Current Open Calls
Workshop “From creative mind to successful entrepreneur”
This workshop focuses on your entrepreneurial identity and a holistic view of your start-up. Who do you want to be as an entrepreneur and what attitude do you want to work with? What do you stand for – and what don’t you stand for? How do you create sustainable and authentic connections with your customers […]
Open Call Art @ Berlin Circus Festival 2025
Artistic works for the exhibition at the 11th Berlin Circus Festival (30.07.25- 10.08.2025) We are looking for artists to present their artworks or create site-specific works during the international Berlin Circus Festival at Tempelhofer Feld. The festival offers a platform for encounters between contemporary circus and visual arts. In an open-air exhibition, you will have […]
Call for proposals “Artists in schools in Saxony-Anhalt” 2025/26
This year, the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. is once again inviting applications 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 11, 2025 and March 27, 2026. The “Artists […]
Be part of the art exhibition -Contrasts in Symbiosis- at the CoSy-Festival 2025!
From July 10 to 13, 2025, 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 […]
Online: Individual start-up advice with a focus on funding opportunities
This consultation is all about your start-up process: Where are you right now? What are the next steps and what do you need to take them successfully? Steffen Ahrens gives you honest feedback on your start-up ideas and business models, helps you to implement them and supports you in preparing for market entry. He also […]
Call for art contributions for the site design at the 6* Festival, Bayreuth
We are calling on artists in Germany and Europe to apply for this public call:For our 6* Festival in Bayreuth, an open air festival with a focus on live electronic music, we are looking for sculptures and installations to design our festival site. Location: Bayreuth, Germany Date: June 12 – 15, 2025 Application deadline: May […]
Call for proposals WAYS – Federal Cultural Foundation for International Partnerships
“To enable cultural institutions and independent groups in Germany to find new partners in non-European countries” and to make these partnerships “fairer and more sustainable”, the Federal Cultural Foundation has developed the WAYS – Fair and Sustainable International Partnerships (formerly: Transcontinental Partnerships) program. Funding is provided for projects in the fields of contemporary performing arts, […]
General project funding from the Social Culture Fund (participatory projects)
In its “General Project Funding” program, the Sociocultural Fund supports specific socio-cultural project ideas. Funding is provided for temporary 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 […]
Promotion Fund Social Culture – Profile: Socioculture (organizational development)
The “Profile: Socioculture” programme of the Socioculture Fund supports the strategic and future-oriented development of independent socio-cultural organizations. The aim is to stabilize their structures in the long term and to sharpen their profile. The project applied for should be embedded in the organization’s overall strategy and not stand in isolation. Funding is available for […]
Promotion of the Social Culture Fund – U25 – Direction: Young cultural initiatives
The “Profile: Socioculture” programme of the Socioculture Fund supports the strategic and future-oriented development of independent socio-cultural organizations. The aim is to stabilize their structures in the long term and to sharpen their profile. The project applied for should be embedded in the organization’s overall strategy and not stand in isolation. Funding is available for […]
OPEN CALL – SCHWARZZSEITE PROJEKT Edition 2025
SCHWARZZSEITE PROJEKTis dedicated to creating encounters in contemporary printmaking, offering a dynamic space for artistic exchange. Showcasing works by emerging artists, it aims to spark dialogue, exploration, and collaboration. The initiative emphasizes experimentation and fresh perspectives, unlocking new possibilities for creative expression in printmaking today. Conditions and eligibility: When: exhibition takes place from June 14th […]
Creative Europe CULTURE: European cooperation projects
2025 Open Call for Applications With the funding area “European Cooperation Projects”, the EU supports cultural projects in which organizations from at least three different eligible countries work together and find European solutions to current challenges. The partner consortium consists of an applicant organization (coordinator) and at least two other cultural institutions (partners). Application deadline: […]
Open Call: Shrewdness. Climate protection instead of fake news
Newspapers in the Springer press headline: “Germany facing the solar debacle”. This is fake news. They are being spread worldwide by politicians, the press and on social media.the energy transition is going much better than the right-wing scaremongers from BILD, WELT and others would have us believe. Wind turbines and solar power complement each other […]
Course plant database spring 2025
