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Oberhausen City Arts 2025
For the sixth time, the further education institute WbI, in cooperation with the Künstlerförderverein Oberhausen and with the support of the LUDWIGGALERIE Schloss Oberhausen, is organizing a competition for fine art. OBERHAUSEN CITY ARTS offers local and regional as well as national artists from the fields of painting, graphics, sculpture and photography a centrally located […]
BB Foundation // THE CONSULAT // Temporary space and project grants for artists/collectives
DAS KONSULAT is a temporary art project of the BB Foundation that offers artists, designers and interdisciplinary actors space and project grants for context-specific, site-specific and experimental works in Stuttgart. DAS KONSULAT sees itself as an artistic experiment at the interface between institution, society and artistic practice. It reflects on the functions of spaces, questions […]
WIR-Festival – We are part of it!
An important quote has been displayed on the shop window of the BBK office in Halle’s old town since September 1, 2025: It never stops that you have to say something. (Antje Rávik Strubel) We would like to thank the WIR Festival for the great initiative they have put together in such a short space […]
Open Call on the topic HEIMAT with exhibition at BLECH. Space for Art Halle e.V.
H e i m a t according to Duden: “Home as a close world that is understandable and transparent, as a framework in which expectations of behaviour are stabilized, in which meaningful, assessable action is possible – home as the opposite of foreignness and alienation, as an area of appropriation, of active penetration, of reliability”. […]
Invitation to the “KULTUR & KLARTEXT” rally
13.09.2025 // 14.00 // Friedensplatz Invitation for cultural associations, artists, organizations and all those who are committed to an open society. On Saturday, 13 September 2025, we – a coalition of civil society organizations and private individuals – cordially invite everyone to a colourful family-friendly rally on Friedensplatz in Magdeburg. Join us! In Saxony-Anhalt, we […]
New publications work database September 2025
For the second time this year, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt is putting new works online. This means that 41 artists with a total of 6,207 works are now represented in the Saxony-Anhalt Visual Arts Database. The BBK cordially invites you to the studio of the jewelry artist Claudia Baugut, who was involved in the project, in […]
Admission of new BBK members in fall 2025
The next admission meeting will take place on October 28, 2025 in the Altmark – our “Region in Focus 2025”. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V., we look forward to receiving your application by September 15, 2025. If you have any questions, please contact us by […]
Symposium “FELDARBEIT. Action-oriented approaches to contemporary art” in Halle (Saale)
A practice-oriented training program for art teachers, trainee teachers, students and interested guests. What does contemporary art have to do with the lives of young people? How can access to images be created in the context of art lessons? What practical and experimental methods can learners use to approach contemporary art? At this year’s Art […]
FEM*FESTIVAL Ingolstadt 2026
The festival focuses on providing spaces for artists and exposing structural discrimination and inequalities. The artistic works submitted should deal with current themes and trends in feminism. The techniques are not limited: in addition to traditional media (painting, sculpture, photography, etc.), text, audio, video, objects, digital presentations, performances, etc. can also be submitted. The submitted […]
BBK evening act at Salon Rausch
After the summer break, the BBK evening event is now starting up again. All members are cordially invited to attend. Here are the next dates: Time: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.Location: Salon Rausch, Ulestraße 1, 06114 Halle (Saale).Prior registration is required by contacting Rainer Rausch on 0176 70504248.
North Sea resort of Otterndorf seeks town artist for 2026
For the year 2026, the town of Otterndorf is offering a scholarship for an artist from the field of fine arts – painting, drawing, graphics, photography, arts and crafts, sculpture, film – who would like to live and work in the North Sea resort of Otterndorf, a small town in Lower Saxony with around 7,500 […]
MCAD-Jerome Foundation Fellowships
Since 1981, this fellowship program, funded by a grant from the Jerome Foundation, has artistically and critically advanced the careers of more than 200 visual artists. The artists considered for these fellowships may work in a variety of visual art media, including traditional and new media. The program is aimed at visual artists who can […]
Ebernburg artists’ station
The Künstlerbahnhof Ebernburg e.V. association gives young international artists or those with interesting biographies the opportunity to develop their artistic skills independently during a residency. There are exhibitions of the scholarship holders, but also of other innovative artists from the variety of forms of all directions of free art, in special exhibitions also the applied […]
Gaildorf town painter scholarship
The town of Gaildorf offers professional freelance artists the opportunity to live and work for a year in the centrally located Old Castle. For the duration of the stay, the city grants the scholarship holders a cash stipend of 500 euros per month. The living and working space will be provided rent-free for twelve months […]
Outhouse – Open Call 2026
1. WHAT TO INCLUDE the general plan will be as follows: 3. FEES 4. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FORgenerally I’m happy to hear all your amazing and unique ideas for using the space. I have some basic ideas in mind, mostly based on the seasons but feel free to share whatever you have in mind! […]
Statement of the BBK Berlin on reclaims by the Investitionsbank
The Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB) is currently reclaiming large amounts of coronavirus aid from artists, often without examining individual cases. Background: During the pandemic and the lockdown, various programs were created to mitigate the coronavirus crisis and provide rapid assistance to those affected. In March 2020, solo self-employed persons, freelancers and micro-enterprises were able to independently […]
InterKulturMachtKunst – ArtPowerInterKultur
The Bundesverband Netzwerke von Migrant:innenorganisationen e.V. (NeMO) is one of 27 programme partners of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) programme “Kultur macht stark. Alliances for Education” (duration: 2023 to 2027). As part of the BMBF program, extracurricular educational projects in the field of cultural education are funded in order to provide children […]
Museum of Modern Art Carinthia: Art installation in the castle chapel
Call for entriesfor the open artistic competition to obtain a grant for the design and realization of an art installation in the castle chapel of the Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten/MMKK. Tender subject: Project planning and realization/implementation of a newly conceived, contemporary, site-specific artistic installation in the castle chapel/MMKK with direct reference to the architecture, history […]
Ennepe-Ruhr Art Prize 2025 “Light and Shadow”
The Ennepe-Ruhr district is now organizing the Ennepe-Ruhr Art Prize competition for the eighth time. The art prize is awarded every two years and aims to promote regional artists. The competition is announced on a thematic basis. The theme for the 2025 art prize is “Light and Shadow”. This year, the theme of the competition […]
TALENTEmünchen – Master of the future
What is “TALENTEmünchen – Masters of the Future”? “TALTENTEmünchen – Meister der Zukunft” is a competition for newcomers in design and technology. It takes place annually as a special show at the International Crafts Fair Munich at the new Munich exhibition center. The special show is intended to give young people the opportunity to present […]