Artist Opportunities

WIP Lab is seeking proposals for its upcoming residency program in Cyprus. Under the theme “Invisible Waters”, we welcome creative practitioners working at the intersection of art, design, technology and science, to engage with one of the most pressing environmental issues of our region: water.

Cyprus faces acute challenges — from recurring droughts and diminishing groundwater to inefficient irrigation and water pollution. The residency invites you to critically and creatively engage with water’s materiality, its politics, its absence or abundance, and the stories it carries. Whether you’re interested in experimental practices, community-based work, design interventions, or speculative futures, we are looking for ideas that provoke, connect, and inspire.

Eligibility: Designers, Artists, Architects, Makers, Engineers, Creatives and Cross-Disciplinary thinkers.

What you get:

• 2-3 months residency (October to December)
• 1500 euros per month (stipend allowance)
  – This covers traveling to/from Cyprus, accommodation, and other expenses
• Additional production cost upon discussion
• Residency support including mentorship, workspace, and access to local networks
• A collaborative working environment with other residents and WIP partners
• Opportunities for public engagement and co-creation with local communities
• Production support for presenting the outcomes
  (exhibition, event, prototype, or publication)

Deadline 18 July 2025

The first of multiple opportunities for EU / EEA / Balkan /Georgian / Armenian / Tunisian based researchers, writers, poets, songwriters, playwrights or librettists to join a creative team exploring language as identity in Ireland.

At the edges of Europe languages meet, morph and both make & break communities. The first Sonic Bridges film will explore how languages mingling at the edges of europe are used to both include and exclude.

Eligibility: Residents in or Passport Holders of Creative Europe participating countries

What you get: Approx 10-day residency in Ireland over two visits. Dates are not fixed and will be agreed following selection, other than late 2025/2026 working with creative team. Film finalised by Spring 2027. Artist Fee: EUR3000 + travel expenses and accommodation + production budget. This project focuses particularly on narratives of minority or immigrating languages, and so we encourage applications from artists with lived experience. The application form will close on 27.07.2025 at noon GMT. Eligible artsts must reside in and have permission to work in Creative Europe participating countries.

Deadline 27 July 2025

Clay City is a year-long collaboration between Throwing Shapes and Staycity, offering one 12-month graduate program and three 3-month professional residencies for ceramic artists.

Eligibility: Recent Graduates and Professional Artists who can legally live and work in Ireland

What you get: Free accomodation, Free studio membership, Solo Exhibition, Marketing opportunities

Deadline 28 July 2025

DIGITAL on STAGE officially launches its open call for the 'Cascade Funding' support program, which will fund the production of 24 performing arts shows that integrate advanced technologies with a grant of 8,000€ per project.

Eligibility: The call is open to artists or collectives based in Greece, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Belgium or Sweden whose work incorporates digital tools such as mixed reality, artificial intelligence, sensors, projections, code, robotics or any other form of advanced technology. The selected works will be showcased internationally in 2026 at MMMAD Festival (Spain), Kilowatt Festival (Italy), or For Real Festival (Belgium).

What you get: 24 grants of 8.000€ each

Deadline 31 July 2025

The Discovery Art Fair 2025 invites galleries, artists and art projects to participate. Discovery Art Fair is a platform for fresh, relevant and uncompromising contemporary art. We bring established players and newcomers, galleries and artists together - on an equal level, with integrity and, above all, with curiosity.

Eligibility: Galleries with a strong program and clear curatorial line, Artists or collectives with a powerful, contemporary voice, Project spaces with the courage to leave gaps, experiment and discourse

What you get: Visibility at a curated art fair with profile, Access to collectors, curators, press & audience, Space for real encounters, networking and exchange

Deadline 31 July 2025

Rupert (Vilnius) and Sonic Acts (Amsterdam) are pleased to announce the open call for the second edition of ALTERLIFE – a joint production and research residency between both cities. The three-month residency is fully funded and split across two periods: April–May 2026 at Rupert in Vilnius, and November 2026 at Sonic Acts in Amsterdam. Artists will present research during each residency, with the final work to be exhibited, possibly as iterations, at Rupert (2026/2027) and the Sonic Acts Biennial (2028).

Eligibility: This residency welcomes all EU-based artists to submit their proposals. People from the following countries are welcome to apply: all EU Member States, eligible non-EU countries participating in the Creative Europe Programme include EEA EFTA countries (Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein), as well as acceding, candidate, and potential candidate countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Ukraine). Additionally, countries under the European Neighbourhood Policy, such as Armenia and Tunisia, are also eligible. We encourage individual artists or duos who take a multidisciplinary approach, particularly practices which incorporate sound and video.

What you get: A combined three-month residency that includes fully-funded stays at Rupert in Vilnius (April–May 2026) and Sonic Acts in Amsterdam (November 2026), with accommodation and workspace provided. Residents receive a total stipend of EUR 3,800 for the full residency, along with up to EUR 400 in travel support for each location. The program also includes a total of EUR 7,000 in funding for public presentations—EUR 2,000 for Rupert and EUR 5,000 for Sonic Acts—as well as guidance and support for the development and production of a new artwork. Participants will benefit from feedback sessions, production assistance, help with funding applications, and support from local artists and curators in both cities. The project will be featured on the Sonic Acts and Rupert websites or publications, and will include research presentations as part of public programming in Vilnius and Amsterdam in 2026. Final works will be exhibited at Rupert in 2026 or 2027 and at the Sonic Acts Biennial in 2028.

Deadline 17 August 2025

The Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) invites artists worldwide, aged 18 and over, to submit artwork for the ROI Annual Exhibition 2025 at Mall Galleries.

Submission deadline: Friday 10 October 2025 at 12 noon.

This year’s special theme is ‘HOME’ – with the ROI Themed Painting Prize awarded for the best interpretation. However, the theme is optional and represents just one aspect of a broader exhibition, which welcomes oil paintings on all subjects.

Eligibility:

• Artists worldwide may enter a maximum of six artworks each.

• The combined total of the longest dimensions of accepted paintings must not exceed 8 feet per artist.

• Works must have been completed within the last three years and not previously exhibited at Mall Galleries.

• Works must be created in oils. The ROI promotes and exhibits work of the highest standard in oil paint.
  Water-soluble oil paint is acceptable if framed as an oil painting, to maintain the overall appearance of the exhibition.

What you get:
Take part in the ROI Annual Exhibition 2025 at Mall Galleries (27 Nov – 13 Dec 2025) With a total prize fund exceeding £10,000.

Deadline 10 October 2025