WASP (Romania), SCIAENA (Portugal), and HIAP (Finland) invite artists to apply for a new international programme bringing together artists, researchers, community organisers and cultural organisations working in and with Europe’s so-called ‘edges’.
This call supports artistic mobility – artists are invited to travel for one of the above artistic research and creation residencies in 2026. This open call is for artists who are engaged with questions of climate, justice and society and who are invested in working across disciplines and places.
Residency periods:
- 5 June – 3 July 2026: Bucharest (1-2 weeks) and the Danube Delta region (2-3 weeks)
- 28 September – 21 November 2026: Suomenlinna Island (8 weeks)
- 1 October – 30 November 2026: Ria Formosa (2 or 3 weeks)
The call is open to individual artists who are residing in one of the project’s partner regions (which includes the following countries: Romania, Moldova, Portugal, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Greenland). The artists must be able to participate in the full length of the residency. Each selected artist will develop a work which will be included in a touring exhibition in 2027.
Support provided:
- Travel to and from the artists’ home – slow travel is encouraged
- Accommodation
- Working grant of 1,500 EUR per month
- Material budget of 2,000 EUR
For the exhibition, the partners will manage a budget of up to 1,000 EUR to cover costs including exhibition supervision, exhibition build and technical support. A separate budget for delivering workshops, talks and other events of up to 500 EUR will be available for the artist during the exhibition.
