Open Calls
Wanted: Stories of failure and recovery
Call for Entries!For the next edition of FuckUp Night Halle, we are looking for stories of starting, failing and moving on! Because such shared experiences are often more valuable than the smooth success stories. Who has experienced such a story or knows someone who belongs on our stage?We look forward to receiving applications by March […]
Time management – strategies for more focus and productivity on April 13
Date: Mon, April 13, 2026, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Do you know the feeling that there just aren’t enough hours in the day? Despite working hard, do you still feel like you never really get everything done? In my keynote speech, we will take a look at the invisible time thieves that determine our […]
Kompass funding for solo self-employed persons
As a solo self-employed person, you can get up to 90% of your training costs reimbursed with the COMPASS grant, for example for qualifications in digital marketing, social media or artificial intelligence. KOMPASS (Kompakte Hilfe für Solo-Selbstständige) is a funding program of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), which is co-financed by […]
OSTEN BIENNIAL of CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS Skopje 2026
OSTEN BIENNIAL (organized by OSTEN Skopje, North Macedonia) is an event open to everything that is new and is much more comprehensive than the traditional one, giving priority to works that break the old and worn-out art matrices, works that have a specific artist’s mark or hint at an attempt for stepping outside the established […]
Information event: Studying fine arts with a disability
The events are aimed at creative young people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, neurodivergence and deafness who are interested in studying visual or performing arts and would like to find out more about their options. Study options and admission procedures are presented in a compact online format. University staff provide information about the application process, compensation […]
Course “Dialogs in photography and text” for women and FLINT*A
“If you could ask me anything” | Under this motto, women and FLINTA* of different generations are invited to engage in dialogues in photography and text
Call for proposals “Artists in schools in Saxony-Anhalt” 2026/27
This year, the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. is once again inviting tenders 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 17, 2026 and March 19, 2027. The “Artists […]
2026 Ibaraki Artist-in-Residence Program
ARCUS Project, approximately an hour from Tokyo, calls for applications from visual artists for their funded artist-in-residence program from 11 September to 9 December 2026. ARCUS Project’s artist-in-residence program provides opportunities for artists in the field of contemporary art to cultivate their artistic creativity and vision. A residency at ARCUS Studio allows participants to come […]
Tender urbis animalis
“urbs animalis” The city as a habitat for animals and humans. Call for artists to participate in the exhibition. Addressing current and socially relevant issues relating to man’s interaction with nature has been one of the main features of the thematic exhibitions at the Walkmühle artists’ association in Wiesbaden since 2010. From August 20 to […]
Open Call – SÄCHSISCHES DRUCKGRAFIK.SYMPOSION 2026
Three-week workshop with compulsory residency Date: June 29 to July 17, 2026 Application documents: Selection: An annually changing jury of experts decides on participation. Applications should be sent by March 6, 2026 to:KÜNSTLERHAUS HOHENOSSIGReinhard RösslerRoter Weg 504509 Krostitz, OT Hohenossig Delivery date: 06.03.2026
Online seminar on taxes and invoices (in English)
Seminar #02 Get started! Orientation in taxes and invoicing Organizer: Kreativ Kultur Berlin Date: Wed, March 11, 2026 | 9:30-12:30 | Online | English Manage your finances with confidence! Writing invoices, navigating the “Kleinunternehmer” regulation, or understanding value-added tax regulations for artists and teachers – freelancing comes with challenges beyond your actual work. This seminar […]
Open Call for Artists Working in Public Space, Leuphana University
Art in public space / Urban ARTotale Re:New Closing date: Sun, 15.03.2026 – 23:59 We are delighted to announce an open call for artists working in the public space to create temporary site-specific works on the campus of Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany, during the university’s Opening Week (October 1-9, 2026). The works will be […]
Project funding for a participation-oriented project | AIM Kulturprojekte im ländlichen Raum e.V. in Rhineland-Palatinate
About the sponsorAIM Kulturprojekte im ländlichen Raum e.V. is the sponsor of the ArtLab in the Kunstpavillon Burgbrohl in northern Rhineland-Palatinate. Since 2016, AIM e.V. has been inviting artists who specialize in rural areas and realize participation-oriented art and cultural projects as part of an artist residency. AIM e.V. will provide a 60 m² studio […]
Open Call – 23rd Art Festival Begehungen in Saxony
The festival aims to focus on those constellations in which technological infrastructures, economic interests and political ideologies intertwine and give rise to new forms of authoritarian reality production. The exhibition understands these developments not as isolated phenomena, but as an expression of profound shifts in epistemic orders, in which reality increasingly appears to be malleable, […]
Online seminar on the Artists’ Social Security Fund (in English)
Seminar #03 Get started! Artists’ Social Security Fund (KSK) and social insurance Basics Organizer: Kreativ Kultur Berlin Date: Wed, March 18, 2026 | 9:30-12:30 | Online | English In this online seminar, you’ll explore the ins and outs of the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK), the “Artists Social Security Fund”, and learn about other insurance options. The event […]
Leipzig Scholarship Program 2026
The Cultural Office of the City of Leipzig awards grants of several months (8,000-10,000 euros) to freelance Leipzig artists and art and cultural mediators. The application deadline is March 26. Central online consultation appointments via MS Teams are offered for applications:
VG Bild-Kunst: Registration deadline March 31, 2026
New registration deadline: March 31 From 2026, the deadline for registration will be brought forward from June 30 to March 31 so that VG Bild-Kunst can meet the statutory distribution deadlines (end of 3rd quarter). Members should prepare for this significant change in the procedure in good time, as the registration deadline is a cut-off […]
Rural regions committed to combating racism – join in now
The Foundation against Racism invites committed people from rural regions to implement projects, events and educational programs that are critical of racism locally. Initiatives are supported with advice, training courses, materials and networking opportunities. The aim is to strengthen democratic commitment and build sustainable structures against racism. Interested parties can participate on an ongoing basis. […]
Call for Papers: Women Artists in East Germany 1949-today, Quedlinburg, November 12-13, 2026 (Deadline: 13.04.2026)
Conference “Between system and self-design. Women artists in East Germany 1949-today.” With the interdisciplinary workshop “Between role clichés and rebellion: women in art history and their representations”, the Museum Lyonel Feininger opened up an in-depth examination of the role of women in art – as producers and as represented subjects. The conference “Between system and […]
Call for proposals KUNSTFONDS_Werkverzeichnung
Visual artists, artist duos and their legal successors can apply for funding to create a digital catalog raisonné until the end of May 2026. The KUNSTFONDS_Werkverzeichnung funding program promotes the digital documentation of artistic life’s work that is of supra-regional importance and high artistic relevance. All measures that are necessary to implement the catalog raisonné […]