In spring 2025, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt is offering a new fee-based course for artists, heirs and estate administrators under the direction of art historian Katharina Lorenz M.A., which consists of three dates. The following documents must be submitted for the application: Letter of motivation, short biography, list of exhibitions, list of publications, digital image of […]
A summer academy in cooperation with the Alfred Toepfer Foundation
Marketing strategies for visual artists The Summer Academy provides artists with basic knowledge about the art market and the profession of artist. The central theme of the academy is the development of a personal strategy for marketing one’s own work. The summer academy takes place at the Gut Siggen seminar center of the Alfred Toepfer […]
OPEN CALL – FLINTA* only on the topic: SOLIDARITY & RESISTANCE
Whether loud or quiet, collective or personal, visible or under the surface – we want to hear voices that strengthen each other, rebel, connect. We are a group of young people from Bielefeld who want to create a place where art doesn’t have to be conformist – but loud, uncomfortable, unifying, resistant. Because FLINTA* voices […]
Funding program “EUJA! Initiative projects for the Capital of Culture year”
Under the title “EUJA! Initiative projects for the European Capital of Culture year”, the funding program supports projects in the 30 intervention areas, the urban development project of the European Capital of Culture, as well as initiatives throughout the city and in the digital space. The program is based on three pillars. The special fund […]
Call for proposals KUNSTFONDS_Werkverzeichnung
Visual artists, artist duos and their legal successors can apply for funding to create a digital catalog raisonné until May 31, 2025. 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 are eligible […]
animation-installation 2025
Works are accepted that in one way or another place animated images (such as computer animation (CGI, VR, AR, AI), stop motion or images animated by other means) in the context of a site-specific installation. Works that seek to address issues relevant to today’s society are favored.We can provide some equipment (projectors, screens, sound), but […]
PARKOMANIE 2025 transformare*
The exhibition theme is based on the social and economic transformation that is necessary for everyone.With the “transfomare” theme, we want to emphasize the important role of art as a space for discourse. This is where attitudes can be discussed and new perspectives developed. These are processes that can be promoted by change and transformation […]
Call for entries for the marehalm ART award
The marehalm ART award was launched in 2023 to counteract the increasing marginalization of art and culture. At present, art awards are increasingly being discontinued and the associated recognition and appreciation denied to artists. – Cultural diversity is under threat. The marehalm ART award takes a stand against this with the annual presentation of the […]
Course plant database spring 2025
In spring 2025, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt is offering a new fee-based course for artists, heirs and estate administrators under the direction of art historian Katharina Lorenz M.A., which consists of three dates. The following documents must be submitted for the application: Letter of motivation, short biography, list of exhibitions, list of publications, digital image of […]
BrauArt Dessau 2025
Artists from the fields of fine arts and design can apply for the 16th brau.ART on the theme of “KunstStoff” until June 15, 2025. Application deadline: June 15, 2025
Curating certificate course
Course from May 16 – July 19, 2025 Exhibitions on art, culture or socially and scientifically relevant topics inspire a large audience and provide impetus for current discourse. The venues, formats and professional fields of curating have expanded considerably in recent years. The Curating course picks up on this development and offers a comprehensive introduction […]
Early Bird registration for KUNST/MITTE 2025
An Early Bird application is possible until March 31, 2025; the regular application phase for KUNSTMITTE 2025 will start on April 1. Dear gallery owners and artists, some of you have been with us for quite some time, some of you have been with us from the very beginning. For us as the organization team […]
Fresh Air Sculpture 2026
Sunday June 14 – Sunday July 5, 2026 We are inviting applications from artists for our 2026 sculpture exhibition. Click the links in our bio for full details. Fresh Air Sculpture is an outdoor selling exhibition that has been operating for the last 30 years showing renowned national and international artists alongside emerging new talent. […]
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 pop-up store at Halle (Saale) main station
A store in Halle (Saale) main station will be vacant from 2025. As the owner, Deutsche Bahn would like to establish this store as a pop-up store with changing tenants from the creative industries. The store’s opening hours are not tied to the station’s core opening hours (Mon – Sun from 9:00 to 20:00) and […]