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ZEITGLEICH ZEITZEICHEN postcard set
This publication is part of the BBK annual project ZEITGLEICH ZEITZEICHEN – Im Zeichen der zeitgenössischen experimentellen Druckkunst: This set of postcards highlights the diversity and creativity in the art of printing and draws attention to an art form rich in tradition that is characterized by craftsmanship and artistic expression. The print motifs show how […]
What remains empty when art funding comes to nothing?
The parties are currently forging their election programs in a hurry. It is urgently necessary to campaign now for the promotion of the visual arts and against the cuts to the Art Fund Foundation planned before the government crisis.For this reason, we have launched a social media campaign together with the Deutscher Künstlerbund, GEDOK, IKG […]
Introduction of mandatory electronic invoicing from January 1, 2025
What is an e-invoice? An e-invoice (short for electronic invoice) is an invoice that can be transmitted, received and processed electronically in a so-called structured electronic format. PDF invoices are not invoices in this sense (although they are sent electronically); basically, an e-invoice is a data record that contains the usual mandatory information of a […]
INHABIT // Artist-in-Residence
The artist-in-residence program INHABIT invites artists from various disciplines to work with scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt. For a scientific research institute that deals with questions of aesthetics, the presence and challenging impulse of artistic work is of particular importance. The Institute regards the integration of artistic thinking and […]
Review of the Maternal Fantasies workshop
Together with Dornrosa e.V. and the initiators Wiebke Kirchner and Daniela Schönemann, we held an eventful workshop last week. Magdalena Kallenberger and Isabell Spengler from the artists’ collective MATERAL FANTASIES were our guests. Not only did they give us great insights into their previous work, they also put on a participatory performance with us. Their […]
Workshop series of the Designhaus Halle
A varied program with workshops and consultations awaits you! Register now and secure your place: look forward to seeing you! Your Designhaus team
CO.Pilot – Mentoring program at the Designhaus Halle
As part of the “BURG Potentials” funding project, a new round of the CO.Pilot mentoring program will start in February 2025. Applications are open to self-employed people and start-up teams from the design industry based in Saxony-Anhalt. Mentors – experts in their field – share their experience, provide advice on solving specific issues and accompany […]
Open Call: Exhibition “Das ferne Land” for BBK members at Kunstraum Halle e.V.
Kunstraum Halle e.V. invites BBK members outside of Halle (Saale) to participate in the joint exhibition Das ferne Land. The aim is to present the artistic potential of the region and to offer a platform for exchange and networking among artists. Works from all genres of the visual arts – from painting to sculpture and […]
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 | […]
ortung 14 – Schwabach Art Days under the sign of gold
loc. 14: August 9 to 24, 2025 In spring 2024, the Schwabach gold beating craft was included in the Bavarian State Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The art biennial ortung is building on this tradition and is organizing the art days under the motto “In the sign of gold”. What started as a regional event […]
Art competition “Art on refuse collection vehicles” 2nd round
As part of the Symposion Urbanum Nürnberg (SUN), the City of Nuremberg is holding an open art competition for the artistic design of refuse collection vehicles. Artists are invited to submit designs. From these submissions, the Advisory Board for Visual Arts will select the best designs, which will gradually be applied to the refuse collection […]
Linocut today XIII – Graphic design award of the city of Bietigheim-Bissingen
It’s that time of year again: every three years, the town of Bietigheim-Bissingen awards the “Linocut Today” printmaking prize, now in its thirteenth year. Founded in 1989, the prize has long since become an institution and has established itself as one of the most important international graphic design awards: its focus on a single technique […]
Cross Innovation 2021 – 2027
from the “Digital And Creative Economy” program” With the Cross Innovation program, the state and the EU are promoting the formation and work of networks of companies in the creative industries, creative crafts and other sectors with the aim of developing innovative and new products and services. Who is supported? What is supported? Application deadline: […]
VII International Bad Video Art Festival OPEN CALL
We are looking for videos that are at the intersection of bad art, bad painting, and bad cinema. We propose to study extreme forms of video art and single out certain works as bad videos or “B-videos”. Join us if you are interested in the issue of quality and boundaries in art. This year, the […]
Art competition: Ferdinandeum – Art on the building site
The Tiroler Landesmuseen-Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. invites artists to take part in the “Ferdinandeum – Art on the Building Site” competition. The occasion is the renovation of the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck from spring 2025 to 2027. The aim of the competition is to realize temporary works of art on or during the construction site […]
STUDIO TALKS 24/25
WHAT6 joint online meetings and two individual online discussions over a period of 6 months. The meetings and one-to-one discussions accompany the artistic work in the studio through exchanges between colleagues, the thematic focus on topics that are important to the participants and through reflection opportunities, whichcan be individually deepened between the meetings. An intensive […]
The marehalm ART award
The marehalm Art Prize is aimed at artists who have found their own artistic position, which is surprising and has so far received too little attention. These unseen artists, who fulfill the requirements listed under conditions of participation, can apply for the art prize. There are no restrictions for the applicants in terms of level […]
Hans Purrmann Prize of the City of Speyer for Fine Arts
According to Hans Purrmann’s express wish, the “Hans Purrmann Prize of the City of Speyer for Fine Arts” is to be awarded to young artists who are worthy of support and who, comparable to Hans Purrmann’s stations in life (birth in the Palatinate, life and work stations in Munich, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Florence, but also […]
Photo competition – Impressions of Romanticism: Caspar David Friedrich and Saxon Switzerland
Saxon Switzerland exerted a great attraction on Caspar David Friedrich throughout his life. He had found the ideal of a romantic landscape here and recorded his impressions in numerous sketches and drawings. For him, the rocky world of Saxon Switzerland was a place of longing and inspiration. What fascinated the Romantics back in the 19th […]