The Hortus Residency Program is open to established and emerging artists, botanical artists, or photographers, who are exploring the themes of nature and/or the human connection with nature. Hortus Arboretum & Botanical Garden is an accredited botanical garden and arboretum established by by two artists turned gardeners. The purpose of this residency is to provide opportunities to artists whose work focuses on nature. The residency would allow artists to have constant access to the botanical garden and produce art derived from that experience in a quiet natural setting. The gardens contain rare decorative and edible plants from all over the world and would provide an artist with a good opportunity to study a rich diversity of plant life concentrated in one place.

  
The Barnett is a GREEN HOUSE with solar panels, heat on demand, a woodstove, 1-large bedroom, modern bathroom, air conditioning, and an outside deck. It has easy access to the Hortus Arboretum & Botanical Garden. The Barnette has Hi-Speed Internet.

  
Meals: Residents make and provide their own meals. The Barnette has a fully stocked kitchen. There are several local places to eat as well several good food markets within 10 minutes drive from the property. Residency participants will also have access to picking organic fresh produce from the garden (as they become seasonably available).

  
Travel: The residency participant is responsible for all travel expenses. A car is necessary due to the rural location.

  
Couples and families: Hortus can extend housing accommodations to a spouse or partner during the period of the residency. Sorry, no children.

  
Duration: Spring Residency- 1 week. May 27th- June 3rd 2025

  
At present time, there is no dedicated studio space on the grounds. Artists would need to use the residency building as their studio. Because of that, there is not space for large projects or messy ones, but there are several places in the house large enough to facilitate art projects and storing materials.
  
  

1 week residency free of charge.

  
Housing: The Barnette is a small house situated in the hamlet of Stone Ridge located in the lower Catskill mountains of New York state. The Barnette is situated in a rural region on the edge of the Hortus gardens, surrounded by woods and overlooking NY state protected wetlands.
  
  

 Spring Residency

This open call is exclusively available to members of Artdoc Photography Magazine. To participate, you must be an active member. Membership grants access to exclusive opportunities, editorial features, and full magazine issues. For more details on joining, visit https://www.artdoc.photo/membership.

Artdoc Photography Magazine invites photographers to submit work for our upcoming feature, The Meditative Lens—a celebration of photography as an act of deep attention and presence.

In a world saturated with fleeting images, we seek work that embodies slowness, intention, and sensitivity to both the seen and unseen. Whether through quiet observation in nature photography, abstract shapes as an intuitive response to light and form, poetic self-portraits or still-lifes, or measured composition in landscape photography, we welcome work that attunes to the present and embraces the contemplative nature of seeing.

Photography has long been a medium of reflection, a means of attuning to the present and capturing moments of quiet resonance. This call is open to photographers who see their practice as more than documentation—those who craft images with patience, perception, and an awareness of time. Whether your lens turns to landscapes, organic textures, human presence, or everyday stillness, we invite images that reveal a deeper way of seeing.

At a time when the world moves at relentless speed, nature offers a refuge—an invitation to pause, observe, and find stillness. We encourage submissions that reflect this quiet dialogue with the natural world, where light, shadow, and form evoke a sense of clarity and calm.

Selected photographers will be featured in Artdoc Photography Magazine and considered for an accompanying online exhibition. This opportunity is open to both emerging and established artists whose work meaningfully engages with the theme.

We invite you to submit with confidence. Let your images speak to the stillness within movement, the essence within form, and the presence within the ephemeral.

By submitting your work, you gain the opportunity to be featured in our curated online exhibitions or showcased on our exclusive Featured Submissions page. Additionally, selected submissions may be highlighted in upcoming issues of our online digital magazine, with the chance to be invited for an interview to share your creative journey.

The Meditative Lens | Call for Mindful Photography

The Open Call Emerging Design Practices ABCSSS is for emerging designers (active for 1-4 years in design and maker culture) from the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands who independently develop creative or artistic products. This includes fashion designers, animators and comic artists, architects, or game designers. Creative entrepreneurs working on issues related to climate, nature, food, heritage, and sharing underrepresented stories are also eligible.

Of the ten makers presenting their plan during the pitch day, four will be selected to each receive €25,000 to implement their plan.

Open Call Emerging Design Practices ABCSSS

The Salt Artistic Research and Production Support Program, launched in collaboration with the BBVA Foundation for artists in Turkey, continues in 2025\. The program, which aims to support artists and researchers who produce in the fields of art, architecture, design, urban and social studies, consists of two separate funds: **the Artistic Research Fund** and **the Production Fund**.

  
**The Artistic Research Fund** provides support for an interdisciplinary research project focusing on today's social and ecological issues. Within the scope of this fund:

  
* Focusing on current and critical issues at the intersection of art, design, technology, and ecology,
* Exploring prominent issues in the field of artistic research with interdisciplinary and experimental approaches,
* Utilizing the archival resources at Salt Research
* Developing original approaches in the exhibition of the research project is encouraged.

  
The selected research project is expected to be presented as a completed or ongoing work in an exhibition to be held at Salt Galata in 2026 within the scope of the support program.

