Free Global Art Calls

The Asian Cultural Council invites artists, scholars, and arts professionals to apply for its 2027 Global Grant Cycle, funding open-ended...

This free residency invites global artists, thinkers, and scientists to explore AI and language in a tiny Catalan village.

• Rural setting: Four...

Art Talent Fair Prize gives artists worldwide the chance to showcase at contemporary art fairs. The open-theme competition selects 8 finalists for...

Art Omi opens 2027 calls for four discipline-specific residencies on its Hudson Valley campus.

• Artists program deadline: Monday, September 14,...

Contemporary Art Room Gallery launches its 7th Blue Online Art Competition for September 2026, open to artists worldwide interpreting the color blue...

Arrtx invites global artists to create traditional hand-made artworks capturing a personal wish in color for their free 11th anniversary contest....

A clear trend: established institutions are offering no-fee residencies and festivals to artists worldwide, regardless of career stage.

• UJ Artists...

The Residency Françoise x Cité des arts invites mid-career and established international artists to a furnished Paris studio with a €1,000 monthly...

• Three-month remote residency (20 Sept–20 Dec 2026) focuses on contemporary art and blockchain
• Artists develop NFTs while examining technology's...

Apply now for the fully funded Switzerland Residency Program 2027 with no application fees, open to international fine art artists from anywhere in the world.

• Rolling applications with no deadline for international artists and writers.
• Interdisciplinary focus welcomes all art forms in a shared program.
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Miami International Airport invites international artists of all career stages to submit credentials for public art commissions through its Capital Improvement Program, with no application fee. Deadline: September 21, 2026.

Singapore Art Museum invites artists worldwide to apply for its free Cycle 4 residencies (June 2027–Dec 2028), open to all career stages with no...

The John Ruskin Prize 2027 invites artists worldwide to submit works on the theme Not for Present Delight, with £9,500 total prizes and an exhibition...

The International Mute Photo Festival (IMPhF 2027) in Samos, Greece invites entries worldwide with no fees.

• Deadline: April 30, 2027 for series...

Politics in Collage invites artists worldwide to a four-week virtual residency responding to rising authoritarianism, running September 14 to October 5, 2026 with Kolaj Institute.

Isabel Vue Gallery in San Francisco offers a free open call for new artists to exhibit, with an August 31, 2026 deadline. No submission fee required.

Artists can trade 10–15 hours weekly of grounds work and ceramics production for lodging and a shipping-container studio at High Desert Test Sites'...

Prospect Art seeks professional visual artists worldwide for its NEW WORK 2027 open call, with current undergrad and grad studio art students ineligible.

The International Triennial of Textile Arts 2027 in Hungary invites global creators with its theme Interwoven Generation.

• Deadline February 2027 –...