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Tylee Cottage Residency

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui · Whanganui

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
New Zealand
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Four-month residency at Tylee Cotta…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed

ArtContest 2027

ArtContest · Brussels

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Belgium
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
First, second and third prizes, a j…
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

The Alice Prize

Alice Springs Art Foundation · Alice Springs

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
A$60 ≈ £31
Prize
A$31,000 ≈ £16k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Bundanon Artists in Residence 2028

Bundanon · Illaroo (Shoalhaven)

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Residency at Bundanon; terms set ou…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed

McCahon House Parehuia Residency

McCahon House Trust · Auckland

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
New Zealand
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
12-week residency with house, studi…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed

Swatch Art Peace Hotel Artist Residency

Swatch Art Peace Hotel · Shanghai

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Studio and apartment for three to s…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed

Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Kunstpreis

Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung and Ernst Göhner Stiftung · Basel

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Switzerland
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
CHF 105,000 ≈ £95k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Absa L'Atelier 2027

Absa Group (with SANAVA) · Johannesburg

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Botswana, Ghana, Kenya and 9 more
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Three Art Ambassador Awards (solo e…
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards

City of Ekurhuleni – Arts, Culture and Heritage Directorate · Ekurhuleni

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
South Africa
Entry
ZAR 50 ≈ £2
Prize
ZAR 305,000 ≈ £13k
Prize / awardPaintingTextile & fibreSculpture+7
Dates unconfirmed

Culture Moves Europe – individual mobility grants

Goethe-Institut for the European Commission (Creative Europe) · Belgium

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
European Union
Entry
Free
Prize
Travel and daily allowances for mob…
Grant / bursary
Dates unconfirmed

Rimbun Dahan Southeast Asian Arts Residency

Rimbun Dahan · Kuang, Selangor

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia and 7 more
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Two months' accommodation, studio,…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed

RDS Visual Art Awards 2026

Royal Dublin Society (RDS Foundation) · Dublin

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
€32,500 ≈ £28k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Prix Paritana 2027 (Fondation H)

Fondation H · Antananarivo

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Madagascar
Entry
Free
Prize
€3,000 ≈ £2.5k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed