Arab States

Diriyah Art Futures announces an open call for applications to its next digital and technology-led creative production and training programme (October 2026 to October 2027) targeting emerging artists working in New Media and Digital Art.

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.

For its sixth edition, the Art Here exhibition at Louvre Abu Dhabi invites contemporary artists from the GCC countries (both nationals and residents) and from India (nationals only) to submit proposals for large scale sculptures and installations designed for the museum’s outdoor spaces.

The Artist Residency Grants invite both local and international artists to create new work and engage with the Ras Al Khaimah community. Inspired by the Emirates, these artists produce works and share their expertise through workshops. Open to all creative practices, the programme offers six-month residencies that culminate in an exhibition and a collaborative public art installation.

ARTEMIS is a project supported by a Consortium of 10 international organisations of the music sector. It is dedicated to safeguard, transmit, and promote the practice of playing period instruments and to support young European and neighbouring countries artists in the development of their European and international careers.

A joint initiative by the 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic & Sports Museum (QOSM) and the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Olympic Heritage | Artists in Residence programme aims to push the boundaries of how audiences experience the Olympic Games by bringing together digital art with the Olympic Games’ historic and cultural significance.

As part of the regional ICC development project in Indian Oceania, the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) is launching the sixth round of allocation of ‘AléVini, regional mobility support fund’. The project, financed by the French Development Agency (AFD), aims to strengthen regional collaboration and contribute to local economic development linked to the structuring of cultural actors and their ecosystem.

Tilal Utique welcomes artists from across the Global Majority to participate in its multidisciplinary residency programme in northern Tunisia.

ARTEMIS is now launching the open call for the activities happening in 2026 in the Mediterranean Hub.