Current Open Calls
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 […]
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 Festival of the Regions 2027
Festival ahoy!The Danube is the festival. Immersion / Diving Deeper Water is political. The Danube connects. It changes. Landscapes, economies, societies. Current creates resistance. Diving in means touching. Let us read the river not as a backdrop, but as a protagonist of social, political and ecological negotiation. Let us immerse ourselves in the interplay of […]
Open Call for the exhibition “was wird”
The anniversary with the BOK centenary exhibitions “was”, “is”, “will be” In 2026, the Offenbacher Künstler e.V. (BOK) association is staging three exhibitions at Offenbach’s Haus der Stadtgeschichte to mark its 100th anniversary. The third exhibition, “what will be”, will focus on the future. The future is open, it is developing. In the same way, […]
Flensburg MEMORIAL on the colonial past
It is an indisputable fact that colonialism had a strong influence on the city of Flensburg. In Flensburg, people have been thinking and talking about it more and more since the end of the 20th century. This process will of course continue. The next goal is to create a place of remembrance that deals with […]
Promotion of participatory projects
In its “General Project Funding” program, the Socioculture Fund supports specific socio-cultural project ideas. Funding is provided for time-limited projects that involve local people as active participants in their conception and implementation and that address a socio-political or social issue using cultural methods. We are looking for the best project ideas, bold approaches and innovative […]
Guest studio of the GEDOKmuc
Nationwide call for applications for female artists Four weeks of creative work in a guest studio in the period from August 2026 to December 2027 Application deadline: May 1, 2026, 23:59 (receipt) Please send us an informative PDF with your artistic career, current work samples and plans for the desired period. Artists from the GEDOK […]
Förderung Fond Soziokultur U25 – Richtung: Junge Kulturinitiativen
Mikroprojektförderung für junge Perspektiven In seinem Nachwuchsprogramm “U25 – Richtung: Junge Kulturinitiativen” unterstützt der Fonds Soziokultur Initiativen junger Menschen zwischen 18 und 25 Jahren, die sich auf den Weg machen, eigene Projekte zu gestalten und dabei andere aktiv am kreativen Prozess teilhaben lassen. Im Programm werden experimentelle Projekte gefördert, die Menschen vor Ort mit einbeziehen […]
Funding Socioculture U25 – Direction: Young cultural initiatives
Micro-project funding for young prospects In its young talent program “U25 – Direction: Young Cultural Initiatives”, the Socioculture Fund supports initiatives by young people between the ages of 18 and 25 who set out to design their own projects and actively involve others in the creative process. The program supports experimental projects that involve local […]
General project funding from the Socioculture Fund
New funding round for participatory cultural projects and announcement of the 13th Sociocultural Innovation Award The largest funding program of the Fonds Soziokultur is entering the next round. Applications for general project funding can be submitted from April 2 to May 2, 2026. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR We are looking for the best project […]
Workshop: Calculating design!
Date: Thu, May 6, 2026, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. How do you create fair and economically sensible prices for design products? In this workshop, you will learn how to calculate design services, which costs you need to take into account, how prices are structured and which benchmarks are common in practice. In addition to […]
Workshop: Brand and storytelling
Date: Thu, May 8, 2026, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. How do I tell the story of my idea so that it sticks in people’s minds? How do I turn a product into a strong brand? In this hands-on workshop, we will develop strategies to clearly define your brand and position it distinctively through storytelling. […]
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 […]
Summer Academy FROM ART TO LIFE 2026
Call for entries for the VON KUNST LEBEN – SOMMERAKADEMIE 2026. From June 29 to July 4, 2026, in cooperation with the Hamburg ALFRED TOEPFER STIFTUNG F. V. S., we are organizing the Summer Academy VON KUNST LEBEN for the 7th time. The Summer Academy provides female artists withbasic knowledge about the art market and […]
MicroCultureFund
The MikroKulturFonds Sachsen-Anhalt is launching the 2026 call for applications. Apply now! The MikroKulturFonds Sachsen-Anhalt supports small cultural projects that make a difference locally. We are looking for committed, locally anchored ideas that bring people together, create encounters and enrich cultural life in towns and villages and make it visible. Whether it’s a cultural event, […]
Invitation to tender “Summer 2026 plant database course”
The BBK Saxony-Anhalt has been operating the “Visual Arts Database Saxony-Anhalt” since 2017. It publishes catalogs of works and estates of visual artists with a connection to Saxony-Anhalt. The work database informs the public – including curators and researchers, for example – about the life’s work of individual artists and reflects the diversity of artistic […]
Appeal: AKTION Cohesion in Diversity
On May 21, 2026, the broad-based Cultural Integration Initiative is calling for a day of action for Cohesion in Diversity. The German Cultural Council is a co-initiator of the day of action. For “Cohesion in Diversity”, organizations, alliances and individuals (including artists and BBK associations, of course) are invited to organize as many activities as […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
ART/MID 2026
Application phase for KUNST/MITTE has begun Professional artists and galleries can present themselves and their works at KUNST/MITTE 2026.KUNST/MITTE has created the YAS – Young Artist Space – for up-and-coming artists, an area financed by the fair with the help of sponsors.Conditions of participation and terms and conditions on our home page. The official application […]
Be part of the art exhibition – Contrasts in Symbiosis – at the CoSy Festival 2026!
From August 7 to 10, 2026, Dornburg Castle (near Magdeburg) will open its doors as part of the CoSy Festival for a unique experience of music, workshops, art and creativity – and your works could be part of it! CoSy is an acronym for “Contrasts in Symbiosis” and aims to merge contemporary music with modern […]
Open Call of the Fläming Nature Park for the Day of Biodiversity on June 13 & 14, 2026 Art Hike – LandArt
“In the context of time-based and dematerialized art movements such as process art andconceptual art, Land Art developed in the late 1960s outside the studioand gallery space. It emerged not least as a reaction to the commodity value of art increasingly coming to the foreand in a critical examination of the fact that the aim […]
Call for “Open studios” 2026
Open studios in Saxony-Anhalt September 19/20, 2026, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day We cordially invite all artists and designers in Saxony-Anhalt to apply for the “Open Studios in Saxony-Anhalt” event. As always, on the third weekend in September, people interested in art will have the opportunity to look over your shoulder as you […]
Open Call for brau.ART Dessau
brau.ART is an annual curated exhibition of contemporary art in Dessau-Roßlau, which is organized by the brau.ART e. V. art association. From September 11 to 27, 2026, the show is already entering its 17th round and will once again take place within the walls of the Alte Schultheißbrauerei (subject to planning permission). Artists in the […]
Online information event for further training in the management of estates and collections
In the fields of: Visual arts, design, architecture, literature, music Online information event on further training: March 27, 2026, 5.00 – 6.00 p.m. Dates of the workshop: Thu to Sat, June 11 – 13, 2026, full day in Berlin, Fri, June 26, 2026, online panel 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. (Registration at: ) Registration deadline: […]
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 […]
Wells Art Contemporary 2026 (UK)
Wells Art Contemporary is an international competition showcasing innovative visual art across all genres. Established in 2012 and open to artists worldwide, WAC offers a unique opportunity to exhibit in the magnificent setting of Wells Cathedral – often described as “the most poetic of the English cathedrals” and the first Gothic cathedral in England. This […]
Open Call: Goldstücke 2025 – Light art festival in Gelsenkirchen
The Open Call for the Goldstücke 2025 light art festival is open! The motto of this year’s edition is “Active Positive”, inspired by the concept of “Open Form” by architect Oskar Hansen. We want to promote a shared, optimistic commitment to our built environment and encourage participation and dialog through light art. Whether individual light […]
Project funding from the Ostdeutsche Sparkassenstiftung
The Ostdeutsche Sparkassenstiftung supports committed people as well as art and cultural institutions in order to sustainably strengthen cultural life in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. We support projects in the fields of visual arts, music, literature, performing arts, cultural education, museums and monument preservation. Interested parties can submit an application for funding until July […]
THE FEMALE GAZE 2/026
Dear artists, We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a healthy, creative and powerful 2026. After the successful exhibition project “THE FEMALE VIEW” in 2013 at the Isernhagenhof, the kunstverein burgwedel-isernhagen is starting a new exhibition project and would like to introduce you to our project “THE FEMALE VIEW 2/026” and invite […]
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 […]
Funding opportunities from the NORD/LB Cultural Foundation
The NORD/LB Kulturstiftung sees the importance of art and culture in topics that may not be the focus of conventional cultural activities. For us, innovation and change to cope with social adaptation processes are the topics of tomorrow’s cultural work. The NORD/LB Cultural Foundation, founded on November 29, 2012, was established by Norddeutsche Landesbank. The […]
CALL FOR ARTIST – ARTdeSUISSE Lucerne Fall Edition 2026
WARTdeSUISSE once again invites you to the beautiful Kornschütte in Lucerne’s Old Town!The sixth edition of the exhibition will take place from November 26 – 29, 2026. If you are interested in taking part in the exhibition, please download the registration form with all the conditions of participation from the attachment and complete it and […]
Mobile dome for loan in Halle (Saale)
This year, the cultural theme years of the city of Halle Saale are dedicated to the topic “stadt licht leben energie”. EVH and the Halle Planetarium are in charge of the event. This year, the organizers are offering a mobile dome for rent free of charge, and the projection technology will also be rented out. […]
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 […]
Accessible Lines invites artists to participate
Accessible Lines is a project that makes illustrations and comics accessible for blind and visually impaired people through audio descriptions. Artists are invited to take part and make their work accessible. The aim of the project is to promote inclusion in art and create new access for a broad audience. Application deadline: not specified
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. […]
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 […]
Open Call of the art market Leipzig Art Days
The annual art market is the final highlight of the Leipzig Art Days. Artists from Leipzig and beyond have been presenting their works here since 2020. In addition to classic painting, you will find illustrations, graphics, photography, jewelry, textile prints, comics and much more… there are no limits to art here! In 2026, the Leipzig […]
Artists wanted for exhibitions at the Paula women’s store
We are looking for artists who would like to exhibit their work in our women’s store. Thematic framework:We are interested in artistic positions that deal – in very different ways – with social issues, gender roles, diversity, solidarity or forms of resistance and empowerment. Who we are looking for: We offer: Interested?We look forward to […]