CreArt 3.0 Artists Residency in Aveiro 2026

About this call

The City of Aveiro, Portugal, invites two artists to a 19-day residency from 23 November to 11 December 2026 as part of the "Boas Festas" cultural programme for Christmas and New Year, which includes concerts, performances and installations across the city's cultural spaces and mainly its public space. The call is for visual artists, with a particular focus on public space, light and sound installations and performance art, and on projects that combine disciplines and media. Works may be interventions or ephemeral actions, their form and location decided with the curators, and artists should work with sensitivity to Aveiro's historical centre and local traditions and be open to collaborating with the local community. The residency is part of the CreArt 3.0 project, co-financed by the European Union.

Who can apply

• Limited by country or region
• Medium: Installation / Performance
• Entry fee: See official site
• Open to artists born or residing in a CreArt network city: Kaunas (Lithuania), Liepāja (Latvia), Skopje (North Macedonia), Aveiro (Portugal), Valladolid (Spain), Venice (Italy), Clermont-Ferrand and Rouen (France), Regensburg (Germany), České Budějovice (Czech Republic) or Oulu (Finland); to members of HDLU (Croatian Association of Visual Artists); and to Ukrainian artists through the Lviv Artistic Council "Dialog". No age limits. Applicants must hold a valid European Health Insurance Card or an equivalent document. Register on the CreArt website, upload a portfolio and attach one PDF in English with: a scan of ID card or passport, a document confirming the connection to a CreArt 3.0 city, a CV (max. one A4 page), a portfolio (max. 10 pages and 10 images, links allowed) and a project proposal (max. one A4 page) explaining why you would like to take part in the residency, with estimated material requirements, a list of technical needs and other technical details about how the work would be made. Only complete applications are considered. The internal jury selects and gives no reasons for its decisions. Residency 23 November to 11 December 2026; installations are set up in the last days, performances may run until 17 December. Results by 11 November; the list of selected artists is published on the CreArt website. The EUR 2,500 grant is transferred by the end of the residency. Selected artists must credit the CreArt Artists Residency Program in Aveiro in their CVs and communications.