  
**The Production Fund** is aimed at works focused on current social and ecological issues that establish a relationship with the dynamic and multifaceted nature of the moving image. Within the scope of this fund:

  
* Focusing on contemporary and critical issues at the intersection of art, design, technology, and ecology,
* Addressing interdisciplinary and experimental approaches to storytelling, visual expression, or performance in film, cinema, or new media is encouraged.

  
The production phase of the project selected within the scope of the Production Fund is expected to be completed by the end of 2025\. The completed work will be presented in an exhibition to be held at Salt Galata in 2026.

Each selected project will be provided with a funding support of 20,000 Euros. In addition, additional expenses for an optional trip to Madrid (Spain) and for the exhibition of the works/research outputs produced within the scope of the program in Turkey will also be covered.

Salt Artistic Research and Production Grant Program

Hybrida AIR is an visual artist residency program in Älvsbacka, in the west of Sweden, ongoing annually since 2021\. This year we offer **five** international visual artists a chance to work alongside each other during one month, after which the outcomes are presented in an exhibition. The exhibition is also part of our festival program.

  
The selection of participants is made based on practice, viability of execution in relation to the short production period and how the proposals and practices of the applicants interlink and resonate with each other. We might do short video calls with a number of applicants before finalising the selection. Due to the shorter residency period this year, we are focused on shorter projects, or those which are already underway, and practices that can work within such timeframes and circumstances.

  
We work with a system of self-organisation during the residency, for the communal household, logistics and the exhibition making. This regards collective activities such as meal times, cleaning, shopping, excursions, as well as additional individual/group initiatives. The project is based on the idea of active participation from everyone involved, and value is to be created through the engagement of the whole group, of which the organisers are also part. To make things as smooth as possible, we meet three times online in advance of the residency to get to know each other and align on expectations. There are no specific requirements regarding final outcomes; however, participants are expected to:

  
○ Develop an individual art project

  
○ Present an outcome in a final group exhibition, and participate in viewings of the show

  
○ Allow documentation/representation of their work

  
○ Be present during the whole time of the residency and participate in pre-residency meetings online.

  
○ Be responsible for their own work process, resources, as well as the maintenance of common spaces, equipment and contribution to the group dynamics

The residency provides a fee and a budget for travel and materials, as well as providing the food and housing during the residency.

  
○ Travel expenses 3000 SEK

○ Freight covered up to 1000 SEK

○ Material budget up to 3000 SEK

○ Participation fee 13000 SEK

  
The residency includes food (breakfast, lunch & dinner), private room, shared bathrooms, common areas, equipped shared kitchen, designated work areas. The housing standard is basic regarding comfort & extras (furniture, equipment etc). The residency has a car for the communal shopping, but it is a bonus if participants can bring their own car as well. There will be a wide variation of electrical and manual handheld tools available.

Hybrida AIR

In **20 years of** **IN-SONORA**’s trajectory, we are still eager to give support and visibility to experimental artistic proposals related to interactive and sound art. That is why we have decided to make an accessible and completely open call for projects in order to put together a very diverse and totally renewed program for the 14th edition of the showing.

The **14th International Showing of Sound and Interactive Art** will take place in Madrid in March 2026\. The dates will be specified once the selection of projects has been made.

Open call for sound/interactive art projects

The Caselberg Trust and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature are pleased to offer the Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency. The aim of the Residency is to provide international and Aotearoa New Zealand writers an opportunity to work on a substantial piece of creative writing and to foster connections among creative writers in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally. There are no limits in terms of genre, language, or length of writing, and completion of the project during the Residency is not a requirement.

  
The Residency is offered annually for a period of six weeks to writers from other UNESCO Cities of Literature and to Aotearoa New Zealand writers in alternating years. In 2025 the Residency is offered to a writer from another UNESCO City of Literature with at least one published work.

  
The Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency is run jointly and collaboratively by the Caselberg Trust and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature. Funding from the Caselberg Trust is provided through a generous bequest by the late Margaret Egan.

  
In April 2017 the Trust built the well-appointed _Charles Brasch Studio_ on the section. The artist’s studio is well insulated, light, and is the size of an average sized garage. It has power and water.

  
**When:** The Residency is for a period of 6 weeks from arrival on **Thursday 2 October** **until departure on Thursday 13 November 2025.**

  
**Who: In 2025 the Residency is offered to a writer from another UNESCO City of Literature with at least one published work.** **The applicant must normally reside in another UNESCO City of Literature as of the application closing date.** 

  
The aim of the Residency is to provide an opportunity to work on a substantial piece of creative writing and to foster connections among creative writers in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally. There are no limits in terms of genre, language, or length of writing, and completion of the project during the Residency is not a requirement. 

