Ongoing Open Calls
Discover residency programs using the Open Call listings.
An open call is an opportunity for applications. Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) provides two types of lists to help with the residency search process. Note that only ACA members and their residency programs are listed.
Ongoing Open Calls are sorted alphabetically by open call name. These Open Calls do not have a deadline and applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
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| Chaga Woods on Green Hill Artist Retreat | Open call to printmakers and writers | view | No deadline | Vermont, United States |
| Westerly Library & Wilcox Park | Open Call for 2027 Residencies | view | No deadline | Rhode Island, United States |
| The Hundredth Hill | The Hundredth Hill Artist Retreat for Writers and Musicians | view | No deadline | Indiana, United States |
| arthereistanbul | Custom-Made Residency Program | view | No deadline | İstanbul, Turkey |
| Argo Arts | Self-directed Residencies for Artists, Writers, Performers in Athens, Greece! | view | No deadline | |
| Millay Arts | Millay Arts: Steepletop Residency Rolling Deadline | view | No deadline | New York, United States |
| WildHeart: Center for Performance and Embodiment Practice | Artist in Residency | view | No deadline | New York, United States |
| List og Land | List og Land Artists’ and Writers’ Residency, Open Call September-November 2025 | view | No deadline | Iceland |
| Printmaking Barcelona | Printmaking Program All the seasons | view | No deadline | Barcelona, Spain |
| The Foggy Bee | Art Retreat in Downeast Maine | view | No deadline | Maine, United States |
| La Maison de Beaumont | Open Call - South of France (Provence & Luberon) | view | No deadline | France |
| Ars Techne | AiR Mattering Worlds | Yerevan, Armenia | view | No deadline | Armenia |
| PLAYA | 2026 Self-Directed Residency | view | No deadline | Oregon, United States |
| FotoCreativaBA | FotoCreativaBA Artistic Residency: Buenos Aires | view | No deadline | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Residencia Corazón | Your Art Residency in Argentina! | view | No deadline | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Aviário Studio | Aviário Studio Art Residency | view | No deadline | Portugal |
| Green Olive Arts | Moroccan Art Residency - Fall 2026 Open Call | view | No deadline | Morocco |
| Water & Rock Nature | Water & Rock nature art residency • Thassos island Greece • OPEN CALL | view | No deadline | Greece |
| The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation | Application by Invitation | view | No deadline | Florida, United States |
| Jackrabbit Studios | Fall 2026 / Winter 2027 Open Call | view | No deadline | |
| SAS Chateau d’Orquevaux France | Chateau d'Orquevaux Artists & Writers Residency France | view | No deadline | France |
| Lovely People Place | Calling for Artists to join our Non-Profit Art and Yoga Residency on the Coast of Portugal. | view | No deadline | Portugal |
| La Porte Peinte Centre pour les Arts | La Porte Peinte: Open Call for 2027 | view | No deadline | France |
| Dorland Mountain Arts | Residency Program | view | No deadline | California, United States |
| adriftproject Residency Inc. | Make art on a boat! (transient on the US east coast, will be in Baltimore mid July-mid August) | view | No deadline | Connecticut, United States |
| Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts / OffShore Artists Residency | Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts Residency Program Summer + Fall 2026 | view | No deadline | Massachusetts, United States |
| The Neuro: Community, Artist Residency & Mentorship | The Neuro: Artist Residency Open Call | view | No deadline | |
| Sue-Je Lee Gage Sunlit Residency for Social Justice and Human Rights | Year-Round Residency Programs | view | No deadline | New York, United States |
| Azule | Open Call: Artist Residency in Appalachia | view | No deadline | North Carolina, United States |
| Green Olive Arts | Moroccan Art Residency - Summer 2027 Open Call | view | No deadline | Morocco |
| We-Che Art Residency | PERMANENT CALL - We-Che Nature Art Residency - Patagonia Argentina | view | No deadline | Chubut, Argentina |
| Atlantic Center for the Arts | Atlantic Center for the Arts : Ongoing Mentored Artist Residency | view | No deadline | Florida, United States |
| Dorland Mountain Arts | 2026/2027 Dorland Residencies | view | No deadline | California, United States |
| Obee Editions | Collaborative Printmaking Residency - ongoing | view | No deadline | North Carolina, United States |
| South Porch Artists | Ongoing Call for 2025 | view | No deadline | South Carolina, United States |
| Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts | Salad Days Artist Residency | view | No deadline | Maine, United States |
| Middlebrook Arts Research + Residency Center | MAR+RC Artist-in-Residency Open Call | view | No deadline | New York, United States |
| Cultivarte | TROPICAL ART RETREAT | view | No deadline | |
| NIRMAN | [Open Call] NIRMAN Residencies 2026–27 (Varanasi, India) | view | No deadline | Uttar Pradesh, India |
| List og Land | October & November 2025 | view | No deadline | Iceland |
| L.a. Studio & ART-14 Residency Program | Rolling Application! | view | No deadline | Pennsylvania, United States |
| Green Olive Arts | Moroccan Art Residency - Fall 2027 Open Call | view | No deadline | Morocco |
| Rural Hackers | Rural Hackers Residency | view | No deadline | Pontevedra, Spain |
| ´ace | Palimpsest Project—Mural Painting Open Call for 2026 | view | No deadline | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Respite in the Round | Spring Ephemerals in the South | view | No deadline | North Carolina, United States |
| The Church of Orpheus | Calling All Indie, Underground Developing and Touring Band / Artists! | view | No deadline | Louisiana, United States |
| Mauser EcoHouse: Art, Permaculture & Health | Mauser EcoHouse-Art, Permaculture, Health | view | No deadline | Puntarenas, Costa Rica |
| Eutopia Art Residency | Sea and Urbanism - Kavala Greece - Open Call 2027 | view | No deadline | Greece |
| Artist Communities Alliance SAMPLE | Sample Open Call | view | No deadline | |
| O Castro Art Village | Self-funded Creative Residency in Galicia, Spain | view | No deadline | Lugo, Spain |
| Millay Arts | Wintertide Rustic Retreat | view | No deadline | New York, United States |
| Bios Romantso | Romantso Residency | view | No deadline | Greece |
| Chunk of the Moon | Open Call for Chunk of the Moon Residency | view | No deadline | Vermont, United States |
| Kaatsbaan Cultural Park | Kaatsbaan Subsidized Residencies Open Call | view | No deadline | New York, United States |
| Makers Circle | Kinship Studio - Residencies for Photographers, Writers, & Makers | view | No deadline | Maryland, United States |
| Kindred Creative Residence + Agro-ForesT | Kindred Creative Residence: Artist/Writer Retreat | view | No deadline | Vermont, United States |
| Zea Mays Printmaking | Summer and Fall Residencies at Green Printmaking Studio | view | No deadline | Massachusetts, United States |
| Respite in the Round | Nature-Enveloped Rest Retreats | view | No deadline | North Carolina, United States |