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The Maja Arte Contemporanea Artist Residency 2026 call is open to female artists born after 31 December 1985 who express their creativity through drawing, painting, photography, video, sculpture, or other visual art forms.

Mophradat is continuing their partnership with Kunstencentrum BUDA and NEXT Festival in Belgium to offer a three-week residency (October/November 2026) for a performing artist from the Arab world.

MERITA Platform supports the European circulation of the new generation of professional chamber music ensembles, running until August 2029.

EU-funded project CYCLE UP! has published ‘Sustaining Creativity: The honest guide to sustainable residencies’, a practical toolkit for artist residencies wanting to work more sustainably.

The Podcast Academy is an Aerowaves initiative designed to master a valuable tool for dance and performance promotion. It consists of online sessions in February-April 2026 and in-person practice at Aerowaves Spring Forward festival, 6-9 May 2026 in Guimarães (Portugal).

The Experimance Festival 2026 is looking for artistic contributions in the field of sound art. Applications are welcome from both solo artists and groups.

The Parc naturel régional de l’Aubrac, in partnership with the commune of Montézic, is launching the second edition of ‘Parlons Culture & Création’, a residency designed to foster artistic creation and cultural dialogue in rural settings.

The AEC–ECSA–EJN–JMI Mentorship Programme 2025-2027 invites established professionals to join as mentors in this new edition of our EU-funded initiative. They will have the opportunity to introduce emerging talents to the music industry while actively working to enhance gender equality and non-binary visibility in the music industry.

This open call is for one residency of three months (1 January – 30 March 2026), organised by Greylight Projects (Heerlen, NL) in collaboration with the international dance festival schrit_tmacher.

The Nantes Institute for Advanced Study is establishing a fellowship in ‘Arts, Societies and Contemporary Mutations’. The duration of the residency is six months from 14 September 2026 to 14 March 2027.

Akademie Schloss Solitude is accepting applications for its residential fellowships for the period 2026–2028. International artists, researchers, and cultural professionals from all disciplines will have the opportunity to apply for a six- or nine-month fellowship.

The AEC–ECSA–EJN–JMI Mentorship Programme 2025-2027 is an EU-funded initiative designed to introduce emerging musicians to the professional sector while actively working to enhance gender equality and non-binary visibility in the music industry.