Open calls

Open Call — Groninger Visual Arts Stipends 2026 — Groningen

Are you a visual artist or designer, working in Groningen, and under 35? Then you can apply for the Groninger Visual Arts Scholarships 2026 until December 15th. These scholarships offer two promising artists the unique opportunity to further develop their artistic and professional practice. Through collaboration with the Municipality of Groningen, Kunstpunt Groningen, and the Minerva Academy, you will receive sustainable support for the development of your artistic practice.

You can apply for one of the two stipends:

🌾 Land
🌅 Horizon

Both stipends will be used to create new work in the North or abroad.

💰 The stipend consists of a €10,000 honorarium and a €10,000 work budget. This is linked to the Artist in Space program, in collaboration with residents of the North, worth €12,500.

De Noordenaars is a platform for presentation institutions in the Northern Netherlands, consisting of 16 organizations. For a year, you will be guided in further developing your practice, you will utilize De Noordenaars’ network, expertise, and facilities, and you will collaborate with other participating artists.

ℹ️ For all information and registration, go to 👉 Groninger Visual Arts Stipends | Minerva

⏰ Deadline for this open call: Monday, December 15, 2025

❓ Would you like to learn more about the Noordenaars Stipends and the Groninger Visual Arts Stipends, and the Artist in Space program?

• 🚶 Then come to the drop-in consultation hour at Kunstpunt Groningen (Trompsingel 27a) on Thursday, December 4, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. All your questions about the differences between the scholarships and the Artist in Space program will be answered there.
• 📧 Unable to attend the consultation hour and still have questions? Please email artistinspace@noordenaars.nl.

💡 In 2026, the Noordenaars Stipends and the Groninger Visual Arts Stipends will be awarded in parallel. Both have their own terms and conditions and fees. Duplicate applications will be excluded. More information about the Noordenaars Scholarships can be found on this page, in the next open call block⤵️.

Open Call — Noordenaars Stipends 2026 — Groningen + Friesland + Drenthe

Are you an artist based in one of the three northern provinces? Then you can now apply for one of the two stipends from the Noordenaars! These stipends are intended for artists who have a professional or artistic development need.

👉 Would you like, for example:

• Experiment with a new medium?
• Reexamine your working method?
• Explore other forms of collaboration?
• Or are you ready for a professional development boost?

👍 Then this open call is for you!

💰 The stipends consist of a €12,000 honorarium and a €7,000 working budget. You will also receive a €13,500 budget linked to the Noordenaars Artist in Space program. ℹ️ For all information and registration, visit 👉 noordenaars.nl/opencall2026

⏰ Deadline for this open call: Monday, December 15, 2025, 10:00 a.m.

❓ Want to know more about the Noordenaars Scholarships and the Groningen Visual Arts Stipends, and the Artist in Space program? These are the options:

• 🚶 Drop-in consultation
  📅 Thursday, December 4, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
  📍 Kunstpunt Groningen | Trompsingel 27a
  Here, all your questions about the differences between the stipends and the Artist in Space program will be answered.
• 🧑‍💻 Online consultation hour
  📅 Friday, December 5, Noon – 1:00 p.m.
  This is a separate online consultation hour for the Artist in Space program and for applicants from Drenthe and Friesland. You can register for this via this link.
• Contact
  Want to know more about the Noordenaars Stipends and the Groninger Visual Arts Stipends, and the Artist in Space program? Are you unable to attend the consultation hour and do you have any questions? 📧 Then send an email to artistinspace@noordenaars.nl

💡 NB: In 2026, the Noordenaars Stipends and the Groninger Visual Arts Stipends will be awarded in parallel. Both have their own terms and conditions and fees. Duplicate registrations will be excluded. More information about the Groningen Visual Arts Stipends can be found on this page in the open call block above⤴️.

Open Call — Kunstschouw 2026 —– Schouwen-Duiveland (Zeeland)

This open call text is from Kunstschouw:

“The Kunstschouw Westerschouwen Foundation invites visual artists to apply for Kunstschouw, Zeeland’s premier visual arts event, from Saturday, June 13th to Sunday, June 21st, 2026.

