Open Calls


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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 […]


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 […]


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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 […]


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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 […]


Course plant database spring 2025

In spring 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 […]


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 […]


Open Call – Serendipity – About finding and searching

A group exhibition in July 2025 in the project space “BLECH.” Am Steintor 19, 06112 Halle (Saale) For a joint exhibition, we are looking for positions that see themselves as artistic research. Art that is based on research, art is used for research or Art whose products are research. The non-profit art association “Raum für […]


VII International Bad Video Art Festival OPEN CALL

We are looking for videos that are at the intersection of bad art, bad painting, and bad cinema. We propose to study extreme forms of video art and single out certain works as bad videos or “B-videos”. Join us if you are interested in the issue of quality and boundaries in art. This year, the […]


STUDIO TALKS 24/25

WHAT6 joint online meetings and two individual online discussions over a period of 6 months. The meetings and one-to-one discussions accompany the artistic work in the studio through exchanges between colleagues, the thematic focus on topics that are important to the participants and through reflection opportunities, whichcan be individually deepened between the meetings. An intensive […]


Call for entries for the “Handwerk & Design” 2025 trade fair

From March 12 to 16, 2025, “Handwerk & Design” in Munich will once again open its doors and invite the crème de la crème – especially you – to present yourself in the field of arts and crafts and design. 70% of the space has already been allocated – a clear sign of the enormous […]


The Arctic Circle

Artist and scientist led, The Arctic Circle is an annual expeditionary residency program. Established in 2009, The Arctic Circle brings together international artists of all disciplines, scientists, architects, and educators who collectively explore the high-Arctic Svalbard Archipelago and Arctic Ocean aboard a specially outfitted expedition vessel. The Arctic Circle provides a shared experience for its […]


Project funding from the Playmobil Children’s Foundation

The Playmobil Children’s Foundation continuously supports projects in the areas of education, health, creativity and movement that have not yet been started. The Playmobil Children’s Foundation was established in 1995 by Horst Brandstätter (1933-2015). He was the owner of the Horst Brandstätter Group, to which the PLAYMOBIL brand also belongs. The aim of the foundation’s […]


CASE REMAPPED: a call for two residencies

“It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism”. ¹ This expression, brimming with lucidity and regret for a stagnant present and a future that seems denied, can easily be applied to so many aspects of contemporaneity. In a context of perennial planetary crisis (cultural, political, climatic), it seems […]


Woman* creates space

FRAU* schafft Raum is a hybrid of a place of remembrance and an art space. The artistic presentation will focus on the topic of “femicide” in connection with the history of the site. Artists* are invited to submit exhibition concepts that fit thematically into this framework. Exhibitions dealing with femicide, violence against women, women’s rightsas […]


Call for art for ARTeFact “Precarious Freedom” – ARTeFact science show

The Research Center for Global Dynamics ReCentGlobe and the Faculty of Law at Leipzig University are looking for artistic contributions for the ARTeFact science show at the Globe24 science festival from October 24 to 26, 2024. In this format, artists from all fields and disciplines are invited to take up scientific considerations on the topic […]


Open Call for Art: Theme EMBRACING NATURE

For many artists, nature is one of the most important inspirations and at the same time means a deep connection with themselves and the cosmos. Our next open call is therefore dedicated to the topic of “embracing nature”. We are excited to receive your amazing works of any kind that are dedicated to or inspired […]


CALL FOR PROPOSALS KUNSTFONDS_Werkverzeichnung

The KUNSTFONDS_Werkverzeichnung funding program supports the digital documentation of artistic life’s work that is of supra-regional importance and high artistic relevance. All measures required to implement the cataloging of works are eligible for funding. The requested funding amount must be at least 10,000 euros and max. 30,000 euros. Application deadline: August 26, 2024


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Open Call “Eyewash”

Organized repression of the climate crisis. Actors and their construction kit | Exhibition in Berlin 11.10. – 22.11.2024, Tue. and Fri., 5-8 p.m. In a public call for entries, we are inviting international artists to submit contributions for the theme described below: “Augenwischer. Organized repression of the climate crisis. Actors and their construction kit” for […]