Diversity & Equality

Festival Commons is an initiative that supports the next wave of IBPoC (Indigenous, Black and People of Colour) festival-makers, curators and cultural conveners in Greater Sydney and the Asia Pacific. Four participants from Greater Sydney and two participants from the Asia Pacific will be selected, forming the next intake of Festival Commons: a collective of cultural disruptors reshaping what festivals can be.

Urban Bodies is an international artistic residency hosted by Spazio13 in Bari, Italy, from 1 October to 27 November 2026.

The Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity (AFSE) is a transformative Indigenous and Pacific-centred fellowship programme based at the University of Melbourne and supported by Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland. AFSE is building a network of Indigenous leaders and allies committed to driving Indigenous-led social change across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Pacific Island nations.

PERFORMA-Q is a transnational European platform dedicated to surfacing erased queer stories from Europe’s periphery. For Cycle 1 of its Residency Programme, it is selecting six artists or collectives from the fields of theatre, dance, performance art, and performative writing for residencies between October 2026 and April 2027 (2–4 weeks).

The CultureAndHealth Platform project is welcoming two international (EU) for a three-day shadowing programme designed to explore the intersection of culture and health in Tampere, Finland, with activities spread across Tampere region.

The Künstler*dorf Schöppingen and kaethe:k Kunsthaus are offering four digital residencies. The programme takes place in English and entirely digitally, August to October 2026.

Keychange Leaders project requests a proposal for a framework agreement covering journalistic services, including associated consultancy in PR and communications, both nationally and internationally, focussing the Keychange partner countries: Germany, Sweden, Norway, France, Estonia, Poland, Belgium, UK and Switzerland.

Ex Aequa – Empowering Equality in Electronic Music returns for its second edition. The programme is a free training and professional development initiative aimed at artists under 35, with a specific focus on women, FLINTA and underrepresented gender minorities in the music industry.

The project African Feminisms – Rights, Representation, Resources invites African artists, collectives, and creative practitioners to submit proposals for digital artworks to be exhibited on the House of African Feminisms website and possibly presented physically during the African Feminisms Gathering in Kigali or Germany in 2026.