Europe

CrafTopia Creative Hub is calling for five visual artists to apply to the 30-day artist residency hosted in Thessaloniki, Greece.

.ART Award 2026 is a new global art prize celebrating how art is made, open to artists worldwide, working in any medium or art form.

KUTE project is calling for choreographers who will be offered the opportunity to create a new project with the dancers of SPECIFIC training centre for contemporary dancers, directed by Loris Petrillo.

The first research grant will be launched in spring 2026 and from 2027 onward, the Foundation will award two grants per year. Through this initiative, the Foundation seeks to support a new generation of researchers by promoting mobility, facilitating access to resources and offering dedicated scholarly guidance.

MudTronics is a collaborative competition that brings together bio, tech, and art/design to explore what we can do with microbial fuel cells. Participants experiment with turning mud, wastewater and microbes into power, creating prototypes that are playful, critical, and ecologically grounded. The programme runs from June to September 2026.

Gasworks is calling for applications from early-career artists based in the Caribbean. The eleven-week, fully funded residency will take place at Gasworks in London from 6 January – 24 March 2027.

CreArt is calling for applications from international artists for a 5-week residency in České Budějovice, Czech Republic. Artists will work in a local school to act as a creative mentor for a group of 20+ students.

Serpentine Arts Technologies launches the inaugural Future Art Ecosystems (FAE) R&D Fellowship: Art x Convergence. The inaugural Fellowship is a six-month, low-residency programme (September 2026–March 2027) supporting individual practitioners and broader ecosystem development in art and advanced technologies.

MedSEA – Socially Engaged Arts in the Mediterranean Area, a European cooperation project, launches an open call addressed to emerging artists and cultural professionals working — or wishing to work — with participatory and socially engaged artistic practices.

The applications for the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures’ Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellowships in Japanese Arts 2026-27 are now open and are looking to select up to seven early career scholars.

The Absa L’Atelier competition, through its prizes, supports visual artists in growing their brand and in equipping them with the relevant skills needed to build their careers.