Southern Europe

Reggio Parma Festival is calling for applications from creative teams and individual professionals, of any nationality and not over 35 years old, to participate in Gradus, a project aimed at fostering sharing/cross-fertilisation amongst generations of knowledge boosting creative development of new shows.

Rural Labs is a pilot project by Cáceres 2031 that connects rural Extremadura with European and international artists through artistic residencies rooted in the territory, which will take place between July and November 2026.

CrafTopia Creative Hub is calling for five visual artists to apply to the 30-day artist residency hosted in Thessaloniki, Greece.

.ART Award 2026 is a new global art prize celebrating how art is made, open to artists worldwide, working in any medium or art form.

KUTE project is calling for choreographers who will be offered the opportunity to create a new project with the dancers of SPECIFIC training centre for contemporary dancers, directed by Loris Petrillo.

MedSEA – Socially Engaged Arts in the Mediterranean Area, a European cooperation project, launches an open call addressed to emerging artists and cultural professionals working — or wishing to work — with participatory and socially engaged artistic practices.

Situated Creative Practices for the Pluriverse (SIT-PLU) is a Creative Europe Cooperation project tackling socio-ecological challenges through cross-disciplinary research and context-specific artistic interventions.

CREAPOLIS Malta is calling for applications from Ukrainian professionals working at the intersection of civic life, culture, and local development.

This project is designed to promote, expand, and innovate the contemporary dance repertoire for dancers from around the world, of all nationalities and ages. Through culture, the activity aims to artistically connect the Castelló region, thanks to the collaboration between Fundació Caixa Castelló, the City Council of Sant Mateu, and Diputación de Castelló.

The ‘Roots and Routes’ Residence 2026 is an open call for artists to take part in a residency in Gjirokastra Castle and Luzat village, Albania, within the framework of the MON-ART ‘Monasteries of Art’ project. The residency invites participants to engage with local heritage, communities and landscapes through artistic practice.