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Open calls, read before you apply.

Residencies, grants, prizes and exhibitions that are open today. Each one is checked on the organiser’s own page, then read for three things: who chooses, what it costs, what it pays.

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13 calls open today

Open today, soonest closing date first.

Anyone can read this list. With a free account, each call is also read against your own stage.

Residency

European Media Art Platform (EMAP) Residencies 2027

European Media Art Platform (EMAP), initiated by werkleitz · 15 host institutions across Europe

Not enough to tell · pays € 4,000 in total, housing, travel and materials · the listing does not say who chooses or what it costs

Closes 6 November · Due todayThe organiser’s page

Residency

Regular Artist Residency 2027-2028

Est-Nord-Est, résidence d'artistes · Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada

Not enough to tell · pays the artist, amount not stated, housing · the listing does not say who chooses or what it costs

Closes 8 November · 2 days leftThe organiser’s page

Public Art

Chicago Sculpture Exhibit 2027-28

Chicago Sculpture Exhibit · Chicago, USA

Moves you forward · chosen by a jury · pays $ 2,000 in total · free to apply · you pay for delivery, installation, removal and insurance

Closes 20 November · 14 days leftThe organiser’s page

Residency

33rd International Studio Program of the ACC Galerie Weimar and the City of Weimar: On Absence

ACC Galerie Weimar and the City of Weimar · Weimar, Germany

Moves you forward · chosen by a jury · pays € 1,100 a month, housing · you pay for travel

Closes 22 November · 16 days leftThe organiser’s page

Public Art

Open Call for Land and Ecological Art on Eulsukdo, Busan

Busan Metropolitan City, Urban Parks Division · Busan, South Korea

Moves you forward · chosen by a jury · pays the artist, amount not stated, materials

Closes 22 November · 16 days leftThe organiser’s page

Residency

Artistes en résidence de la Casa de Velázquez 2027-2028

Casa de Velázquez, Académie de France à Madrid · Madrid, Spain

Not enough to tell · the listing does not say who chooses or what it costs

Closes 27 November · 21 days leftThe organiser’s page

Grant

Vital Impacts Environmental Photography Fellowships and Mentorships

Vital Impacts · Online

Not enough to tell · pays $ 20,000 in total · $ 25 to apply · the listing does not say who chooses

Closes 30 November · 24 days leftThe organiser’s page

Grant

The Aftermath Project 2026 Post-Conflict Grant

The Aftermath Project · Online

Moves you forward · chosen by a jury · pays $ 25,000 in total

Closes 1 December · 25 days leftThe organiser’s page

Public Art

Amsterdam Light Festival Edition 16: open call

Amsterdam Light Festival · Amsterdam, Netherlands

Moves you forward · chosen by a jury · pays € 4,000 in total, travel and materials

Closes 7 December · 31 days leftThe organiser’s page

Prize

Sony World Photography Awards 2027: Series competition

World Photography Organisation · London, United Kingdom

Not enough to tell · pays $ 25,000 in total · free to apply · the listing does not say who chooses

Closes 12 January 2027 · 67 days leftThe organiser’s page

Grant

Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant 2027

Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation · New York, USA

Moves you forward · chosen by a jury · pays $ 25,000 in total

Closes 15 January 2027 · 70 days leftThe organiser’s page

Residency

Helene Wurlitzer Foundation residency, 2028 sessions

The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico · Taos, New Mexico, USA

Not enough to tell · housing covered · $ 30 to apply · the listing does not say who chooses

Closes 18 January 2027 · 73 days leftThe organiser’s page

Prize

The 14th International Ceramics Exhibition Mino, Japan

International Ceramics Festival Mino, Japan, Executive Committee · Tajimi, Japan

Moves you forward · chosen by a jury · pays the artist, amount not stated · free to apply

Closes 29 January 2027 · 84 days leftThe organiser’s page

How a call is read

One of five readings, from written rules.

The reading comes from what the call’s own page states. When the page does not say who chooses, the reading is “Not enough to tell”. Nothing is guessed, and no call is hidden.

Moves you forward

Someone chooses you, and you do not pay to take part.

Paid work

It pays you. It is work, not a selection.

Market test

Sales and contacts, not a selection.

You pay to take part

Whoever pays is in. Never read as a selection, even with a jury.

Not enough to tell

The page does not say who chooses.

What a free account gives you

Your profile, your stage, and the calls that fit it.

A profile

Your CV, read into a record you answer for, line by line.

Your Career Compass

The stage your record documents today, the gates to the next one, and what is still open.

Calls read against your stage

For each gate still open, the kinds of call that can close it and the kinds that cannot.

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