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Association forum hall 2026

At the Halle 2026 Association Forum, you will get practical answers, fresh ideas and the opportunity to network with other committed people from Halle! When: Saturday, March 14, 2026, 10.00 – 15.30 (arrival from 09.30 with welcome coffee) Where: Stadthaus Halle, Marktplatz 2, 06108 Halle (Saale) After the introduction to the day and the welcoming […]


Laura Baginski and Christina Simon in Weißenfels

Exhibition ‘ Following your own compass – female artists and their paths‘ | An interdisciplinary project between art, music & literature How do female artists navigate their creative and personal paths in life? The exhibition “Following your own compass “ is dedicated to the multi-layered forms of expression of ten female artists who deal with […]


Spring exhibition 2026 at the “feingemacht” in Halle

With the following BBK members: Almuth Lohmann-Zell, Annekathrin Pohle, Antje Halter, Barbara Dimanski, Charlotte Ehrt, Colette Dörrwand, Elisa Sophia Herrmann, Franz Gabriel Walther, Johann Spengler, Judith Runge, Julia Rückert, Katharina Willsch-Werner, Katrin Röder, La’Atelier des Reves (Anca-Iuliana Grigoriu and Iulia Grigoriu), Linda Margarethe, Lisa S. Rackwitz, Marcus Biesecke, Mareen Alburg Duncker, Ondine Frochaux, Petra Reichenbach, […]


ART PRIZE 2026: “from the inside out”

Please note: The call for applications is aimed at young applicants born in or before 1991. The 2026 Prize for Young Art marks the end of the long and special series of BauSchau Art Prizes. It was an intensive and enriching time – characterized by highly committed artists and outstanding jury and team members. We […]


REVIERPIONIER ideas competition

The REVIERPIONIER ideas competition is starting a new round! From March 10, all citizens are once again invited to submit their creative, bold and forward-looking ideas. We are delighted that the REVIERPIONIER ideas competition organized by the State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Saxony-Anhalt is being continued. It offers citizens in the central German […]


“The myth of the neutrality requirement” – can I show a clear edge as an organization?

In principle, there is no party-political neutrality requirement for independent organizations and NGOs. However, the terms “neutrality, neutrality requirement or neutrality obligation” are used throughout civil society. They are commonly misinterpreted, used inappropriately by administrations and instrumentalized politically and strategically by right-wing extremists. Maximilian Lorenz from the German Federal Youth Council provides an overview of […]



Courses at the Saxony-Anhalt Media Authority

One of the main tasks of the Saxony-Anhalt Media Authority is to teach media skills. Competent use of media and orientation in a dynamically developing media world are regarded as core skills and are among the key skills of everyday and working life, regardless of a person’s age. Modern media and new communication technologies are […]



“Art meets health 2026

Together with humaQ, the Healing Culture Network is organizing the second call for proposals for three project grants as part of the EU project CULTURE AND HEALTH PLATFORM for artistic works at the interface of art, health and society in Germany. Award period: 15.01. – 31.03.2026 > Project duration: June 2026 – February 2027> Funding: […]


Open Call for Residencies

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 […]


Funding in the KUNSTFONDS_Werkverzeichnung program

The call for applications has started: Visual artists, artist duos and their legal successors can apply for funding to create a digital catalog raisonné until May 31, 2026 (midnight). Works of art are visual sources of the present and will be part of our artistic heritage in the future. The KUNSTFONDS_Werkverzeichnung funding program therefore promotes […]


Lecturer for three-dimensional design 30%

Zurich University of the Arts Application deadline: March 22, 2025


3rd “time ship earth” – art prize 2026

Supplement to the “Manual for Spaceship Earth”: Category: Maintenance and servicing Keyword: Lubricant replacement Tool: Art !! The world machine is running hot. The system is visibly losing the necessary rhythm. A terrible screeching fills the orbit. The roar of bombs, the wailing of the starving, the muffled cry of the drowning. The glaciers are […]


My First Arquetopia Residency

This program is conceived for emerging or first-time residents who wish to define or reframe the foundations of their work through contextual immersion and guided observation. Taking place in Puebla between March and July, the residency is intentionally scheduled during academic recesses – spring and summer breaks – allowing young artists and students to pursue […]


Christina Simon in Magdeburg

For the Day of Printmaking 2026, Der Galerieladen and Q.Hof Kunstverein e. V. are jointly inviting you to a comprehensive group exhibition of contemporary printmaking for the first time. At two exhibition venues in the Buckau district, the show presents a broad spectrum of current printmaking positions – from established artists to experimental approaches and […]


Christoph Ackermann, Helga Borisch, Frank Borisch, Heinrich Herbrügger, Maximilian Koch, Linda Margarete, Sari Prieto and Stephan Schieritz in Magdeburg

Group exhibition at Q.Hof for the Day of Printmaking For the Day of Printmaking 2026, Der Galerieladen and Q.Hof Kunstverein e. V. are jointly inviting you to a comprehensive group exhibition of contemporary printmaking for the first time. At two exhibition venues in the Buckau district, the show presents a broad spectrum of current printmaking […]


Bernd Papke in Quedlinburg

Weekend woodcut courseWoodcutting is one of the oldest printing techniques and is characterized by a wide range of possibilities in terms of form, color and expression. No previous knowledge is required to take part in this course – curiosity and a love of design are enough! Suitable for beginners and advanced. In 2026, the Museum […]


"Lustsubjekte", Videoinstallation (Videostill), 16:23 min, 2024
“Lustsubjekte”, Videoinstallation (Bildschirmversion / Videostill mit Erdbeere), 16:23 min, 2024

Laura Baginski

Making female* experience visible, questioning stereotypical images of nature, the body and roles and working towards a lively, diverse perception of gender, sexuality and desire – this is what drives Laura Baginski in her artistic work. In the video work “Lustsubjekte”, she merges the plaster relief of a vulva with images of nature from her […]


Open Call: Goldstücke 2025 – Light art festival in Gelsenkirchen

The Open Call for the Goldstücke 2025 light art festival is open! The motto of this year’s edition is “Active Positive”, inspired by the concept of “Open Form” by architect Oskar Hansen. We want to promote a shared, optimistic commitment to our built environment and encourage participation and dialog through light art. Whether individual light […]