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The Delegation of the European Union to Canada and the Global Centre for Climate Action at OCAD University have partnered to support artists, designers and scholars across Canada and the EU to develop a site-specific projection artwork for the Canada Malting Silos, located on Toronto’s waterfront, to present at Nuit Blanche on 4 October 2025.

Tokyo Biennale is calling for applications for the 2025 edition and residency programme, to be held in Tokyo, Japan, between September and October 2025.

MATCH is a transnational arts project that connects artists to community gardens as a response to the climate crisis in five Mediterranean Cities: Athens, Nicosia, Marseille, Barcelona and Izmir.

Urban Festival UIT announces an open call for the 2025 festival installations, themed ‘Playful City’. The open call is mostly aimed at city-loving students of art and architecture, but everyone interested in experimenting with installation in public space is welcome to participate.

The Narva Art Residency (NART), in collaboration with the Narva municipality’s department of architecture and urban planning (ALPA), is launching its second open call for a large-scale public art installation or sculpture in Narva, Estonia.

Eight residency spaces in Romania are welcoming applicants interested in exploring post-industrial heritage in the RECLAIMING POST-INDUSTRIAL FUTURES residency project. The residency is for two weeks at various dates between July to September 2025.

Karas Gallery is calling for international artists for a collaboration in October 2025.

FMR – Festival for Art in Digital Contexts and Public Spaces is calling for applications for Artist-in-Residence for the upcoming 4th edition which will take place in Linz, Austria, from 3 to 7 June 2026.

CreArt, České Budějovice 2028 and Umění ve městě (Art in the City) are opening a call for artists in the CreArt network to apply for an artistic residency within the Confluence Festival. The residency is for one visual and digital artist, sculptor, and/or visual creator from the network and will take place between 1 May and 5 June 2025.

Art Zoyd Studios is calling for applications from young composers, musicians and artists working in the field of sound art for the geolocation application Le bruit de l’air, involving a one-week residency between May and September 2025 and a premiere on 20 and 21 September 2025 as part of Journées du patrimoine (Heritage Days).

CYCLE UP! is launching the second round of residencies to develop artistic perspectives on bicycle cultures in four European cities between May and June 2025. This is an opportunity for artists to create impactful interventions that inspire local communities and decision makers to reimagine bike-friendly, inclusive urban spaces. Cities included are:

CreArt Valladolid opens a new call to invite an artist from the CreArt Network to present an exhibition project that will be part of the 12th edition CreaVA 25, to be held between 25 April and 31 May 2025.