Taiwan International Student Design Competition

The 2026 Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), on the theme “Resilience”, has been announced.The purpose of TISDC is to encourage international creative design exchanges, develop creative design talents, showcase the international image of Taiwan on creative design, and establish Taiwan’s international design reputation. The total prize fund for 2026 is more than $120,000 in […]

AUENLand what now?

Residency for process-based artistic research As ecological destruction progresses and environmental issues are currently becoming less important both politically and socially, the question is becoming more pressing: what can still be done today? The artistic research residency AUENLand what now? examines this question in the Thuringian floodplain on the River Nesse. In a collaboration between […]

Scholarship from the K52 Art Foundation

Every two years, the K 52 Art Foundation announces a scholarship for artists aged 45 and over, which is awarded according to the Foundation’s financial resources.The Foundation supports the visual arts. The scholarships are intended to support artists residing in Germany from the age of 45, as there are virtually no scholarship programs for artists […]

SYMPOIESIS / SITUATED Residencies / 2027 / AADK Spain

AADK Spain invites artists and researchers to participate in this edition of its artist residency program, which aims to explore the concept of “Sympoiesis” generating the conditions for nature to express itself through associative processes, and recognizing the landscape, the land, and its elements as co-authors of the work. Participants can also understand sympoiesis as […]

Cranach Scholarship

Attention: only for students of art colleges or artists at the beginning of their career Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) was appointed to the Electoral Saxon court in Wittenberg by Frederick the Wise in 1505. Under the art-loving Elector, Cranach was able to build up a successful painting workshop that attracted artists from all over […]

Between Bridges Residency

Between Bridges is pleased to announce the Open Call for the next residency. The residency will take place from January to June 2027 and includes a working phase and a one-month exhibition or public presentation. The ninth fellow will follow previous artists Yalda Afsah, Didem Pekün, Lucy Beech, Harry Hachmeister, Wisrah C. V. da R. […]

Scholarship for art and inclusion

The scholarship is aimed at visual artists who wish to develop their skills in the context of want to further develop inclusive cultural work. It offers plenty of scope for your own artistic projects and is linked to the expectation of contributing artistic impulses to the art therapy studio on site. The up to one-year […]

KUNSTRAUM //OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE, 2026-2027

KUNSTRAUM is a pioneering, artist-led gallery and residency program in New York City dedicated to artistic production, collaboration, and exchange. Since its founding, KUNSTRAUM has cultivated a vibrant international community where artists and curators come together to experiment, challenge conventions, and develop new perspectives in contemporary art. With a strong commitment to emerging voices and […]

OPEN CALL: DOCK Leipzig

XR-projects, documentary & animated film This year, we will celebrate the 69th DOK Leipzig edition from 26 October to 1 November 2026. Our call for films is now open and we’re looking forward to receiving your latest documentary and animated films! Film EntriesUntil July 1, you may apply with animated or documentary films of any […]

Cultural Promotion Act of the State of Saxony-Anhalt passed

Today, on May 20, 2026, the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt approved the new Cultural Promotion Act. This is good news, as cultural funding in Saxony-Anhalt now finally has a legal basis. The consultation with cultural stakeholders has resulted in some significant improvements. For example, many optional provisions have been converted into binding formulations, youth art […]

FUCKUP NIGHT HALLE

Four people talk about failure and growth We all make decisions, take risks and make mistakes along the way. Making mistakes, letting go and starting over are all part of our lives and often tell us more about life than sunny success stories. FuckUp Night is a globally renowned format in which people talk about […]

Reminder for the 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 […]

Funding advice “Culture makes you strong – current deadlines for 2027”

Online information event on 16.06.2026 // 2:00 to 4:00 pm The event is organized by the advice centers of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia and is part of a series of events of all nationwide advice and service centers “Kultur macht stark. Bündnisse für Bildung” with four identical online events that offer a compact overview […]

BBK signs statement “Culture needs diversity and home” with

Statement on culture in Saxony-Anhalt Home is where diversity is lived and others and strangers are treated with respect. Home is where cultures are recognized as equal and we meet as equals. Art and culture connect people. Whether theaters, museums, libraries, music or art venues, socio-cultural centers or independent initiatives, we create meeting spaces and […]

Seoul Street Arts Festival 2026 – Open Call for International Program

Starting as ‘Hi Seoul Festival’ in 2003, it changed its name to Seoul Street Arts Festival (SSAF) in 2016 and has since established itself as South Korea’s representative outdoor arts festival. By utilizing public spaces such as plazas and streets in the city as its venue, the festival showcases a diverse range of street arts […]

Anja Nürnberg receives scholarship in Rome

First scholarship holder of the international work scholarship in Rome The Saxony-Anhalt Art Foundation’s scholarship takes participants to the Casa di Goethe for a month – a place that has stood for artistic inspiration and German-Italian exchange since Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. In this tradition, it enables artists to engage intensively with the city of […]

Pension provision for artists: A look at the pension systems of Denmark, Ireland, Spain and Finland

Discussions as part of the “visual artists | diverse conditions” project also repeatedly included debates on the pension situation of visual artists in various European countries. The impressions and impulses from these discussions were summarized by the office and the project team in a paper (PDF) The considerations are based on discussions with European artists’ […]

Miriam Albert in Halle (Saale)

Exhibition + Laboratory EXKURSIONSFLORA is the title of a classic book on plant identification (ed. Rothmaler et al.) and a combination of the Latin excurare – an excursion, often with an educational or research intention, and flora, the Roman goddess of flowers and youth, often used in a figurative sense for the flora of a […]

Photometria Awards 2026 “Coming of Age (18+)”

As the festival reaches its 18th edition, it symbolically enters a phase of maturity, capable of reflecting on and exploring central issues of transition. Coming of Age (18+) focuses on the process of coming of age, not as a chronological or legal milestone, but as a multifaceted condition shaped by internal and social ruptures, redefinitions, […]

Elvira Franz in Sangerhausen

Exhibition ‘ZWEIKLANG‘ The Kulturverein Armer Kasten e.V. cordially invites you to the exhibition by Elvira and Ekkehard Franz in the Marienkirche Sangerhausen.

Competition // CITY OF ASCHAFFENBURG – PARK SCHÖNTAL – A PLACE OF REMEMBRANCE

The city of Aschaffenburg is holding an art competition for the design of a memorial site in Schöntal Park in Aschaffenburg. The site is to be dedicated to the victims of a violent crime and at the same time create space for encounters, education and hope. The procedure is a restricted competition with three stages: […]

Perron Art Prize 2026 in the porcelain category

The Perron Art Prize is awarded in the form of a main prize and two sponsorship prizes. It can also be divided between several works in accordance with a proposal from the jury, with an amount of 4,500 euros available for the main prize and 1,500 euros each for the two sponsorship prizes. The sponsorship […]

Competition//ANIMAGE – 16th International Animation Festival of Pernambuco

Animage – 16th International Animation Festival of Pernambuco is accepting submissions for 2026 and invites entries by filmmakers from around the world. The Festival includes Competitive and Non-competitive Screenings of national and international animation films, in addition to special sessions, feature films, masterclass, exhibition and animation workshops for both beginners, children and professionals.As part of […]

Digital workshop “Writing about your own art” on 25.06.2026

A workshop of the series “ProTalks – online workshops for artists” on the topic of “Writing about your own art”. The challenge of capturing the essence of one’s own artistic work and individual works in texts is great. It becomes even greater when you consider that there are a whole range of different reasons and […]

Project funding, publication funding and funding for catalogs raisonnés from the Saxony-Anhalt Art Foundation

Project grants can be applied for by individuals (natural persons) or legal entities (e.g. associations, foundations under public law, companies, etc.). Artists’ collectives or groups should check whether it makes sense to set up a GbR or whether an individual should take on the application and the associated rights and obligations. The foundation supports artistic […]

Artistic assistant – qualification position in the field of sculpture with a focus on sculptural practice and photography

Berlin-Weißensee School of Art Application deadline: May 27, 2026

Artistic teacher for plastic design

Berlin-Weißensee School of Art Application deadline: May 31, 2026

Teacher in the artistic workshop teaching digital embroidery

Berlin-Weißensee School of Art Application deadline: May 31, 2026

Artistic assistant 0.5 qualification position in the field of textile and material design

Berlin-Weißensee School of Art Application deadline: June 07, 2026

Art on the building – day care center Kleine Au, Germersheim

The new Kleine Au daycare center in Germersheim is to be given an artistic design with the help of an open competition to obtain designs. This is intended to artistically enhance the exterior façade of the elevator tower. The front surface and, if required, the side surface of the elevator tower will be available for […]

OPEN CALL: 43rd Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival

All filmmakers, artists, distributors, producers, gallery owners, universities and institutions are now invited to submit current works and projects for the 43rd Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival. The entire film program and the works in the Monitoring exhibition will be selected from all submissions. All installations in the Monitoring exhibition compete for the Golden […]

HAL ART // Call for entries and application

05.-07. FEBRUARY 2027GEORG-FRIEDRICH-HÄNDEL HALLE IN HALLE (SAALE) With the Moritzburg Art Museum, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, a lively gallery scene and numerous art associations, the city of Halle (Saale) is considered an established art location. The HAL ART art fair, which has been taking place since 2017, reinforces this claim and creates […]

OPEN CALL: IMPRINT – contemporary art fair

!! Application Fee: £35.00 for first submission, £5.00 per application thereafter. Imprint, a new contemporary art fair from the team behind Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, launches its International Artist Open Call – offering artists the opportunity to present work within a curated exhibition at RHS Lawrence Hall, Westminster – a landmark Art Deco space in […]

Christiane Budig in the Art Foundation podcast

The artist and art therapist @budigchristiane takes us into her world between art and craft. She talks about her first impressions in the glassworks – the beginning of a decades-long fascination with glass, which is now her central material: fascinating, contradictory and full of possibilities. A special work: her “Threshold” – created from over 6000 […]

Artistic Director for “Urbane Künste Ruhr”

Urban Arts Ruhr Application deadline: June 08, 2026

“Art needs freedom – democracy needs art”

In a joint statement entitled “Art needs freedom – democracy needs art”, we, the nationwide artists’ associations, clearly position ourselves against the cultural policy demands of the AfD Saxony-Anhalt for the upcoming state elections (subsumed under the term “new, patriotic cultural policy”) and reaffirm the importance of the fundamental principles of artistic freedom and cultural […]

Philipp Baumgarten in an interview with Kumbra magazine

“There is often great openness in the supposed lack”

Judith Runge and Julia Himmelmann in Pobles

Ceramics exhibition ‘Weather4.0 – Ceramics, Faience, Installation‘ Exhibition opening on June 6 at 3 pm with concert “O Sole Mio” by Martin Wolff and the Mitteldeutsche Salon-Trio. The four artists who have come together for this exhibition at the invitation of Hendrik Tauché are united by their fascination with ceramic materials. They all studied at […]

Pollock-Krasner Foundation

Application Guidelines The Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from professional visual artists who are painters, sculptors, and/or artists who work on paper, including printmakers. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis: there are no deadlines. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time and the Foundation will review expenditures relating to an artist’s […]

Taha Bader in Halle (Saale)

Exhibition ‘Takemy hand-I’ll show you my people, places and dreams‘ The German-Pakistani neo-expressionist Taha Bader shows a different image of Pakistan On Saturday, May 30, 2026, a new solo exhibition by painter Taha Bader will open at the small gallery Momente (Steinweg 27, Halle/Saale). Entitled ” Take my hand – I show you my people, […]

Anke Leonhardt in Havelberg

Exhibition `FLIESSENDE SPUREN’ – Chinese-German art exchange 24.5.-28.6.2026 In October 2025, 10 artists from Berlin and Havelberg traveled to North China. After stops in Linzhou/China and Berlin, their works of painting and photography, objects and drawings can now be seen in Havelberg. Opening on 24.5.2026 at 2 pm in the Stadtinsel Gallery 13.6. | 5 […]

Headwind 2026 – Fund against right-wing extremism

You defend democracy – we support your initiative!Right-wing extremists are gaining influence, democratic institutions are being delegitimized and anti-democratic ideologies are penetrating everyday life. Disinformation, conspiracy narratives and anti-Semitism are shaping public debates. Racism, devaluation and exclusion are a bitter reality for many people. In times of crisis, it becomes clear that democracy needs more […]

Here is somewhere else – BBK members in Kiel

Group exhibition “Here is there somewhere else – views of society” Exhibiting artists: Anne Martin, Desiree Sander, Marion Münzberg, Sibylle Mundt, Tobias Nerger (members of BBK Saxony-Anhalt), Andreas Trabitzsch, Arturo Sayan, Heidi Krautwald, janKB, Kai Zimmer, Naiwei Tian, Patrick Wüst (members of BBK Schleswig-Holstein) A group of 12 BBK members working with the media of […]

Art and design but safe! Artists’ Social Security Fund and Co.

Date: Thu, May 21, 2026, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. The topic of “insurance and protection” for artists and designers is becoming increasingly complex. Hardly anyone can still see through the web of KSK and pension funds. When and how do I join the KSK and what does it do for me? What insurance cover […]

Call for proposals Exhibition Basic Rights BBK Frankfurt

“THE BASIC RIGHTS – 19 POSITIONS ON ARTICLES 1-19 OF THE BASIC LAW” Exhibition invitation for members of the BBK of all regional associations Format: 80 × 80 cm, canvas (stretcher frame thickness 20mm)Closing date for entries: 22 May 2026Submission of finished works: by 14 August 2026Start of exhibition: 18 September 2026Venue: BBK Frankfurt Gallery, […]

Artistic freedom in danger – support crowdfunding of the artist Melisa Kujevic until 28.05.26!