**What we offer**

* All residents receive a stipend of NZ$4,000.
* NZ$3,500 of the stipend will be paid on arrival with the final payment of $500 held as a bond to be paid to the resident once all final financial transactions and reporting requirements relating to the Residency have been settled and a final inspection of the Caselberg House has been made.
* **In addition, international residents will receive up to NZ$3,000 towards travel costs**, whilst Aotearoa New Zealand residents are eligible for reasonable travel costs associated with travel to and from their normal place of residence within Aotearoa New Zealand. All residents are responsible for booking their own return travel, health insurance and visas.
* Accommodation is provided rent-free at the Caselberg House for the six-week duration of the Residency. Power and heating costs are to be met by the resident. There is an internet broadband connection provided, at no cost to the resident. (There is no telephone landline at the house.)
* **The international Residency 2025 has been planned to coincide with the biennial Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival** and the Festival Trust has generously made available to the resident a Festival Pass and green-room entry to all Festival events. There may also be some involvement in English in the Festival programme (at the discretion of the Festival Trust).

Literature Writers Residency

PenArt has long placed a value on taking risks and pursuing new directions throughout our 60-year history — and it’s with that spirit that we’re thrilled to support today’s artists through our Time and Space Residency Program.

Designed for artists of all career stages, this residency program is an immersive studio experience awarded to six individuals per year. The program prioritizes time and space for its residents to engage fully in their creative practice—creating uninterrupted opportunities to experiment and pursue new projects and ideas.

  
2025-26 Session Dates:

* Session 1: October 30 - December 11, 2025
* Session 2: January 8 - February 19, 2026
* Session 3: April 9 - May 21, 2026

  

Residents receive:

* A semi-private workspace in our new Madeline Tourtelot Studio Building,
* Access to our printmaking, digital, metals, and ceramics studios, and equipment,
* A studio visit with the session’s visiting critic,
* Housing for the six-week session, and
* Opportunities to engage with the public about their work and process

  

 Time and Space Residency Program

The Foundation offers grants to non-profit arts organisations actively engaged in the cultural sector, supporting artistic projects.

  
The Foundation supports diverse forms of cultural expression, encompassing both traditional and contemporary mediums, such as:

  
* Artisan crafts
* Exhibitions
* Long-term and cross-cultural research projects with public outcomes
* Major festivals and biennials
* Music
* New public commissions
* Performing arts
* Prizes and awards

Grants ranging from £5,000 to £150,000 are awarded twice a year.

Arts and Culture Grant

Application Fee: £25 (non-refundable) – all the money goes for developing the project. The £25 application fee helps cover the selection and administrative process. This initiative offers a fantastic opportunity to connect with a global art community, increase visibility, and share your creative vision with a wider audience.  Exhibition Fee: There will be no exhibition fee. For selected artists, all exhibition costs will be fully covered by SPIRA9.

**SPIRA9 ART invites you to participate in XENOVOID — Mapping Distributed Identities, a forward-thinking exhibition that examines how individuals construct, deconstruct, and reimagine their sense of self in today’s decentralized world.**

**About the Exhibition**

In an era where technological innovation, social interaction, and creative expression continuously reshape who we are, this exhibition serves as a dynamic forum for exploring the evolving tapestry of identity. Drawing inspiration from transformative texts such as A Cyborg Manifesto, critical frameworks like Decolonial Feminism, and pioneering artistic experiments by figures like Stelarc and initiatives such as the Third Ear Project, XENOVOID probes the interplay between the digital, the embodied, and the political.

**Key Themes**

* **Technological and Biological Convergence**: Investigate how digital interfaces and bodily interventions redefine traditional notions of self.
* **Fluidity of Identity**: Explore the continuous processes of deconstruction and reconstruction influenced by cultural, social, and political forces.
* **Decolonial Perspectives**: Reimagine identity outside of established power hierarchies, drawing on feminist critiques and decolonial practices.
* **Interdisciplinary Experimentation**: Embrace diverse methodologies that challenge conventional narratives of a fixed, singular self.

**Exhibition Details**

* **Dates: April 18–25, 2025**
* **Venue: Indra Gallery, London**
* **Application Deadline: April 10, 2025**
* **Application Fee: £25** (non-refundable) – all the money goes for developing the project. The £25 application fee helps cover the selection and administrative process. This initiative offers a fantastic opportunity to connect with a global art community, increase visibility, and share your creative vision with a wider audience.
* **Exhibition Fee: There will be no exhibition fee. For selected artists, all exhibition costs will be fully covered by SPIRA9.**

  
**Application Form: https://forms.gle/EpdGsVagV6h4siJv5**

  
**About Us**

SPIRAL9 is a London- based arts organisation that supports under-represented voices and emerging artists.

Established in 2024, our programs enable makers, community groups, professionals, and the public to unite around unique art and cultural experiences and curated events.

With over 1,000+ subscribers and collaborations with 90 talented artists, our gallery is a vibrant space celebrating creativity and artistic expression. We showcase a diverse range of styles and mediums, bringing together emerging and established artists from around the world. Whether you're an art lover, collector, or creator, our gallery offers a dynamic experience filled with inspiring works and exclusive collaborations.

For selected artists, all exhibition costs will be fully covered by SPIRA9.

**Exhibition Details**

* **Dates: April 18–25, 2025**
* **Venue: Indra Gallery, London**
* **Application Deadline: April 10, 2025**
* **All exhibition costs will be fully covered by SPIRA9.**

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