Netherlands

The Jan van Eyck Academie opens a call for two Future Materials Fellowships 2026 supporting artists and designers working with sustainable and regenerative practices. The fellowship period runs from 15 January to 15 December 2026.

Eastern European Music Academy (EEMA) by Music Export Ukraine is inviting music professionals from Eastern Europe to join a 12-week intensive online music business programme focused on the region. The Academy is from 4 September 2025 to 27 November.

Rupert (Vilnius) and Sonic Acts (Amsterdam) have announced the open call for the second edition of ALTERLIFE, a joint production and research residency that invites interdisciplinary artists and collectives to develop bold, process-driven work in response to the escalating climate emergency and the conditions it exposes.

S+T+ARTS AQUA MOTION invites artists from all disciplines to apply for an interdisciplinary residency programme focused on the future of water in Europe. At a time when water scarcity, pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss are reshaping societies and ecosystems, AQUA MOTION supports artistic experimentation that engages with these challenges through collaboration with scientists, technologists, local communities, and water experts.

SIT-PLU includes a programme of residencies (SIT-RES) happening in 2026 and 2027, where artists and creative practitioners selected through the open call will be invited to engage with a specific context (social, geographical, historical) for one year and develop new forms of creative intervention/cultural mediation.

The Culture and Health Platform are calling for European artists working at the intersection of culture and elderly care to apply to join the International Hosting Week from 19-24 June 2025, in the Netherlands.

Amsterdamse Bos invites creators to explore and reveal the unseen through the lens of art and research. It is open to artists, architects, designers, scientists, landscape designers, philosophers, or activists engaged with nature, ecology, climate, and the future of the planet.

The RECHARGE Academy is calling for applications from invite cultural heritage and creative sector professionals for the chance to participate in an immersive four-day programme designed to explore innovative, participatory business models that enhance the sustainability and societal impact of cultural organisations. The Academy will take place from 3 to 6 June 2025, on the campus of Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

The Fellowship ‘Moving objects, Mobilising Culture’ enables researchers and heritage practitioners from formerly colonised countries to access and conduct research on (collections of) objects – whether defined as cultural, historical, ancestral, art or otherwise – which are currently (lost) in the Netherlands, as well as on related archives and documentation.

RIDCC invites choreographers from around the globe to submit their duets (7–12 mins) for the 7th edition of the duet competition, taking place from 11–14 June 2025, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

NEXUS, an international programme aimed at building professional networks and accessing new markets for emerging jazz musicians across Europe, is calling for applications from emerging jazz musicians, ages 18–35, based in Europe.