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Modes of Access – Digital Residencies 2026
The Schöppingen Artists’ Village and the kaethe:k Kunsthaus are offering four digital residencies for media artists. The thematic focus is on “Modes of Access” as technological and political means of accessing resources. Artists with chronic illnesses, disabilities, and/or neurodiversity, or those facing other travel restrictions such as visa restrictions or caregiving responsibilities, are encouraged to […]
Scholarship for Working with Cultural Heritage
The fellowship enables cultural professionals from countries on the DAC list to spend time at host institutions. The goal is to deepen profession-specific knowledge on a transnational level, introduce new perspectives, and build long-term collaborations through exchange. The focus is on transcultural dialogue and engagement with cultural heritage, collections, and archival materials. The fellowship promotes […]
Arts and Crafts Market at Sumpfburg Castle in Oebisfelde
Dear artisans from Saxony-Anhalt From July 3–5, 2026, we will be hosting an arts and crafts market at the Sumpfburg in Oebisfelde—a weekly market—and, specifically on July 4, 2026, a charity event called “TdG—Day of Generations.” Oebisfelde is located directly on the state border with Lower Saxony—formed here by the Aller River—and in the transition […]
Elena Kiseleva-Arendt in Berlin
Exhibition “Virtual Herbarium & Ex Libris”
Maximilian Koch in Undenheim
MAXIMILIAN KOCH captures the presence of places, objects, and, above all, people in his drawings and prints. He is concerned with “careful observation and an intense grasp of spatiality, physicality, and the time it takes to see.” The @bernhardt_stiftung estate in Undenheim is serving as the (open-air) studio for our PLEINAIR RHEINHESSEN this year. Thirteen […]
OPEN CALL BURG Annual Exhibition 26
Burgshop goes BURG! The Burgshop will open its container doors for the annual exhibition at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle on July 18 and 19, 2026. Apply now via the open call with your product or object! For more information about the Burgshop, visit https://designhaus.burg-halle.de/burgshop/ Application and Requirements
OPEN CALL: Development of Artistic Projects in Cologne’s Neighborhoods
For a new project, the ArtAsyl Veedel-Walk, we are looking for artists and cultural workers who would like to collaborate with local residents to develop new artistic projects. Pilot Project in Cologne-Mülheim Neighborhood Walk: July 24, 2026 The ArtAsyl Veedel Walk is a new, participatory cultural project in public spaces that will launch in 2026 […]
OPEN CALL – ARTIST RESIDENCY FOR PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS
We are looking for artists and creative professionals from all artistic and creative fields (visual arts, theater, music, film, literature, design, architecture, crafts) who are interested in developing and implementing a participatory art project in the Bavarian Forest over a period of three months. The residencies take place at SCHIESSLHAUS AiR in Kollnburg or at […]
John Ruskin Prize
The John Ruskin Prize is open to entries from artists, designers, and makers—amateur or professional—from anywhere in the world. This year’s theme is “Not for Present Delight.” In an era marked by environmental urgency and social inequality, “Not for Present Delight” explores what it means to create with an awareness of the consequences, while also […]
Educational Specialist / Part-time
congrav e.V., Halle (Saale) Application deadline: June 30, 2026
“Sketch & Share” Workshop at BBK Leipzig
Workshop: The Third Room: Sketch & Share // Interstices #3 As part of our current exhibition, *The Third Room: Sketch & Share*, we cordially invite you to the Sketch & Share workshop. The Third Room: Sketch & Share is an experimental exhibition format that combines drawing, exchange, and collective artistic practice. Through the accompanying workshops, […]
Miriam Albert in Halle (Saale)
Exhibition + Laboratory EXKURSIONSFLORA is the title of a classic book on plant identification (ed. Rothmaler et al.) and a combination of the Latin excurare – an excursion, often with an educational or research intention, and flora, the Roman goddess of flowers and youth, often used in a figurative sense for the flora of a […]
BBK members at the Printería in Halle (Saale)
PRINTERÍA – an open print shop with a growing exhibition at the Kiosk Art and Project Space at Reileck with BBK members Charlotte Ehrt, Anett Hoffmann, Rita Lass, Annekathrin Pohle, and Deborah Ziller, as well as Dini Kaiser In July, the kiosk at Reileck will turn into a print workshop, and we want to work […]
Lecturer / Continuing Education Instructor on a freelance basis in Saxony-Anhalt (no deadline)
European Educational Institute for Work and Society Application deadline: no deadline specified
Open Call: 2026 CULTURAL THEME YEAR City. Light. Life. Energy Project 360° (June 24, 2026)
A collaboration between the Halle (Saale) Cultural Theme Years and the Friends of the Halle Planetarium, with support from Stadtwerke Halle, in coordination with the Silbersalz Festival. At the heart of the project is the KulturDom of the Thematic Year and the newly acquired 360° cameras, which can be used to create video works specifically […]
Dieter Gilfert in Friedrichsrode
KUNSTMARKT Friedrichsrode Featuring BBK member Dieter Gilfert and many other artists For over three decades, the KUNSTMARKT has been held on the third Saturday in June in the small half-timbered village of Friedrichsrode between Nordhausen and Mühlhausen in northern Thuringia. For a single day, the entire town, which is then closed to through traffic, is […]
BBK Members at the Werkleitz Festival 2026
Gruppenausstellung “100 Kunstwerke zum Thema Zeit” With the following BBK members: and many other artists Drawings, audio pieces, photographs, textile objects, installations and figures, films, humorous drawings, large-format paintings, and atmospheric poems explore nature and space in relation to temporalities, searching—with a critical eye toward the media—for the moment, reach for lost, past, or longed-for […]
A Look Back at the “sichtbar” Market 2026
We’ve had a wonderful and varied market weekend in 2026, with rain, sun, wind, and plenty of joy. Thank you to all of the approximately 2,100 visitors to the market, and thank you to all of the more than 50 exhibiting artists and designers! The Audience Award and the workshop fair were once again well […]
Is “Artfello” a reputable provider?
Some members have contacted us to ask whether the international provider “Artfello” can be trusted or whether this is (yet another) scam. They describe their business model as follows: “Artfello is a contemporary cultural platform connecting art, design, architecture, and business through exhibitions, collaborations, and cross-disciplinary exchange.” Please let us know by email (subject line: […]