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.

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.

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.