Outdoor Arts

Guandu Nature Park is inviting entries to 2026 Guandu International Nature Art Festival ‘Mythic Habitat: Whispers of the spirits in the Wetland’. The selected artists will create their artworks in a natural setting using only natural or eco-friendly materials during a 4-week residency in Guandu Nature Park in Taipei, Taiwan, from 14 August to 14 September 2026.

Liepāja 2027 is inviting two visual artists for a summer residency from 22 July to 19 August 2026. The works created during the residency will become part of the programme of the project ‘Lāčplēša Garden Festival,’ a partner of Liepāja 2027.

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 Narva Art Residency (NART), in cooperation with the Narva City Architecture and Urban Planning Department, is organising a third competition to create a new large-scale installation or sculpture.

For the third year in a row, the Delegation of the European Union to Canada and the Global Centre for Climate Action at OCAD University are partnering to support artists, designers, and scholars across Canada and the EU in developing and presenting artworks that expand how we imagine and engage with climate action.

The purpose of this programme is to develop an artistic residency between Chillida Leku (Hauser & Wirth San Sebastian) and Tabakalera International Centre for Contemporary Culture, in San Sebastian, Spain.

The BUTONG International Young Artists Drifting Programme 2026 offers a 15- to 30-day residency and is open to emerging artists worldwide at Beidaihe, BUTONG International Art District, Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, China.

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.

Art Zoyd Studios is calling for applications from young composers, musicians and artists working in the field of sound art for the geolocation application Le bruit de l’air, involving a one-week residency (either 18–22 May 2026 or 1–5 June 2026) and premiere / inauguration on 19–20 September 2026, as part of the European Heritage Days.