The Montreal International Performing Arts Conference is a unique opportunity to present your work to programmers from around the world!

Submit your application from September 22 to November 24, 2025.

For the 8th consecutive year, AVIAMA is launching its “Puppets and Mobility” International Grants — a program designed to support mobility for artists, researchers, and professionals in the field of puppetry.

These grants aim to facilitate travel and accommodation, often the main obstacles to realizing creative and research projects, and to encourage artistic collaboration across borders.

The 39th edition of the International Theatrical Festival ‘VALISE’ will be held from 25 to 28 June 2026 at the Puppet and Actor Theatre in Lomza, Poland.

UNIMA International is currently launching an solidarity campaign for Gazan Puppeteers.

Call for Performances: Puppet Fair - International Festival of Street and Puppet Theatre 2026 in Sofia Bulgaria.

Gofundme to help puppeteer in Gaza,

In September, Mid Atlantic Arts received confirmation from the National Endowment for the Arts that a new federal grant would support the 2025-2026 year of the USArtists International (USAI) grant program. With this support, a new deadline for the program has been scheduled for Wednesday, February 25, 2026.  

The Stanisław Wyspiański Academy of Theater Arts in Krakow, Wrocław Branch, announces open recruitment for the third edition of the LALKA NOVA 3 International Performing Arts Conference, which will take place on November 26–28, 2025, in Wrocław at the Puppetry Department.

Applications for an ERASMUS exchange at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette (ESNAM in Charleville-Mézières, France) for the spring semester are open.

The Happiness Commission is delighted to launch a competition for a song or anthem to celebrate the 100th anniversary of UNIMA in 2029.