Current Open Calls
Open Call of OPEN ART
From May 3 to 17, 2026, OPEN ART invites you to experience contemporary art in unexpected places in Freiburg’s urban space. Artists from the Freiburg region or with a connection to the city will develop works of art in businesses, stores, restaurants, parks and public squares that transform everyday spaces and break up familiar perspectives. […]
FORM-A( R )T 2026 International Art Exhibition
The Glinde Art Association is organizing the international art exhibition FORM-A(R)T for the 40th Glinde Culture Weeks 2026 for the 31st time. The exhibition venue is once again the centrally located Marcellin-Verbe-Haus (community center) in Glinde. The traditional Glinder Culture Weeks are a privately initiated series of cultural events featuring music, drama, literature and visual […]
Individual legal and start-up advice – ONLINE on December 19, 2025
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: Individual legal and start-up advice – ONLINE
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 […]
Climate Art Collection
With its continous open-call concept the climate art collection aims to be inclusive towards all kinds of artists and art formats relating to climate change, everyone is welcome to contribute to the global collection. Please submit your artwork through the form on the website. If you face any challenges or want to add specific information, […]
Support program Art NOW!
Artists in the daycare center, shaping the future Democracy needs art. Children need art. Art is an indispensable social force. It opens up spaces for new ways of thinking and rethinking, creates understanding and invites people to marvel, question and explore the world. This enriches the educational environment of daycare centers in a special way. […]
Open Call: Home rehearsal in Salzwedel
Want to get away from the hustle and bustle of the big city? Experience a few quiet days in our charming half-timbered town – including networking, tips & support when you arrive. Trial living is that easy! You are curious about the quiet life of acharming small town in the middle of the Altmark. Fill […]
Open Call: Tiny Spaces Deep Connections
The call for artists for the second year of residencies is now open. Deadline for applications is the end of 2025. DOWNLOAD THE OPEN CALL DETAILS PDF Who are we looking for? Artists and creatives (resident in EU or Creative Europe countries) who focus on process-led and site-specific creation. There is no restriction to specific […]
Call for proposals for the Art Light Night 2026, Ravensburg
” Temporary ZonesKAPUZINER – Raum für Kunst, Kultur und Soziales e.V. is organizing the 2nd Art Light Night Ravensburg, an art festival as part of the Ravensburg Festival of Lights, in collaboration with the Urbane Kultur e.V. project fund. The motto in 2026 is “Temporary Zones”. We are looking for formats that can be shown […]
Call for entries as part of the theme year ‘Interspaces’
Invitation to tender for a group exhibition in the 4D of the BBK Leipzig e.V. in the Kulturhof Gohlis on the annual theme “Interspaces” The Bund Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler Leipzig e.V. is organizing a group exhibition in its 4D project location as part of its theme year “Zwischenräume”.Members of the association and external parties […]
Call for applications: Project coordination BBKarium Saxony-Anhalt 2026
What began in Halle in 2015 continued in Dessau in 2023 and is now taking on a new dynamic in other places in our federal state: the “BBKarium”. In Wittenberg, Magdeburg and the Harz region, members of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt have set out to find their own showcases for the presentation of contemporary art. Now […]
Open Call – Styrian Autumn
steirischer herbst is an interdisciplinary festival for contemporary art that takes place annually in Graz and Styria. Since the 1980s, it has consisted of both a program curated by the festival team and projects presented independently by the local art scene as part of the festival. Since 2018, there has been an open call for […]
Open Call: KGA Bornholm I & II 2026
Since 2021, the art walk in the Bornholm I and II gardens has been an integral part of artspring berlin and has successfully established itself as an independent exhibition format. In recent years, the project has grown continuously and has become a permanent attraction for visitors. This year, the art walk will continue and once […]
Program KUNSTFONDS_Publication
The KUNSTFONDS_Publikation program supports individual analogue and digital publications by visual artists or artist duos who apply for the grant themselves and only for their own work. Please note the updated award guidelines (see below) and the FAQs. The program is financed by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) with the […]
talentCAMPus – a vacation education program
During the school vacations, children and young people have time to gain non-everyday experiences and awaken hidden interests and talents. talentCAMPus makes this possible for 6 to 18-year-olds from educationally disadvantaged families throughout Germany – usually at local adult education centers. In projects lasting one or more weeks, the participants deal intensively with different aspects […]
2026 Valladolid Festival CreaVA 26 for Emerging Artists
CreArt Valladolid opens a new call to invite an artist from the CreArt Network to present an exhibition project that will be part of the 13th edition CreaVA 26, to be held between 24 April and 30 May 2026. Different exhibition proposals of painting, installation, photography, video, illustration, or murals are presented every year in […]
Kunst findet Stadt: Art and culture in the Rheinbach urban area
The project – leitmotif: democracy From May 23 to September 15, 2026, Kunst findet Stadt invites you to experience contemporary art in unexpected places in Rheinbach’s urban space. Artists from Rheinbach, the region and from the national and international environment are invited to develop and present works of art in and for public spaces that […]
Göpfersdorfer wood sculptor pleinair
In 2026, the 25th Göpfersdorfer Holzbildhauerpleinair will take place at the Quellenhof cultural estate in Garbisdorf (a district of Göpfersdorf). For the 14-day event, we are always looking for artists to apply to take part in the plein air. In 2026, our plein air will take place from 15.05.2026 to 30.05.2026. We, the Heimatverein Göpfersdorf […]
ARTHENA FOUNDATION announces publication scholarship
