Issue 025 offers 40 International and US-based exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from September 2nd through December 31st, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Visual Artists, Curators, Designers, Performers, Photographers, Writers, Filmmakers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Becoming a paying subscriber gives you full access to our ongoing weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:
Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 30-day trial to read one month’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.
Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 30 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that go into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support us. Thank you for joining the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 023 – September 2nd - 8th, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Opportunities closing this week:

Read more

There’s a quiet habit we as visual artists fall into: we finish a piece, photograph it well, and eventually share or post it, and that’s the only story the world gets. The eighty hours before that moment, the failed color tests, the reworked composition, the day you almost scrapped the whole thing, all disappear the moment the “final” image goes up.

This habit is worth changing. Here’s why sharing your process is often more valuable than sharing a finished piece alone, for your practice, and for your audience.

People connect with process

A finished artwork is a closed loop. It looks inevitable, like it arrived exactly as it is. There’s nothing for a viewer to do with that but admire it or scroll past. There’s no entry-point or insight into what it took you to get there, no intrigue.

Process is more open. It shows uncertainty, decision-making, revisions, and the actual texture of making something. People relate to this, because it mirrors their own experience of trying to do difficult things. A finished piece earns a “wow” or a heart emoji. A process post inspires a genuine reaction, a comment, a question, an exchange. Audiences don’t just want your output; they want to understand how you think or rethink when you face an obstacle, the creative choices you are making in your practice.

It builds trust faster than a polished feed ever will

Anyone can curate a beautiful grid of finished work. It says “I’m good at this, a professional,” but it doesn’t say much about who you are or how you got there. Sharing your process does the opposite, it’s harder to fake, which is why it builds trust. When you show the messy middle, you’re implicitly saying: this is real, and so am I. Collectors, curators, and fellow artists remember people who let them in, not just people with the cleanest feed.

It gives you more to say, and more often

If you only post finished work, you’re limited by how fast you finish things. That’s a hard pace to sustain, especially for artists working slowly or in bodies of work that take months to resolve. Process gives you a much bigger well to draw from: a detail shot, a discarded direction, a studio setup, a half-formed thought about why something isn’t working yet. You can post consistently without ever manufacturing content, because the content already exists; until now it’s just been treated as invisible.

It documents your growth, on the record

Finished pieces flatten time. They don’t show the version of you that made the earlier, rougher work, the you who was still figuring things out. Process documentation does. Years from now, that trail of decisions, dead ends, and turning points will be worth more to you than any single photograph of a finished piece, because it’s the only record of how your thinking actually evolved.

This matters practically, too. Grant panels, residency committees, and gallerists reviewing an open call aren’t just assessing a final image, many want to see how you work, how you think through problems, whether your process matches the ambition of your statement. A visible body of process work can do quiet, cumulative work toward that impression long before you ever apply or submit an application.

It protects you from the tyranny of “finished”

When the finished piece is the only unit of value, every unfinished piece feels like failure by comparison. That’s a rough way to sustain a creative practice over years. Sharing process reframes the in-between stages as legitimate, worthwhile, and interesting in their own right — not just a means to an end. That shift alone can change your relationship to your own studio time.

It differentiates you in a sea of sameness

Finished work, especially in certain genres, starts to look interchangeable. Everyone’s highlight reel resembles everyone else’s. But no one else has your process. No one else struggles with your exact problems or solves them your exact way. Sharing your process is one of the only truly unrepeatable things you can put out into the world, because it’s the one part of your practice nobody can copy.

None of this means finished work doesn’t matter. But if it’s the only thing you ever share, you’re leaving out the part of the story that actually makes people connect or care: the fact that a person made this, slowly, imperfectly, on purpose.

Next time you’re tempted to wait for “done” before you post anything at all, consider sharing some of the mess instead. It might create a more interesting story.

In the end, you get to choose how much to share, or to hold close in your process. It must feel authentic to you and your practice.