Dear colleagues, Artistic freedom is under increasing pressure. Most recently, we met with each other at our We discussed this at the last Federal Delegates’ Meeting and put this important topic on the agenda in our work program as the Executive Board. Specifically, last year the artist Melisa Kujevic’s promised participation in the “Goldstück 2025” […]

Visual Arts Scholarships 2027

In 2027, the Krull Foundation will award up to three work grants in the field of visual arts to artists living and working in Berlin or Brandenburg.The grants are awarded for a period of twelve months (January 1 to December 31, 2027) and are endowed with €1,200 per month. Object of funding and eligibility requirementsFunding […]

Artist in Residence – Wasserschlösschen studio program

The municipality of Ismaning (district of Munich) offers a studio program aimed at visual artists living in Germany. Two scholarships are awarded simultaneously for a residency of between three and six months. The artists live and work in the rooms of the so-called Wasserschlösschen. It is idyllically located in the south of the town in […]

BBK members in Stendal

Exhibition “ART IN THE ALTMARK . SEEING OTHERWISE” with BBK members Heinrich Herbrügger, Corinna Köbele, Marlen Liebau, Hans Molzberger and Bettina Müller newly curated for the 3rd location of the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences at Winckelmannplatz in Stendal [ 7. – 31.05.2026 ] and at schauwerk. in Magdeburg [ 4. – 28.06.2026 ] Art-Talk […]

Interested parties wanted for an artists’ community in Bad Lauchstädt

We intend to transform our old, listed three-sided farm in the Goethe town of Bad Lauchstädt OT Schafstädt, in the immediate vicinity of Halle, Merseburg and approx. 40 km west of Leipzig, into a great, green, lively, highly energy-efficient, largely energy self-sufficient and emission-free residential complex with approx. 9 apartments and workshops, studios, exhibition, meeting, […]

Art on the building – Schweinfurt Justice Center

The Schweinfurt State Building Authority is looking for a work of art for the Schweinfurt Justice Center.The locations available for the art competition are the staircase hall and inner courtyard of the new building, whereby each area can be worked on individually, but also in thematic connection to each other. The jury selects the best […]

The Berthold Leibinger Comic Book Prize

The Comic Book Prize has been awarded annually since 2014 for an outstanding, unpublished, German-language comic and manga whose completion is foreseeable. The application should be the size of one volume. The prize winner will receive 25,000 euros. Other good applications will be honored as finalists with 2,500 euros each. Application documents:-an exposé presenting the […]

KUNST.PARK Rumpenheim 2026

Rumpenheim Palace Park is one of the early German landscape gardens laid out in the style of English landscape gardens. In the theory of the English landscape garden, the paths have an important function: like an adventure trail, they open up the park to the walker in all its diversity. KUNST.PARK RUMPENHEIM opens up the […]

Art in architecture – Gundersheim | Daycare center

The local community of Gundersheim is planning to build a six-group daycare center in the street “Strohgasse” in the second row. A new daycare center is to be built first before the existing building is demolished. This will only take place in the second stage. A two-storey building with a flat roof is planned. The […]

Kallmann Prize of the Kreissparkasse 2026

The prize is awarded to artists living in Germany who deal with the subject areas of portrait / animal / landscape, which were the focus of Hans Jürgen Kallmann’s work. Hans Jürgen Kallmann was a German painter and draughtsman who lived from 1908-1991 and on whose initiative the Kallmann Foundation was founded, which runs the […]

US-America in Giessen – it was, it is, it remains

The presence of American troops had a lasting impact on the city of Giessen in the period after 1945. Spatially, this was particularly evident in the use of large barracks facilities, which dominated entire districts and have visibly changed the cityscape to this day. Added to this was the development of the Army & Air […]

OPEN CALL: CONNECTING 2026/27 – Exhibiting as a social process

With our curatorial program CONNECTING 2026/27, we are looking for artistic and curatorial projects that understand the exhibition space not only as a place of presentation, but also as a space for collaborative action and social processes. Against the backdrop of current social and cultural policy challenges, we want to strengthen the space as a […]

Museum makes you strong!

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Anika Büssemeier, 2022

Online workshop artist profiles BBK homepage

Online workshop on June 3, 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 will show you […]

MARK ROTHKO 2026 INTERNATIONAL PAINTING SYMPOSIUM

18 September – 3 October 2026, Daugavpils, Latvia The Rothko Museum invites artists to apply to the “Mark Rothko 2026” International Painting Symposium – a vibrant creative forum organized in the museum’s residency framework. Held annually in Rothko’s birth month, the symposium honors the artist’s legacy in the city of his childhood. Now well into […]

OPEN CALL – FILE NOT FOUND

FILE NOT FOUND – Protect archives. Defend democracy. is a collaborative project bringing together archivists, artists, and scholars to develop strategies for resilient, accessible, and diverse archival practices. At its core lies a central question: How can the archive itself become a site of resistance? Archives, as repositories of cultural memory and knowledge, are increasingly […]

Artificial Imagination

A growing archive of video works about creativity and artificial intelligence. An open call dedicated to video works exploring the relationship between human creativity and artificial intelligence. Artists, filmmakers and digital creators are invited to submit moving image works reflecting on how AI is transforming the production of images, ideas and narratives.Selected works will be […]

One assistant each BA VKD 50 % and MA Art Education 60 %

Bern University of the Arts Application deadline: May 22, 2026

Artistic employee in “Textile Design”

Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle Application deadline: May 27, 2026

Artistic Professorship Production Design 50%

Zurich University of the Arts Application deadline: May 28, 2026

Professorship for Emerging Technologies in the Design department

Karlsruhe State University of Art and Design Application deadline: May 31, 2026

Senior Lecturer

for the field of design and production in the Design and Education program Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Application deadline: May 31, 2026

Artistic teacher in the stage design program

Berlin University of the Arts Application deadline: June 1, 2026

Professorship at an art college – Faculty of Design

Berlin University of the Arts Application deadline: June 4, 2026

W3 professorship “Directing hybrid film with a focus on non-fiction”

Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF Application deadline: June 7, 2026

W 2 Professorship “Graphic Design and Art Direction for Analog and Digital Culture”

Wismar University of Applied Sciences Application deadline: June 7, 2026

Senior Artist – Wood Technology

University of Applied Arts Vienna Application deadline: June 15, 2026

Zhana Veselinova Nedelcheva in Büden

Zhana Veselinova Nedelcheva was born in Bulgaria. In 1999 she graduated from the Sveti Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia, Bulgaria, with a Master’s degree in Fine Arts Education, specializing in sculpture and ceramics. Since 1999, the artist has been actively involved in traditional exhibitions. Her spectrum lies in collages, painting, paper and ceramic sculptures. Ceramics […]

New BBKarium shop window in Wittenberg

The BBK Saxony-Anhalt is delighted to open the third of a total of five BBKarium showcases in Saxony-Anhalt in Lutherstadt Wittenberg. After a long search, a new place for art, encounters and visibility has been found with the Stadtlabor – Stadtwohnzimmer. The opening will take place on Friday, May 15, at 6:00 pm. In the […]

BBK supports “Saxony-Anhalt. Cosmopolitan!”

“Saxony-Anhalt. Weltoffen!” is an independent, civil society alliance that is committed to a diverse, democratic and solidary Saxony-Anhalt. The BBK Saxony-Anhalt supports this alliance. We also want to send out strong signals for democracy, diversity, cosmopolitanism and solidarity in the coming years. OUR COMMON GOALS ARE:

Ursula Bahr in Leipzig

Annual exhibition on the theme of the shadow moon

Residency scholarship at the Künstlerhaus Meinersen

The municipality and joint municipality of Meinersen have set themselves the goal of promoting young contemporary art and at the same time providing current impetus to the range of cultural offerings in the region.In order to promote this goal, they are offering a scholarship with a residency at the Künstlerhaus Meinersen.The scholarship is designed for […]

Julia Gubitz in Salzwedel

After a four-month renovation phase and relocation:Opening STUDIO ZEITGENÖSSISCHE KUNST21. May 2026, 6:00 pm In its multifunctional character as a work and exhibition space as well as a meeting place, the studio functions as an innovative gallery.Located in the middle of the city, between the functions of living, working and shopping, the studio aims to […]

ilka Leukefeld in Halberstadt

Art format SICHT:WEISEWorkshops and exhibition with the experienced artist ilka Leukefeld ECHO. SPACES OF SOCIOCULTURE is a project of the Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft soziokultureller Zentren Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. in cooperation with partners in rural areas.As part of this project, the art format SICHT:WEISE invites you to two workshop weekends at the sociocultural center ZORA e.V. in Halberstadt. The […]

Cornelia Weihe in Jena

lucide’ exhibition Cordial invitation to the exhibition opening on Thursday, May 28, 6 p.m., Fürstengraben 18, 07743 Jena With the exhibition lucide, the Frommann Sculpture Garden presents sculptural works by the artistCornelia Weihe. The title refers to the permeable, transparent character of her steel sculptures.Through open structures and a reduced formal language, the works consciously […]

Nicole Müller in Halle (Saale)

Iron blue printing workshop with introduction to the technique | presentation of the individual work steps | artistic design and exposure in the garden | small final presentation Price: 80 € per person incl. material

Susanne Henny Kolp in Halle (Saale)

For our fourth solo exhibition we are pleased to have BBK member Susanne Henny Kolp as our guest and would like to cordially invite you to the vernissage on 21.05.2026 at 18:00 in the SCHIMMER. On our walls, the painter and textile artist shows images of beauty without perspective, inspired by medieval imagery. Her pictorial […]

Daniela Schönemann in Jena

Exhibition ‘behind forests, under mountains’

Linda Margarete in Halle (Saale)

Pieces of meadow – photographic works of art by Linda Margarete The meadow pieces are a tribute to biodiversity and the richness of nature, as well as a reflection of a time of disappearance and transformation. The works are created by combining traditional photographic techniques with contemporary digital means. In doing so, the artist Linda […]

Open Call “Women.Life.Climate”

Exhibition in Berlin 7.8. – 18.9.2026, Tue. and Fri., 5-8 p.m. In a public call for entries, we invite international artists to submit contributions for the theme described below for a juried group exhibition in our exhibition spaces. Women all over the world are fighting against the climate crisis. Both visibly, such as Luisa Neubauer, […]

Art prize to mark the 350th anniversary of Grimmelshausen’s death in 2026

To mark the 350th anniversary of the death of Johann Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen, the Grimmelshausen towns of Renchen, Offenburg and Oberkirch, together with the Grimmelshausenfreunde e.V., are organizing an art competition on the theme: Simplicissimus reloaded.Modern art in dialog with Grimmelshausen Since the end of the Second World War, Europe has largely lived in […]

Blue Night Art Competition 2027

Since 2005, the Blue Night Art Competition has been inviting artists to realize site-specific projects in courtyards, special spaces and squares in Nuremberg’s Old Town. We are looking for art that uses spaces, involves visitors and lasts for two nights. Individuals and groups can apply with works from all areas of art, e.g. installations, light […]

Art prize of the town of Weilburg 2026

Weilburg, a small town with lots of art and culture. Characterized by the large baroque castle complex, the town lies within the Lahn loop and is one of the most beautiful residential towns in Germany. Conditions of participation: Age limit: unlimitedTopic limit: noneLocation limit: Germany and twin towns of the town of Weilburg Eligible to […]

OPEN CALL 800 m2 – OPEN SPACE

Organizer: Kunstverein ReutlingenExhibition venue: Kunstverein Reutlingen, Wandel-Hallen (1st floor), Eberhardstraße 14, 72764 ReutlingenExhibition period: 14 March – 18 July 2027Vernissage 14 March / 5 pm This open call is aimed at artists or groups of artists who meet three conditions:1. You currently use a residence and/or studio within Germany (this must apply to all participants […]

Light art festival “Fürther Glanzlichter”

Since 2018, the Fürth Highlights in late autumn have conjured up a very special glow in the cloverleaf city and have long since become a shining highlight in the calendar of events. November has a very special significance for Fürth: this is the month in which the city was first mentioned in a document over […]

Artistic Assistance in Spatial Design 60 %

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Design Film Art Application deadline: May 18, 2026

ARCUS Research Winter 2027

ARCUS Research Winter is a six-week residency and self-funded program that offers an uninterrupted time and contemplative environment for creative experimentation, in-depth fieldwork, and research for practitioners and professionals in art and other cultural fields, including artists, curators, researchers, university educators, or writers. Located around an hour from Tokyo and a half hour from Tsukuba […]

University Assistant – Dept. of Art and Design

Linz University of Art Application deadline: May 20, 2026

Art Prize of Klosterneuburg Abbey 2027 – St. Leopold Peace Prize

The “St. Leopold Peace Prize”, named after the founder of the foundation, honors works of art that critically address humane and socio-political issues. The art prize is awarded to works of fine art in the fields of painting, graphic art, photography and sculpture which, in addition to their artistic aspirations, demonstrate humanitarian commitment and implement […]

Open Call – Invitation to the exhibition “Das Original einzigARTig” as part of the “Festival der Moderne” in Magdeburg

We hereby invite you to participate in two thematic exhibitions (“Antlitz – Kunst oder künstlich?” and “Quo vadis?”), which will take place as part of the “Festival of Modernism” from May – October 2027 in the Himmelreich Gallery in Magdeburg.Further information on the content and its artistic challenge will be explained below. Conditions of participation […]

Teaching Assistant – Industrial Design 50%

Zurich University of the Arts Application deadline: May 24, 2026

ilka Leukefeld in Quedlinburg

Workshop weekend watercolor painting A relaxed weekend in the art studio opens up access to watercolor painting for beginners, advanced painters can refine their techniques. ilka Leukefeld provides insights into the color levels, the composition of the picture and basics such as washing, glazing and granulating. People of all ages are welcome.

