BBK events
First birthday BBKarium Dessau with Wilfried Meinarth
The BBKarium in Dessau has been around for a year now. We want to celebrate this birthday with you on December 1, 2024, from 5 p.m. at the shop window in Ferdinand-von-Schill-Str.3. There will be mulled wine, snacks and a short review of the past year. We also want to present the exhibition program for […]
Gert Burkard Büttner
Title of the exhibition: Bild-Hauerei Gert Burkard Büttner, qualified sculptor/metal designer In my works, I use the various creative means of the visual arts to process paradoxical and strange inspirations from reality that occur to me. The motifs can then be seen in the fields of sculpture and plastic art as well as graphics and […]
Manuela Homm
Manuela Homm works with a wide variety of materials such as glass, ceramics, wood and concrete. Melting, casting and firing are her favorite processing techniques. She explores the inner life, the core of the material in detail and expresses it in her objects through form and light. Approximation usually occurs through a structure, the meeting […]
Admission meeting in October: BBK Saxony-Anhalt welcomes 19 new members
On October 22, 2024, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt hosted the admission meeting with the artist Elvira Franz in the Blauer Stern exhibition barn in Quedlinburg. Here, interested artists from Saxony-Anhalt were able to introduce themselves to the admissions committee in order to become members of our association. The following 19 artists are new: Ammar Assali | […]
BBK Saxony-Anhalt conducts survey on artists’ estates
The Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. is calling on all visual artists and estate holders (institutions and private individuals) to take part in an anonymous survey. You have until November 15 to take part. The survey is the first part of a study that the BBK Saxony-Anhalt is conducting from summer 2024 to the end […]
Zeitgleich-Zeitzeichen: Experimental printing art from Saxony-Anhalt now also in Dresden
Printmaking experiments from Dresden and Dessau have already been on show for two weeks this early summer at the Anhaltischer Kunstverein Dessau. Now the BBK portfolio project is also coming to Dresden. In the spirit of contemporary experimental printmaking, works will be exhibited by: Künstlerbund Dresden e.V. Thomas Bachler | Heike Berl | Gudrun Brückel […]
Friedrich Hensen
Friedrich Hensen works intermedially. He works in social, artistic and non-material spaces, which he summarizes with the socio-philosophical term “traversing the spheres”. This results in site-specific installations, performances and multimedia works consisting of texts, sounds and poetry or socio-cultural projects, such as the Bürgertheater Zeitz. Friedrich Hensen:
Sabine Brauns
In my exhibition “13“, I am showing works that reflect on the articles of the UN Convention on Human Rights of 1948 and the disregard for them. More precisely, the focus is on Articles 1 and 3. The former recognizes the inviolability of every human being’s dignity. It should be the foundation for ethical behavior […]
BBK summer reception at Q.Hof
The second BBK Summer Reception will take place on August 15, 2024. The board of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt invited network partners from politics and culture, active members and members from the “focus” regions of Magdeburg and Harz to exchange ideas, look back on joint initiatives and make new plans. This year’s co-host is the Q.Hof […]
Frieda Knie
I began my artistic journey with woodcuts. In 2013, I approached a completely new and graphic form of expression. Again, I worked with the diverse organic forms of nature: leaf, tree, blossom, landscape. Now the focus is on the hidden forms, folds, cracks and fractures, the rough edges that become visible through the power of […]
Generally fresh in Ilsenburg Monastery 2024
From fall 2024, the Kulturwerk of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt in Ilsenburg Monastery will be showing the exhibition “generell frisch. New members of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt”. We are looking forward to cooperating with the Ilsenburg Monastery Foundation in a fantastic location with the best conditions for the numerous works of art. Participants are 30 artists who […]
Open studios in Saxony-Anhalt 2024
On 21. and September 22, 2024 the “Open Studios” will take place again in Saxony-Anhalt. Around 150 artists open their doors to visitors. Look forward to open doors in Barleben, Derenburg, Dessau-Roßlau, Halle (Saale), Havelberg, Jessen, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Magdeburg, Nebra, Quedlinburg, the Saale district, Salzwedel, Schlanstedt and Wernigerode!
Symposium Experimental Printmaking
In September 2024, eight members of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt will come together at Posa Monastery in Zeitz to work together for a week. The artists are at home in the art of printing and look forward to experimenting. Not only does a well-equipped screen printing workshop await them, but also plenty of space to try […]
BBK Saxony-Anhalt welcomes 19 new members
On April 9, 2024, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt was a guest at the Lichthaus in Halle for the recording session. Almost all of the registered artists from Saxony-Anhalt were able to present themselves to the admissions committee in order to become members of our association. The following 19 artists are new: Taha Bader | Hagen Bäcker […]
Short-term call for tenders Course work database for BBK members (14.04.2024)
We recently advertised a course on work databases for heirs and estate administrators. As we have not received enough registrations from this group of interested parties, we would now like to open the course to BBK members at short notice. The dates have already been set and two participants have already confirmed their attendance. If […]
Frank Täubner
Frank Täubner, born in 1954, lived and worked in Dessau-Roßlau until 2013. Since then, he has moved to Derenburg in the Harz Mountains. However, he always maintained his connection to Dessau. His cycle of paintings of Wörlitz Park was on display in the library of the Federal Environment Agency last year and was subsequently purchased […]
Workshop art business and parenthood
Expert lecture and workshop on May 15, 2024 from 09:00 to 14:00. A hybrid event organized by the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. and Dornrosa e.V. Halle. The initiators are the visual artists Wiebke Kirchner and Daniela Schönemann. For artists who have children, the art world is full of structural hurdles. Parenthood and freelancing are […]
generally fresh in Magdeburg 2023
In the seventh edition of our “generally fresh” exhibition format, we are presenting 25 new members at the Magdeburg Design Forum. We are delighted to be guests at this venue for ambitious art and cultural projects. Discover painting, printmaking, installation, textile art, jewelry, sculpture, drawing by the artists who were accepted into the BBK Saxony-Anhalt […]