Open Calls Index is a weekly curated newsletter and resource for visual, emerging, and mid-career artists seeking exhibitions, residencies, grants, publications, and awards, delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. Not just a list, but a filter. We sift through the noise to highlight opportunities that genuinely support artists to build their practice, gain recognition, and connect with curators, galleries, institutions, and publications.

Subscribe now

Issue 024 offers 48 International and US-based exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from August 26th through December 31st, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Visual Artists, Curators, Designers, Performers, Photographers, Writers, Filmmakers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Becoming a paying subscriber gives you full access to our ongoing weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:
Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 30-day trial to read one month’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.
Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 30 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that go into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support us. Thank you for joining the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 023 – August 26th - September 1st, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Opportunities closing this week:

Read more

Issue 023 offers 52 International and US-based exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from August 19th through December 31st, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Visual Artists, Curators, Designers, Performers, Photographers, Writers, Filmmakers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Becoming a paying subscriber gives you full access to our ongoing weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:
Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 30-day trial to read one month’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.
Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 30 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that go into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support us. Thank you for joining the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 023 – August 19th - 25th, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more

Issue 022 offers 55 International and US-based exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from August 12th through December 31st, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Visual Artists, Curators, Designers, Performers, Photographers, Writers, Filmmakers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Becoming a paying subscriber gives you full access to our ongoing weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:
Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 30-day trial to read one month’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.
Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 30 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that go into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support us. Thank you for joining the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 022 – August 12th - 17th, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more

Issue 021 offers 48 exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from August 5th through December 31st, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Visual Artists, Curators, Designers, Performers, Photographers, Writers, Filmmakers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Becoming a paying subscriber gives you full access to our ongoing weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:
Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 7-day trial to read one week’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.
Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 30 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that go into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support it. Thank you for being part of the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 021 – August 5th - 11th, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more

Issue 020 offers 51 exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from July 29th through December 31st, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Visual Artists, Curators, Designers, Performers, Photographers, Writers, Filmmakers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Becoming a paying subscriber gives you full access to our ongoing weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:

Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 7-day trial to read one week’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.

Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 7 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that go into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support it. Thank you for being part of the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 020 – July 29th - August 4th, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more

Issue 019 offers 47 exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from July 22nd through December 31st, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Visual Artists, Curators, Designers, Performers, Photographers, Writers, Filmmakers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Becoming a paying subscriber gives you full access to our ongoing weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:
Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 7-day trial to read one week’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.

Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 7 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that go into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support it. Thank you for being part of the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 019 – July 22nd - 28th, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more

Issue 018 offers 49 exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from July 15th through December 31st, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Visual Artists, Curators, Designers, Performers, Photographers, Writers, Filmmakers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Becoming a paying subscriber gives you full access to our ongoing weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:
Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 7-day trial to read one week’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.

Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 7 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that go into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support it. Thank you for being part of the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 018 – July 15th - 21st, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more

Issue 017 offers 32 exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from July 15th through October 31st, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Visual Artists, Curators, Designers, Performers, Photographers, Writers, Filmmakers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Becoming a paying subscriber gives you full access to our ongoing weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:
Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 7-day trial to read one week’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.

Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 7 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that go into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support it. Thank you for being part of the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 017 – July 8th - 14th, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more

Issue 016 offers 31 exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from July 1st through October 31st, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Visual Artists, Curators, Designers, Performers, Photographers, Writers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Becoming a paying subscriber gives you full access to our ongoing weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:
Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 7-day trial to read one week’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.

Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 7 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that go into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support it. Thank you for being part of the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 016 – July 1st - 7th, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more

Issue 015 offers 35 National and International exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from June 28th through October 31st, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Visual Artists, Curators, Designers, Photographers, Writers, Researchers, Filmmakers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Become a paying subscriber to get access to our ongoing weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:
Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 7-day trial to read one week’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.

Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 7 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that go into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support it. Thank you for being part of the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 015 – June 24th - 30th, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more

Issue 014 offers 28 National and International exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from June 18th through August 31st, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Visual Artists, Curators, Designers, Photographers, Writers, Researchers, Filmmakers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Become a paying subscriber to get access to our ongoing weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:
Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 7-day trial to read one week’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.
Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 7 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that goes into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support it. Thank you for being part of the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 014 – June 17th - 23rd, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more

Issue 013 offers 28 National and International exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from June 14th through July 31st, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Visual Artists, Curators, Photographers, Writers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Artists. This week’s issue also lists several grants offered to Indigenous artists and artists of Caribbean and Asian descent.

Become a paying subscriber to get access to our ongoing weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:
Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 7-day trial to read one week’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.

Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 7 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that goes into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support it. Thank you for being part of the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 012 – June 10th - June 16th, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more

Issue 012 offers 21 exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from June 5rd through July 31st, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Visual Artists, Photographers, Fibre and Ceramic artists, Musicians, Writers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Become a paying subscriber to get access to our ongoing weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:

Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 7-day trial to read one week’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.

Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 7 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that goes into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support it. Thank you for being part of the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 012 – June 3rd - June 9th, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more

Issue 011 offers 28 exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from May 29th through July 1, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Dancers, Composers, Curators, Visual Artists, Photographers, Fibre and Ceramic artists, Musicians, Writers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Become a paying subscriber to get access to weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:

Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 7-day trial to read one week’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.

Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 7 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that goes into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support it. Thank you for being part of the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 011 – May 27th - June 2nd, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more

Issue 010 offers 35 exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from May 22nd through July 1, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Curators, Visual Artists, Photographers, Fiber and Ceramic artists, Musicians, Writers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Become a paying subscriber to get access to weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:

Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 7-day trial to read one week’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.

Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 7 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that goes into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support it. Thank you for being part of the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 009 – May 20th - 26th, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more

Issue 009 offers 41 exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from May 15th through July 1, 2026. Open calls in this issue include opportunities for Dancers, Composers, Curators, Visual Artists, Photographers, Fiber and Ceramic artists, Musicians, Writers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Become a paying subscriber to get access to weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:

Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 7-day trial to read one week’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.

Subscribe for…

Free Trial (with 7 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that goes into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support it. Thank you for being part of the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 009 – May 13th - 19th, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more

Issue 008 offers 39 exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from May 6th through July 1, 2026. Open calls in this issue include a range of opportunities for Curators, Visual Artists, Photographers, Fiber and Ceramic artists, Musicians, Writers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Artists.

Become a paying subscriber to get access to weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:

Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing
Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 7-day trial to read one week’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list and a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.

Subscribe for…
Free Trial (with 7 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that goes into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support it. Thank you for being part of the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 008 – May 6th - 12th, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more

Issue 007 offers 45 exhibition, residency, grant, publication, and prize opportunities for emerging to mid-career visual artists with deadlines from April 29th through July 1, 2026. Open calls in this issue include a range of opportunities for Curators, Visual Artists, Photographers, Fiber and Ceramic artists, Musicians, Writers, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary artists.

Become a paying subscriber to get access to weekly curated listings and other subscriber-only content.

Our Gift to You:

Our Open Calls Tracking Spreadsheet, created in Google Sheets, is HERE. Use it to track your submissions. (best opened in a desktop browser.) The open calls spreadsheet enables you to track deadlines, submission status, and exhibition dates. Over time, this becomes a powerful system for managing your art practice.

Newsletter Pricing

Free subscribers to this newsletter are offered a 7-day trial to read one week’s listings of the Open Calls Index. Paid subscribers receive access to the ongoing weekly list, as well as a growing collection of additional support materials.

Use the button below to access the subscription rate that is feasible for you.

Subscribe for…

Free Trial (with 7 days of full access)
$6 per month or $60 per year
$5 per month or $50 per year (for students)
$150 Founder

Subscribe now

Paid subscriptions—at any level—help support the time, care, and research that goes into finding, vetting, and sharing the best open calls. If this resource is valuable to you, subscribing is a meaningful way to support it. Thank you for being part of the Open Calls Index.

OPEN CALLS INDEX - ISSUE 007 – APRIL 29 – May 5th, 2026

Listings are sorted by deadline. Always double-check details at the official link before applying.

Read more