open call: w139 hosts… 2027

We’re very excited to announce the third edition of W139 hosts… opening up our space for makers and collectives. Following the previous vibrant editions in 2022 and 2023, this edition will run from 26 February until 25 April 2027. During a dynamic eight-week long programme we invite you—artists, designers, collectives, local initiatives, mediators, and communities—to test new projects, present work-in-progress, and engage with the artistic community in Amsterdam.

In a political climate that has fostered scarcity and competition within the cultural sector, with dwindling art spaces and strained budgets, opportunities to present work have become even more scarce for artists. W139 hosts… is our ongoing response to the tremendous urgency to create more space for experimentation, try-outs, and work in progress. With this programme, we want to share our space with more initiatives than we can usually accommodate in our regular programme, within our limitations as an independent art space. 

Serving as a platform to exchange ideas, the W139 hosts… aims to support, enhance, and contribute to the artistic ecosystem and its communities. W139 hosts… is a self-organized setting that we create together. Artists take control over their own projects and the way they are tested or presented. Whether participants are starting out, emerging, or mid-career does not matter—we select based on the project that applicants want to organize, whether W139 is a suitable location, and how they would benefit from participating.