Services offered by the Cooperation Network for the Prevention of Right-Wing Extremism

Together with other stakeholders such as the Amadeo Antonio Foundation, the Cooperation Network for the Prevention of Right-Wing Extremism offers training courses and online consultation hours. They respond to current developments in right-wing extremism, develop nationwide prevention services, pool knowledge and experience, qualify and network project partners – this is what the Cooperation Network for […]

Beate Schoppmann in Magdeburg

Exhibition ‘MAPS ODER DIE ANEIGNUNG VON WELT(KARTEN)’ | The show is sponsored by the Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt and also provides an adequate presentation space and communicative framework for the publication “MAPS Beate Schoppmann” (2025, HASENVERLAG Halle), which is also sponsored.

13 new BBK members accepted in Halle (Saale)

At the end of April 2026, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt welcomed 13 new members. Artists from different generations, genres and regions presented themselves in the improvised exhibition space next to the BBK office. Artists from the Harz region (Wernigerode), the district of Stendal (Bismark, Werben), Magdeburg, Dessau-Roßlau, Halle (Saale) and Zeitz came to Halle’s old town […]

Print symposium Künstlerhaus 188 in Halle (Saale)

Künstlerhaus 188 e.V. invites an artist with a biographical focus on the state of Saxony-Anhalt to a residency in the workshops of Künstlerhaus 188 in Halle (Saale) as part of the Print Symposium 2026. The print symposium sees itself not only as a format, but as an attitude – characterized by hospitality, mutual curiosity and […]

Passage Art residency in the district of Wittenberg 2026

The Polygona Kunstverein e.V. is offering two residency places for the Passage Art Residency Program as part of the KOBRA cultural network. The KOBRA cultural network deals with continuities and ruptures in the cultural landscape between Fläming and Dübener Heide and opens up new perspectives on the district of Wittenberg. The ten network partners of […]

Narine Zolyan in Berlin

“Narine Zolyan – Archi Galentz. Prophecies”

Ernst Ulrich Jacobi in Halle (Saale)

Exhibition “Ernst Ulrich Jacobi on his 80th birthday”

Workshop: From the idea to the business model

Do you already have a business idea? In this workshop, it will become a structured business model and thus the starting point for your company.The Business Model Canvas will help you with this. Using a fixed framework and clear guiding questions, you will structure and visualize the idea and analyze the various aspects of a […]

OPEN CALL: Exhibition at CUBIC in 2026

We are looking for: Artists for an exhibition at CUBIC in the period from September to October 2026. The CUBIC art cube is a sculpture in the public space of the Hanseatic city of Greifswald and at the same time an exhibition space for contemporary art. It is located in Greifswald’s city center on Karl-Marx-Platz […]

OPEN CALL – OSTRALE Biennale 2027

For the 16th time, the OSTRALE is organizing its international exhibition of contemporary art OSTRALE Biennale. The O27 will take place from June 4 to October 3, 2027 at various locations in Dresden and in public spaces. Artists regardless of age, nationality, origin or career status are cordially invited to apply for participation in the […]

Space requirements in Halle – survey of potential users in the Community Office

The Community Office – a place for creative work and lifeWe are reactivating the former Stasi headquarters and tax office in Halle-Neustadt and creating a community office. On a gross floor area of 20,000 square meters, a place for creative work and life is being created with over 100 workshops, studios, ateliers, offices and rehearsal […]

SUPERGUT – SUPERGAU FESTIVAL

Supergau is a week-long, annual festival in the “Gauen”, the five administrative districts in the province of Salzburg. The projects created as part of the festival develop out of the region and, at best, have an impact far beyond it. The fact that the festival deliberately takes place in rural areas is a clear cultural […]

Workshop Manager / Basic Art/Plastics

Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle Application deadline: July 1, 2026

Apprenticeship as a carpenter

Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle Application deadline: August 1, 2026

Black Church Print Studio International Artist-in-Residence

Black Church Print Studio International Artist-in-Residence program was established in 2009 to facilitate contemporary artistic practice in the Studio and to further the professional development of artists. It enables the creation and production of new work, fosters an exchange of ideas and influences and encourages the sharing of expertise. – Emerging, mid-career and established professional […]

Culture Prize of the Hochschwarzwald Art Gallery Foundation

The Kunsthalle Hochschwarzwald Foundation Culture Prize is awarded annually, alternating between the categories “Visual Arts” and “Performing Arts”. It will be awarded for the first time in 2026 in the “Visual Arts” category. The jury, which consists of the foundation’s board members, will award prizes to three of the submitted applications, with the first prize […]

International Summer Campus 2026 in the artists’ town of Kalbe

The artists’ town of Kalbe, an innovative project in the Altmark (Saxony-Anhalt) with the aim of countering demographic change through art and culture, is awarding scholarships for a work residency in accordance with Joseph Beuys’ concept of social sculpture, the artists’ town of Kalbe sees itself as a place where the creative power of art […]

Mini Montmartre” art market in Quedlinburg

Creative talents & retailers wanted! Mini Montmartre” art market at the Lyonel Feininger Museum, Quedlinburg On Open Monument Day, the inner courtyard of the museum will be transformed into a lively creative market. We are looking for exhibitors with unique handmade items, creative offers and artistic works in the following areas: 📅 When: Sunday, September […]

Three-month residency at Hundisburg Castle for the Visual Arts 2027 program

The State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Saxony-Anhalt wants to support young artists with a three-month scholarship at Hundisburg Castle.Hundisburg Castle near Haldensleben is one of the most important rural baroque castles in Saxony-Anhalt with its baroque parklands. The vineyard house of the castleprovides artists with a place to stay and work. The State […]

Artist grant from the Emsländische Landschaft e. V.

In 2027, the Emsländische Landschaft e. V. for the districts of Emsland and Grafschaft Bentheim will award a working grant for visual artists for the tenth time. The theme: Turning points at the borderBorders stand for both separation and protection, for conflict, control and identity. They create structure and mark transitions – places where something […]

Salzwedel House for Artists and Scholars

In the historic town center of the Hanseatic town of Salzwedel, the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel maintains a half-timbered house as an artist and scholarship house with an internationalorientation. Artists find ideal working and living conditions here. Three-month study visits are offered. The call for applications is aimed at professionally working, particularly talented and primarily younger artists […]

Work scholarship at Kunsthof Dahrenstedt

The Kunsthof Dahrenstedt is a regional cultural center in the Altmark region. Scholarship holders have access to an apartment at the Kunsthof and the studio for living and working. The call for applications is primarily aimed at young artists in the fields of visual arts and literature. The KUNSTHOF DAHRENSTEDT is a regional cultural center […]

W2-Professorship Art in Social Spaces

Braunschweig University of Art Application deadline: May 31, 2026

Cornelia Weihe in Zernikow

Exhibition“WANDERER“ The theme refers to this wonderfully situated place between Gransee and Stechlin. At the same time, it is about perceptions and thoughts of our “being on the road”. Paintings will be shown in the small ballroom of the historic manor house, as well as sculptures in the vaulted cellar. The exhibition is open on […]

Johann Spengler

“May 1 – International Workers’ Day of Struggle” by Johann Spengler The series “May 1st – International Workers’ Day” by Johann Spengler (*1995 in Berlin) is dedicated to women in various professional fields in the GDR in eight pennants. While the obedience paragraph was still in force in the FRG until 1957 and the employment […]

Open Call: Fixed printing 2026

We will work hard – and print. And argue. We will argue and work together. Different as different. Equal as equal. SPEICHER_Leute e.V. invites you to travel to the countryside for the print festival from September 6-13.Schloss Bröllin in Fahrenwalde in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald has plenty of space on its extensive grounds. It used […]

Deceased BBK members 2025

Last year, we received several sad messages from bereaved families. In addition to older artists, those who were still in the middle of their lives also passed away. We mourn the loss of our four members who passed away in 2025: We will keep these colleagues in good memory in the artist database on the […]

Veronika Kaiping and Anja Wolf in Berlin

Exhibition GEGEN DEN STRICH – Women artists* at the Bauhaus Exhibitors Duration: April 17 to May 17, 2026 Vernissage: Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 6 pm Exhibition tours

Katrin Zickler in Dessau-Roßlau

Exhibition participation 100 years of Bauhaus Dessau: Algae | Rubble | CO2 in the former Kauhaus Zeeck | As part of the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus

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 […]

Application form for open studios in Saxony-Anhalt 2026

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 […]

Katharina Stark in Magdeburg

Picture weaving is one of the oldest forms of weaving and can be traced back to antiquity and probably to prehistoric times.The kilim, as a form of picture weaving, goes back to centuries-old pre-Islamic traditions of nomads who produced tent hangings, carpets, wall hangings and blankets etc. on simple looms. The natural environment as well […]

Duisburg calls for applications for the 2027 residency scholarship

Live and work artistically in Duisburg for a year from January 2027: The city of Duisburg is awarding the coveted residency scholarship for the ninth time together with the Duisburg Artists’ Interest Group. Under-40 artists from all over Germany are invited to apply for a free studio in the Rheinhausen district by August 31. In […]

Cathleen Meier in Magdeburg

Exhibition‘Light is only the dust – Sculpture‘ Cathleen aims her figures straight into my heart. They are true, these portraits, just as this artist and her work have always been. Open, honest, painful and wonderful. Monumental down to the smallest sculptural work. It is impossible to escape it. I love the anger and rage in […]

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 […]

Artistic assistant “Audiovisual media with a focus on sound/sound installation”

Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle Application deadline: May 24, 2026

Claudia Baugut in Halle (Saale)

Jewelry – the art of silversmithing For me, making jewelry means finding and producing unusual, unique shapes, one-of-a-kind pieces. I mainly work with generous shapes that are often symmetrical, even and symbolically reduced, sometimes reminiscent of organic structures and textures from nature – mostly in silver. At the same time, I work with parchment – […]

Ilko Koestler in Halle (Saale)

Lithography – planographic printing with stone Lithography is the oldest graphic flat printing process, which not only revolutionized advertising and photo printing, but also captivated artists and continues to do so today. Planographic printing on stone or zinc works with the repellent properties of grease and water. For artistic purposes, the desired motif is applied […]

Reneé Reichenbach in Halle (Saale)

Interplay of surface and form Clay – the “potter’s earth” – is a fascinating, soft material that reacts to the pressure of the shaping hand as well as to the other basic elements: air, water and fire. The starting point for our creative ideas is the intensive and precise observation of the nature around us […]

Rita Lass in Halle (Saale)

Workshops: Colored paper techniques with paste (trickle, peel-off and displacement techniques) | Colored papers in relief printing techniques and monotype | Colored papers in reserve technique, frottage, stencil wiping technique | Card design and small-format printmaking Paper, gluten-free wheat starch paste, alum, lightfast, highly pigmented artists’ inks, brushes, stencils and everyday objects – transparent layers […]

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 […]

Christoph Kunze receives nomination for Fine Art Photography Award

Christoph Kunze has been nominated for the Fine Art Photography Awards 2025/2026 in London in the Nature category for his series ‘Metamorphoses’

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 […]

Christin Müller in Gera

ZWEI WEGE” exhibition

Line Jastram in Schönebeck

>JONGLAGE< describes a state of juggling with the balls of generational responsibility, for the children but also experiencing the knowledge of previous generations. The question of what we pass on, both knowingly and unknowingly. What epigenetics shape us and what do we have in our own hands?

Elena Kiseleva-Arendt in Wittenberg

Exhibition “Art Dialogues” by Elena Kiseleva-Arendt and her students from the KVHS Wittenberg.

International Art Prize for artists up to the age of 35

Together with Monopol – Magazin für Kunst und Leben, the Degussa company is launching an international art prize. The Young Generation Art Award is aimed at emerging artists at the beginning of their careers. The aim of the art award is to accompany promising artists on their way into the art world, to promote talent […]

Exhibition opportunity at the intercultural women’s center SUSI

SUSI Intercultural Women’s Center:Innsbrucker Str. 58, 10825 Berlin. When do we recognize injustice – and when do we decide to raise our voice? Who are we really, what moves us, where do we belong? Camila Araya – dancer and choreographer from Chile – explores these questions and creates spaces for reflection, encounters and honest confrontation […]

New GEDOK book with Ursula Bahr

Arts, Women, Network – GEDOK – Association of Communities of Women Artists and Art Patrons e. V. 100 years of GEDOK! That means 100 years of women artists of all disciplines – painters, sculptors, writers, musicians, composers, but also performing artists and those who are active in several arts at the same time and do […]

Between Books – Kunsthalle Düsseldorf Art Book Fair

3 days90 exhibitors20 workshops, talks & lectures After three successful editions in 2023, 2024 and 2025, Between Books will take place again at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf from September 11 to 13, 2026! Independent art book publishers, artists, independent publishing/DIY collectives, organizations, associations, zines and magazines present themselves to a wide audience in the exhibition rooms of […]

CCCC Residency

The CCCC residency is a temporary residency for the development of artistic projects. Solo artists or groups set up at the CCCC for one or more weeks, can have their equipment set up and benefit from direct exchange with other projects and the community. It is a space for artistic experimentation and technical research – […]

North Rhine-Westphalia: Ministry supports artists’ fees with three million euros

In order to support the lower fee limits for artists in publicly funded projects, the Ministry of Culture and Science in North Rhine-Westphalia is now compensating organizers for additional costs. The state is providing a further three million euros for this purpose this year. The ministry announced that this measure makes North Rhine-Westphalia the first […]

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 […]

FILMMAKERS WANTED!