Apply
Kunstschouw offers a platform to an annually changing group of visual artists in various disciplines. At the northern tip of Schouwen-Duiveland, participating artists will exhibit their works in approximately 33 indoor and outdoor locations, including barns, churches, a windmill, estates, farmhouses, and homesteads, as well as in the homes of Zeeland residents. Art and unique locations ensure that Kunstschouw attracts many visitors from the Netherlands and abroad.

Artists are cordially invited to apply for participation in June 2026:

• The theme is Geborgenheid (‘Sense of Security / Shelter’).
• A wide range of disciplines is welcome.
• Quality, originality, and innovation are important criteria.

🗿 Given the spacious indoor and outdoor locations, large-scale spatial works are more than welcome.
🏆Special attention is given to young, emerging artists; they are eligible for the Young Artists Award.

💸 The participation fee is €75.00.
💰 Participation is free for young, emerging artists, with a contribution towards accommodation costs.
💰 For large-scale spatial works, a transport allowance is possible upon consultation.

⏰ Registration is open until December 1, 2025.

🗓️ Each entrant will be notified in mid-January whether their work can be displayed during Kunstschouw 2026.”

ℹ️ For all information and registration, visit 👉 kunstschouw.nl/voorwaarden

Open Call — Residency at Jan van Eyck Academie — Maastricht

Residency at Jan van Eyck Academie – Apply by 4 December 2025

Artists, designers, architects, curators, writers, and thinkers — individuals, duos, and collectives — are invited to apply for the 2027 residency at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht.

🗓️ Application period: 3 October – 4 December 2025 (23:59)
🗓️ Residency: 15 January – 15 December 2027
🗓️ Outcome: May 2026

Participants receive time, space, and expert guidance from advisers, curators, and lab specialists across various disciplines (e.g., Photography, Future Materials, Printing & Publishing). The academy supports material-based and research-driven practices engaging with global or personal themes.

The residency fosters exchange, collaboration, and experimentation among peers. Residents can also contribute to public programmes that explore speculative concepts and socio-environmental issues.

What’s included:

• 💰 Monthly stipend: €1,500 (€2,000 for parents; €2,500 for duos; €4,500 for collectives)
• 🛋️ Furnished private studio apartment (housing is mandatory)
• 💰 Annual working budget: €2,000
• 🛂 Visa support where relevant

Fees:

• 💸 Application: €65 excl. VAT (waived for eligible countries)
• 💸 Enrolment: €2,750 excl. VAT

Eligibility:

✅ English is the main language.
✅ Residence in Maastricht is required.
❌ Alumni of the Rijksakademie or De Ateliers are not eligible.

🧑‍💻 Apply: Complete the online form with your motivation, project proposal, artist statement, portfolio (PDF), and CV.

⏰ Deadline for this open call: December 4, 2025

ℹ️ More info & application 👉 Residency 2027 • Jan van Eyck Academy

Open call — Seed Contribution — Stokroos Foundation

💰 This fall, the Stokroos Foundation has 15 grants of €5,000 available for emerging designers, designers, and craftspeople. Are you a (landscape) architect, graphic designer, illustrator, fashion, jewelry, or textile designer, product designer, animator, printer, mold maker, ceramicist, or goldsmith? Then apply!

What’s important?

✅ You must have been working in the field for at least 3 and no more than 8 years;

✅ An application must include a portfolio, CV, a concise plan, and a budget;

✅ A proposal must address an in-depth development plan (research, experiment, or production, for example, of a prototype). It cannot include plans related to an exhibition, publication, or residency;

✅ The assessment will take into account the focus and ingenuity of your portfolio, the urgency of your plan, and the geographical distribution of the awards as a whole.

⏰ There’s no deadline, but don’t wait too long. The application form will close as soon as it looks like the budget will be fully used. This will prevent disappointment and prevent you from submitting an unnecessary application. Applications will be open again in 2026.

ℹ️ For more information and the application form, go to 👉Seed-bijdrage – Stokroos

❓ Do you have any questions?
📧 Email mail@stokroos.nl.

