Western Europe

The INHABIT artist-in-residence programme of the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics invites artists from the performing arts and music to collaborate with their team of scientists and researchers.

Lee Ufan Arles and Maison Guerlain have joined forces to create the Art & Environment Prize, awarded each year to a work of universal scope whose philosophical depth echoes that of Lee Ufan.

The project Europasinfonie connects 12 locations across Europe into one networked orchestra and choir performing together in real time. The project is now calling for applications from composers who are legal residents of one of the Creative Europe eligible countries.

Lothringer 13 Halle, in cooperation with Artist-in-Residence Munich (the residency programme of the City of Munich), invites applications for three transdisciplinary residencies for professional cultural practitioners working at the intersection of art, journalism, and curating.

With the Ars Biologica ArtXScience Residency Open Call, České Budějovice European Capital of Culture (ECoC) 2028 and Ars Electronica invite artists, designers, creatives, and artist collectives to apply for a fully funded programme designed for direct collaboration with local scientists.

AICA International and the Cité internationale des arts have jointly developed a research residency programme aimed at art critics working and living abroad.

The 18th Werkstattwoche Lüben is an international artist residency for a limited time and thrives on the combination of artistic work, personal exchange and shared experience.

DRIFT (Dance and Research in the Future Time) is a Creative Europe cooperation project supporting the international development of 10 mid-career choreographers through a structured programme combining artistic research, residencies, mentoring, international showcases and potential co-production and touring opportunities.

K3 | Tanzplan Hamburg provides three paid eight-month residencies to choreographers who are at the beginning of their career and have produced multiple choreographic works of their own. The residency begins in August 2027 and runs until April 2028.

The François Schneider Foundation, located in Wattwiller (Alsace, France), is calling for applications for its newly launched contemporary art competition Contemporary Talents Competition with the theme ‘Earth’.

The Fondation Jan Michalski residency for writers, placed at the foot of the Swiss Jura Mountains in Montricher, is now calling for applications for its 2026 edition.