What does a world look like in which people live, decide and shape things together on an equal footing? Sukuma arts e. V. is looking for filmmakers who want to make the transformation potential of women* and marginalized groups visible – towards a more peaceful, just and sustainable society in a global context. The film […]

Berlin Memorial to the Victims of the Communist Dictatorship

The design competition will be held as a restricted competition with a preliminary open application procedure for artists, architects, landscape architects and consortia from the disciplines of art, architecture and landscape architecture in accordance with the Public Procurement Ordinance (VgV) § 69 ff and based on the Guidelines for Planning Competitions 2013 (RPW 2013). The […]

KaB: Pirmasens | Turnstraße sports hall

Restricted competition with prior open application procedure The city of Pirmasens is holding an art in architecture competition as part of the project to build a new municipal sports hall on Turnstraße. The new sports hall, located in the city center, is used for club and popular sports, as well as for school sports in […]

Art on the building for the bicycle station at Place Le Pecq, Hennef

Restricted competition with preliminary application procedure Competition briefThe town of Hennef is planning to build a bicycle station at Place Le Pecq. The square is centrally located in the town center in the vicinity of the train station, bus station and a park-and-ride parking lot. On two sides of the square are buildings with public […]

Always and forever – strategies and perspectives on care

Always and forever – Strategies and Perspectives on Care is a project of the artists’ association GEDOK FrankfurtRheinMain e.V. in cooperation with the Cornelia Goethe Center for Gender Studies at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and the Archiv Frau und Musik. In addition to a themed exhibition, a symposium and other events will be […]

Scholarship summer.fresh.art

The international art festival sommer.frische.kunst is offering a three-week Artist in Residence program in Bad Gastein for the period 11 June – 05 July 2026 and invites artists from Austria and abroad to apply. At the heart of the residency is an artistic and research-based exploration of the topic of water – understood as a […]

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, […]

Artist in residence LKV 2027/2028 (Trondheim, Norway)

LKV AiR is a residency program in Trondheim for professional artists working in visual arts, crafts, dance, music, performing arts, film, literature, curatorial practice, and art criticism. The residency provides space for immersion and artistic development in new surroundings, while also facilitating exchange, networking, new collaborations, and access to professional facilities. Application deadline: April 12, […]

Artist Residency Art ‘n Fiber 2026 (Sweden)

Region Uppsala, in partnership with the Quilt Academy of Sweden and Uppsala Municipality, announces an international artist residency for textile artists residing in Europe, outside of Sweden. This unique opportunity is designed to foster individual creativity and encourage international collaboration within the textile and fiber arts community. Application deadline: April 12, 2026

“MachMaTips” series: responsible and inclusive communication in cultural education

The new video series “MachMaTipps” bundles key findings from the training series as part of “Machmamit! – Find what’s yours” series on public relations work in cultural education. Over several dates in the fall of 2025, professionals were supported in workshops and impulse formats to address children and young people in a target group-oriented, effective […]

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 […]

Herrenberg ruling: planned extension of the transitional arrangements

Since the Herrenberg ruling in 2022, freelance artistic teaching activities are often classified as bogus self-employment. The unclear situation has led to a great deal of uncertainty among artists working in this field. The federal government is now planning to extend the transitional regulation until the end of 2027 (previously it expired on December 31, […]

Katrin Röder in Bernburg

The exhibition opening “Graue Skabiose” will take place on April 01, 2026 at 17:00 in the Museum Schloss Bernburg. This traveling exhibition was created in exchange and collaboration with the artists Inken Hemsen and Katrin Röder as well as the cellist Christina Meißner. Based on different plant species and their habitats, the participants dealt with […]

Reading tip: Solo self-employed in unpaid terrain

A transversal perspective on solo self-employment in the light of domestic and care work The publication analyzes gender-specific income differences, legal compatibility regulations for solo self-employed persons as well as unpaid care work and household-related solo self-employment. The publication is available on the Haus der Selbständigen website for download available.

Petition: Active pension for the self-employed

Since January 1, 2026, employees who voluntarily continue to work after reaching retirement age have received a high tax incentive: employees can earn up to €2,000 per month in addition to their pension tax-free – a tax advantage of €500 to €920 per month. Almost four million self-employed people are excluded from this active pension. […]

Huglfing Scholarship at ausstellwerk

The art association ausstellwerk in Huglfing near Weilheim in Upper Bavaria is offering a four-week work scholarship in a summer studio at the train station in Huglfing for the year 2026. The scholarship is to take place in June/July 2026 (for 4 weeks). At the end there will be an exhibition, in coordination with the […]

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 […]

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 […]

COAL PRIZE 2026 – “NIGHT”

COAL is an association created in 2008 by professionals of contemporary art, ecology and research. The COAL Prize 2026 invites artists to defend the night as a common good, a major ecological issue for the regeneration of life, a refuge, a diversity of languages to be celebrated, a right to rest and to darkness. Inventing […]

“Association Forum Spotlight – Focus Series 2026”

The Halle Association Forum on March 14, 2026 unfortunately had to be canceled this year. This made it all the more important for us to ask ourselves which topics were particularly needed by committed individuals – and how can we still make them accessible? Our answer: “Club Forum Spotlight – Focus Series 2026” With four […]

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 […]

Several BBK members in Halle (Saale)

Exhibition project “Prints from Halle an der Saale VI” Also taking part: Franca Bartholomäi, Christiane Budig, Dieter Gilfert, Bernd Göbel, Undine Johanna Elise Hannemann, Sebastian Harwardt, Friederike von Hellermann, Anja Nürnberg, Uwe Pfeifer, Hans-Christoph Rackwitz, Lisa S. Rackwitz, Johann Spengler, Bianca Strauch, Susanne Theumer and Johannes Traub

Heidrun Feistner in Wittenberg

Exhibition about life and death, nature and culture, about beginnings and endings by Heidrun Feistner: Life in stone and Jean Molitor: Herbarium of my time Vernissage with the musician Felix Komoll on April 11 at 3 pm

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. […]

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: […]

New online format: regulars’ table “Parenthood in the arts”

“The ‘Stammtisch – Elternschaft in der Kunst’ is a free monthly network meeting on Zoom, initiated by the Bremen artist Anna Bart. It is open to all parents & interested parties from all fields of work and disciplines in the art world and consists of an approx. 30-minute interview that is recorded, an open Q&A […]

Participation in the flea market in the artists’ town of Kalbe

The artists’ town of Kalbe is organizing its first flea market in the Kulturhof on 25 April! Location: Kulturhof, Rathausstr. 39, KalbeDate: April 25, 2026, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Look forward to a colorful market full of art & junk, lovingly homemade, handicrafts & antiques There’s also a sumptuous cake buffet You want to […]

Open Call Fresh Legs

“Fresh Legs” is our latest exhibition initiative with which we would like to present painting, sculpture, illustration, drawing, street art, photography, short film, animation and related areas. (No graphics/multiple editions except photography and sculptures) Together with our new cooperation partner, INSELGALERIE Berlin, we are creating a platform for our audience to meet and discuss art […]

Künstlerhaus Bethanien Residency

National Arts Council Singapore (NAC) has partnered with Künstlerhaus Bethanien to offer two (2) six-month residency opportunities in Berlin across two cycles in 2026/2027. NAC will be supporting one (1) practitioner per residency cycle. The dates for each residency cycle are as follows: ABOUT THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM Künstlerhaus Bethanien (KB) is an international cultural center […]

Open Call on the topic of agriculture

For our next exhibition, we are looking for artists whose work deals with the topic of agriculture in their works. The focus is on ideas of agriculture – between dream and reality, utopia and everyday life, idyll and reality. What images come to mind when you think of agriculture? What hopes, conflicts or visions of […]

Open Call: Palastkiosk

Your work at the kiosk? You want to sell your zines, postcards, comics, poetry booklets,pamphlets, magazines or other small-format print products at the Palast? Get in touch with us by April 6 and send us your ideasincluding pictures, dimensions and a suggested price for which you would sell the work: : Open Call Print As […]

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 […]

Worpswede Scholarship 2026 of the BURG Giebichenstein

Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, in cooperation with Künstler:innenhäuser Worpswede e.V., is offering the 4th Worpswede Scholarship. The three-month scholarship is intended to provide postgraduate support for particularly outstanding graduates of the art department at the BURG. An artist’s house in Worpswede will be made available to the scholarship holder as a […]

Elfi Nitze in Blankenburg

Exhibition ‘Color Games’

Sebastian Kaps

On April 1, 2026 at 17:00, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt will open a new exhibition at the BBKarium in Dessau-Roßlau. The guest is Dessau photographer Sebastian Kaps, who will be presenting his current photographic work. Sebastian Kaps dedicates his artistic work to landscape photography. The exhibition focuses on the oak tree as part of the Dessau-Wörlitz […]

Heidrun Feistner in Strasbourg

Eglise St. Thomas, 4 rue Martin Luther: daily from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., except during church services Médiathèque protestante du Stift, 1b quai Saint Thomas Free admission at both locations

Saxony-Anhalt Children’s and Youth Culture Prize

From animated adventures to note poetry: for the 29th time, the State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Saxony-Anhalt are awarding prizes for contributions that make young people’s perspectives visible and audible in a creative way. Under the motto “Go for it!”, children and young people up to the age of 21 can submit their […]

Istvan Seidel in Halle (Saale)

Exhibition with geometric panel painting, graphic works and carved wooden figures

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 […]

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 […]

Call for applications for a residency for research / artistic production

DOCK 20, Druckwerk and S-MAK are organizing a joint residency entitled “Between Pattern and Memory”, which aims to explore the collection, history and present of Vorarlberg embroidery. At the newly opened S-MAK, embroidery is not only understood as a textile product, but also as a cultural practice – as an interplay of design, technology, work […]

Studio artist:in + child

Visarte Switzerland is once again awarding a studio residency at Casa Sciaredo in Barbengo (TI) for the period from April 3 to May 8, 2027 . Artists, architects and curators who are active members of Visarte will be given the opportunity to live and work there with their child or children for five weeks free […]

Save the Date: BBK General Assembly 2026

This year’s general meeting of the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. will take place on Sunday, May 31, 2026, at the Stadtmuseum Halle. We look forward to the exchange and joint discussions! The formal invitation will follow after Easter – but please make a note of the date!

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 […]

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 […]

Talk & open work meeting: Work and seesaw – family friendliness in the art world

14.04.2026, 5 pm – duration approx. 2 hoursFree of charge – registration required by 07.04.2026Location: Gallery Café of the Cranach Museum The Halle-based Werk und Wippe initiative will present its work and discuss obstacles, opportunities and concrete approaches for a more family-friendly art industry in a moderated talk – with a particular focus on residency […]

Talk “Works of art from the GDR: a look at the collections”

Tue 28.4. / 18:00 / RADIO CORAX event room Works of art from the GDRA look at the collections How are works of art created in the GDR preserved, processed and exhibited today? How large is the proportion of works by women artists in the collections? How did the collections come about? Who has what? […]

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 […]

Salzburg International Summer Academy

Intensive workshops on current issues of art production with outstanding artists from all over the world lasting two to three weeks – that’s what you can expect. This year’s motto is “Common Ground” and is intended to highlight the Summer Academy as a place of common ground. A place where people can have different opinions, […]

Several BBK members in Halle (Saale)

Twist exhibition by the Art Foundation’s scholarship holders | 25 scholarship holders show works from the fields of painting, graphics, installation, sculpture, multimedia, ceramics, book art, glass and textile art With them are: Miriam Albert, Hagen Bäcker, Christiane Budig, Katharina Gahlert, Antje Halter, Sebastian Harwardt, Andreas Köppe, Kerstin Krieg, Julia Rückert, Michael Seefeldt, Marlen Tennigkeit […]

“Who laughs last… – Caricature competition for new images of old age”

The BAGSO – Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Seniorenorganisationen is looking for caricatures that satirically deal with one-sided images of old age and forms of age discrimination. The closing date for entries is May 8, 2026, and an independent jury will award 12 prizes worth a total of 30,000 euros. The caricature competition is funded by the Federal […]

Andreas Art Prize 2026

Dear artists, After a year of creative pause and further development of the content, we cordially invite you on behalf of the town of Braunlage and the Harz National Park to apply for participation in the 31st art exhibition NATURE – HUMAN 2026. The exhibition will take place from October 3 to October 31, 2026 […]

Call for Submissions: With Every Fiber – A Thematic Group Exhibition

The Gallery at Casa is calling for submissions for a thematic group exhibition in the Casa Main Gallery titled “With Every Fibre…” running from April 3 – May 28, 2027. We are looking for 8 – 10 artists to create fibre work in any medium, including traditional, experimental, sculptural, and hybrid practices. Artists working with […]

2027: visible market on Halle’s market square?

