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Fund projects that share, explore, pass on, express, or celebrate community culture through the arts, including traditional art forms and contemporary forms rooted in cultural traditions.
PRAKSIS offers thematic residencies providing accommodation, a stipend for international residents, and a program of activities for artists, thinkers, and researchers from various disciplines.
The residency focuses on agro-industrial plantation projects, land dispossession and displacement of communities in Southeast Asia, and their relation to The Netherlands, explored through archival research and counter-narratives.
Submit 20 cohesive images (jpegs), artist's CV or resume, and an artist's statement for consideration for gallery exhibition opportunities.
Artists, cultural organizers, writers, and researchers focused on ceramics and earthenware projects are invited to apply for a residency that provides accommodation, studio space, and production support in Vietnam.
Submit contemporary artworks for consideration in the Second edition of the Vera Brant Prize, a competition designed to discover new talents and highlight excellence in contemporary art.
Artists primarily from Ukraine or Russian dissident backgrounds are invited to apply for an 8-week residency at DRAW international in Caylus, France, with studio space, accommodation, and a €2,000 creation grant.
Apply for one of three 3-month artist residency programs (SOLO, COLLECTIVE, or CROSS) in Tirana, which provides studio space, production facilities, and living/production grants.
Submit paintings for a juried group exhibition at Sun Museum in June 2026.
A dancer and choreographer pursuing research on Ballroom culture, Black identity, and LGBTQ+ spirituality through a residency in New York and Atlanta, May-June 2025.
The residency supports an artist's exploration of ecological witnessing, polycosmologies, and indigenous knowledge systems through hybrid interdisciplinary practice combining environmental research, remote sensing, and collaborative cartography.
The residency supports research into Balinese cultural artifacts in European museums during colonization, examining colonial legacies and their influence on contemporary visual arts and culture in Bali.
Submit printmaking work for a national juried exhibition celebrating the intersection of printmaking's historical traditions and contemporary practices.
Two exhibitions examining origin, identity, and home within the context of the U.S. Semiquincentennial, and contemporary reframing of historical monuments.
Artists, thinkers, and professionals are invited to apply for a 10-day immersive winter retreat in Iceland featuring natural immersion, geological insight, contemporary art encounters, one-to-one mentoring, and community experiences.
Submit photobooks published since November 2019 for exhibition and promotion during the ZUM 2021 Festival.
Submit up to two artworks per artist or collective in up to two categories addressing the theme of cartography and hybridity of the female body for visual and affective representation.
Artists apply for multidisciplinary residencies in Hong Kong offering studio space, resources, and community engagement.
Apply for a collaborative residency that supports traditional and experimental contemporary art practice and encourages cross-cultural dialogue.
The Art Explora Art Commission invites artists to create sculptural and sonic works that intervene in public infrastructure and explore contemporary artistic practices in response to East London's streets, neighborhoods, and sense of place. The Performing Arts Programme engages young people in a co-creative dance process responding to objects in the V&A collection, specifically Picasso's 1924 painted stage cloth Le Train Bleu.
An independent research initiative exploring connections between contemporary art and psychoanalysis through residencies, exhibitions, and public events.
Dutch museums and cultural heritage institutions apply for grants to acquire special items or partial collections to enrich the Netherlands Institute of Cultural Heritage.
A research residency exploring the role of Dutch engraving and printing traditions in shaping imaginaries stemming from travel narratives and colonial-era accounts of the Americas, examined through contemporary artistic practice and drawing.
Organizations and initiatives seeking to connect new audiences to visual art through a one-off contemporary visual art project or program.
Submit three images for a temporary public art installation to be exhibited for 4-6 months at Rochester Contemporary Art Center's main facility.
Apply to a 2-3 month artist residency offering private live/work studios, specialized facilities (sculpture, ceramics, sound), financial support, and community engagement at Bemis Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Three rotating collection presentations spanning different eras: modern and contemporary art and design from 1980 to present, post-war to 1980s, and art and design from around 1880 to 1950.
International contemporary artists, scientists, architects, educators, and innovators apply for an annual expeditionary residency aboard a specially equipped vessel exploring the high-Arctic Svalbard Archipelago.