Scholarships


Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Scholarship

Program objective The Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Scholarship is a post-graduate scholarship awarded for outstanding artistic achievements. Every two years, three to five scholarships are awarded to visual artists who work exclusively or predominantly as freelancers. The scholarship initially runs for one year; it can be extended for a further year. At the end of the funding […]


Kavalierhaus Scholarship

For generations, the traditional municipality of Langenargen on Lake Constance has served as a place of inspiration for artists. Numerous well-known personalities such as Hans Purrmann (1880-1966), Mathilde Vollmoeller-Purrmann (1876-1943), Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796), Andreas Brugger (1737-1812) and the reformer Urbanus Rhegius (1489-1541) are associated with Langenargen. Karl Caspar and his wife Maria Caspar-Filser, Berthold […]


Schwalenberg Scholarship 2026

Young art in an old artists’ town: Schwalenberg scholarship from the Lippe regional association 1 residency grant for visual artists The Scholarship 2026 is valid for the period from May 01, 2026 – October 31, 2026. In addition to a monthly allowance, the scholarship offers a simple apartment and a workplace in the spacious communal […]


ON DURATION 2026 open call

ON DURATION is a curated residency founded by Dr. Raegan Truax for artists exploring duration as artistic method, material and public praxis. Residents investigate time, endurance, body and environment within the unique landscape of Blanca (mountains, river valley, orchards and semi-desert), developing site-responsive research and practice alongside other durational artists. Residencies take place in July-September […]


Residency Program 2026 for Visual Artists

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (FAAM) Artist in Residence Program invites artists from across Japan and worldwide, including but not limited to Asian countries and regions. The program provides them with opportunities to stay in Fukuoka, create and exhibit their artworks so that they can encourage each other to achieve their full potential and expand careers […]


New Work Development Artist Residency Program 2026

The School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts at Texas A&M University has opened the New Work Development Artist Residency program, 4 August to 4 October 2026. The school is committed to inspiring campus and community by incubating new works of art in an environment of creative reciprocity between scholars and artists that crosses, blurs […]


Residency and exhibition program “Artist Meets Archive”

Together with the German Dance Archive Cologne, the archive of the Fotowerkstätte Schmölz, the Greven Archive Digital as well as the LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn and FrauenMediaTurm Cologne, the program invites you to “immerse yourself in diverse photographic collections, stories and discourses and develop your own discussions and projects.” The call is open worldwide. The residencies will […]


Residency scholarship for the Casa di Goethe in Rome

For the first time, the Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt is awarding an international working grant for Rome in cooperation with the Casa di Goethe, the only German museum abroad, and the Arbeitskreis selbstständiger Kultur-Institute e.V. (ASKI). The scholarship is aimed at artists who wish to continue the cultural dialog between Germany and Italy – in the tradition […]


Sustainability scholarships as part of the “Reallabor ZEKIWA Zeitz” project for students and graduates of the BURG’s art and design departments

Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle is awarding two sustainability scholarships in 2026 and 2027 as part of the “Reallabor ZEKIWA Zeitz” (RZZ) project. Students and graduates of the BURG’s art and design departments can apply. The application deadline for the first round is February 15, 2026. With the sustainability scholarships in Zeitz, […]


International summer studio and artist scholarship

Working, learning and well-being are the three key words with which Aschersleben, the oldest town in Saxony-Anhalt, successfully promotes itself. Education, art and culture play a particularly important role and form a strong symbiosis, especially at the Bestehornpark education center. The Aschersleben International Summer Studio, which was initiated by the city of Aschersleben for the […]


Floodwater Residency Program

The “Floodwater Residency Program” is an artistic work by the American artist Mark Dion. It is located directly on the Seege in Gartow, opposite the Zehntspeicher. The small house on stilts was erected in 2007 in connection with the art trail project. Since then, the artistic field laboratory Seegeniederung Gartow/Elbtalaue (Artistic Field Laboratory in the […]


Accept – ReceiveScholarship for artists

The KUNSTHALLE KLEINSCHÖNACH studio community offers an annual studio grant for artists. The KUNSTHALLE KLEINSCHÖNACH studio community is a studio community in a former knitwear factory in the hinterland of Lake Constance. As a non-profit association “man müsste ateliers hinterlassen können” e.V., the studio community has also given itself a cultural mission, which is reflected […]


Artist-in-Residence at the former artists’ colony in Dötlingen

The Dötlinger GartenKultour e.V., in cooperation with the regional partners: Kulturförderung des Landkreises Oldenburg, Regionale Kulturförderung der Oldenburgischen Landschaft and Volksbank eG Oldenburg-Land Delmenhorst, is awarding a 5-week working stay at the former artists’ colony in Dötlingen. The aim of the residency is to keep the historical significance of the Dötlingen artists’ colony alive, to […]


Artist-in-Residence 2026 in Garbisdorf

For several decades, the Heimatverein Göpfersdorf has been running a gallery in which around 140 exhibitions of paintings and prints by regional and well-known artists have been held. Our special intention is to promote and honor printmaking. For this reason, we have been awarding a scholarship since 2018, which allows artists to work in our […]


Performance Intensive with Raegan Truax – second round.

The Performance Intensive is a ten-day program led by Dr. Raegan Truax, taking place January 4-13, 2026 at Centro Negra in Blanca (Murcia, Spain). Designed for artists and researchers working with the body, the intensive combines daily guided sessions, individual exploration, and one-on-one mentoring. Participants may choose between:– Private apartment – €1250– Private room in […]


Parenting Artist Residency 2026

Building on Satellite, the pilot residency run in collaboration with The Mothership Project, Cow House Studios, with the support of Wexford County Council is offering an annual two-week residency designed specifically for parenting artists. The residency is from 30 March to 12 April 2026 at Rathnure, Ireland. The Parenting Artist Residency makes it possible for […]


HPM Residency 5.0 exploring porcelain

The Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) Offenbach, supported by the Crespo Foundation and the Aventis Foundation, is offering an international residency program at the Höchster Porzellan-Manufaktur (HPM). ‘RESIDENCY 5.0 exploring porcelain’ promotes national and international artists and designers and offers them a free space to research, experiment and develop innovative concepts in working with porcelain and […]


Residency scholarship in Ahrenshoop

Since 2006, the Saxony-Anhalt Art Foundation has made it possible to live and work in the special atmosphere of one of the oldest artists’ residences in Germany. The Künstlerhaus Lukas, founded in 1894 by Paul Müller-Kaempff as a painting school for female artists, offers its scholarship holders the freedom for artistic creation and reflection: international […]


artist in residence: Kunsthof Barna von Sartory

For a visual artist from April 15 to May 15, 2026 at the Kunsthof BARNA VON SARTORY in Grimme (Uckermark). The art farm is located in a small, descriptive village in the north-east of the Uckermark, the stay in a newly built artist’s studio with a small living/sleeping room, small kitchen and shower room and […]


Artistic residency at the Heidelberg Forum for Art

Artistic residency at the Heidelberg Forum for Art “ZEICHNUNG“The Heidelberg Forum for Art, together with the “Destille” Heidelberg, is awarding a scholarship for an artistic residency in the field of “Drawing” from 27.07. until 31.08.2026. Only members of the BBK whose artistic focus lies in the medium of drawing can apply for the scholarship. Scope […]