Open calls and residencies
Opportunities for artists across Europe: open calls, residencies, awards and grants. Every listing carries its deadline, whether there is a fee, and the source it was checked against.
Get the calls closing next, every other Tuesday.
LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2027
EUR 50,000 and a fifteen-member jury, open to any professional maker over 18 anywhere in the world. The strongest money-to-barrier ratio in this calendar for anyone working in applied-arts materials.
Matadero Madrid — Three-Month Residencies for Visual Artists
Four three-month studio residencies at Madrid's main public contemporary art centre, with workspace, funding, tools and institutional support. Open to visual artists based in Spain.
Las Dunas AiR — December Reset 2026
One month alone in a house by the Corrubedo dunes on the Galician coast, with a studio and mentoring conversations. This is self-funded, not a grant: the one selected resident pays EUR 975 for December, a quarter off the usual rate.
The ones closing next, in your inbox
Every other Tuesday, a short letter from Rebecka: three calls closing in the coming weeks, what each one pays and costs, and the one she would apply to herself. Unsubscribe in one click.
What gets listed
This calendar is for artists who apply on their own behalf. No assistant, no gallery filing it for them. So we list what such an artist can actually enter, and leave out what she cannot.
Nothing invitation-only or nomination-only. Nothing that requires gallery representation to submit. Nothing restricted to enrolled students. Every listing is checked against the organiser’s own announcement before it appears, and where there is an entry fee the amount is on the card rather than four pages in.
There are aggregators with thousands of entries. This one is shorter on purpose.
Running an open call or a residency programme? Send it to rebecka@samlio.com and it will be checked and listed. There is no charge and no paid placement.