Open Calls
Nomination for the Hanseatic City of Stendal Art Prize
The Hanseatic City of Stendal will once again be awarding its cultural prizes in 2025. The aim is to highlight and recognize the diverse cultural commitment in the city. To this end, cultural prizes will be awarded in three categories in 2025: – Cultural prize for lifetime achievement (500 €)– Prize for pioneering cultural impulse […]
Call for participation in the WIR Festival
Join us in creating a festival that connects people. Because only together are we WE. The WIR Festival thrives on encounters, dialog and your creativity. We want to involve as many Halle residents as possible. On 21 September, as a media-effective kick-off, a colorful chalk painting will be created together with the people of Halle […]
Workshop announcement of the Future Center Digital Work Saxony-Anhalt
AI for culture: Funding applications made easy Invitation to the workshop:“AI for culture in Halle (Saale) – funding applications made easy“ Do you work in a cultural institution or are you active in cultural projects? Would you like to know how artificial intelligence (AI) can support you when applying for funding? Then we cordially invite […]
Frappant Gallery Hamburg – 2026
Frappant e.V. is calling for artists, curators, designers, architects and activists to apply with an exhibition concept for the Frappant Gallery in 2026. The Frappant Galerie is a non-commercial exhibition space in the middle of a larger, cooperatively managed center for alternative culture, education, creative industries and social affairs in Hamburg-Altona. The Frappant Association has […]
Exchange meeting with the lkj
Friday, August 29, 2025, 12-14 hMoritzburg Workshop, Moritzburgring 6 (diagonally opposite Moritzburg Castle) The Landesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung introduces itself and talks to us about funding opportunities in Halle.This format is the start of a series of regular meetings (every 2-3 months) for the promotion of cultural education, for exchange between administration and cultural […]
Jewish life in art and culture
From December 14, 2025 to December 12, 2026, the Free State of Saxony is organizing the state-wide theme year “TACHELES – Year of Jewish Culture in Saxony”. The Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony is accompanying the theme year with the funding program “Jewish Life in Art and Culture” and supports art and […]
Erlebnis Kunst Foundation / Project funding
The Erlebnis Kunst Foundation supports artistic and art education work in the fields of visual arts, theater, music and new media. Projects that demonstrate a creative, innovative, original and reflective approach to art and interpretive experience are particularly eligible for funding. The projects to be funded must have a substantiated plan in terms of content […]
Exhibition design workshop
October 10 – December 13, 2025 The certificate course in exhibition design is a compact, part-time continuing education program geared towards current developments. The practice-oriented and broad-based format is realized in cooperation with exhibition institutions and companies active in the exhibition sector at the international art, culture and business location Berlin. Seminars, workshops and excursions […]
Open Call: Evolving – Exhibition at Kunstquartier Bethanien (Attention with fee)
Open call for artists residing in Berlin or Germany to participate in “Evolving” by MONSTER Exhibition: – Berlin meets Tokyo – Exhibition of contemporary art in the historic Kunstquartier Bethanien in Berlin – April 2026. MONSTER Exhibition is an international art project that began in 2013 and was originally inspired by the devastating effects of […]
We can do art: START of the 2nd call for proposals 2025 & digital information events
The second and final tender for 2025 has been launched. Cultural education projects in the field of visual arts can be submitted from now until September 30, 2025. The earliest possible start date is from 12.01.2026, a project start is possible from 16.02.2026 at the earliest. Of course, projects can also start later. The tender […]
Call for artists: GEMISCHTE PLATTE
We are looking for artistic perspectives on prefabricated buildings and everything that takes place in and around them. For a long weekend of culture, information and music from September 26 to 28, 2025, an uninhabited prefabricated apartment block from the 1970s will be available in Altenburg. A group exhibition will bring together artistic works that […]
FEM*FESTIVAL Ingolstadt call for entries 2026
The FEM*FESTIVAL is a cooperation project of the Cultural Office and the Equal Opportunities Office of the City of Ingolstadt. The festival focuses on providing spaces for artists and exposing structural discrimination and inequalities. It critically questions power structures and discusses current topics on feminism, gender, diversity and the social and societal consequences of different […]
Course plant database fall 2025
In fall 2025, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt is offering a new fee-based course for artists, heirs and estate administrators under the direction of art historian Katharina Lorenz M.A., which consists of three dates. The following documents must be submitted for the application: Letter of motivation, short biography, list of exhibitions, list of publications, digital image of […]
International Mobility Program 2025-2026
Laçzos Artísticos is an international mobility programme for artists promoted by the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) and the Direção-Geral das Artes de Portugal (DGARTES). As part of their work to promote culture, the OEI and DGARTES have joined forces to launch this new programme of scholarships for artistic exchange […]
Differenti Sensazioni 2025/2026 Call for Emerging Performing Artists
officine CAOS is seeking for emerging artists, working in the fields of contemporary theater and dance, performance or multimedia art, in order to present their work during the international performing art season 2025/26 DIFFERENTI SENSAZIONI – Nov 2025 / Apr 2026. We particularly wish to engage with cross-disciplinary and performance art works, lasting around 40 […]
Temporary protection stays for artists and cultural workers at risk at cultural institutions
Cultural organizations in Germany can now apply for funding from the Martin Roth Initiative (MRI) together with artists and cultural professionals at risk. The closing date for applications is August 29.The MRI supports artists who actively stand up for artistic freedom, democracy and human rights – and against all forms of discrimination. With the funding, […]
Open Call | FUNKEN Academy x Chemnitz University of Technology Workshop Fall 2025
In the second half of the Capital of Culture year Chemnitz 2025, the FUNKEN Academy and Chemnitz University of Technology (TUC) are launching a workshop program for graduates of Saxon art and music colleges. We are looking for artists who want to lead these workshops and are interested in the topics of Chemnitz University of […]
Craft & Design” 2026
The application phase for “Handwerk & Design” 2026 has begun – and with it your chance to be an exhibitor at the most important platform for high-quality arts and crafts and excellent design in Munich. Present your skills to a design-savvy, affluent and knowledgeable audience and showcase your works in glass, wood, ceramics, fashion or […]
MENTORING PROGRAM Women in Culture & Media
For the eighth time, the German Cultural Council is running a nationwide individual mentoring program for highly qualified female artists and creative professionals who aspire to a management position in the cultural and media sector. The selected mentees are each assigned a mentor who is successful in an outstanding position, holds management positions in cultural […]
Ostdeutsche Sparkassenstiftung Project funding
Non-profit recognized legal entities and natural persons with their place of business or residence in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt can apply to the East German Savings Banks Foundation for funding for art and cultural projects. Funding is provided for projects in the fields of visual arts, music, literature, theater and monument preservation. The […]