At the turn of the year 2025/26, the ARTHENA FOUNDATION is offering a grant for the second time to support artists in financing a publication. The scholarship is aimed at artists who would like to publish their work in an artist’s book. The closing date for applications is January 31, 2026. Artists living in Germany […]
General project funding Federal Cultural Foundation
In the area of general project funding, artists can apply twice a year for funding for projects in all artistic fields, for visual and performing arts, literature, music, dance, film, photography, architecture or new media. The funding is characterized by the fact that it is not limited to funding a specific sector or topic. Large, […]
Open Call “Democracy and Climate”
Exhibition in Berlin 10.4. – 15.5.2026, Tue. and Fri., 5-8 p.m. The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time. At the same time, democracy is endangered by authoritarian tendencies. Authoritarian systems tend to prioritize short-term economic interests over ecological responsibility. A stable democracy, on the other hand, enables open discussions about […]
Open Calls “Artist in Lab 2026”
The successful “Artist/Designer in Lab” program of the Fraunhofer Network “Science, Art and Design” is entering its seventh round! The call is aimed at artists who would like to enter into an interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration with researchers from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. A total of €40,000 is available for funding in the current round of calls. […]
KlimaLab: funding programme for civil society organizations
As part of the ENGAGIERT FÜR KLIMASCHUTZ programme, funded by the Mercator Foundation, the Bundesnetzwerk Bürgerschaftliches Engagement (BBE) supports organizations that do not come from the environmental and climate protection sector in developing strategies to interlink climate protection with their core concerns and anchor it in their structures in the long term. The KlimaLab is […]
“ROSE meets ART” 2026 – 7th outdoor art exhibition
Ladies and Gentlemen , “Rose meets art” at the Europa-Rosarium Sangerhausen… From 26.06. – 09.08.2026, the world’s largest rose collection will be the backdrop for the large outdoor art exhibition “Rose meets Art” for the 7th time. The connection between the rose and art runs like a red thread through the over 120-year history of […]
Invitation to the charity art auction “Art for Protection” on March 7, 2026
Maybe you already know it – maybe you’re hearing it for the first time today: if women in Saxony-Anhalt need the protection of a women’s shelter, they have to pay an average of 16 euros per day themselves. For children there is an additional 10 euros. In a situation where safety, emergency decisions and a […]
Culture Moves Europe: Call for individual mobility 2025-2026
As part of the European mobility program “Culture Moves Europe”, artists and cultural professionals from the fields of music, literature, architecture, cultural heritage, design and fashion design as well as visual and performing arts can apply for travel funding. The call is aimed at creative professionals who are planning a project with a cooperation partner […]
Open Call: timeship.earth
time ship earth – art prize 2026 : FREEFLOW _ LIQUIDATION Addition to the “Manual for Spaceship Earth” Category: Maintenance and servicing Keyword: Lubricant replacement Tool: Art The world machine is running hot. The system is visibly losing the necessary rhythm. A terrible screeching fills the orbit. The roar of bombs, the wailing of the […]
Exhibition opportunity in Wernigerode (without appointment)
Our member Frank Täubner gives the following information: “I would like to inform you about an exhibition opportunity in the Bürgerpark Wernigerode, where there is an exhibition space and many tourists visit the park every day. This is a good and easy opportunity for artists who are looking for exhibition opportunities. There are four to […]
Global Forest Residence (ongoing possible)
The premises of Martin Kippenberger’s former studio are used by Global Forest as the artists’ residence at Friedrichstrasse 5a. Since May 2019, national and international artists have been given the opportunity to deepen their artistic practice, explore new themes, develop new works on site and exhibit or present them as part of a funded residency. […]
Promotion of aktion mensch (possible on an ongoing basis)
Until 2026, small local projects in areas such as art and culture that make a concrete contribution to the funding priority of inclusion are to be supported with up to 5,000 euros. The funding period is between one day and twelve months. In particular, Aktion Mensch e.V. invites initiatives and associations that have not yet […]
Frau*Now – Women start up now!
We want to strengthen female entrepreneurship in Halle (Saale) and the surrounding area. Let’s make room for creative women and turn dreams into reality together. Frau*Now is aimed at women of all ages, backgrounds and educational levels. We accompany you from brainstorming to the growth phase. In this project, we are focusing primarily on networking […]
Micro-grant program of the German Foundation for Commitment and Volunteering
DSEE funding program for structurally weak and rural areas Do your volunteers need an extra dose of recognition? Do you have a good idea for recruiting more volunteers for your initiative? You finally want to do this training and put your club work on a secure footing? You don’t need much, but you can’t do […]
Open Call: Urban Dance Festival Magdeburg
The state capital of Magdeburg is still looking for creative ideas from the city’s artists and cultural workers for the supporting program of the Urban Dance World Championships! A total of around €30,000 is available for this purpose, which has been taken or reserved from the municipal funding pot for the independent cultural scene and […]
Community Fund Future Paths East (without deadline)
Fast, uncomplicated and without own funds: The micro-project funding of the Zukunftswege Ost joint fund starts on July 1, 2024. At least 100 projects are to be supported with up to 5,000 euros. Applications are possible on an ongoing basis. The first payments are planned for September. In the long term, the fund is to […]
Open Call for Solo Exhibitions 2026
We’re looking for artists to present their work in solo shows next year. Hard Facts: – Running time of the exhibition ~ 1 week– There are no rental costs– Solo Exhibitions only– Application via E-Mail (Slide 2 + 3) Apply now & be part of our 2026 program! (Photos of the room + floor plan […]