Czech Republic

This residency in České Budějovice is a collaboration between the festival Umění ve městě (Art in the City) 2026 and the European Capital of Culture České Budějovice 2028. ‘Fragility’ is this year’s theme of Umění ve městě and the residency should ideally take place for up to three weeks between mid-May and the beginning of June 2026.

KUK Theatre Festival, dedicated to theatre for early years, has announced an open call for shows for its 11th edition. The festival will be held at the Vzlet Cultural Centre in Prague, Czech Republic, from 27 September to 1 October 2026.

AiR SVĚTOVA 1 2026 will provide a one-month creative and research residency programme for one emerging visual artist at the beginning of their career, during which they can focus on developing a new artistic project. The residency is from 1 November to 6 December 2026 in Prague, Czech Republic.

South Specific Festival announces an open call for international co-productions of new site-specific and immersive projects in the field of live arts and audiovisual creation.

Partners from the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary are opening a call for applications for artists working in these countries. The selected artist will be granted two-months residencies in 2026 and will be invited to participate in a collective festival and exhibition at AQB, Budapest in 2027.

Skateholders is an ongoing cultural project based in České Budějovice and the South Bohemian region (it is part of the European Capital of Culture 2028 programme in České Budějovice), aiming to support the development of skateboarding by strengthening community activities and activating public space. Together with skateboarders, architects, and local stakeholders, the organisers work to expand skateboarding infrastructure in the city through small-scale architectural interventions.

25AV invites artistic collaboration projects and collectives from across Europe to apply for the 25AV Residency Programme, a pan-European platform for collaborative artistic production in the fields of media art, sound, performance, and audiovisual experimentation.

This call is directed to European artists with a close relation with music and sound, with a focus on experimentation, innovation, improvisation, cooperative creation and audience engagement. The selected artists will take part of one artistic residency (in France, Portugal, or Czech Republic) with a duration of seven or eight days.

Art radionica Lazareti, Croatia, Lidice Art Collection – Lidice Memorial, Czechia, and Pro Progressione, Hungary, welcome applications from early-career curators and cultural professionals—especially those from underprivileged backgrounds—residing in the Creative Europe countries to participate in the ‘European Solidarity Residency’ (ESR) in the partner locations.

Inland is inviting artists, cultural producers and researchers working in the land from countries participating in the Creative Europe programme to apply for the 2026 Inland exchange programme in Spain, part of the Pastoral Twilight project.