Open Calls
Individual legal and start-up advice
Questions about contracts or property rights? About starting up and self-employment? For all your legal and start-up questions, you can make an appointment for a personal and individual consultation with Alexander Bretz. The consultations take place as half-hour appointments for one issue. Personal details:Alexander Bretz is an honorary professor of design law and business start-ups […]
Exhibition Leerraum Vol. 2 “There and away”
An art project by the Fontana Collective that transforms empty spaces in Engen into cultural meeting places and invites artists to shape the small town. The exhibition will take place from 20-22.03.2026. The works should resonate with the title of the exhibition “Hin und weg”. Submit by email to . All techniques are welcome. Other […]
2026 Artist Residency for Artists with Parental Responsibilities
2026 Artist Residency for Artists with Parental Responsibilities Artist and the Others / GermanySubmission deadline: 25-Jan-2026Category: Residency This two-week residency is aimed at visual artists with parental responsibilities who live in Munich or elsewhere in Europe. It offers a flexible, supportive program specifically designed to respond to the needs and realities of artist-parents. This residency […]
Call for proposals Leipzig 2026 “Women make pressure – art flowers | From the right to vote to the right to pay”
In 2024/2025, Kreative Werkstatt Dresden initiated an art project in Dresden and Chemnitz that creatively addresses the gender pay gap. In 2026, the project will take place in Leipzig and will be realized with 20 female artists from Leipzig. They will each design an “art flower” (fake banknote) depicting the likeness (portrait) of a woman. […]
Goethe Fellowship at the Documenta Archive
Our fellowship program in cooperation with the documenta archiv makes it possible to investigate diverse art-historical, contemporary, interdisciplinary and international references to the documenta exhibition and to gain new insights into art production and the networks that have emerged. It aims to contribute to adding new perspectives to the Western European and North American art […]
Open Call of medienfrische
The Tyrolean Bschlabertal lies at 1400m and is one of the most remote places in Austria. Today, fewer than 90 people live there, and the region is suffering from an ageing population and rural exodus. For the fifth time, medienfrische will be taking place here over 21 days. medienfrische is a contemporary art festival and […]
Open Call ‘fragile’
BBK Leipzig e.V. is initiating the cooperation project “fragil” as part of this year’s annual theme “Zwischenräume”. “fragil” is an interdisciplinary art project with visual artists, composers and music students that artistically explores social, ecological and political upheavals. The starting point is the observation of an increasing fragility of fundamental values, systems and structures – […]
Activities for the UNESCO World Day for Cultural Diversity on May 21, 2026
For the UNESCO World Day of Cultural Diversity on May 21, 2026, the members of the Cultural Integration Initiative – a unique alliance of representatives from the social partners, religious communities, media, politics, administration and civil society – are calling for the first nationwide day of action. In the context of the World Day of […]
Participation in Girls’ Day and Boys’ Day
The Ministry of Education of Saxony-Anhalt would like to invite you to participate in Girls’Day-Girls’ Future Day/Boys’Day-Boys’ Future Day on April 23, 2026! Future Day is a special career orientation day for school pupils. Girls’ Day is intended to give girls the opportunity to gain an insight into the professional fields of research, science, IT, […]
Invitation: Digital information event / January 29, 2026
Dear cultural practitioners, dear actors in cultural education, dear interested parties, Are you planning a cultural education project for children and young people for 2026 and don’t want to submit an application? Then visit our digital information event on January 29, 2026 from 14:00 – 16:30. We provide an insight into the general funding conditions […]
Open Call: The Male Figure XV – 2026
Since 2010, Galerie Kunstbehandlung has placed the subject of “The Male Figure” at the center of an annual, internationally acclaimed group exhibition. Part of the concept is that the gallery’s well-known artists, who work on the classic theme of male figures, are constantly joined by new talents, thus opening up new perspectives on this part […]
New call for entries: We can do art
Cultural education projects in the field of visual arts can be submitted from now until February 28, 2026. The earliest possible start date is from 15.06.2026, a project start is possible from 13.07.2026 at the earliest. Of course, projects can also start later. However, projects lasting longer than one year are not eligible for funding […]
Open Call: Symposium “Ruptures and Reckonings:
The symposium “Ruptures and Reckonings: A Decade of Critical Design” invites designers, (design)anthropologists, educators, and transdisciplinary and independent researchers to reflect on the last decade of critical and decolonial design practices. The event is hosted by the department of Design Studies at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle. Join us on May […]
Aktion Mensch funding program: Much ahead – Active together for inclusion
The simple support offer for more inclusive encounters Create inclusive encounters Inclusion means creating a diverse and open society in which everyone can participate in social life regardless of individual differences. We want to help create additional opportunities for inclusive encounters in order to make inclusion a tangible experience. In this funding program, Aktion Mensch […]
Save the date: Halle association forum on March 14, 2026
Dear interested parties, dear volunteers and partners, We would like to take this opportunity to inform you of the date for the Halle Association Forum on March 14, 2026. You can look forward to a wide range of workshops in which you can learn more about funding opportunities for your project, the legal framework, AI […]
Legal and start-up advice workshop
Questions about contracts or property rights? About starting up and self-employment? For all your legal and start-up questions, you can make an appointment for a personal and individual consultation with Alexander Bretz. The consultations take place as half-hour appointments for one issue. Personal details:Alexander Bretz is an honorary professor of design law and business start-ups […]
Workshop: From the idea to the business model
Do you already have a business idea? In this workshop, it will become a structured business model and thus the starting point for your company.The Business Model Canvas will help you with this. Using a fixed framework and clear guiding questions, you will structure and visualize the idea and analyze the various aspects of a […]
Save the date – The Day of the Printing Arts will take place on March 15, 2026
It’s that time again: the BBK Bundesverband is calling for the Day of Printmaking 2026. Around March 15, 2026, artists, print workshops, museums, universities, art associations and other stakeholders can show how vibrant the art of printing is: from traditional techniques to experimental printmaking. Around March 15, artists, printing workshops, museums, universities, art associations and […]
“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 this lead to many a mistake, but funding pots that could significantly support your project are often overlooked. Yet money rarely grows on trees as much as […]
Call for the Werkleitz Festival 2026 Sooner or later
Werkleitz is looking for up to 100 works of art from Saxony-Anhalt on the theme of time – paintings, textiles, poetry, films and artistic objects. The festival will take place from July 2 to 12, 2026 in the Pushkin House in Halle (Saale). In the coming years, Werkleitz will focus on the complexity of time. […]