OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS & MUSICIANS An Intensive Residential Course for Collaborative Cross-Arts Practice in Portugal - Other Lands Other Sounds 2026
Curiosa
Artform: Combined arts
Event date: Fri, 31st Jul 2026 to Tue, 11th Aug 2026
International
- Open call
- Get tickets
Fri, 27 Mar 2026 "> published -
Event Summary
Fee - from €1210, includes tuition, spaces, accommodation, and food (does not include travel), support provided for those applying to Culture Moves Europe funding 1 work exchange placement available for documentation, 1 bursary for a local Portuguese artist.
Event Description
July 31 - August 11, 2026 Are you an artist or musician ready to break out of the box? 4 deadlines for applications: March 20th, April 17th, May 22nd, June 19th Early bird deadline: May 1st ( 100 discount) Our iconic programme returns in 2026 to a brand new home in Northern Portugal: the Court of Cavalum, an enchanting 18th-century mansion 30 minutes outside of Porto. Join us for a riotously fun, cross-arts journey that brings together visual artists, musicians, and performers for twelve days of collaborative creation. Experience a carefully curated programme of movement sessions, ensemble workshops, skill shares, field trips, creative briefs, mentoring and more. Working across disciplines, participants will co-create new works-performance, installation, sound, movement-culminating in a promenade performance through the halls and rooms of this extraordinary historic space. We are looking for musicians and artists of all stripes-professional and non-professional, students and self-taught-who are ready to step outside their comfort zones and experiment with collaboration across genre and practice. Open to artists working in the fields of music, visual arts, dance, theatre, performance, and live art. Spaces for approximately 9 musicians, 5 visual artists, 1 movement artist and 1 performance maker 4 application deadlines, spaces are limited; support provided for those applying to Culture Moves Europe funding Fee - from 1210, includes tuition, spaces, accommodation, and food (does not include travel) 1 work exchange placement available for documentation, 1 bursary for a local Portuguese artist Curated, and facilitated by Filipe Sousa (PT, Tutor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Trinity Laban Conservatory of Music and Dance, and Artistic Director at Skoola), Beatriz Martinez (SP, Coordinator of the International Contemporary Photography Master Program at EFTI School of Photography), Kate Smith (UK/US, Founder of Curiosa and The Embodied Voice).
Event Overview
- Event Title: OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS & MUSICIANS An Intensive Residential Course for Collaborative Cross-Arts Practice in Portugal - Other Lands Other Sounds 2026
- Type: Open call
- Date: Fri, 31st Jul 2026 to Tue, 11th Aug 2026
- Location: International
Useful Links
How to Book
We accept applications in 4 rounds. Spaces are limited, so please do not wait to apply.
We have spaces for approximately: 9 musicians, 5 visual artists, 1 movement artist, 1 performance maker
Fee - from €1210, includes tuition, spaces, accommodation, and food (does not include travel), support provided for those applying to Culture Moves Europe funding
1 work exchange placement available for documentation, 1 bursary for a local Portuguese artist.
- Contact name: Kate Smith
- Contact email: [email protected]
About Curiosa
Organisation Description
Bringing people together across arts and cultures through international retreats, workshops and camps.