OPEN CALL MQ Residency 2026
in cooperation with tranzit.org / ERSTE Stiftung
Application until 14.09.2025 (midnight)
The Artist-in-Residence Programme at MuseumsQuartier Wien is part of ERSTE Foundation’s long-term endeavour to support contemporary art and to strengthen the fragile situation of its creators, especially in the region of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe.
The residency programme is carried out in close cooperation with ERSTE Foundation's key cultural partners: tranzit, Igor Zabel Association and Kontakt Collection (Kontakt Collection will collaborate with the Zagreb based WHW Akademija.)
Artists and curators from Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovak Republic, and Slovenia, as well as from Ukraine, are invited to take part in the open call. Accepted candidates are required to use the residence in its full length during the following fixed periods:
For Ukraine: January – February 2026
For Czech Republic: March – April 2026
For Croatia: March – April 2026
For Slovak Republic: May – June 2026
For Romania: May – June 2026
For Slovenia: July – August 2026
For Hungary: September – October 2026
Applications are accepted only if complete, in English, and by e-maill until 14.09.2025 (midnight).
MQ Writer-in-Residence 2025 in cooperation with BMEIA
The MuseumsQuartier Wien and the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs have invited authors from Germany to apply for the MQ Writer-in-Residence program in Vienna. The jury members Mia Eidlhuber, Dagmar Harbich and Florian Baranyi have selected Mirjam Wittig (January & February 2025), Thea Mengeler (March & April 2025), Laura Lichtblau (May & June 2025), Ronya Othmann (July & August 2025), Dana von Suffrin (September & October 2025) and Luna Ali (November & December 2025).