Saudi Arabia

The AlUla Fellowships Programme 2025, jointly offered by UNESCO and the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), is a fully funded fellowship lasting 24 months that selects 10 fellows in the fields of Heritage Research, Conservation and Management.

Running from 28 November until 4 December 2025, the residency will host 7–10 writers. Each writer will be paired with a literary mentor and undertake a programme of dedicated writing time, workshops, discussion circles and cultural tours to draw on Taif’s culture and heritage.

The Emerging New Media Artists Programme is a supported one-year programme of theoretical engagement, creative production and technical training for emerging artists working in New Media and Digital Art.

Art Jameel launches a Curatorial Open Call for exhibition proposals, to be developed for Hayy Arts’s first floor gallery at Hayy Jameel in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for May 2026.

Diriyah Art Futures (DAF) is calling for applications from established new media artists and scholars for their inaugural residency season, ‘High-Resolution Dreams of Sand’, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Prince Mohammed bin Salman Global Center for Arabic Calligraphy announces the commencement of its first-ever Calligraphy Art Residency Programme, scheduled to run from 21 August to 16 October 2024 in Al-Madinah (Medina), Saudi Arabia.

Initiated by the Visual Arts Commission in collaboration with the Fashion Commission of the Ministry of Culture, the Intermix Residency Programme is a fully funded multi-cycle artist residency programme located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Te Intermix Residency Programme in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia welcomes applications by Saudi and international emerging and mid-career visual artists, fashion designers, and curators aged 21 or above who are willing to develop a production or research-based project related to the topics of innovation, transformation, and sustainability. Residencies will take place from 22 October 2023 – 4 January 2024.

Artists are invited to send their proposals for the 5th edition of Tuwaiq Sculpture, an annual sculpture symposium that brings artists together to create public sculptures that later become an integral part of Riyadh’s urban fabric. The Symposium will run 14 January - 10 February 2024, with 30 participants.

Art Jameel launches a curatorial open call for exhibition proposals, to be developed for Hayy Arts’ first floor gallery at Hayy Jameel in Jeddah for May 2024. The call is open to curators and collectives (with a focus on early-career curators) working anywhere whose research and exhibition making engages with the following topics: Jeddah/ Hejaz histories; Red Sea ecologies; Red Sea histories of migration – the movement of people and ideas; connected geographies across the Red Sea (e.g. Egypt, Saudi, Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Palestine, Jordan).

Application are now being accepted for Al Madinah art symposium ‘Madan’, which will be held in Madinah, from 3-10 August 2023, organised by the Madina Art Center. The open call’s objectives are to bring together over 30 artists in one location and to encourage artists’ creative experiences by showcasing works in a variety of mediums. Applications are welcome from artists who specialise in photography and multimedia, Arabic calligraphy, Islamic motifs, plastic arts, and contemporary art.

The ‘Intermix Residency | Art & Fashion Reimagined’ programme offers visual artists and fashion designers the opportunity to collaborate in an experimental environment to support creative development and skill set expansion. The second cycle of the residency programme will run virtually from 4-18 December 2022 and on-site from 4 January - 28 February 2023.