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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| Green Olive Arts | Moroccan Art Residency - Fall 2026 Open Call | view | No deadline | Morocco |
| Aviário Studio | Aviário Studio Art Residency | view | No deadline | Portugal |
| The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation | Application by Invitation | view | No deadline | Florida, United States |
| Water & Rock Nature | Water & Rock nature art residency • Thassos island Greece • OPEN CALL | view | No deadline | Greece |
| SAS Chateau d’Orquevaux France | Chateau d'Orquevaux Artists & Writers Residency France | view | No deadline | France |
| La Porte Peinte Centre pour les Arts | La Porte Peinte: Open Call for 2027 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Dorland Mountain Arts | Residency Program | view | No deadline | California, 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 |
| Sue-Je Lee Gage Sunlit Residency for Social Justice and Human Rights | Year-Round Residency Programs | view | No deadline | New York, United States |
| The Neuro: Community, Artist Residency & Mentorship | The Neuro: Artist Residency Open Call | view | No deadline | |
| Green Olive Arts | Moroccan Art Residency - Summer 2027 Open Call | view | No deadline | Morocco |
| Azule | Open Call: Artist Residency in Appalachia | view | No deadline | North Carolina, United States |
| 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 |
| South Porch Artists | Ongoing Call for 2025 | view | No deadline | South Carolina, United States |
| Obee Editions | Collaborative Printmaking Residency - ongoing | view | No deadline | North Carolina, United States |
| Middlebrook Arts Research + Residency Center | MAR+RC Artist-in-Residency Open Call | view | No deadline | New York, United States |
| Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts | Salad Days Artist Residency | view | No deadline | Maine, United States |
| Cultivarte | TROPICAL ART RETREAT | view | No deadline | |
| List og Land | October & November 2025 | view | No deadline | Iceland |
| NIRMAN | [Open Call] NIRMAN Residencies 2026–27 (Varanasi, India) | view | No deadline | Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Green Olive Arts | Moroccan Art Residency - Fall 2027 Open Call | view | No deadline | Morocco |
| L.a. Studio & ART-14 Residency Program | Rolling Application! | view | No deadline | Pennsylvania, United States |
| 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 |
| Mauser EcoHouse: Art, Permaculture & Health | Mauser EcoHouse-Art, Permaculture, Health | view | No deadline | Puntarenas, Costa Rica |
| The Church of Orpheus | Calling All Indie, Underground Developing and Touring Band / Artists! | view | No deadline | Louisiana, United States |
| Artist Communities Alliance SAMPLE | Sample Open Call | view | No deadline | |
| Eutopia Art Residency | Sea and Urbanism - Kavala Greece - Open Call 2027 | view | No deadline | Greece |
| Millay Arts | Wintertide Rustic Retreat | view | No deadline | New York, United States |
| O Castro Art Village | Self-funded Creative Residency in Galicia, Spain | view | No deadline | Lugo, Spain |
| Chunk of the Moon | Open Call for Chunk of the Moon Residency | view | No deadline | Vermont, United States |
| Bios Romantso | Romantso Residency | view | No deadline | Greece |
| 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 |
| Zea Mays Printmaking | Summer and Fall Residencies at Green Printmaking Studio | view | No deadline | Massachusetts, United States |
| Kindred Creative Residence + Agro-ForesT | Kindred Creative Residence: Artist/Writer Retreat | view | No deadline | Vermont, United States |
| Respite in the Round | Nature-Enveloped Rest Retreats | view | No deadline | North Carolina, United States |
| Westerly Library & Wilcox Park | Open Call for 2027 Residencies | view | No deadline | Rhode Island, United States |
| Chaga Woods on Green Hill Artist Retreat | Open call to printmakers and writers | view | No deadline | Vermont, United States |
| arthereistanbul | Custom-Made Residency Program | view | No deadline | İstanbul, Turkey |
| The Hundredth Hill | The Hundredth Hill Artist Retreat for Writers and Musicians | view | No deadline | Indiana, United States |
| Millay Arts | Millay Arts: Steepletop Residency Rolling Deadline | view | No deadline | New York, United States |
| Argo Arts | Self-directed Residencies for Artists, Writers, Performers in Athens, Greece! | view | No deadline | |
| List og Land | List og Land Artists’ and Writers’ Residency, Open Call September-November 2025 | view | No deadline | Iceland |
| The Foggy Bee | Art Retreat in Downeast Maine | view | No deadline | Maine, United States |
| Printmaking Barcelona | Printmaking Program All the seasons | view | No deadline | Barcelona, Spain |
| Ars Techne | AiR Mattering Worlds | Yerevan, Armenia | view | No deadline | Armenia |
| La Maison de Beaumont | Open Call - South of France (Provence & Luberon) | view | No deadline | France |
| PLAYA | 2026 Self-Directed Residency | view | No deadline | Oregon, United States |
| Residencia Corazón | Your Art Residency in Argentina! | view | No deadline | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| FotoCreativaBA | FotoCreativaBA Artistic Residency: Buenos Aires | view | No deadline | Buenos Aires, Argentina |