Museums

Museums running open calls for artists

Museums that run open calls for artists: 154 in all, 51 accepting applications now, in Albania, Andorra, Angola, Argentina and more.

154 organisations · 51 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.

Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum

United States

1 openDeadline: 14 Nov 20261 call in totalExhibitions

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Freeport Art Museum

United States

The Freeport Art Museum is a museum in Freeport, Illinois, whose Arts Plaza is the centrepiece of its growing Arts and Culture Campus.

1 openDeadline: 11 Dec 20262 calls in totalGrants

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Karikaturmuseum Krems

Austria

1 openDeadline: 31 Dec 20261 call in totalCompetitions

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Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago

United States

1 openDeadline: 20 Apr 20271 call in totalExhibitions

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TextielMuseum | TextielLab

Netherlands

1 openDeadline: 30 Oct 20261 call in totalResidencies

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Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)

United States

1 openDeadline: 31 Oct 20261 call in totalExhibitions

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Museum of Glass

United States

1 openDeadline: 1 Nov 20261 call in totalResidencies

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Museum of Northern California Art

United States

1 openDeadline: 1 Nov 20261 call in totalExhibitions

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Royal West of England Academy

United Kingdom

An academy and gallery on Queen's Road in Bristol. It runs an annual open exhibition, a biennial open call and exhibitions of its Academicians, and holds a postcard auction.

1 openDeadline: 9 Nov 20261 call in totalExhibitions

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Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Franklin Rawson

Argentina

1 openDeadline: 15 Nov 20261 call in totalGrants

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Bristol Art Museum

United States

1 openDeadline: 29 Nov 20261 call in totalExhibitions

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Holter Museum of Art

United States

1 openDeadline: 6 Dec 20261 call in totalExhibitions

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Masur Museum of Art

United States

1 openDeadline: 16 Dec 20261 call in totalExhibitions

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The Bronx Museum of the Arts

United States

1 openDeadline: 25 Oct 20261 call in totalFellowships

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Provincetown Art Association and Museum

United States

1 openDeadline: 2 Nov 20261 call in totalFellowships

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Harry Ransom Center

United States

1 openDeadline: 6 Nov 20261 call in totalFellowships

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Museo de Arte Costarricense

Costa Rica

1 openDeadline: 30 Nov 20261 call in totalCompetitions

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Franjevački muzej i galerija Široki Brijeg

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1 openDeadline: 1 Dec 20261 call in totalExhibitions

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National Portrait Gallery

United Kingdom

1 openDeadline: 1 Dec 20261 call in totalCompetitions

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Monterey Museum of Art

United States

1 openDeadline: 10 Dec 20261 call in totalExhibitions

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Museum of Northern Arizona

United States

1 openDeadline: 10 Jan 20271 call in totalResidencies

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Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park

Japan

1 openDeadline: 31 Oct 20261 call in totalResidencies

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Sixi Museum

China

1 openDeadline: 15 Nov 20261 call in totalResidencies

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Musée Fabre

France

1 openDeadline: 30 Nov 20261 call in totalGrants

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FAQ

Which organisations are listed?

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.

How do I know when an organiser opens its next call?

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.

What does sign-in add?

The links to apply, deadline reminders, artists’ reviews of organisers and who each organiser selected in its past calls. It is free.