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.
In Situ Residency 2027
Six months in a live-in studio in the Marais for artists in the first decade of practice, paid EUR 1,000 a month plus a EUR 2,000 production grant. One of the few Paris residencies that asks for English rather than French.
Delfina Foundation x Gulbenkian Residency 2027
A three-month London residency at Delfina Foundation for visual artists from Portugal and the Portuguese-speaking African nations. Open application, no nomination and no gallery needed.
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.
Villa Medici Fellows — Annual Selection 2027
The twelve-month Rome fellowship at Villa Medici, open by competition to any nationality rather than by invitation. The French-language requirement is the real filter, not the nationality.
Trame Residency 2027
A three-month funded studio residency in Paris for artists with five or more years of practice, paying EUR 1,000 net a month plus a EUR 1,000 production grant. Ten places. French is required, which rules it out for much of the English-speaking scene.
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.
Art Explora x Cité internationale des arts Residency 2027
A funded Montmartre studio residency of three to six months paying EUR 1,000 a month, with up to EUR 3,000 for production and travel to Paris covered. No age limit and no institutional backing needed, which is rarer than it sounds.
European Media Art Platform Residencies 2027
Two-month production residencies at fifteen European host institutions, paying EUR 4,000 to the artist plus a separate EUR 4,000 production budget and free accommodation. The collaboration requirement is the catch: you cannot apply entirely alone.
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.