Malta

The Culture Directorate Malta welcomes applications from international artists (not residing in Malta) to benefit from an Artist in Residency programme and develop their work in Malta over a maximum period of one month taking place between 1 October and 5 December 2025. The Artist in Residence theme for 2025 – Pax Kultura – aims to provide a platform for reflection, innovation, and connection across different artistic fields with the overarching aim of providing a point of encounter between the arts, culture, and peace.

Malta Biennale is calling for applications from artists for their main programme, as well as applications for the thematic pavilions and satellite events, for the 2026 edition.

The Culture Directorate Malta welcomes applications from international artists to benefit from an Artist in Residence programme, offering the opportunity to develop their work in Malta over a period of one month taking place any time between 1 July and 30 September 2025.

Ulysses’ Shelter is a cooperation project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union aiming to build a network of exchange literary residencies across Europe designed for emerging writers and literary translators.

In 2024, three small islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Ustica in Italy, Alonissos in Greece and Gozo in Malta, will host a 7-day residency programme where artists will work with communities to raise ocean literacy and inspire a more environmentally friendly behaviour, through co-creation and cross fertilisation activities on-site and online. Applicants must be based in a European country.

maltabiennale.art 2024 will be held in Malta. This call is intended for both local and international artists, curators, curatorial teams, project managers, etc., wishing to present projects in accordance with the theme of this year’s Biennale, ‘white sea olive groves’.

The Valletta Cultural Agency is inviting artists to submit one or more artistic proposals for street installations, as part of its 2023 cultural programme. This call aims to celebrate the power of art in public places, transforming the streets into a fun and colourful artistic installation, through works of art that harmoniously blend with urban environments open to passers-by.

Situated in the village of Balzan, Rosa Kwir is Malta’s first queer-focused art space. LGBTQIA+ artists from anywhere in the world are invited to contribute to a physical exhibition, running from 30 September – 31 December 2022.

Following a successful pilot programme in 2019, ŻfinMalta - National Dance Company, is offering 3 residencies (each no longer than a week) to be programmed in the months of April-June 2020. The residencies are for local and Europe-based dance practitioners to further develop their choreographic research/practice. Deadline: 8 February 2020.