Paid open calls for artists and craftspeople
Browse current paid open calls, commissions, funded artist residencies, grants and creative opportunities for artists, makers and musicians.
Current paid opportunities
- Channel 4 Screenwriting Course 2027 — Channel 4 / Philip Shelley
- Open Call to Artists – Galveston Arts Development Commission 2026 — opencalls.ai
- IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship 2027 — IASH / Traverse Theatre
- Cape Town Film Fund 2026/27 Additional Round — City of Cape Town
- Chicken Soup for the Soul: Humorous Stories — Chicken Soup for the Soul
- Dymphna Bursary 2026: Poetry — Scottish Poetry Library
- RAFUNAAMA GRANT 2026 — www.rafunaama.com
- OPEN CALL: 2026 Artists-in-Residence Program - Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center — archive.harvestworks.org
- WFTV Short Film Fund 2026 — Women in Film & Television UK
- UK Global Screen Fund: Slate Development Fund — British Film Institute
- CKA Mixer Event Hosts 2026/27 — CKA / Cornwall
- Stroom x Museumnacht 2026 Moving Image Open Call — Stroom Den Haag
- Aberdeen Art Gallery Micro-Commissions 2026 — Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums
- In Motion 2027 — Applications open this October — Sound and Music
- MOSAIC Window Installation Open Call — www.mcla.edu
- Open Call – Artist Opportunity — www.bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk
- Open Call - Artist Opportunity - Bridgwater Arts Centre — www.bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk
- Commission: Back To The Market: Artist Commission Open Call — www.artrabbit.com
- Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award — Médicos del Mundo (Doctors of the World Spain)
- Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants — Arts Council England
- This is Gender Curatorial Fellowship 2026 — Global Health 50/50
- Gasworks Residency 2027 - Artists Based in East Africa — Gasworks
- City of Reno West 4th Street Roundabout Sculpture — City of Reno
- Puffin Foundation Grants — Puffin Foundation
- INDENT Emerging Filmmaker Fellowship — INDENT
- Seattle Office of Arts & Culture SmART Ventures — Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
- Signature Public Art Commission for the Aplin Center — Texas A&M University
- Call to Tile Artists: Aqua Crest Aquatic Complex — Palm Beach County Art in Public Places
- Public Art RFQ - Rolling Deadline — Blue Line Arts
- Montrose Roundabout & Gateway Corridor: Large-Scale Steel Sculpture — City of Montrose, Colorado