Dear former and potential exhibitors of the visible market, Moritzburg Castle in Halle will be a major construction site from 2027 (roof, walls and bridge will be renovated), meaning that the visible market will not be able to take place there for several years. The BBK is therefore currently looking for an alternative location. Our […]

Artist Residencies Calliope Arts X Museo Sant’Orsola

The Museo Sant’Orsola, together with the Calliope Arts Foundation (calliopearts.org) and the Levett Collection / FAMM, promotes two residencies dedicated to women artists, with no age limit, aimed at highlighting the contribution of women in contemporary artistic practices. The residencies are conceived as a period of research, experimentation, and development of an original artistic project, […]

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 […]

International work scholarship at the Villa Kamogawa in Kyōto

In cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Japan, the Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt is awarding an international working scholarship for a three-month residency at Villa Kamogawa in Kyōto, western Japan. The scholarship is aimed at artists and cultural practitioners who wish to realize intercultural exchange between Germany and Japan in an environment that combines tradition and the present in […]

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 […]

ZukunftsGut 2026: Prize for institutional cultural mediation

The application phase for ZukunftsGut 2026 has begun: From now until March 20, 2026, cultural institutions can apply for the prize for institutional cultural mediation in Germany, which is endowed with a total of 80,000 euros. All public and private non-profit cultural institutions in Germany that deal with the contemporary communication of artistic and cultural […]

KAF Young Prize 2026

Krupa Art Foundation announces a new edition of KAF Young Prize, an international competition dedicated to emerging artists from across Europe. Following the success of the inaugural edition, which attracted over 1,600 submissions, the competition has been expanded and now embraces a broader range of artistic practices. For the 2026 edition, artists are invited to […]

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 […]

Baltic Sea Scholarship Kunsthaus Stove 2027

The Meerkultur e. V. association is offering three residency scholarships at the Kunsthaus Stove on the Baltic Sea, for which people from the fields of visual arts, music, literature and philosophy can apply. All applications that formulate a concrete artistic, musical or theoretical concern that will be worked on during the residency are eligible. Artists […]

Scholarships for photography 5×1000+ theme disorder

Disorder as an impulse – space for new images Disorder is a state full of contradictions. When familiar things fall apart, spaces for change, new orders and altered perspectives are created at the same time. It is not a mere loss, but a process in which existing structures dissolve and new things become visible. More […]

Call for entries for the sculpture competition

Lommatzsch is close to the major cities of Dresden and Leipzig, which receive all the attention in the federal state in terms of culture with their visual and performing arts offerings. In rural areas, on the other hand, cultural offerings are rare. There are no exhibitions by renowned artists. Objects of art, such as historical […]

Andrea Neumann Art Prize 2026/2027

The Andrea Neumann Art Prize is a continuation of the art and cultural work of the painter Andrea Neumann (* 1969 † 2020). At home in Lorraine and Saarland, active in Luxembourg’s art scene, she was particularly interested in networking artists in the Greater Region. She is committed to fair working conditions and access to […]

Bernhard Müller-Feyen Art Prize 2026

Please note: Artists who have not yet reached the age of 35, are resident in Germany and have completed their studies at an art academy are eligible to participate. The Bernhard Müller-Feyen Art Foundation is awarding the Bernhard Müller-Feyen Art Prize 2026. Bernhard Müller-Feyen created sculptures as well as paintings, which are often in an […]

Carola Helbing-Erben and Gerhard Schwarz in Leipzig

Exhibition ‘Pictures from Halle’

Franca Bartholomäi in Erfurt

Exhibition “Somewhere there is always night” Information about the artist: https://www.francabartholomaei.de/

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 […]

Scholarship at the Künstlerhaus Edenkoben

The Künstlerhaus Edenkoben awards up to seven scholarships for authors/translators and two scholarships for visual arts each year. There are four apartments and a studio in the house – all apartments are fully furnished and have an internet connection. The scholarship holders receive a monthly allowance of 1,400 euros. In addition, the costs of travel […]

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

Slow Travel artist:in residence in Scotland

The artist residency, running from 22 April – 12 May 2026, will offer two individual artists from Germany and France the opportunity to explore Scotland’s diverse landscapes, sustainability challenges, and emerging climate solutions. The residency will provide a slow-travel experience, with the artists journeying by train and/or boat from their home countries to Edinburgh, Glasgow, […]

European Media Art Platform (EMAP) Residencies

Apply now for our next EMAP Residencies 2026 in 15 European countries! European artists and collectives working in the fields of digital art, media art, robotic art, and bio art are invited to apply with a project proposal for a two-month residency taking place between April and December 2026. The residency program includes an invitation […]

Bankruptcy? Banquet! of the LBK Saxony in Leipzig

As a release event for the LBK Sachsen’s annual magazine no. 14 on the topic of “Cuts”, visual artists are cordially invited to share their experiences of (self-)financing and the importance of public funding and commitment to the common good over a meal together. In a relaxed atmosphere, we will reflect on alternative financing and […]

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 […]

2026 residency scholarships from the Atelier Foundation Art and Nature

Dyie Atelier-Stiftung Kunst und Natur is once again awarding residency scholarships to artists in 2026. The application period begins on 01.02.2026 and runs until 15.03.2026. Studio Foundation Art and Nature Dr. Birgit Krähe and Dr. Jan Thomas Bandelow Mittelweg 164 20148 Hamburg +49 40 45000741 Deadline: 15.03.2026

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 […]

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 […]

Slow Travel Artists’ Residency: Earth Month 2026

Earth Month 2026 is a joint initiative of the Goethe-Institut Glasgow, the Institut Français d’Écosse and the Alliance Française Glasgow, which aims to promote cultural exchange and climate action through artistic and cultural practices. This program brings together France, Germany and Scotland in a dynamic, multidisciplinary dialogue on sustainability, with a particular focus on the […]

Space grant for artists with chronic illnesses

Period: 2 weeks stay in Libken, flexible by arrangement (April – end of September) Application until: March 15, 2026 / Application in writing max. 1 DIN A4 page. or as a short video (max. 3 minutes) Artists with chronic illnesses are structurally disadvantaged in the cultural sector. Many funding institutions are geared towards continuous availability, […]

Howard Tanenbaum Fellowship for Artistic Research in Photography 2026-2027 (Canada)

The Image Centre offers a variety of fellowships for research related to photography. Research fellows have the opportunity to study select areas of the Centre’s photography collections first-hand. These include the Black Star Collection of photo-reportage, with over a quarter-million prints spanning the 20th century; a historic and fine art photography collection; The Francis Bedford […]

“Forced labor/en – Work Force/d” Residencies

The Akademie Schloss Solitude and the Koordinierungsstelle Erinnerungskultur der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart are awarding two artistic residency fellowships of six months each in the period from July 2026 to June 2027. The fellowships are aimed at both international artists and artists from the Stuttgart area from the fields of visual arts and art in public space. […]

Research grant: Guest at Urbane Künste Ruhr

The Zu Gast bei Urbane Künste Ruhr programme is aimed at artists interested in a contemporary perspective on the Ruhr region and its themes and has been realized in cooperation with local partners since 2019. For the year 2026, Urbane Künste Ruhr, together with the History of the Ruhr Foundation, is awarding three three-month research […]

KaB: Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry at Freie Universität Berlin

Open two-phase art competition Eligible to participate: Professionally active visual artists and working groups of professionally active visual artists Deadline: 2026-03-18 16:00:00 Subject of the art competition:The subject of the art competition is the design and execution of the art on the building for the Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Freie Universität Berlin […]

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:

Laura Baginski

Making female* experience visible, questioning stereotypical images of nature, the body and roles and working towards a lively, diverse perception of gender, sexuality and desire – this is what drives Laura Baginski in her artistic work. In the video work “Lustsubjekte”, she merges the plaster relief of a vulva with images of nature from her […]

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 […]

Open Call – Artist Residency Maxhaus Nordhalben (May-September 2026)

Attention: Costs of 500 € ! The Maxhaus Künstlerhaus Nordhalben is an artist residency in the Franconian Franconian Forest. The house offers professional artists from Germany a concentrated working stay in a quiet, rural environment. The residency is aimed at artists from all disciplines who wish to work on their own project for a clearly […]

Individual/Cooperation Scholarships Schloss Wiepersdorf

The Kulturstiftung Schloss Wiepersdorf grants residency scholarships to artists and scientists at Schloss Wiepersdorf (Brandenburg/Fläming) in accordance with the following guidelines and subject to the availability of state funds.There is no entitlement to the scholarship. RequirementsNational and international artists and scientists from the following countries are eligible to apply – Literature (including poetry, prose, drama, […]

New book by Dieter Gilfert

A book about “Misunderstandings due to mild age-related hearing loss, mumbling pronunciation or unfocused listening” Book HÖREN-MÖHREN-SCHWÖREN108 pages106 pictures, coloredEdition: 100Hardcover A5 landscapeOffset printsigned29,00 € + 2,00 € possible shipping costs

Artistic-technical teacher for the photo workshop in the Communication Design degree program

State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart Application deadline: May 15, 2026

Spring exhibition 2026 at the “feingemacht” in Halle

With the following BBK members: Almuth Lohmann-Zell, Annekathrin Pohle, Antje Halter, Barbara Dimanski, Charlotte Ehrt, Colette Dörrwand, Elisa Sophia Herrmann, Franz Gabriel Walther, Johann Spengler, Judith Runge, Julia Rückert, Katharina Willsch-Werner, Katrin Röder, La’Atelier des Reves (Anca-Iuliana Grigoriu and Iulia Grigoriu), Linda Margarethe, Lisa S. Rackwitz, Marcus Biesecke, Mareen Alburg Duncker, Ondine Frochaux, Petra Reichenbach, […]

ART PRIZE 2026: “from the inside out”

Please note: The call for applications is aimed at young applicants born in or before 1991. The 2026 Prize for Young Art marks the end of the long and special series of BauSchau Art Prizes. It was an intensive and enriching time – characterized by highly committed artists and outstanding jury and team members. We […]

REVIERPIONIER ideas competition

The REVIERPIONIER ideas competition is starting a new round! From March 10, all citizens are once again invited to submit their creative, bold and forward-looking ideas. We are delighted that the REVIERPIONIER ideas competition organized by the State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Saxony-Anhalt is being continued. It offers citizens in the central German […]

“The myth of the neutrality requirement” – can I show a clear edge as an organization?

In principle, there is no party-political neutrality requirement for independent organizations and NGOs. However, the terms “neutrality, neutrality requirement or neutrality obligation” are used throughout civil society. They are commonly misinterpreted, used inappropriately by administrations and instrumentalized politically and strategically by right-wing extremists. Maximilian Lorenz from the German Federal Youth Council provides an overview of […]

Melanie Kuna-Drechsler in Wernigerode

Exhibition‘MOMENTUM – Pausing in color‘

Courses at the Saxony-Anhalt Media Authority

One of the main tasks of the Saxony-Anhalt Media Authority is to teach media skills. Competent use of media and orientation in a dynamically developing media world are regarded as core skills and are among the key skills of everyday and working life, regardless of a person’s age. Modern media and new communication technologies are […]

Open Call for Residencies

VORBRENNER is a contemporary art platform that promotes process-oriented work across all disciplines and genres. It offers short-term opportunities for collaboration for both collectives and individual artists in search of new insights and contemporary forms of expression that engage with an interdisciplinary concept of art and science. The focus is on a movement that is […]

3rd “time ship earth” – art prize 2026

Supplement 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 starving, the muffled cry of the drowning. The glaciers are […]

My First Arquetopia Residency

This program is conceived for emerging or first-time residents who wish to define or reframe the foundations of their work through contextual immersion and guided observation. Taking place in Puebla between March and July, the residency is intentionally scheduled during academic recesses – spring and summer breaks – allowing young artists and students to pursue […]

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 […]

New in the work database as of February 2026: Ulrike Kirchner and Hans Molzberger

With the seventh round of publications since 2017, the “Werkdatenbank Bildende Kunst Sachsen-Anhalt” has grown to 6,419 works by 43 artists. The focus is on two contemporary artists whose catalogs were newly created in winter 2025/26: the Wittenberg artist Ulrike Kirchner (1959) and Hans Molzberger (1953) from the Altmark region. Ulrike Kirchner Ulrike Kirchner was […]

Donation campaign: “generell frisch” in Wittenberg needs your help!

Since 2013, the Kulturwerk des BBK Sachsen-Anhalt has regularly presented the new BBK members in the “generell frisch” series. Following presentations in Halle (Saale), Merseburg, Dessau-Roßlau, Magdeburg, Ilsenburg, Halberstadt and Salzwedel, Lutherstadt Wittenberg is to follow this year. However, the financing of the project is in danger of failing because the association is unable to […]

Art prize “stand.punkte”

Please note: For the determined participation in the [KUN:ST] Prize 2026 and the art prize exhibition in the Orangery of Schwetzingen Palace, a fee of 95 euros is payable for members and a fee of 125 euros for non-members for each admitted artwork This year, the art association [KUN:ST] INTERNATIONAL e.V. is organizing a competition […]

Day of the Printing Arts 2026: Register events

Around March 15, artists, printing workshops, museums, universities, art associations and other players can show how lively the art of printing is: from traditional techniques to experimental printmaking. Events such as symposia, courses, exhibitions, workshops, demonstrations and much more can be entered on this website from January 1, 2026. On March 15, 2018, the traditional […]

OPEN CALL 2027 | Image Space Studio

Deadline Open Call | March 2, 2026 Bildraum Studio | Brotfabrik ViennaAbsberggasse 27, 1100 Vienna, AT With 170 m2 of working space, the Bildraum Studio in the Kultur-Areal of the Brotfabrik Wien offers the best conditions for realizing and presenting expansive projects/works. The Open Call is aimed at national and international artists of the disciplines:Painting […]

Open Call for fluctoplasma 2026 | humanity in (dis)solution

The motto of the upcoming festival edition is“humanity in (dis)solution”! We are concerned with the question of what humanity means today when it is politically negotiated, institutionally restricted and increasingly fragile – and which aesthetic, discursive or performative forms are suitable for responding to this. We are not looking for ready-made answers, but for works […]

Open Call for Print Makers (Solo and Group Exhibition)

Kartoffel Gallery is excited to announce an international open call for our upcoming exhibition season. We are looking for innovative artists working within the diverse and tactile world of printmaking to fill two slots in our gallery program: One Solo Exhibition in April-May 2026 (Title provided by the selected Artist)One Group Exhibition in June-July 2026 […]

