Onassis AiR Open Call 2025/26

Deadline	2025.03.07
Results Available Date	2025.06.16
Website	Onassis AiR Open Call 2025/26 Official Website

Deadline

2025.03.07

Results Available Date

2025.06.16

Website

Onassis AiR Open Call 2025/26 Official Website

After five successful years of operation, over 7000 applications in the program's Open Calls and the support of more than 200 Fellows, Onassis AiR has become a hub for cross-disciplinary thinking and exchange among local and international art practitioners and researchers. The program cultivates the conditions for the exchange of ideas by foregrounding current issues and addressing the urgency of our times, rooted in the local context and attuned to the constantly evolving global landscape.

Onassis AiR invites artists, curators, artisans, performance artists, choreographers, dancers, fashion and costume designers, writers, dramaturgs, architects, set designers, filmmakers, sculptors, and other creative practitioners from any medium of expression or discipline, to apply for their selected program strand that will take place in Athens, Greece, between September 2025 to July 2026.

This year, the program turns towards new directions, further embracing crafts and material-based practices. Onassis AiR seeks to enrich its artistic community by welcoming creatives working in fashion, design, and applied arts, navigating the potential of cross-disciplinary collaboration and co-existence within an environment of ongoing exploration.

For 2025/26, the program enhances its function as an instigator of creative experimentation offering opportunities on four different strands:

The Onassis AiR Extended Research Residencies
A three-month residency program tailored for creators (individuals or collectives) seeking dedicated time and space to nurture, develop, or refine in-progress work, with the support and peer-to-peer connection needed to move their projects forward.

The Onassis AiR Dramaturgy Fellowships
A three-month fellowship for performing arts professionals from Greece or based in Greece, to develop a new theater, dance, and/or performing arts project that has not yet been presented.

The Onassis AiR/ONX Fellowships
A two-month fellowship for projects that combine immersive narratives, Mixed Realities and performative elements and address the potential of computational technologies to foster sustainable practices.

The Onassis AiR Technical Residencies
For the first time, Onassis AiR welcomes art professionals working in the technical areas of theater, dance, music, cinema, and digital productions for a three-month residency to advance their skills in Stage Management, Theater Production, Scenic / Lighting / Sound Design, and Art & Advanced Technologies projects.

Duration	3 months, between September 2025 to July 2026.
Fields and Media	Comic, Community Development, Craft, Cultural Heritage, Independent Curator, Literature, Movie and Pop Music, Museum, Other, Performance Art, Visual Art
Funding	1300 euros monthly fee.
Provided by Host	All selected participants will receive an artist’s fee, the potential for a research/production budget, housing, travel to/from Athens, a collective budget for group site-visits and research trips, opportunities to engage with the art scene in Athens through networking events, and access to mentoring and audiovisual equipment.
How to Apply	Read more about the four available residency strands and find the application form links, here: https://onassiswebdata.blob.core.windows.net/prod/documents/opencall_25.pdf
Selection Procedure	Τhe Selection Process varies depending on the selected strand: ◆ The selection for the Onassis AiR Extended Research Residencies follows a peer-to-peer process that involves previous program participants. All shortlisted applications will be reviewed in detail by the team of Onassis AiR in collaboration with an external selection committee consisting of Navine G Dossos, Hicham Khalidi and River Lin. ◆ The selection for the Onassis AiR Dramaturgy Fellowships will be made by the Dramaturgy and Curatorial departments of Onassis Stegi and the Onassis AiR team. ◆ The selection for the Onassis AiR/ONX Fellowships will be made by ODiN (Onassis Digital and Innovation) jointly with the Onassis AiR, Onassis ONX and the Curatorial teams of Onassis Stegi. ◆ The selection for the Onassis AiR Technical Residencies will be made by the Onassis AiR, Onassis Production, and Onassis ONX teams.
Expected Outcome	No expected outcome. Onassis AiR aims to foster artistic research and process by providing space and time to arts professionals from diverse geographies and disciplines, enabling them to delve deeper into their practice without the pressure of presenting a final work.

Duration

3 months, between September 2025 to July 2026.

Fields and Media

Comic, Community Development, Craft, Cultural Heritage, Independent Curator, Literature, Movie and Pop Music, Museum, Other, Performance Art, Visual Art

Funding

1300 euros monthly fee.

Provided by Host

All selected participants will receive an artist’s fee, the potential for a research/production budget, housing, travel to/from Athens, a collective budget for group site-visits and research trips, opportunities to engage with the art scene in Athens through networking events, and access to mentoring and audiovisual equipment.

How to Apply

Read more about the four available residency strands and find the application form links, here:
https://onassiswebdata.blob.core.windows.net/prod/documents/opencall_25.pdf

Selection Procedure

Τhe Selection Process varies depending on the selected strand:
◆ The selection for the Onassis AiR Extended Research Residencies follows a peer-to-peer process that involves previous program participants. All shortlisted applications will be reviewed in detail by the team of Onassis AiR in collaboration with an external selection committee consisting of Navine G Dossos, Hicham Khalidi and River Lin.
◆ The selection for the Onassis AiR Dramaturgy Fellowships will be made by the Dramaturgy and Curatorial departments of Onassis Stegi and the Onassis AiR team.
◆ The selection for the Onassis AiR/ONX Fellowships will be made by ODiN (Onassis Digital and Innovation) jointly with the Onassis AiR, Onassis ONX and the Curatorial teams of Onassis Stegi.
◆ The selection for the Onassis AiR Technical Residencies will be made by the Onassis AiR, Onassis Production, and Onassis ONX teams.

Expected Outcome

No expected outcome. Onassis AiR aims to foster artistic research and process by providing space and time to arts professionals from diverse geographies and disciplines, enabling them to delve deeper into their practice without the pressure of presenting a final work.

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