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An initiative of Ars Electronica and the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, State of the ART(ist) is aimed at artists working under existential threat – be it through political repression, war, surveillance or social inequality.

Valga Architecture Residency invites researchers, architects and crafty creators to apply for our summer group residency ‘Material Purgatory: Life after demolition’ to be held at VARES Residency, Estonia, from 7 July to 24 August 2025.

The Expanded Mediterranean Residency, 15–28 September 2025 at Konvent in Spain, seeks projects that broaden the notion of the Mediterranean through narratives that break away from existing stereotypes and build bridges both in terms of content and on a conceptual level.

The Fondation Fiminco is launching an open call for artists working in visual arts, arts and crafts, dance, music, design, cinema and literature, or on research projects in the cultural domain for their residency programme in Romainville (Seine-Saint-Denis) within greater Paris.

CastCeramics is a collaborative initiative between three organisations (IRARU – Austria, Mozi – Poland, and CAFI APS – Italy) to reimagine ceramic art by combining traditional craftsmanship with modern digital techniques.

Aveiro invites two visual artists from the CreArt Network to work in Aveiro AiR (Portugal), between 16 May to 13 June 2025, curated by Patrícia Sarrico. The artists will work on artistic ceramics in the scoop of 17th International Biennale of Artistic Ceramics of Aveiro.

The University of Lille, with the support of the Hauts-de-France region and in partnership with Le Fresnoy-Studio national des arts contemporains, is launching a new call for applications for the AirLab Residency (Artist in research immersion in a laboratory) for the year 2025-2026.

Triangle-Astérides is calling for applications for a research residency, intended for early/mid-career artists from the French (excluding Marseilles) and international scenes, without age or nationality criteria, for a period of two months.

Balvi Municipality, cooperating with the Rothko Museum, invites artists to apply to the ‘Valdis Bušs 2025’ International Painting Plein Air – a creative forum organised in the museum’s residency framework – from 21 to 31 July 2025.

The Young European Artist Trieste Contemporanea Award (YEATCA) is open to artists under 30.

Southnord has announced the open call for UP NEXT 2025, their annual exhibition dedicated to showcasing the next generation of Afro-Nordic artists.