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Dieter Baacke Prize 2026

The Dieter Baacke Prize is awarded to exemplary educational, social and cultural projects throughout Germany. Intergenerational media projects are also honored. The prize is awarded in six categories, each of which is endowed with 2,000 euros. Application deadline: July 31, 2026


New ways of working with schools, daycare centers and all-day care

The MIXED UP Kick-Off funding is intended to initiate new ways of working together in cultural education. The funding is just right for committed stakeholders from schools, daycare centers, all-day programs and extracurricular cultural education who have not yet worked together strategically – and now want to do so together. The focus is not on […]


York University: Connected Minds Artist-in-Residence / 2026-27 // Canada

Sensorium: Centre for Digital Art and Technology, in partnership with Connected Minds: Neural and Machine Systems for a Healthy, Just Society, invites applications for the 2026-27 Connected Minds Artist-in-Residence program at York University (Toronto). The Artist-in-Residence will begin their tenure in Fall 2026.The selected artist will carry out their residency project through research-based creative practice. […]


SYMPOIESIS / SITUATED Residencies / 2027 / Early call

Sympoiesis (from the Greek sún, “with,” and poiesis, “creation/production”) is a term coined by feminist biologist and philosopher Donna Haraway. Haraway proposes that nothing is created alone (autopoiesis); rather, everything is created “with” others in complex, dynamic, and situated networks. In an artistic context, this means moving beyond the 20th-century anthropocentric idea of the artist […]


2 Material Research Fellowships 2027

Re:Create Europe invites emerging artists and cultural practitioners to engage with questions of resistance, resilience, and the transformation of cultural policies through international residency programmes, an accompanying webinar series and digital mapping. The first year under the topic Transformation of Cultural Policies focuses on the role of artistic and cultural practices in times of transformation, with particular […]


DWELL HERE: ONE YEAR RESIDENCY OPEN CALL / 2027 // Ireland

!!! €10 application feeIMMA welcomes applications for Dwell Here 2027: One Year Residencies for nationwide and internationally based practices to reside for one year at the Museum. This opportunity invites applications across disciplines of the visual arts, design, architecture, curation, and related humanities fields. Successful applicants will be supported to undertake independent site-responsive research.IMMA’s Dwell […]


OASis In the Park Site-specific Residency 2026 // Italy

Fondazione Campania Welfare is launching the second round of OASis In the Park, following the success of our first residency cycle (San Laise Open Lab). The residency is based at Parco San Laise, a former NATO base in Bagnoli, Naples, currently undergoing a gradual process of social and cultural regeneration.The OASis operates as a diffused […]


Hold Space Retreat for Artists of Color // USA

This program offers artists and cultural workers of color dedicated time for communal living, creative practice, and rest on Ox-Bow’s historic campus in Saugatuck, Michigan. Designed to nurture reflection, collaboration, and renewal, the retreat provides individuals or groups of up to twelve participants space to create, organize, and connect within a supportive environment. Retreats may […]


Silence Awareness Existence – residency program in Finland, Winter 2027

Residency program for artists, writers, researchers & deep minds Periods: 1 month (29 days/period)When: Jan / Feb / Mar 2027Where: Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, FinlandApplication deadline: July 30th, 2026 Thematic, transdisciplinary residency program in Finland for artists, writers, researchers and creative minds attuned to the theme. The program brings together creative individuals from different backgrounds. […]


AIR BURGENLAND – PEACE CASTLE RESIDENCY

Peace Castle is a residency for artists to explore the nexus between art and peacebuilding. Letting the unspeakable explain meaning that is lost in trauma. Adding nuance and empathy to shift paradigms in conflict. The Peace Castle Residencies begin in May 2024 and are ongoing. You can apply for a residency at any time and […]


Sebastian Harwardt in Bitterfeld

Exhibition Respektive. The graphic artist and painter Sebastian Harwardt can be counted among the particularly high-profile and interesting contemporary artists in Saxony-Anhalt. Born in Stendal in 1982, he studied humanities in Berlin before completing his degree in graphic design at the Burg Giebichenstein Academy of Art in Halle under Prof. Rug in 2015. Numerous solo […]



Open product workshop

Wed, June 10, 2026, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Are you excited about your semester project and want to turn it into a real product? Have you had an idea in your drawer for a long time? Are you in the middle of developing a product but are currently stuck? Do you simply want to […]


Call for Applications: Weissenhof Fine Arts Program

The postgraduate course “Meisterschüler/in im Weißenhof-Programm der Bildenden Kunst” at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design is aimed at selected, particularly talented artists with a master’s or diploma degree whose last practical art degree was completed no more than three years ago and who would like to implement a specific project within the […]


International research laboratory for artists

The art-lab 2026/2027 brings together around 30 artists from diverse contexts and disciplines for two two-week phases of research and exchange in Mexico City and Cologne.In collaboration with international experts from art and academia the thematic field “Syncretism & Ambiguity – Beyond the Binary” will be explored.+++The art-lab brings together around 30 artists from diverse […]


Promotion of the Upper Lusatia-Lower Silesia cultural region

Applications for the year 2027 must be submitted electronically. You can access the online application and information about the application process via the Int website This applies to applications for institutional funding, project funding and applications for investment funding. The application deadline for funding applications to the Upper Lusatia-Lower Silesia Cultural Region for the 2027 […]


Spaces of Culture 2026

With the “Spaces of Culture 2026” call, the European network EUNIC is supporting projects that strengthen cultural relations in sub-Saharan Africa. The program, which is funded by Creative Europe, supports contemporary and innovative projects in various cultural and social areas that are geared towards cooperation and exchange. The focus is on projects that implement key […]


Illustration: Emma Loesekraut

KSK advice

The topic of “insurance and protection” for artists and designers is becoming increasingly complex. Hardly anyone can still see through the web of KSK and pension funds. When and how do I join the KSK and what does it do for me? What insurance cover do I really need? How will I be covered in […]


Open Call: Artwork for Feminist Solic Calendar 2027

Kunstpavillon & Neue Galerie, Innsbruck Eine Gesellschaft, die nicht mehr dazu in der Lage ist, die sie umgebenden Systeme zu deuten und zu verstehen, erleidet eine Art Schockzustand, der stetig wachsende Teile der Gesellschaft in konservative und restriktive Muster flüchten lässt. Misogynie als machtstabilisierende Praxis ist eines von vielen Symptomen volatiler Zeiten. Das Gefühl eines […]


German-Czech Future Fund

The German-Czech Future Fund supports projects by individuals or organizations from the Czech Republic and Germany that contribute to greater understanding between Germans and Czechs. The prerequisite for funding is a project partner from the other country. The cultural funding area supports events such as festivals, concerts, theater, dance and film performances as well as […]