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Matthias Behne and Stefanie Demmel in Halle (Saale)
Riso Workshop: Photogram Immerse yourself in the beauty of nature. Using leaves and flowers collected together from the surrounding area and adding your own drawings and typography, you will create your template for the photogram collages. The result is 2 x 12 two-color DIN A3 riso prints to give away or keep for yourself. 🙂 […]
BBK summer reception at Thomas Leu’s studio
The third BBK summer reception will take place on August 22, 2025. The board of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt has invited network partners from politics and culture, active members and members from this year’s “Focus” region Altmark to exchange ideas, look back on joint initiatives and make new plans. This year’s co-host is BBK member Thomas […]
Cultural funding from the state is transferred to Investitionsbank
Press release from the State Chancellery of Saxony-Anhalt dated 02.07.2025 Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt (IB) is to become the central point of contact for funding procedures in the cultural sector. This is provided for in an agreement signed between the State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture and the IB. This means that the IB will be the […]
Support program Art NOW!
Artists in the daycare center, shaping the future Democracy needs art. Children need art. Art is an indispensable social force. It opens up spaces for new ways of thinking and rethinking, creates understanding and invites people to marvel, question and explore the world. This enriches the educational environment of daycare centers in a special way. […]
Climate Art Collection
With its continous open-call concept the climate art collection aims to be inclusive towards all kinds of artists and art formats relating to climate change, everyone is welcome to contribute to the global collection. Please submit your artwork through the form on the website. If you face any challenges or want to add specific information, […]
Applications for KUNST/MITTE 2025
The regular application phase for KUNSTMITTE 2025 starts on April 1. Dear gallery owners and artists, some of you have been with us for quite some time, some of you have been with us from the very beginning. For us as the organization team and organizers of the art fair, it is particularly important to […]
Workshop “Tax issues of artists and designers” on May 26, 2025
Which income and expenses belong in the surplus income statement? How can freelance and commercial activities be distinguished from each other? Is the small business regulation suitable for me? These and other questions are the focus of a workshop with tax consultant Ronald Ebersbach on May 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Designhaus […]
Admission meeting in April: 8 new members in BBK Saxony-Anhalt
On April 8, 2025, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt hosted its spring admission meeting at the Paul Scherzer Gallery in Halle. Here, interested artists from Saxony-Anhalt were able to present themselves to the admissions committee in order to become members of our association. We are delighted that 8 artists are now new members and have conjured up […]
First steps towards new admission
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Foyer des Arts – The art salon with Roman Pliske on “estates”
What remains of an artist’s inner life? And what happens to an artistic legacy if no descendants preserve it or archives reach their limits? These questions are on the minds of many artists – because the concern that works will be lost contrasts with the growing importance of documenting and making visible one’s own artistic […]
Call for proposals “Artists in schools in Saxony-Anhalt” 2025/26
This year, the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. is once again inviting applications for the implementation of cultural education projects, which are primarily open to the artists of the BBK Sachsen-Anhalt and all general education schools. The projects of approx. 20 hours can take place between August 11, 2025 and March 27, 2026. The “Artists […]
Brochure: Toolbox for communication and group processes
A handbook by KOMMA Mediationskollektiv Leipzig on behalf of Input Consulting gGmbH for the “Haus der Selbstständigen” project
The BBK homepage is growing
We are constantly working together with the artists to ensure that they are adequately represented on the BBK website. New artist profiles are added week after week. We hope that this development will continue. If all artists are represented, it is not only possible to filter by trade, but also by region. We are delighted […]
Publications work database February 2025
The Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. (BBK) published new works in its “Werkdatenbank Bildende Kunst Sachsen-Anhalt” at the beginning of February 2025. The focus is on the estate catalog of Magdeburg artist Walter Bischof (1919-1968) and the catalog raisonné of Halle artist Sabine Kunz (*1962). In addition, numerous artists have completed the catalogs they began […]
New publications in the work database
The Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. (BBK) published new works in its “Werkdatenbank Bildende Kunst Sachsen-Anhalt” at the beginning of February 2025. The focus is on the catalog raisonné of the Magdeburg artist Walter Bischof (1919-1968) and the catalog raisonné of the Halle artist Sabine Kunz (1962). In addition, numerous artists have completed the catalogs […]
Open Call: Künstlerstadt Kalbe is looking for an intern
The City of Artists Kalbe is looking for an intern for the 11th International Wintercampus. The internship (can be chosen for 4, 5 or 6 weeks – core period 24.2.-23.3.) includes the supervision and support of the national and international artists and the preparation of the studio tours (each Saturday from 2 p.m., Gerichtstr. 31 […]
Anja Wolf
In February, our newcomer Anja Wolf will be presenting her work in the window of the workshop café. The exhibition will be on display around the clock until February 28. On display in the exhibition are collages from the year 2024, which show an artistic examination of the “Potsdam Memorandum 2005”. This is a manifesto […]
Glossary for fair pay in the visual arts
New publication from the IG Bildende Kunst in Austria Pay The Artist Now! | Glossary for fair payment in the visual arts | Publication of IG Bildende Kunst The IG Bildende Kunst, artists’ association and national committee of the IAA in Austria, published a glossary for fair pay in the visual arts in September 2024, […]
Appeal for the 2025 federal election by the BBK federal association
Strengthen the interests of artists at federal level! In the face of major social and economic challenges, the visual arts need a cultural policy at federal level that strengthens the potential of art and culture and creates the conditions for good framework conditions for artistic work. In the run-up to the 2025 federal elections, the […]
Information event “Culture makes you strong” program
First call for proposals 2025Application period January 1 to February 28, 2025 24.1.2025, 1 – 3 p.m.: Digital information event on submitting applications (registration by e-mail to by 23.1.2025) Apply for project funding from “Kultur macht stark. We can do art”, funding period 2025. Apply with your concept for an extracurricular cultural education project […]