Open Calls
Open Call: Urban Ecologies: Coexistence and Control
The city is a shared habitat. People, animals, plants, and technical systems come together in urban space—whether visible or hidden, tolerated or suppressed, encouraged or controlled. For the summer of 2027, the Lendhauer Association invites artists and cultural practitioners to develop projects for public spaces at Klagenfurt’s Lendhafen. The focus is on the relationships between […]
How and where do we apply for project funding? – The Basics of Applying for Funding
Date: Saturday, September 12, 2026, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Location: Hotel Graf von Mansfeld, Markt 56, 06286 Lutherstadt Eisleben Approximately 700 new foundations are currently being established each year in Germany. Many older people donate portions of their wealth to charitable causes. But celebrities such as Henry Maske and Katharina Witt are also actively […]
HOCHSTADT 142, Affordable Art, Art Exhibition
Affordable Art Market: ART EXHIBITION On September 19 and 20, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. each day, the HOCHSTADT 142 Art Center in the sunny Southern Palatinate will transform into a gathering place for art lovers, collectors, and the curious: The Affordable Art Market (to afford = to be able to afford)brings high-quality […]
OPEN CALL – Join us!
Our festival will take place from **December 10–13, 2026** at the **WUK Theaterquartier Halle** **”What We Care About”**. We’re looking for **people, artists, groups, organizations, and initiatives** who are interested in helping to shape the festival! 🎭 Theater · 🎶 Music · 💃 Dance · 🎨 Art · 📚 Readings · 💬 Talks · 🧑🎨 […]
Courses and Continuing Education Programs Offered by the Academy of Cultural Education
Fall and winter are the perfect times to slow down, reflect, and find inner peace. With our offerings through Akademie Regio, you can explore your creative side with a brush or pencil, wrap up projects from the past year, or get into the Christmas spirit through singing. You’ll find the right courses for these activities […]
Open Call: DENKMASCHINE—Ideas for the Materials of Tomorrow.
Paper has been a part of our lives for centuries. But perhaps its most exciting future still lies ahead. With DENKMASCHINE – Paper, we invite artists, designers, architects, materials researchers, engineers, students, school classes, and anyone with a curious mind to reflect on paper as a starting point for future materials. We’re not just interested […]
International Bad Video Art Festival OPEN CALL
The 9th edition of the BAD VIDEO ART FESTIVAL will take place in November 2026 at Civico 23 Art Space in Salerno, Italy. The International Bad Video Art Festival (BVAF) is an independent, artist-run initiative. The festival has been held since 2017. Video artists and B-movie fans Natalia Monakhova and Andrey Slaschilin once set out to […]
Project funding from werkleitz (without deadline)
Project funding supports up to four film and media projects per year. Werkleitz provides them with technology free of charge (excluding insurance) for a maximum of 14 days. Requests for project funding can be submitted at any time by e-mail to info(at)werkleitz.de. In addition to the obligatory application form with technical data, the planned project […]
“Interdisciplinary Work and Collaborative Artistic Production at Sinopale—An International Perspective on Participatory Art Production”
Online Lecture and Q&A on Friday, September 11, 2026, 4:00–5:30 p.m. via Zoom (de) Interdisciplinary Work and Collaborative Artistic Production at Sinopale—An International Perspective on Participatory Art Production Online Lecture with Prof. T. Melih Görgün during Berlin Art Week 2026 Prof. T. Melih Görgün is an artist, curator, and founder of Sinopale—the International Sinop Biennial, […]
Ivica Sveta Residency Open Call
IVICA SVETA announces the call for applications for the second season of its residency program, which will take place from October 10 to 25, 2026. The residency offers a space for uninterrupted artistic work, 65 km from Belgrade, in the quiet village of Samoš. Set on the grounds of a renovated old farm, the residency […]
Braunschweig Projects 2027/2028: Fellowships for Visual and Sound Artists
HBK Braunschweig is offering 7 artistic fellowships on behalf of the State of Lower Saxony for the 2027/28 academic year: 2 sound art fellowships and 5 visual arts fellowships The program is intended for artists who would like to work on a project in the immediate vicinity of HBK Braunschweig. Through their projects, fellows should […]
Symposium for a Sculptor with a Child
The Prösitz Artists’ Residency in Saxony is accepting applications for four-week residencies at the symposium between May and October 2027. It is open to female artists with child(ren) who work in sculpture, three-dimensional art, installation art, or object art. Application deadline: November 30, 2026
OFFICINE CAOS FESTIVAL – 2026/27 DIFFERENTI SENSAZIONI
officine CAOS is seeking artists to present their work during the 2026/27 international performing arts season, “DIFFERENTI SENSAZIONI,” from December 2026 to April 2027. They are particularly interested in cross-disciplinary and performance art works lasting approximately 40–50 minutes. Artists working in the fields of contemporary theater and dance, performance, or multimedia art are eligible to […]
Sootbörn Artists’ House
Every year, the Künstlerhaus Sootbörn in Hamburg organizes a series of exhibitions. Artists from all artistic disciplines can apply by submitting a concept for the exhibition space. The application period for the 2027 exhibition year runs from August 1 to September 15, 2026. Application deadline: September 15, 2026
Open Call – HAUS. HEIMAT. – Participatory Art Project in Kalbe (Milde) 2026
Call for Proposals for a Women Artists’ Collective Kalbe, with a population of approximately 2,234, is a small town that still has good infrastructure (elementary and secondary schools, 3 daycare centers, 4 supermarkets, doctors, and many clubs). The historic district has a vacancy rate of about 30%. Since 2013, the artists’ town of Kalbe has […]
Open Call – Sympoiesis
AADK Spain invites artists and researchers to participate in this edition of its artist residency program, which aims to explore the concept of “Sympoiesis” generating the conditions for nature to express itself through associative processes, and recognizing the landscape, the land, and its elements as co-authors of the work. Participants can also understand sympoiesis as […]
Culture Empowers – Digital Information Sessions on the Application Process
On August 1, 2026, the final round of calls for proposals for this funding phase of “Culture Makes Us Strong. We Can Do Art” began. Starting immediately, applications for cultural education projects in the field of visual arts may be submitted through September 30, 2026. The earliest possible start date for the project period is […]
OPENART Festival | Posa Monastery | Zeitz
Are you an artist who would like to take part in a solidarity-based art project?For our art auction at the OPENART Festival 2026, we are looking for works of art that we can auction off to support a charitable cause. With your support, you’ll help make our self-organized art festival on August 29 in Saxony-Anhalt […]
Art, Psychiatry, and the Humanities – Residency Program
Association Françoise pour l’œuvre contemporaine x Cité internationale des arts The residency program has no age limit and is open to artists and creators from any discipline, whether mid-career or established, and of any nationality. Applicants must demonstrate fluency in French or English and a clear interest in the connections between art (reception, creation, criticism, […]
Call for Concepts
Emerging and established artists from all disciplines are invited to apply. Regional, national, and international submissions are expressly encouraged. We are seeking concepts for artworks to be permanently installed in the Water Garden area. The works should establish a connection to the site and address aspects such as mining culture, industrial history, change, transformation, the […]