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Art scholarship “Smile” Künstlerhaus Meinersen
The Bösenberg Foundation in cooperation with the Künstlerhaus Meinersen is offering an art scholarship for visual artists in residence at the Künstlerhaus Meinersen for 2026.“Smiling” has a magical effect. The “smile of the Mona Lisa” is the most expensive painting in the world, a subtle smile has often led to special reactions from the other […]
Central German Fundraising Day on March 10, 2026
In his workshop “Generative AI – writing assistants for fundraising” is about understanding what AI really means in fundraising. Jona Hölderle makes it clear that AI no longer has much in common with our previous use of technology and that it has a strong influence on our work – regardless of whether we consciously use […]
Katrin Zickler in Dresden
Exhibition ‘“was mich betrifft”‘ – solo show – painting, drawing, sculpture Vernissage on FR February 20, 2026 / 8:00 pm Artist will be present! Introduction: Dr. Tina Simon / Publicist / Leipzig Music: Ekaterina Gorynina, Cello & Campanula, Dresden Last Day on SA February 28, 2026 / from 1:00 pm Round table: Interview with the […]
TISA PRICE
The Tisa Prize commemorates the life and work of Tisa von der Schulenburg. She was born in 1903 in Tressow and died in 2001 in Dorsten, where she had lived and worked as Sister Paula in the Ursuline convent since 1950. Throughout her life, Tisa worked intensively with people in borderline situations. Situations that affect […]
Nicole Müller in Leipzig
“Poetry of flowers” – Photographs by Nicole Müller | Picturesque still lifes of opulent beauties. A photographic journey througha garden year
Open Call – ibug Festival 2026
Riesa, former Muskator works The ibug festival combines historical industrial culture with urban art, creating multi-layered spaces of experience. In a process lasting several months, abandoned places are temporarily brought to life. The result is an appreciative, inspiring working environment with space for social interaction, interdisciplinary exchange and artistic creation. For the 2026 edition, we […]
Open Call International Exhibition – Contextile 2026
CONTEXTILE invites all artists (national and international) to present artworks to the competition for the International Exhibition (competitive), as part of the program of its 8th Edition, Contextile 2026 – Contemporary Textile Art Biennial, to be held in the city of Guimarães, Portugal, from the 5th September to the 29th November 2026. In 2026, the […]
OPEN CALLSÍM Residency 2026 – Reykjavík, Iceland
The SÍM Residency is an international, nonprofit residency program in Reykjavík, Iceland, for contemporary artists and cultural practitioners, run by SÍM – The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists. It is the largest and most established residency program in the Nordic region, welcoming around 200 artists from across the world each year. Our mission is to […]
Kerstin Krieg and Susanne Weise in Leipzig
NEUJAHRSKARTENAUSSTELLUNG 2026 | Graphics, Photography, Poetry…..in small format & with good wishes
summer.fresh.art X Culterim | Residencies
Güterbahnhof Bremen – Areal für Kunst und Kultur e.V. is awarding a one-year studio grant to an artist living in Bremen starting May 1, 2026. About the Bremen freight depot – an area for art and culture Güterbahnhof Bremen – Areal für Kunst und Kultur has been a place of work for independent artists, creative […]
Research assistant
Kunsthochschule Kassel Application deadline: February 17, 2026
Artus Art Prize
EigenArt has been awarding the Artus art prize since 2012. The Artus art competition is aimed at self-taught, educated artists. The competition sees itself as a forum for contemporary art – regardless of academic career or commercial success.The competition for the Artus Art Prize takes up a different theme each year, which invites participants to […]
Helga Borisch, Frank Borisch, Benjamin Borisch, Jens Elgner, Annedore Policek, and Reinhard Rex in Magdeburg
“They say time is fast: who has seen it fly? It remains unmoved in the conception of the world!” Angelus Silesius “Immovable”, this seems to be a basic component of still lifes. And then, the artists have closed the doors behind them. They have slipped away, contemplating their small world, the world in miniature. It […]
Annedore Policek and Ingrid Müller-Kuberski in Magdeburg
Exhibition Annedore Policek – Painting, Graphics | Nature inside and outside Ingrid Müller-Kuberski – Works on Alu-Dibond | On the road
W2 Professorship for Fundamentals of Design
State Academy of Fine Arts Application deadline: March 30, 2026
Federal Ecodesign Award
The Federal Ministry for the Environment and the Federal Environment Agency have been awarding the prize in cooperation with the International Design Center Berlin since 2012. Innovative content, design quality and environmental characteristics are at the forefront of the assessment. The Criteria matrix and the material instructions in the Ecodesignkit provides an overview of the […]
Promotion of participatory projects
In its “General Project Funding” program, the Socioculture Fund supports specific socio-cultural project ideas. Funding is provided for time-limited projects that involve local people as active participants in their conception and implementation and that address a socio-political or social issue using cultural methods. We are looking for the best project ideas, bold approaches and innovative […]
ART.PRIZE DIANA RUMPENHEIM 2026
VORBRENNER is a contemporary art platform that promotes process-oriented work across all disciplines and genres. It offers short-term opportunities for collaboration for both collectives and individual artists in search of new insights and contemporary forms of expression that engage with an interdisciplinary concept of art and science. The focus is on a movement that is […]
Research assistants: in Minor Art Production and Handling
Zurich University of the Arts Application deadline: March 1, 2026
W3 professorship for artistic-experimental processes
Braunschweig University of Art (HBK) Application deadline: March 8, 2026