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Live Opportunities

Grant

The Artists Now Award 2026

Apply for the Artists Now Award to receive a $3,000 USD grant and a four-week studio residency in New York at The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts.

Closes 13 Apr 2026

Open Call

Landscape Open 2026

Submit your landscape-inspired artworks to the Landscape Open at Salisbury Museum. The winning artist receives £1,000 and a solo exhibition!

Closes 20 Aug 2026

Residency

Le Wonder International Research and Creation Residency 2026

A fully-funded, one-month research and experimentation residency at Le Wonder, a collective artist studio near Paris with extensive workshop facilities.

Closes 30 Mar 2026

Residency

Resident Artists for Museo Sant’Orsola 2026

A two-month residency in Florence for women artists to develop site-specific projects for Museo Sant’Orsola, including a €1,700 grant and production budget.

Closes 30 Mar 2026

Residency

6 Month TNT Residency (Summer 2026)

Apply for a fully funded 6-month studio residency in New York, culminating in a solo exhibition or open studio and a $250 USD honorarium.

Closes 2 Apr 2026

Residency

40-Day Residency (BEERS London)

Apply for a 40-day residency in London with BEERS. Selected artists receive studio space, an honorarium, professional support, and a gallery exhibition.

Closes 31 Dec 2026

Residency

RONDO Artist Residency

Immerse yourself in Mexico City's contemporary art scene at the RONDO Residency. Choose between Live-Work or Only-Work options to develop your practice.

Closes 29 Mar 2026

Open Call

Toyooka Theater Festival Fringe 2026

Submit your work to the Toyooka Theater Festival Fringe in Japan. Transform unconventional spaces into stages and receive up to 500,000 JPY in subsidy.

Closes 1 Apr 2026

Prize

COAL Prize 2026: The Night

Defend the night as a common ecological good in the COAL Prize 2026. Submit your art project to win up to €12,000 EUR and a creative residency in France.

Closes 28 Apr 2026

Residency

Penumbra Foundation Risograph Residency 2026

Produce a small edition photographic artist’s book at the Penumbra Foundation's Risograph facilities in New York City.

Closes 31 Mar 2026

Prize

The Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2026

An annual prize awarding $2,000 USD to a full-length book of poems published in 2025 by a living poet who is not a US citizen.

Closes 1 Apr 2026

Open Call

The Book Project: Street

Submit your street photography to Black Box Gallery's Book Project. Ten selected photographers will each have 5 images featured in a published hardbound book.

Closes 25 May 2026

Open Call

"light" Photography Exhibition

Submit your interpretation of "light" to A Smith Gallery. Selected works will be featured in an online exhibition, a catalogue, and a hardbound fine art book.

Closes 13 Apr 2026

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DROP A COIN

DROP A COIN

By Blake Aitken

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