Open Calls


Open Call: OpenArt Lausitz Biennale

In dialog with cultural actors, initiatives and artist collectives, the Biennale negotiates key issues of our time: sustainability, social responsibility, new forms of housing and living and the creative use of spaces. Artists are invited to engage with a region that has to redefine itself between post-industrial character, natural development and social transformation processes. Ecological […]


Kick-Off Cultural Education Halle

Monday, October 6, 2025, 2-5 pmLocation: Puschkinhaus, formerly Thalia Theater, Kardinal-Albrecht-Straße 6, 06108 Halle (Saale) The following awaits you: Please register by 2.10. via the following link: https://forms.gle/eTj5CeRJdAqH93qr8 The kick-off is your chance to actively shape the future development of cultural education in Halle with your expert knowledge and to jointly open up new ways […]


Tender – Design of a postcard for March 8, 2026

Dear designer/artist, We cordially invite you to become part of our series “On March 8 – Women Artists in Focus”! For some years now, the Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle (Saale) has increasingly focused on works by women artists – both in special exhibitions and in our permanent exhibition. However, there are still many treasures slumbering in […]


Open Call Annual Gifts 2025

The annual editions are an integral part of the Kunstverein Ludwigshafen’s membership development program. For the first time, the KVLU is presenting the Jahresgaben in a historic public institution – the Altes Volksbad Mannheim – which embodies over 125 years of history of social welfare and public exchange. This unique setting offers artists the opportunity […]


1st KUNSTMEILE Bad Düben

On February 28, 2026, a unique art market will take place at the HEIDE SPA Bad Düben. As an artist, craftsperson or designer, the market offers you a great platform to present your work to a wide audience and network with other creative minds. Important information: When: February 28, 2026 | 10:00 – 18:00Where: Hall […]


Open Call of OPEN ART

From May 3 to 17, 2026, OPEN ART invites you to experience contemporary art in unexpected places in Freiburg’s urban space. Artists from the Freiburg region or with a connection to the city will develop works of art in businesses, stores, restaurants, parks and public squares that transform everyday spaces and break up familiar perspectives. […]


PRISMA – Program to strengthen diversity and cultural participation in museums

With PRISMA, the Kulturstiftung der Länder supports and accompanies publicly funded museums from all over Germany on their path of diversity- and participation-oriented organizational development. Over a period of 15 months, museums undergo a program consisting of four synergetic formats: Four consecutive workshops, individual consultations, peer-to-peer networking and a conference series. As an acronym, PRISMA […]


“Evolving” from the MONSTER Exhibition – Berlin meets Tokyo

Open call for artists residing in Berlin or Germany to participate in “Evolving” by MONSTER Exhibition: – Berlin meets Tokyo –Exhibition of contemporary art at 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 the […]


Open Call: arteventura

The 2026 open call is open to professional artists in all disciplines of the contemporary arts scene. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the deadline of October 15, 2025. Spots are limited, so we encourage you to apply early! LAST MINUTE RESIDENCY February 2-28, 2026: One residency for an artist in shared two […]


International Sculpture Biennale

An international contemporary art event that will bring artists and the community together in one place from July 17 to 26, 2026, deeply connecting the public with art and nature. The Government of the Chaco and the Urunday Foundation, as organizing committee, are hosting the International Sculpture Biennial 2026, a cultural event that will take […]


Competence training “How and where do we apply for money for projects? – The 1×1 of the application process”

There are still places available for our skills training “How and where do we apply for money for projects? – the 1×1 of the application process “. Finding your way through the German bureaucratic jungle can be quite confusing. Sometimes we can’t see the wood for the trees and overlook important details. Not only can […]


OpenCall: Making and Materiality

Delfina Foundation: Making and Materiality Residency 2026.Delfina Foundation announces an international open call for its upcoming spring 2026 residency season (26 March to 19 June 2026) under Making and Materiality, a new thematic program at Delfina Foundation that explores the critical convergence between craft and contemporary art. On this occasion, Delfina Foundation welcomes applications from […]


Plica Zine & Print Market: Open Call

CALLING FOR ARTISTS! Plica is organizing the second edition of her Zine & Print market in Ghent on December 13th & 14th. We’re very excited to invite you, to help us make the second edition also a blast! If you’re a zine- or print maker and you want to show your work to the Ghentian […]


Program 2026 of the Academy of Cultural Education

With around 190 further and advanced training courses, the program opens up numerous opportunities for education, art and culture professionals to expand their skills and learn and try out new methods for working with children and young people. The program covers the entire spectrum of cultural education – from music, theater and dance to games, […]


CLAIM Culture makes you strong. Alliances for education: “We can do art”

Under the title “We can do art”, the BBK, as a program partner of the BMBF, supports art projects of local alliances that are carried out by professional visual artists for children and young people whose educational opportunities are limited. 1.8.2025 – 30.9.2025: Submission of project applications for the 2nd call for proposals 2025 via […]


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 […]


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”. […]


International Ceramics Symposium Römhild

From October 05 to October 31, 2026. “Metamorphosis – Ceramics in the Transformation of Cultures” – this is the theme of the XIII International Ceramics Symposium to be held in the town of Römhild in 2026. Conditions of participation: The number of participants is limited to a maximum of 8 artists. These will be selected […]


Grafik: Franziska Stübgen

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 […]