International Support

OCA’s International Support provides support for international activity and participation in projects and exhibitions abroad for artists and art professionals from Norway.

International support is one of OCA's support schemes which aims to strengthen and realise international activity for contemporary art from Norway.

International Support provides funding for two main types of activities, both of which can be applied for using the same application form:

International Travel Support is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a budget of NOK 2.300.000 in 2025.

International Production Support is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Equality with a budget of NOK 3.700.000 in 2025.

Application deadlines are 3 February, 3 May and 3 October. Applications are assessed three times per year by the OCA jury.

All applications are submitted through our application platform stikk.no, where you can also find the guidelines for the support scheme:

Application Process

Applications are only accepted via stikk.no. Read the extended guidelines on stikk.no thoroughly before filling in the form. For questions, please contact OCA's Grants Officer Anna Moe Jensen.

Jury

The OCA jury is selected based on an open nomination process. The jury evaluates applications for the grant schemes for international travel support incl. production support, and international residencies. The jury meets three times per year to assess applications in relation to the grant scheme deadlines 3 February, 3 May and 3 October.

The OCA jury for the period of 2023 – 2025 consist of:

Giovanna Esposito Yussif 
Vibeke Slyngstad 
Kjersti Solbakken
Ruben Steinum (leader)


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Next application deadline: 3 October

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