Onassis AiR Opens Applications for 2026–27 Residencies in Athens
After six successful years supporting nearly 250 fellows from around the world, the artistic research and residency program Οnassis AiR has become a container of cross-disciplinary exchange among local and international art practitioners and researchers.
Process, research, and experimentation are at the core of the residency: participants are invited to delve deeper into their practice without the pressure of presenting a final work. Serving as a point of access to the Onassis Culture ecosystem, Onassis AiR offers tailored mentoring and opportunities to explore future production, co-production, presentation possibilities, or further support for a project’s international development.
This season, the program invites applications for a 10-week residency in Athens, Greece, between September 2026 and July 2027. It will award 30 residencies across all fields, including Visual Arts, Theater, Dance, Sound, Art & Advanced Technologies, Filmmaking, Applied Arts, and Curation, as well as their hybrid iterations.
This year, the program:
– Introduces a new research and project development opportunity in collaboration with the Cavafy Archive.
– Continues its focus on material-based practices and the broader field of applied arts, a direction strengthened by its expansion at Onassis Ready.
– Continues to provide technical and production support for performing arts and digital productions through dedicated Technical Residencies.
– In collaboration with Onassis ONX, offers access to the platform’s new studio within Onassis Ready, providing additional curatorial, development, and technical support.
– Enhances the artist’s fee and budget in response to increasingly precarious working conditions for art professionals in Greece and abroad.
Selected participants receive an artist’s fee, a research budget, housing, round-trip travel, access to mentoring, and audiovisual equipment, among other resources. All program participants are involved in the Onassis AiR Open Days, a series of public events centered on creative processes rather than finished outcomes.
Applications are due by March 3, 2026, at 12pm (UTC+2).
To learn more and apply, visit onassis.org.
