Calls & opportunities

Wanted! A selection of open calls and opportunities for art related competitions, prizes, exhibitions, proposals, and grants. To recommend an opportunity please send an email to communicatie@kunsten.be.

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Centre national de la danse: call for papers & participation

Centre national de la danse

Deadline 03 Mar 2025
Call

Open call: perform your show at Spots on West 2025

Open Doek

Deadline 15 Feb 2025
Open call

Back to Basics – residency program in Finland

Arteles Creative Center

Thematic residency program for artists, writers, designers & creative minds.

Deadline 23 Jan 2025
Call

Show your work-in-progress with Par Hasard!

Par Hasard

On Saturday, May 10, 2025, Par Hasard will come to Brasschaat!

Deadline 17 Jan 2025
Call

FILE 2025 – open call art and technology

FILE Festival 2025

A unique opportunity to exhibit your work in São Paulo.

Deadline 15 Jan 2025
Call

AGA LAB seeks Artists in Residence

AGA LAB

AGA LAB offers a place for research, experiment, exchange with (inter)national colleagues and the creation of new work.

Deadline 14 Jan 2025
Call

CURRENT – ART AND URBAN SPACE 2025: Open call for new work

Art Public Space – Culture Matters

Open call for the third edition of CURRENT – ART AND URBAN SPACE 2025.

Deadline 06 Jan 2025
Call

Bring your own beamer Antwerp: Open call for artists

Bring your own beamer, KAKSA DKO en VJBooking.

From video art or 3D design to live manipulated visuals, project your creativity onto our walls during BYOB Antwerp.

Deadline 05 Jan 2025
Call

Add your concerts of new music to the concert guide 'toonbank'!

MATRIX [Centrum voor Nieuwe Muziek]

Deadline 01 Jan 2025
Open call

Open call for artists to join a co-creation project on digital rights

Werktank

Deadline 15 Dec 2024
Open call

Open call (RE)claimingthevoid: performative acts in public spaces

(RE)claimingthevoid

Deadline 14 Dec 2024
Call

CERN/Copenhagen Contemporary residency 2025

Arts at CERN, Copenhagen Contemporary

Deadline 13 Dec 2024
Call

Call for artistic research papers

ISELP

Deadline 13 Dec 2024
Open call

Open call: uitwisselingslab voor Nederlandse en Vlaamse makers in de podiumkunsten jong publiek

Cultuurcentrum Hasselt

Ben jij een maker (regisseur, choreograaf of speler) in de podiumkunsten voor jong publiek in Nederland of Vlaanderen?

Deadline 08 Dec 2024
Call

Teatri Riflessi 10 – International short performance competition

Teatri Riflessi – International performing arts festival

Teatri Riflessi has opened its call for short performances.

Deadline 07 Dec 2024
Call

Apply for the Rencontres d'Arles Curatorial Research Fellowship

Rencontres d'Arles

The Rencontres d'Arles is announcing the new edition of the Curatorial Research Fellowship.

Deadline 05 Dec 2024
Call

Ithaka 33 – Call for creators

LOKO Cultuur, Ithaka

Ithaka is an arts festival for young artistic talent.

Deadline 04 Dec 2024
Call

Open call to create the Belgian pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale

Departement Cultuur, Jeugd & Media

The Venice Biennale is one of the most important visual arts platforms in the world.

Deadline 02 Dec 2024
Call

Belgian Art and Design Affair: Open call for young talents

Belgian Art and Design Affair

This open call is for students and recent graduates (maximum 3 years) in an art or design field.

Deadline 01 Dec 2024
Call

Culture Moves Europe: Third Call for Individual Mobility of Artists and Cultural Professionals

Culture Moves Europe

Culture Moves Europe is calling for applications from artists and cultural professionals for their third round of mobility funding.

Deadline 30 Nov 2024
Call