Call for applications for the 2026 application process – Living and working in the Vorwerk-Stift artists’ residence

Vorwerk-StiftBasic requirements – 19 apartments, from 22 sqm (€ 395) to 37 sqm (€ 445) Duration of use: 2 years (with possibility of extension)- (shared shower and WC on the floors)- Work areas: Roof studio, cellar, garden- Workspaces: photo lab, music practice room, wood workshop- Exhibition spaces: Gallery, corridors, terrace, garden- Events: Information at www.vorwerkstift.de- […]

Artists-in-Residence Harbourfront Centre – Craft & Design Program in Canada

For more than five decades, Harbourfront Centre has supported emerging makers as they build the skills, confidence, and networks essential for sustainable careers in craft and design. The Craft & Design Studio is Canada’s only career-focused artist-in-residence program dedicated to contemporary craft and design, offering opportunities in ceramics, design, glass, metal and textiles. Functioning as […]

INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY

Applications for Jan – Jul 2027 are now open. Our International Residency Program welcomes artists from different disciplines to stay from 1 or 2 months. We will favor artists who have researched and propose projects suitable to the residency and the surrounding environment. This is what you will need to apply and begin your preparations: […]

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 […]

Publication accompanying the study “The economic and social situation of visual artists” published

In conjunction with the Stiftung Kunstfonds, the study “Von der Kunst zu leben. The economic and social situation of visual artists” (2025), the BBK Bundesverband is publishing the accompanying publication “Impulses and ways to live from art”. It shows how cultural policy conditions can be sustainably improved and which measures are suitable for strengthening the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Next admission meeting in April 2026

Interested visual artists can still apply for membership in the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler e.V. until March 15, 2026. On April 21, 2026, the BBK will host the next admission meeting, which, in addition to reviewing the admission criteria, will primarily serve to get to know the new members, the board, the admission committee and the […]

Wiebke Kirchner in Wittenberg

Muttermorphose brings together pictorial objects that have emerged from my artistic research into motherhood. Foil cuts, colored acrylic glass, synthetic resin and sometimes breast milk combine personal feelings with shared experiences. A photographic perspective complements the exhibition: In a guest contribution, Felicitas Packeiser looks at female artists in the balancing act between studio and everyday […]

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 […]

Apply for grants for art, cultural projects or cultural buildings in the Magdeburg area

Funding is available for projects that are sustainable, have no commercial intentions, are not aimed at permanent or regular funding and have a minimum funding amount of €1,000. We ask for your understanding that applications with a funding amount of less than €1,000 will not be processed for reasons of proportionality. Any natural or legal […]

Webinars Art in Architecture of the BBK Rhineland-Palatinate

The BBK Rhineland-Palatinate is committed to art in architecture. With information. With examples. With food for thought and ideas. We have developed 20 webinars for this purpose. In 5 webinars, we shed light on the meaning of art in architecture. In 7 webinars, we fan out the diversity of art in architecture. This is aimed […]

Expert workshop Im Geflecht – Thinking & shaping solidarity-based cultural work

20-21.2.2026 in Magdeburg a cooperation between: Bundesverband Theaterpädagogik (BuT), Landeszentrum Freies Theater Sachsen-Anhalt e. V. (LanZe) and Bundesakademie Wolfenbüttel (ba) Now is the time to network, exchange ideas and develop concrete strategies. Together, we want to build a strong, solidary cultural policy for the future! In recent years, the conditions for representing interests in cultural […]

Art scholarship “Smile” Künstlerhaus Meinersen

The Bösenberg Foundation in cooperation with the Künstlerhaus Meinersen is offering an art scholarship for visual artists in residence at the Künstlerhaus Meinersen for 2026.“Smiling” has a magical effect. The “smile of the Mona Lisa” is the most expensive painting in the world, a subtle smile has often led to special reactions from the other […]

TISA PRICE

The Tisa Prize commemorates the life and work of Tisa von der Schulenburg. She was born in 1903 in Tressow and died in 2001 in Dorsten, where she had lived and worked as Sister Paula in the Ursuline convent since 1950. Throughout her life, Tisa worked intensively with people in borderline situations. Situations that affect […]

Open Call MonumentArtArtMonument

DenkmalKunst – KunstDenkmal (DKKD) is a declaration of love for the monuments in the historic old town of Hann. Münden and at the same time a nationally renowned art festival. For nine days, interested citizens and friends of half-timbered houses are given access to houses and monuments that are normally not or only rarely accessible. […]

Nicole Müller in Leipzig

“Poetry of flowers” – Photographs by Nicole Müller | Picturesque still lifes of opulent beauties. A photographic journey througha garden year

Open Call – ibug Festival 2026

Riesa, former Muskator works The ibug festival combines historical industrial culture with urban art, creating multi-layered spaces of experience. In a process lasting several months, abandoned places are temporarily brought to life. The result is an appreciative, inspiring working environment with space for social interaction, interdisciplinary exchange and artistic creation. For the 2026 edition, we […]

Open Call International Exhibition – Contextile 2026

CONTEXTILE invites all artists (national and international) to present artworks to the competition for the International Exhibition (competitive), as part of the program of its 8th Edition, Contextile 2026 – Contemporary Textile Art Biennial, to be held in the city of Guimarães, Portugal, from the 5th September to the 29th November 2026. In 2026, the […]

OPEN CALLSÍM Residency 2026 – Reykjavík, Iceland

The SÍM Residency is an international, nonprofit residency program in Reykjavík, Iceland, for contemporary artists and cultural practitioners, run by SÍM – The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists. It is the largest and most established residency program in the Nordic region, welcoming around 200 artists from across the world each year. Our mission is to […]

summer.fresh.art X Culterim | Residencies

Güterbahnhof Bremen – Areal für Kunst und Kultur e.V. is awarding a one-year studio grant to an artist living in Bremen starting May 1, 2026. About the Bremen freight depot – an area for art and culture Güterbahnhof Bremen – Areal für Kunst und Kultur has been a place of work for independent artists, creative […]

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 […]

Artus Art Prize

EigenArt has been awarding the Artus art prize since 2012. The Artus art competition is aimed at self-taught, educated artists. The competition sees itself as a forum for contemporary art – regardless of academic career or commercial success.The competition for the Artus Art Prize takes up a different theme each year, which invites participants to […]

Results of the BBK transparency survey 2025/26

At the turn of the year 2025/26, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt conducted a transparency survey among its members for the fifth time. It enabled members to comment on the activities of their professional association and declare their willingness to get involved and provide professional support. The background to the survey is needs that are brought to […]

Federal Ecodesign Award

The Federal Ministry for the Environment and the Federal Environment Agency have been awarding the prize in cooperation with the International Design Center Berlin since 2012. Innovative content, design quality and environmental characteristics are at the forefront of the assessment. The Criteria matrix and the material instructions in the Ecodesignkit provides an overview of the […]

ART.PRIZE DIANA RUMPENHEIM 2026

VORBRENNER is a contemporary art platform that promotes process-oriented work across all disciplines and genres. It offers short-term opportunities for collaboration for both collectives and individual artists in search of new insights and contemporary forms of expression that engage with an interdisciplinary concept of art and science. The focus is on a movement that is […]

Nerit tree

“Art that does – local Scene” (Not entirely) serious light installation made of screw caps. Just like the rural art scene: colorful, scattered and often a little improvised, lively, committed and flexible. A finely balanced, mobile and fragile network. Nerit Baum, object and light artist from the small but fine Altmark art and culture scene, […]

Artificial intelligence, ecology and culture

How can AI solutions support ecological action in cultural institutions? What is it about? The Green Culture contact point cordially invites cultural professionals, cultural institutions and all interested parties to an open consultation on artificial intelligence. Here, we focus on the area of digitalization and take a closer look at the topic of artificial intelligence […]

Artists wanted: Campaign “1000 Stones – We are building the future”

Dear committed people, dear partners, In 2026, we will launch the new “1000 bricks – we are building the future” campaign with you! One stone alone moves little – but a thousand stones build the future: from May to September 2026, a walk-in “House of the Future” will be created at several locations in Saxony-Anhalt, […]

FILE 2026 – Call for Entries – Art and Technology Festival

Registration is now open for participation in FILE – Electronic Language International Festival 2026, one of the most important events dedicated to art and technology. FILE invites Brazilian and international artists , as well as researchers, educators, and creators, to submit original artistic works and educational proposals – lectures, workshops, and training activities – focused […]

Traces / Huellas Residency Program

Residency period: 1 or 2 months between July, August and September 2026 Conceived and founded in 2020 by Raegan Truax, PhD, Durational Performance Artist, Professor of Performance and Embodied Praxis, Founder and Director of Creative Body Institute, ON DURATION supports durational artists to engage in creative research and site-responsive public praxis. Taking over AADK’s living […]

Fresh A.I.R. #12 – Future Visions

Fresh A.I.R. is an artist-in-residence scholarship program in Berlin and offers artists and cultural practitioners from the field of Urban and New Contemporary Art the time, space and resources to devote themselves to an artistic project within the framework of a specific thematic complex (and oriented towards the funding priorities of the Stiftung Berliner Leben). […]

Nopoint Print Residency

Nopoint is probably not the “typical” artist residency. Because we invite artists to our studio. But also to our home. Over the years, we built that home around the idea of welcoming artists from all around the world. To work together for a while. To live together for a while. To explore our understandings together. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Scholarship

Program objective The Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Scholarship is a post-graduate scholarship awarded for outstanding artistic achievements. Every two years, three to five scholarships are awarded to visual artists who work exclusively or predominantly as freelancers. The scholarship initially runs for one year; it can be extended for a further year. At the end of the funding […]

Call for art installation on the Krämerbrücke Erfurt 2026

Between history, craftsmanship and a living city: the Krämerbrücke is more than just a landmark – it is a place of encounter. Since 2014, the inhabited bridge has been restaged by an installation between the roofs for the Krämerbrücke Festival – visible to thousands of visitors. For 2026, we are once again looking for visual […]

The Male Figure 2026

Since 2010 the Gallery Kunstbehandlung has placed the subject of “The Male Figure” at the center of an annual internationally renowned group exhibition. The concept includes works by well-known artists from the gallery, who work on the classic theme of men, being joined by new talents, thus enabling new perspectives on this subfield of figurative […]

FORGE Video Mapping Festival

The Völklingen Ironworks invites artists from Germany, France, Belgium and Luxembourg to bring the iconic industrial facilities of the UNESCO World Heritage Site to life through video art. We are looking for extraordinary projector mapping works with sound that transform the monumental architecture into new, unexpected worlds. The works should be site-specific and go into […]

Neuchâtel Art Week on the subject of textile art

Under the motto “We bring art to the countryside”, the art association “Bahner e. V.” invites you to the annual Neuchâtel Art Week, which is all about the creative exploration of changing themes. For one week in summer, Neuenburg in the Frisian municipality of Zetel becomes a stronghold of creative art. Selected artists from all […]

Kranj Foto Fest Open Call for Exhibitions 2026 (Slovenia)

Kranj Foto Fest, an international festival of contemporary photography based in Slovenia, announces its Open Call for projects to be exhibited during the 6th edition of the festival in August 2026, with all production costs covered by the festival. The jury will select one winner, who will receive a solo exhibition at Kranj Foto Fest […]

CreArt 3.0 / Open Call for land/environmental art in Kaunas

CreArt Kaunas and Kaunas Artists’ House announce an open call for land/environmental art creators and invite them to create land/environmental art installations in public spaces along the river Nemunas in Kaunas. The artworks must be made of natural, biodegradable materials and integrate harmoniously into the local context and landscape. The created works will be presented […]

FBZ art award

The application phase for the ninth edition of the FBZ art award starts on December 23, 2025. Artists residing within the EU can apply for the FBZ art award 2026 worth up to €10,000, awarded by the Research and Treatment Center for Mental Health (FBZ) at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. The aim of the art award is […]

Kavalierhaus Scholarship

For generations, the traditional municipality of Langenargen on Lake Constance has served as a place of inspiration for artists. Numerous well-known personalities such as Hans Purrmann (1880-1966), Mathilde Vollmoeller-Purrmann (1876-1943), Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796), Andreas Brugger (1737-1812) and the reformer Urbanus Rhegius (1489-1541) are associated with Langenargen. Karl Caspar and his wife Maria Caspar-Filser, Berthold […]

Schwalenberg Scholarship 2026

Young art in an old artists’ town: Schwalenberg scholarship from the Lippe regional association 1 residency grant for visual artists The Scholarship 2026 is valid for the period from May 01, 2026 – October 31, 2026. In addition to a monthly allowance, the scholarship offers a simple apartment and a workplace in the spacious communal […]

ON DURATION 2026 open call

ON DURATION is a curated residency founded by Dr. Raegan Truax for artists exploring duration as artistic method, material and public praxis. Residents investigate time, endurance, body and environment within the unique landscape of Blanca (mountains, river valley, orchards and semi-desert), developing site-responsive research and practice alongside other durational artists. Residencies take place in July-September […]

KaB: Berlin school construction Haltoner Straße

New construction of a 3-stream elementary school in modular timber construction at Haltoner Straße 21, 12683 Berlin Marzahn Hellersdorf with associated sports hall and leisure areas. Application deadline: February 15, 2026, 11 p.m. Type of procedureNon-open two-phase competition with a Germany-wide open application procedure (registration, proof of professionalism, lottery procedure) Implementation costsA total of up […]

Participation competition unser.museum from the project “dreistrom.land – culture for all

The project is part of the program“Aller.Land – zusammen gestalten. Strengthening structures.” program. The program is funded by * the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), * the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Home Affairs (BMLEH) * and the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb). The program partner is the Federal […]

Sebastian Harwardt in Halle (Saale)

Exhibition Engrams – Color woodcuts and screen prints by Sebastian Harwardt

Open Call: Exhibition Zwischenwelten of the BBK Leipzig

The 4th exhibition “Zwischenwelten” at the 4D project location of the BBK Leipzig e.V. focuses on the theme of intermediate worlds / science fiction – between idea and image, between narrative and perception, between inner imagination and outer form. The starting point is illustrations from the 1950s to 1980s by Werner Ruhner (1922-1999): sciencefiction and […]

visible – Art & Design Market 2026

This year, the “sichtbar – Kunst- & Designmarkt” will once again take place during the Handel Festival in the moat of Moritzburg Castle in Halle. We are looking forward to the diverse stands in a cultural ambience!

