Current Open Calls
Central German Fundraising Day on March 10, 2026
In his workshop “Generative AI – writing assistants for fundraising” is about understanding what AI really means in fundraising. Jona Hölderle makes it clear that AI no longer has much in common with our previous use of technology and that it has a strong influence on our work – regardless of whether we consciously use […]
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 | SCHAUFÜNF – TERRITORIES
The association ent – Verein zur Förderung von Kunst und Kultur im ländlichen Raum – moved into the premises in the center of Haag in July 2022 and currently hosts two exhibitions a year in the shop windows of the art and culture workshop ent. With SCHAUFÜNF, we are now looking forward to the sixth […]
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 […]
Association forum hall 2026
At the Halle 2026 Association Forum, you will get practical answers, fresh ideas and the opportunity to network with other committed people from Halle! When: Saturday, March 14, 2026, 10.00 – 15.30 (arrival from 09.30 with welcome coffee) Where: Stadthaus Halle, Marktplatz 2, 06108 Halle (Saale) After the introduction to the day and the welcoming […]
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, […]
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 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 […]
Call for residence hosts 2025-2026
How does the application process for residence hosts work? The call for residency hosts offers financial support to legal entities wishing to host artists and cultural actors for a residency project. This tender comprises two phases: Phase 1Submission of the application with a description of the residency project and the required documents on the legal […]
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 […]
Online workshop artist profiles BBK homepage
Online workshop on March 18 and April 1, 2026 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. via Zoom To become visible on the homepage of BBK Sachsen-Anhalt e.V., we would like to encourage you to design your profile. For the first steps, we will be offering an introductory workshop from March 2026. In this workshop, we […]
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 […]
OPen Call for the exhibition “ZITTERN &ZORN – KEINE ANGST VOR DER ANGST”
In the planned group exhibition “Trembling & Anger – No Fear of Fear”, GEH8 will focus on a central feeling of our time in 2026 and 2027: fear. It is not just an individual experience, but a collective, socially effective phenomenon. In a world that is increasingly defined by crises, uncertainty and accelerated processes of […]
Open call for a flag installation
For our flag installation in the outdoor area, we are looking for artistic positions that take up the annual theme of “Trembling & Anger” in the form of flags. Both newly developed works and existing flags from the museum’s own collection can be submitted. The presentation will take place on the eight flagpoles in the […]
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:
OPEN CALL Jewish Art School 2026
The Jewish Art School is now accepting applications from Jewish, Israeli and anti-Semitism-critical students and young adults up to the age of 39. The master classes and workshops in various art disciplines are led by internationally renowned artists, including Yasmeen Godder, Mati Shemoelof and Nir Evron. The focus is on promoting the artistic development of […]
“Art meets health 2026
Together with humaQ, the Healing Culture Network is organizing the second call for proposals for three project grants as part of the EU project CULTURE AND HEALTH PLATFORM for artistic works at the interface of art, health and society in Germany. Award period: 15.01. – 31.03.2026 > Project duration: June 2026 – February 2027> Funding: […]
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 […]
Increase in the LOKAL funding program: 2.5 million euros extra for the second round of applications
Due to the great demand and the increasing challenges in rural areas, the Federal Cultural Foundation is increasing the funding for the second round of applications by 2.5 million euros. This means that up to 27 local networks can be funded in this round instead of 13. The model program “LOKAL – Program for Culture […]
Online workshop artist profiles BBK homepage
Online workshop on March 18 and April 1, 2026 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. via Zoom To become visible on the homepage of BBK Sachsen-Anhalt e.V., we would like to encourage you to design your profile. For the first steps, we will be offering an introductory workshop from March 2026. In this workshop, we […]
Hot Printing! Print Festival 2026
Dear printing networks! On a weekend in August, we are organizing the Hot Printing Festival for the third time in the Klingspor Museum, in the adjacent courtyard of the Büsingpalais, in the Haus der Stadtgeschichte and in the printing workshop in the Bernardbau. Max. 70 stands were allocated to artists, printers and workshop owners to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Funding in the KUNSTFONDS_Werkverzeichnung program
The call for applications has started: Visual artists, artist duos and their legal successors can apply for funding to create a digital catalog raisonné until May 31, 2026 (midnight). Works of art are visual sources of the present and will be part of our artistic heritage in the future. The KUNSTFONDS_Werkverzeichnung funding program therefore promotes […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]