Open call — Impulsregeling ('Impulse Scheme') — Kunstraad Groningen

The Impulsregeling (‘Impulse Scheme’) of Kunstraad Groningen is intended for Groningen artists who want to boost their artistic development.

↗️ It’s an accessible scheme, specifically designed to give you, as an artist/creator, a boost in your artistic development. You can be a budding artist looking to take the first step in building a cultural career, but the scheme is also intended for more experienced artists who want to develop something new.

✅ The most important criterion for choosing the activity is that it will boost your artistic development in the long term. The activity must take place within six months of the scheme’s closing date.

💰 The Kunstraad Groningen’s contribution amounts to a maximum of 100% of the total costs, up to a maximum of €2,500 (including VAT, if applicable).

💰 The annual subsidy ceiling is set at €75,000 for the period 2025-2028. This amount will be distributed over four grant rounds per year:

⏰ The deadline for the next round of the Impulse Scheme is December 1, 2025

ℹ️ For all information and registration, go to 👉 Subsidieregelingen – Kunstraad Groningen

Open call — Artist in Residence AnnAtopiA — Het Goordonk (North Brabant)

Professional artists, poets and writers can apply for a working period in AnnAtopiA AiR.
​It is possible to work as an artist in residence in the Boshut and to stay in the Boshuis.

Disciplines
All visual and performing arts, creative writing

🗓️ Residence
Minimum of one week

📍 Locatie
AnnAtopiA
Het Goordonk 15
5111 GG Baarle-Nassau

💸 Cost
The cost for the stay of 1 week are €250 (Excl. costs for living). In consultation there is a special rate for students, starting artist and the less wealthy.

Admission guidelines
– professional art education / CV / portfolio
– motivation and global work plan

Description of the program
– introductory meeting
– filling in and signing the user agreement
– discuss motivation and work plan
– discussing and recording conversations about work process coaching, press moments and the like.
– closure with reflection report

Desired result of stay
– positive contribution to the development of artistry
– at least one work in the discipline (s) of the artist

📧 You can send your motivation, plan, portfolio and CV to AirAnnAtopiA@gmail.com
✉️ Or send it directly to:

      Stichting AnnAtopiA
      Vondelinghof 2
4908 DV Oosterhout, The Netherlands

ℹ️ Request more information for the different options via: AirAnnAtopiA@gmail.com

Open Call — Pakje Kunst — MOW / Museum Westerwolde

Since September 24, 2023, there has been a Pakje Kunst vending machine in the museum shop at the MOW. Pakje Kunst presents works of art the size of a pack of cigarettes in an old mechanical cigarette vending machine. A box costs only €6,- and you can find every form of art in it. The proceeds go almost entirely to the participating artists.

For the machine, MOW is always looking for artists from Westerwolde, Oldambt, Pekela, Veendam and Stadskanaal who enjoy surprising, confusing, moving or slightly irritating people with works of art the size of a pack of cigarettes.

For more information, visit Pakje kunst | Het MOW
You can register via info@hetmow.nl

Open Call — Farm Art —– Artist in Residence at Bellingwolde

This text is from Farm Art:

“Step off the concrete and into the garden.
Farm Art invites visual artists, musicians, writers, and creatives of all kinds to spend time in a garden, a home, and a shared creative space in rural Bellingwolde (Eastern Groningen)

A place for:

🌿 ecological commitment
🌿 embodied practices
🌿 collaboration & dialogue
🌿 small-scale, sustainable ways of living
🌿 nonsense, laughter, and ideas that don’t fit neatly in boxes

🏠 Accommodation is in a simple and comfortable hut, surrounded by a garden that contrasts with the industrial farmland around it. Shared facilities, shared space, and an invitation to attend.

   Away from the buzz
   or others. Welcome to quiet
   quirky village life.

📅 This is a running open call — residencies are ongoing and dates are flexible.
📍 Location: Rural Bellingwolde, near the German border
📩 To apply or learn more, please contact 👉 farmart.air@gmail.com”