Open studios in Saxony-Anhalt on September 19/20, 2026

The Kulturwerk of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt is once again organizing the “Open Studios in Saxony-Anhalt” in 2026. They will take place on 19. and September 20 in all parts of the country. You can find the invitation here.

Warning about fraudulent e-mails to BBK members

Halle (Saale), January 26, 2026 There are currently an increasing number of suspicious inquiries to members of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt. The sender is a “Judita” or a “Katharina” or a “Paschal” with a gmx address or gmail address, who expresses interest in the artistic work in English and asks to be contacted. Apparently, our homepage […]

Individual legal and start-up advice

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 […]

Tender “Water cover 2026”

Pure Water for Generations e.V. invites art students and professional visual artists to design the “Water Cover 2026” and make their connection to water visible – on a small format with a big message. What’s behind itThe “water lid” is the symbol of the Association for Water Awareness. One side bears the messages of Pure […]

KaB: Bingen University of Applied Sciences

The new lecture hall building (Audimax) on the grounds of Bingen University of Applied Sciences (TH Bingen) is to be given an artistic design. The new building closes a gap in the university’s teaching facilities and completes the campus area. In addition to a sufficiently large lecture hall with modern equipment, the university will also […]

Bernhard Müller-Feyen Art Prize 2026

The Bernhard Müller-Feyen Art Foundation is awarding the Bernhard Müller-Feyen Art Prize 2026. Bernhard Müller-Feyen created sculptures as well as paintings, which are often in an exciting dialog with each other. His work is characterized by a clear, abstract formal language.(https://www.kunststiftung-bmf.com/ZUM-WERK) The competition is aimed equally at sculptors and painters. Artists who combine both disciplines […]

Residency Program 2026 for Visual Artists

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (FAAM) Artist in Residence Program invites artists from across Japan and worldwide, including but not limited to Asian countries and regions. The program provides them with opportunities to stay in Fukuoka, create and exhibit their artworks so that they can encourage each other to achieve their full potential and expand careers […]

New Work Development Artist Residency Program 2026

The School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts at Texas A&M University has opened the New Work Development Artist Residency program, 4 August to 4 October 2026. The school is committed to inspiring campus and community by incubating new works of art in an environment of creative reciprocity between scholars and artists that crosses, blurs […]

Exhibition Leerraum Vol. 2 “There and away”

An art project by the Fontana Collective that transforms empty spaces in Engen into cultural meeting places and invites artists to shape the small town. The exhibition will take place from 20-22.03.2026. The works should resonate with the title of the exhibition “Hin und weg”. Submit by email to . All techniques are welcome. Other […]

2026 Artist Residency for Artists with Parental Responsibilities

2026 Artist Residency for Artists with Parental Responsibilities Artist and the Others / GermanySubmission deadline: 25-Jan-2026Category: Residency This two-week residency is aimed at visual artists with parental responsibilities who live in Munich or elsewhere in Europe. It offers a flexible, supportive program specifically designed to respond to the needs and realities of artist-parents. This residency […]

Call for proposals Leipzig 2026 “Women make pressure – art flowers | From the right to vote to the right to pay”

In 2024/2025, Kreative Werkstatt Dresden initiated an art project in Dresden and Chemnitz that creatively addresses the gender pay gap. In 2026, the project will take place in Leipzig and will be realized with 20 female artists from Leipzig. They will each design an “art flower” (fake banknote) depicting the likeness (portrait) of a woman. […]

Goethe Fellowship at the Documenta Archive

Our fellowship program in cooperation with the documenta archiv makes it possible to investigate diverse art-historical, contemporary, interdisciplinary and international references to the documenta exhibition and to gain new insights into art production and the networks that have emerged. It aims to contribute to adding new perspectives to the Western European and North American art […]

Open Call of medienfrische

The Tyrolean Bschlabertal lies at 1400m and is one of the most remote places in Austria. Today, fewer than 90 people live there, and the region is suffering from an ageing population and rural exodus. For the fifth time, medienfrische will be taking place here over 21 days. medienfrische is a contemporary art festival and […]

Katharina Stark in Magdeburg

Workshop – Kilim and picture knitting Picture weaving is one of the oldest forms of weaving and can be traced back to antiquity and probably to prehistoric times. The kilim, as a form of picture weaving, goes back to a centuries-old pre-Islamic tradition of nomads who produced tent hangings, carpets, wall hangings and blankets etc. […]

Katharina Stark in Magdeburg

IKAT workshop The word “ikat” is derived from the Malay or Indonesian “mengikat”, which means “to bind, to wrap”. Ikat fabrics are not only traditionally produced in Indonesia, where ikats were originally used as ceremonial textiles, but also in Central Asia, Africa, Central and South America. Ikat is a traditional reserve and weaving technique in […]

Open Call ‘fragile’

BBK Leipzig e.V. is initiating the cooperation project “fragil” as part of this year’s annual theme “Zwischenräume”. “fragil” is an interdisciplinary art project with visual artists, composers and music students that artistically explores social, ecological and political upheavals. The starting point is the observation of an increasing fragility of fundamental values, systems and structures – […]

Activities for the UNESCO World Day for Cultural Diversity on May 21, 2026

For the UNESCO World Day of Cultural Diversity on May 21, 2026, the members of the Cultural Integration Initiative – a unique alliance of representatives from the social partners, religious communities, media, politics, administration and civil society – are calling for the first nationwide day of action. In the context of the World Day of […]

Participation in Girls’ Day and Boys’ Day

The Ministry of Education of Saxony-Anhalt would like to invite you to participate in Girls’Day-Girls’ Future Day/Boys’Day-Boys’ Future Day on April 23, 2026! Future Day is a special career orientation day for school pupils. Girls’ Day is intended to give girls the opportunity to gain an insight into the professional fields of research, science, IT, […]

Art Prize 2026 of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe

The Kulturstiftung der Sparkasse Karlsruhe is awarding an art prize on the subject of “Radical Uncertainty”. The online application is open from January 12, 2026. It will end automatically as soon as the limit of 1,000 registrations is reached, or on January 18, 2026 at the latest. The art prize exhibition with approx. 90 juried […]

August Sander Prize 2026 for portrait photography

The August Sander Prize for Portrait Photography, donated by Ulla Bartenbach and Prof. Dr. Kurt Bartenbach, will be awarded for the fifth time in 2026 in collaboration with the Photographische Sammlung/ SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne. The idea behind the award is to promote young contemporary artistic approaches in the sense of objective and conceptual photography. […]

Residency and exhibition program “Artist Meets Archive”

Together with the German Dance Archive Cologne, the archive of the Fotowerkstätte Schmölz, the Greven Archive Digital as well as the LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn and FrauenMediaTurm Cologne, the program invites you to “immerse yourself in diverse photographic collections, stories and discourses and develop your own discussions and projects.” The call is open worldwide. The residencies will […]

Residency scholarship for the Casa di Goethe in Rome

For the first time, the Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt is awarding an international working grant for Rome in cooperation with the Casa di Goethe, the only German museum abroad, and the Arbeitskreis selbstständiger Kultur-Institute e.V. (ASKI). The scholarship is aimed at artists who wish to continue the cultural dialog between Germany and Italy – in the tradition […]

Invitation: Digital information event / January 29, 2026

Dear cultural practitioners, dear actors in cultural education, dear interested parties, Are you planning a cultural education project for children and young people for 2026 and don’t want to submit an application? Then visit our digital information event on January 29, 2026 from 14:00 – 16:30. We provide an insight into the general funding conditions […]

Sustainability scholarships as part of the “Reallabor ZEKIWA Zeitz” project for students and graduates of the BURG’s art and design departments

Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle is awarding two sustainability scholarships in 2026 and 2027 as part of the “Reallabor ZEKIWA Zeitz” (RZZ) project. Students and graduates of the BURG’s art and design departments can apply. The application deadline for the first round is February 15, 2026. With the sustainability scholarships in Zeitz, […]

International summer studio and artist scholarship

Working, learning and well-being are the three key words with which Aschersleben, the oldest town in Saxony-Anhalt, successfully promotes itself. Education, art and culture play a particularly important role and form a strong symbiosis, especially at the Bestehornpark education center. The Aschersleben International Summer Studio, which was initiated by the city of Aschersleben for the […]

Open Call: The Male Figure XV – 2026

Since 2010, Galerie Kunstbehandlung has placed the subject of “The Male Figure” at the center of an annual, internationally acclaimed group exhibition. Part of the concept is that the gallery’s well-known artists, who work on the classic theme of male figures, are constantly joined by new talents, thus opening up new perspectives on this part […]

Christina Wildgrube

In her artistic work, Christina Wildgrube explores printmaking forms of expression, in particular letterpress printing and monotype. Based on sketches and notes made during excursions and hikes, she primarily develops landscape motifs in which perception, memory, movement and encounters are condensed as extracts. From time to time, she also creates sheets of poetry in which […]

New call for entries: We can do art

Cultural education projects in the field of visual arts can be submitted from now until February 28, 2026. The earliest possible start date is from 15.06.2026, a project start is possible from 13.07.2026 at the earliest. Of course, projects can also start later. However, projects lasting longer than one year are not eligible for funding […]

Open Call: Symposium “Ruptures and Reckonings:

The symposium “Ruptures and Reckonings: A Decade of Critical Design” invites designers, (design)anthropologists, educators, and transdisciplinary and independent researchers to reflect on the last decade of critical and decolonial design practices. The event is hosted by the department of Design Studies at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle. Join us on May […]

Floodwater Residency Program

The “Floodwater Residency Program” is an artistic work by the American artist Mark Dion. It is located directly on the Seege in Gartow, opposite the Zehntspeicher. The small house on stilts was erected in 2007 in connection with the art trail project. Since then, the artistic field laboratory Seegeniederung Gartow/Elbtalaue (Artistic Field Laboratory in the […]

Art and Culture Prize of the City of Meissen 2026

The city of Meissen, which is over a thousand years old, is a city of art and culture rich in tradition and has always been a center of attraction and a place of activity for important artists and other culturally active people. In 2001, the city of Meissen awarded the Art and Culture Prize for […]

Accept – ReceiveScholarship for artists

The KUNSTHALLE KLEINSCHÖNACH studio community offers an annual studio grant for artists. The KUNSTHALLE KLEINSCHÖNACH studio community is a studio community in a former knitwear factory in the hinterland of Lake Constance. As a non-profit association “man müsste ateliers hinterlassen können” e.V., the studio community has also given itself a cultural mission, which is reflected […]

Artist-in-Residence at the former artists’ colony in Dötlingen

The Dötlinger GartenKultour e.V., in cooperation with the regional partners: Kulturförderung des Landkreises Oldenburg, Regionale Kulturförderung der Oldenburgischen Landschaft and Volksbank eG Oldenburg-Land Delmenhorst, is awarding a 5-week working stay at the former artists’ colony in Dötlingen. The aim of the residency is to keep the historical significance of the Dötlingen artists’ colony alive, to […]

Aktion Mensch funding program: Much ahead – Active together for inclusion

The simple support offer for more inclusive encounters Create inclusive encounters Inclusion means creating a diverse and open society in which everyone can participate in social life regardless of individual differences. We want to help create additional opportunities for inclusive encounters in order to make inclusion a tangible experience. In this funding program, Aktion Mensch […]

“New World Heritage Visitor Center in Wörlitz | Art in Architecture | The Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Kingdom – Coded Enlightenment”

The Dessau-Wörlitz Cultural Foundation is holding an “Art in Architecture” competition for the new World Heritage Center in Wörlitz (non-open two-phase art competitionwith an EU-wide open application procedure). The competition is for a single or multi-part work for the exterior and/or interior of the new building. Realization budget 180,000 euros gross. The competition is open […]

Promoting Democracy competition

We now hear and see it all over the world: democracy can no longer be taken for granted! But without a democratic form of government, there can be no free practice of art. Art needs democracy and democracy needs art! With this competition, we want to make a contribution to the defense of our democratic […]

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 […]

Artist-in-Residence 2026 in Garbisdorf

For several decades, the Heimatverein Göpfersdorf has been running a gallery in which around 140 exhibitions of paintings and prints by regional and well-known artists have been held. Our special intention is to promote and honor printmaking. For this reason, we have been awarding a scholarship since 2018, which allows artists to work in our […]

Legal and start-up advice workshop

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 […]

“How and where do we apply for money for projects? – the 1×1 of the application process”

Finding your way through the German bureaucratic jungle can be quite confusing. Sometimes we can’t see the wood for the trees and overlook important details. Not only can this lead to many a mistake, but funding pots that could significantly support your project are often overlooked. Yet money rarely grows on trees as much as […]

Call for the Werkleitz Festival 2026 Sooner or later

Werkleitz is looking for up to 100 works of art from Saxony-Anhalt on the theme of time – paintings, textiles, poetry, films and artistic objects. The festival will take place from July 2 to 12, 2026 in the Pushkin House in Halle (Saale). In the coming years, Werkleitz will focus on the complexity of time. […]

Winter break at BBK Saxony-Anhalt

December 18, 2025 to January 11, 2026 The BBK Saxony-Anhalt is taking a winter break. The office will be closed from December 18, 2025 to January 11, 2026. We wish all our members, cooperation partners, supporters and all those interested in the visual arts in Saxony-Anhalt a relaxing Christmas season and a good start to […]

Call for entries for the visible art and design market on 13. & June 14, 2026

In 2026, Halle (Saale) will once again host the visible – Art & Design Market in the moat of the Moritzburg Art Museum – this time on 13. and June 14, 2026. Be part of it and apply here. Dear artists and designers, In 2026, Halle (Saale) will once again host the visible – Art […]

Hermann Beneke in Mansfeld-Südharz

The Werkleitz-Gesellschaft provides information: The Robota 500 artistic landmark has been erected in Stolberg (Harz), Osterhausen and Emseloh – selected places of remembrance of the Peasants’ War events (around 1525) in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz. It will preserve the memory of the victims beyond the commemorative year Gerechtigkeyt 2025. Robota 500 by Stine Albrecht and […]

Federal Cross of Merit for Christina Simon

The Weißenfels artist Christina Simon was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit in November 2025. Minister President Dr. Reiner Haseloff presented the award in the Magdeburg State Chancellery. A total of eight orders of merit were presented on the day. Christina Simon is an impressive example of how culture can grow from the bottom up […]

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 – Szeniale Festival 2026

On the subject: What are we still waiting for? We cannot afford to wait any longer. Instead, we must become active, we must create spaces for encounters, for debate, for shared experiences. The Szeniale wants to be and can become such a space. A laboratory for social interaction. A place where we can test how […]

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 […]

Performance Intensive with Raegan Truax – second round.

