopened in October 2024 in the bank's historic head office, and it runs the Salón de Artes Visuales.
United States
A community foundation founded in 1928 in Oakland, California, working across Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Nigeria
A foundation founded by Yinka Shonibare that runs artist residencies at its Lagos site and at the Farm House in Nigeria.
United Kingdom
A UK charity and grant-making trust that gives Indian nationals opportunities for postgraduate study and professional development. It offers long-term awards for artists of all disciplines and fellowships including one at the V&A.
Austria
Established in 2013, the Swarovski Foundation brings focus to Swarovski’s historical commitment to philanthropy by supporting charitable organisations and signature programmes to achieve positive social and environmental impact.
Switzerland
A foundation that funds research, conservation and education projects worldwide, mainly on sharks and rays, since 2003.
United States
The Abbey Foundation for the Arts is a day use Artist Residence Studio program in Boonville, CA which offers support for the recipients in the form of equipment and materials.
Switzerland
A Swiss cultural foundation that supports cultural creation and holds annual competitions for young musicians and artists.
Switzerland
Social and legacy arm of the basketball federation FIBA, which runs the annual FIBA Photo Contest.
Italy
A savings-bank foundation in Foligno, Italy, that supports cultural activities such as photographic exhibitions and calls for young artists.
Canada
Trust that awards the Griffin Poetry Prize, established in 2000, for poetry written in or translated into English.
Every foundation, residency, festival, museum, gallery and arts council whose open calls are in our catalogue — including those between calls, with the calls they ran before.
Each page shows the months its deadlines usually fall in and its past calls. Sign in to get a reminder when it opens a new one.
The links to apply, deadline reminders, artists’ reviews of organisers and who each organiser selected in its past calls. It is free.
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