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BBK format “Region in Focus” suspended in 2026
The BBK Saxony-Anhalt has had the “Region in Focus” format since 2022. The Executive Board launched the format with the aim of enabling equal participation for all members throughout Saxony-Anhalt. The city of Dessau-Roßlau kicked things off in 2022, followed by the state capital Magdeburg (2023), the Harz region (2024) and the Altmark (2025). It […]
Save the Date: BBK General Assembly 2026
This year’s general meeting of the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. will take place on Sunday, May 31, 2026, at the Stadtmuseum Halle. We look forward to the exchange and joint discussions! The formal invitation will follow after Easter – but please make a note of the date!
Superbrick Factory of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
We need your help! Fancy an art project where you can not only watch, but also lend a hand? For the Bauhaus anniversary “An die Substanz. Bauhaus Dessau 100”, we are bringing the Danish artist group @superflexstudio to Dessau – and we need YOU! What we do:Together, we produce so-called “superbricks” – pink clay bricks […]
GLS Treuhand funding opportunities
GLS Treuhand supports charitable institutions and projects that contribute to change every day. Because without personal commitment and voluntary participation, the many challenges facing humanity cannot be overcome. There are many people with innovative ideas who have the potential to bring about social renewal. However, on the way to implementing specific projects, charitable organizations often […]
Bankruptcy? Banquet! of the LBK Saxony in Leipzig
As a release event for the LBK Sachsen’s annual magazine no. 14 on the topic of “Cuts”, visual artists are cordially invited to share their experiences of (self-)financing and the importance of public funding and commitment to the common good over a meal together. In a relaxed atmosphere, we will reflect on alternative financing and […]
Donation campaign: “generell frisch” in Wittenberg needs your help!
Since 2013, the Kulturwerk des BBK Sachsen-Anhalt has regularly presented the new BBK members in the “generell frisch” series. Following presentations in Halle (Saale), Merseburg, Dessau-Roßlau, Magdeburg, Ilsenburg, Halberstadt and Salzwedel, Lutherstadt Wittenberg is to follow this year. However, the financing of the project is in danger of failing because the association is unable to […]
Publication accompanying the study “The economic and social situation of visual artists” published
In conjunction with the Stiftung Kunstfonds, the study “Von der Kunst zu leben. The economic and social situation of visual artists” (2025), the BBK Bundesverband is publishing the accompanying publication “Impulses and ways to live from art”. It shows how cultural policy conditions can be sustainably improved and which measures are suitable for strengthening the […]
Results of the BBK transparency survey 2025/26
At the turn of the year 2025/26, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt conducted a transparency survey among its members for the fifth time. It enabled members to comment on the activities of their professional association and declare their willingness to get involved and provide professional support. The background to the survey is needs that are brought to […]
BBK transparency survey 2025/26
Dear members of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt, For this year’s (fifth) transparency survey, we are setting everything to zero! We are asking everyone who has already registered in previous years to take part in this survey again. We will accept your answers until January 31, 2026. The background to this is needs that are either brought […]
16 new BBK members accepted in Tangerhütte
We are delighted to welcome 16 new members to the BBK Saxony-Anhalt. They came together with the BBK team at the end of October 2025 to introduce themselves and get to know each other at a pop-up exhibition in the New Tangerhütte Castle. Tangerhütte is part of our “Region in Focus” for 2026 and we […]
Artistic freedom in Saxony-Anhalt: Law aims to protect against political influence
Saxony-Anhalt’s cultural scene is looking ahead to the next state elections with concern. The AfD wants to become the strongest force in the state and, according to the latest polls, certainly has a chance of governing Saxony-Anhalt. The AfD is also striving for changes in cultural policy. The state government therefore wants to protect the […]
WIR-Festival – We are part of it!
An important quote has been displayed on the shop window of the BBK office in Halle’s old town since September 1, 2025: It never stops that you have to say something. (Antje Rávik Strubel) We would like to thank the WIR Festival for the great initiative they have put together in such a short space […]
Cultural funding from the state is transferred to Investitionsbank
Press release from the State Chancellery of Saxony-Anhalt dated 02.07.2025 Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt (IB) is to become the central point of contact for funding procedures in the cultural sector. This is provided for in an agreement signed between the State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture and the IB. This means that the IB will be the […]
Admission meeting in April: 8 new members in BBK Saxony-Anhalt
On April 8, 2025, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt hosted its spring admission meeting at the Paul Scherzer Gallery in Halle. Here, interested artists from Saxony-Anhalt were able to present themselves to the admissions committee in order to become members of our association. We are delighted that 8 artists are now new members and have conjured up […]
Brochure: Toolbox for communication and group processes
A handbook by KOMMA Mediationskollektiv Leipzig on behalf of Input Consulting gGmbH for the “Haus der Selbstständigen” project
Appeal for the 2025 federal election by the BBK federal association
Strengthen the interests of artists at federal level! In the face of major social and economic challenges, the visual arts need a cultural policy at federal level that strengthens the potential of art and culture and creates the conditions for good framework conditions for artistic work. In the run-up to the 2025 federal elections, the […]
Exhibition “The Far Country”
Following the open call / call for participation in the joint exhibition, exclusively for BBK artists outside of Halle/Saale, we received numerous applications. 10 artists were selected to present their works in the exhibition. The exhibition “Das ferne Land” is more than just an exhibition – it is a platform for exchange, networking and the […]
Survey on artists’ estates completed
From mid-September to mid-November 2024, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt conducted a survey on artists’ estates. Visual artists and estate holders (institutions and private individuals) were invited to take part. The response was great. The Museum and Archive Association, the Saxony-Anhalt Art Foundation and other partners forwarded our appeal, articles about the project appeared in the press […]
Manuela Homm
Manuela Homm works with a wide variety of materials such as glass, ceramics, wood and concrete. Melting, casting and firing are her favorite processing techniques. She explores the inner life, the core of the material in detail and expresses it in her objects through form and light. Approximation usually occurs through a structure, the meeting […]
Friedrich Hensen
Friedrich Hensen works intermedially. He works in social, artistic and non-material spaces, which he summarizes with the socio-philosophical term “traversing the spheres”. This results in site-specific installations, performances and multimedia works consisting of texts, sounds and poetry or socio-cultural projects, such as the Bürgertheater Zeitz. Friedrich Hensen: