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Get out! 2024

The Federal Association of Youth Art Schools and Cultural Education Institutions is organizing the national competition “Rauskommen!” 2024. We are looking for good examples from the practice of youth art schools and cultural education institutions that have worked in a participatory way or based on the topics and ideas of children and young people. Application […]


Open Call: We are looking for exhibition projects & D21/Solo for the annual program 2025/26 “ALIEN”

The D21 Kunstraum sees itself as a platform and field of experimentation for local and international artists. He shows group and solo exhibitions on socially relevant themes, primarily in the fields of new media, performance, photography and installation. As part of its annual theme ALIEN, the D21 Kunstraum is looking for exhibition projects that deal […]


WILHELMHÖPFNER PRIZE

The Winckelmann Society has been awarding the Wilhelm Höpfner Prize since 1984. It is primarily awarded to young artists who take up themes from antiquity in their works or are inspired by works from the past. Following in the footsteps of the Magdeburg painter and graphic artist Wilhelm Höpfner (1899-1968), whose estate is administered by […]


Junior professorship for curatorial practice and art education

University of Hildesheim Foundation Application deadline: May 14, 2024


Art in architecture competition for the Bitterfeld-Wolfen district court

In addition to the renovation of the existing building, a new extension with a connector is currently under construction for the district court in Bitterfeld-Wolfen. As part of the construction project, it is planned to realize art on the building. As part of a competition, the BLSA is looking for ideas for innovative works of […]


Open Call International Summer Campus in the artists’ town of Kalbe

The artists’ town of Kalbe, an innovative project in the Altmark (Saxony-Anhalt) with the aim of countering demographic change through art and culture, awards scholarships for a working stay. In line with Joseph Beuys’ concept of social sculpture, the artists’ town of Kalbe sees itself as a place where the creative power of art is […]


Hopper Prize Artist Grants

The Hopper Prize is accepting entries for Spring 2024 artist grants. We are offering $3,500 and $1,000 grants to artists around the world. For this open call, we will be providing 6 grants totaling $11,000 USD. 2 artists will each receive $3,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000. This is an international open call. […]


Photography and literature

The [deutsche] literature is one-eyed. The smiling eye is missing. (quoted from Erich Kästner) For this competition, we are looking for photographers whose work is inspired by a literary model. The choice of literary form (poetry, prose, drama, etc.) is free. Only one entry per person will be accepted. The entry must not exceed 9 […]


‘German Photo Book Award 2024’

The INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES invites you and your network of artists and photographers to take part in the competition for the best photo books from German-speaking countries. We are looking for photographic images in book form, photo books and illustrated books as well as photo-theoretical text volumes from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. From […]








Call for proposals for a residency in the artists’ town of Kalbe for artists in 2024

The artists’ town of Kalbe is an innovative project in the Altmark region with the aim of countering demographic change through art and culture. In line with Joseph Beuys’ concept of social sculpture, the artists’ town of Kalbe sees itself as a place where the creative potential of art is developed in order to build […]


Call for applications for a three-month residency at the Salzwedel Artists’ and Scholars’ House for artists in 2025

In the historic town center of the Hanseatic town of Salzwedel, the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel maintains a half-timbered house as an artist and scholarship house with an international orientation. Artists from the fields of visual arts, literature and music/composition will find ideal working and living conditions in an idyllic and peaceful setting. The house also has […]


Scholarship holder stay at KUNSTHOF DAHRENSTEDT 2025

The KUNSTHOF DAHRENSTEDT is a regional cultural center in the Altmark region. For the period from 01. Until 31.07.2025, an apartment at the Kunsthof Dahrenstedt and the 80 m² studio are available for living and working for one scholarship holder in the fields of fine arts and literature. The city of Stendal, the association Stadtwandel […]


International Dresden Summer Academy for Visual Arts

Every year, the Summer Academy invites artists and art students aged 20-40 to take part in a course of their choice. The scholarship makes it possible to work together artistically in the artistic workshops of riesa efau, in the media culture center, as well as in the nearby project space “Rösslstube e.V.”. The scholarship includes: […]


Exhibition in Schwetzingen

This year, Elector Carl-Theodor would celebrate his 300th birthday. celebrate her birthday. Although he was an absolutist ruler, he is regarded as a good regent and sovereign who ruled the Palatinate and Bavaria for 50 years and stayed out of all wars. His palaces, especially his summer residence in Schwetzingen, made him immortal. He was […]