Open Calls

Somerset House Studios and UNESCO launch a new joint residency programme, which will commission three international artists to create new online works critically engaging with intercultural ideas around AI and ethics, supported by a remote residency. All three artists will take part in UNESCO’s annual Global Forum on the Ethics of AI in June 2026.

This residency programme is delivered in partnership with the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S and the Cultural Foundation of Saxony. Apply via the Goethe-Institut main website.

In June 2026, JUNIVERS will enter its eighth round! Once again, the programme will feature many encounters with poets, publishers and other important figures from the poetry scene. This time, the two-day collective translation workshop will be held together with poet Farhad Showghi.

Open to artists based in the UK, Fabric are offering money, space, and staff time to explore new ideas and support the realisation of projects.  Residencies will take place between April 2026 and March 2027 in either ofthe Fabric sites.

Fellowship programme in association with the documenta archiv provides an opportunity to explore a wide range of historical and art historical, interdisciplinary and international aspects of the documenta exhibition, gaining new insights into art production as well as networks that have been created. Seeking to contribute new perspectives on the Western European and North American art canon.

The Artist-in-Residence programme “Art and Play in Public Spaces” of the City of Munich as part of the Department of Arts and Culture and the art education programme of the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus offer a residency for artists and collectives (up to three persons) who focus on participatory projects in public spaces and explore the intersection of art and play. The artists-in-residence will live and work at the Ebenböckhaus in Munich, Germany, from 6 October to 22 December 2026.

The call is open to applicants of all ages and does not prescribe a theme. The program’s only requirement is to submit projects that are relevant to the expertise of the mentor you wish to work with. This year’s mentors weave lived experience into their practices in ways that challenge, complicate, and expand artistic ideas of autofiction and the often untenable ideal of a coherent separation between work and life. 

We’re inviting NHS Mental Health Trusts to apply to undertake a transformative on-site project with us in 2026-28.

Arts Infopoint UK is a pilot initiative to support the arts sector with information on practical issues relating to artist mobility. The project will look at ways to provide support for international artists visiting the UK as well as venues or companies in the UK who want to invite an international artist or company to perform here.

The Goethe-Institut promotes culture and the arts in every discipline. We provide funding to enable professional as well as newcomer and amateur artists, whether in groups or individually, to carry out residencies and projects in Germany or abroad.