The Performance Intensive is a ten-day program led by Dr. Raegan Truax, taking place January 4-13, 2026 at Centro Negra in Blanca (Murcia, Spain). Designed for artists and researchers working with the body, the intensive combines daily guided sessions, individual exploration, and one-on-one mentoring. Participants may choose between:– Private apartment – €1250– Private room in […]

Parenting Artist Residency 2026

Building on Satellite, the pilot residency run in collaboration with The Mothership Project, Cow House Studios, with the support of Wexford County Council is offering an annual two-week residency designed specifically for parenting artists. The residency is from 30 March to 12 April 2026 at Rathnure, Ireland. The Parenting Artist Residency makes it possible for […]

HPM Residency 5.0 exploring porcelain

The Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) Offenbach, supported by the Crespo Foundation and the Aventis Foundation, is offering an international residency program at the Höchster Porzellan-Manufaktur (HPM). ‘RESIDENCY 5.0 exploring porcelain’ promotes national and international artists and designers and offers them a free space to research, experiment and develop innovative concepts in working with porcelain and […]

Residency scholarship in Ahrenshoop

Since 2006, the Saxony-Anhalt Art Foundation has made it possible to live and work in the special atmosphere of one of the oldest artists’ residences in Germany. The Künstlerhaus Lukas, founded in 1894 by Paul Müller-Kaempff as a painting school for female artists, offers its scholarship holders the freedom for artistic creation and reflection: international […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

BBK transparency survey 2025/26

Dear members of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt, For this year’s (fifth) transparency survey, we are setting everything to zero! We are asking everyone who has already registered in previous years to take part in this survey again. We will accept your answers until January 31, 2026. The background to this is needs that are either brought […]

Design competition: art meets future energy

The Energy and Environment Institute at Rottenburg University of Applied Sciences is inviting creative minds to embellish the hydrogen plant with an artistic design concept. We are looking for talented artists who would like to embellish the technology container of the hydrogen plant with a creative design concept. The aim is to harmonize technology and […]

MONOM Art Prize

Please note: The call is aimed at students of a state art college who will graduate in 2026 and graduates who will have completed their studies in 2025. The MONOM Art Prize is aimed at students at a state art academy in Germany at the end of their studies. The prize serves to support art […]

artist in residence: Kunsthof Barna von Sartory

For a visual artist from April 15 to May 15, 2026 at the Kunsthof BARNA VON SARTORY in Grimme (Uckermark). The art farm is located in a small, descriptive village in the north-east of the Uckermark, the stay in a newly built artist’s studio with a small living/sleeping room, small kitchen and shower room and […]

Artistic residency at the Heidelberg Forum for Art

Artistic residency at the Heidelberg Forum for Art “ZEICHNUNG“The Heidelberg Forum for Art, together with the “Destille” Heidelberg, is awarding a scholarship for an artistic residency in the field of “Drawing” from 27.07. until 31.08.2026. Only members of the BBK whose artistic focus lies in the medium of drawing can apply for the scholarship. Scope […]

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 […]

Scholarship at Künstlerhaus Antoni Leins

For the allocation of studio apartments in the Antonie Leins Künstlerhaus in Horb a. N. by the Antonie Leins Künstlerhaus e.V.. The call is aimed at artists from the European Union. 1st Type of funding Artists working in the fields of fine art / video / photography / performance / installation can apply for a […]

Storytelling Scholarship – Visual Storytelling Scholarship: advance your artistic journey

Are you passionate about telling stories through images, but unsure how to take the next step? The Berlin Drawing Room Visual Storytelling Scholarship offers one artist the hance to dive deeply into the art of comics, illustration, and narrative drawing-completely free of charge. This scholarship invites emerging and independent artists alike to develop their visual […]

Mamidakis Foundation | Art prize 2026

The George & Aristea Mamidakis Foundation invites applications from Greek and international artists for the 2026 Art Prize. Τhe G & A Mamidakis Foundation Art Prize was established in 2019 as a culmination of the Foundation’s thirty-year long efforts to strengthen contemporary artistic leadership and innovation. It supports contemporary artists by offering them the opportunity […]

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 […]

Strabag Award 2026

The STRABAG ART Award has been presented in Austria since 1994 and since 2009 as an international art promotion prize for artists up to the age of 40 in the fields of painting and drawing, whereby these terms have been expanded to reflect the times. Artists from Germany, Slovenia and Austria are eligible to participate. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Advice: Negotiating contracts – ONLINE am 8. & December 9, 2025

Are you about to sign a contract or have a negotiation ahead of you? Katja Dunkel will advise you personally and help you to be well prepared and will look at the draft contracts with you. Katja Dunkel, founder of DUNKEL Rechtsanwältinnen, advises private individuals, solo self-employed persons and small to medium-sized companies. She supports […]

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 […]

Petition against cultural cuts in Dresden in 2026 – petition against cultural cuts in Dresden in 2026

DRESDEN CUTS WHAT IT LIVES ON Dresden thrives on its culture – not only on its major institutions, but also on the many independent initiatives, associations and projects that have shaped the city’s cultural lifefor decades. They create places for people to meet, enable cultural participation for all generations and ethnic groups, and contribute significantly […]

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 […]

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 […]

Stray Pages Open Call for Publication

KaB: Renovation and extension of Mainfranken Theater Würzburg

As part of the renovation and expansion of the Mainfranken Theater Würzburg, an art-in-architecture competition is being held for the main foyer as the central location in the future theater building. Artists and artist groups living and/or working in Germany can now apply to take part in the competition with three reference projects (works of […]

CCP Fellowships

The CrossCulture Program (CCP) Fellowships awards between 55 and 60 fellowships to professionals and volunteers from over 40 countries for transnational cooperation between professionals or institutions from the fields of culture, education, science, art and media. The fellows spend two to three months working with host organizations in Germany or in CCP partner countries. In […]

KaB: Worms daycare center Carl-Villinger-Straße

Award Worms – Daycare center in Carl-Villinger-Straße in WormsA new two-storey daycare center with 8 groups (6 kindergarten and 2 crèche groups) in timber construction will soon be built in Carl-Villinger-Straße in Worms.The façade is planned as a pre-greyed wooden façade and in the rear area with a cladding of fiber cement panels in graduated […]

Open Call Program 2026 “Gallery North | Studio” (AT)

The Department of Art, Culture and History in the Office for Continuing Education and Culture of the Mitte district of Berlin has added the exhibition space “Galerie Nord | Studio” (AT) at Turmstraße 75 in Moabit to its network of municipal galleries. Together with the existing municipal galleries and institutions, the new exhibition space forms […]

December exhibition on the theme of “Green”

At the end of the year, the artists of the BBK Dessau are showing works on the theme of “green”. Green in December symbolizes hope and the promise that light will return after the darkness. Green stands for confidence, new beginnings, growing together – and it is also part of the Christmas season. The exhibition […]

Risographies by the BBK group DuU in the DenkRaum Stadtbad in Halle (Saale)

The BBK is a guest of the Förderverein Zukunft Stadtbad Halle, which has once again found an interim location at the Alter Markt for the renovation phase of the pool. A portfolio of risographs created as part of the “BBKarium Dessau” 2025 project will also be on display. The DenkRaum Stadtbad will open its doors […]

Annegrete Riebesel elected to BBK Federal Executive Board

The BBK Federal Association has a new board! It consists of the re-elected members Dierk Berthel, Marcel Noack and Dagmar Schmidt and the newly elected Anders Petersen, Annegrete Riebesel, Adam Sevens and Èv van Hettmer. Dagmar Schmidt and Marcel Noack remain BBK Federal Chairmen. The elections took place at the beginning of November 2025 at […]

Board change at BBK Saxony-Anhalt: Christoph Ackermann takes over for Line Jastram

The board of the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. has had a new member since November 1, 2025. Christoph Ackermann, a visual artist from Magdeburg, was co-opted onto the board at the most recent board meeting and would like to use the remaining term of office until 2027 to work on behalf of his colleagues […]

Appropriate fees for cultural education throughout the day

The BBK Saxony-Anhalt provides information on the latest developments in the field of cultural education, particularly in relation to all-day programs. Anyone who works for schools as an independent artist or would like to do so in the future can simply approach the schools and present their own offers, beyond programs such as “Kultur macht […]

Platforms for cultural education offers

In Saxony-Anhalt and beyond, there are various opportunities for visual artists to publicize their own cultural education offerings. The BBK Saxony-Anhalt presents two possibilities here: Creative potential Saxony-Anhalt: This platform connects schools, extracurricular learning venues and committed stakeholders in order to develop innovative educational concepts. Artists can publish their own offers here in order to […]

Artist Residency’Independent’Berlin

Artist Residency Berlin Wedding: OPEN CALL | REGISTRATION ongoing APPLICATION FORM (motivation letter, liability insurance etc.) Residency period: min. 2 weeks, by arrangement (arrival/departure usually Mondays 1 pm) Residency location: KHBstudios, Nazarethkirchstr. 42, 13347 Berlin-Wedding (Leopoldplatz)Residency artists: artists and authors who work with us primarily at a desk, with a bit of wall and in […]

16 new BBK members accepted in Tangerhütte

We are delighted to welcome 16 new members to the BBK Saxony-Anhalt. They came together with the BBK team at the end of October 2025 to introduce themselves and get to know each other at a pop-up exhibition in the New Tangerhütte Castle. Tangerhütte is part of our “Region in Focus” for 2026 and we […]

Exhibition opening and second birthday

The Kunstkollektiv Dessau und Umgebung (DuU) would like to cordially invite you to the next exhibition opening at BBKarium Dessau.On Saturday, November 01, 2025 at 4 pm at Ferdinand-von-Schill-Straße 3 in Dessau, the theme of “coffee” will be artistically interpreted and served. The theme of this month’s joint exhibition offers numerous possibilities for interpretation and […]

Artistic freedom in Saxony-Anhalt: Law aims to protect against political influence

Saxony-Anhalt’s cultural scene is looking ahead to the next state elections with concern. The AfD wants to become the strongest force in the state and, according to the latest polls, certainly has a chance of governing Saxony-Anhalt. The AfD is also striving for changes in cultural policy. The state government therefore wants to protect the […]

Library cooperation between Burg and BBK launched

Two contemporary visual arts institutions in Halle (Saale) have launched a collaboration that will benefit both partners, especially researchers, students and visual artists: From now on, the library of Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle will receive a collection of books from the library of the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. as a […]

Dessau artists develop “mechanical shop window”

The Kunstkollektiv Dessau und Umgebung(DuU) would like to cordially invite you to the next exhibition opening at the BBKarium Dessau. On Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 6 p.m. at Ferdinand-von-Schill-Straße 3 in Dessau, our presentation machine will once again be set in motion. The results of a workshop held by our group of artists using […]

Lesser Ury Prize for Art

Established in 2024, this award for visual arts is presented to artists for individual works that are recognized by a jury of the KünstlerGilde e.V. as part of an art prize competition with an annually changing artistic focus. The award’s namesake, the painter and graphic artist Leo Lesser Ury, born in 1861 in the province […]

International competition for ceramics

Every two years since 1987, the city of Carouge (Geneva) has organized an international competition for contemporary ceramics, in which the aim is to create works on a given theme. Each work must be an original created specifically for this competition and must not be exhibited before September 19, 2026, the date of the start […]

Prize of the Ulla and Eberhard Jung Foundation 2025

A collaboration between the Verband Bildender Künstler Thüringen e.V. and the Klassik Stiftung Weimar. Dear artists, dear members, Dear curators, Dear media representatives, Ladies and Gentlemen, We would like to draw your attention to the attached call for proposals for the promotion of a young artistic position in the visual arts in Thuringia, which has […]

Art prize ‘Encounters in focus’

The blooming paradise “Bad Zwischenahn” is located directly on the third largest inland lake in Lower Saxony, the Zwischenahner Meer, and is also proudly called the “Pearl of the Ammerland”. Bad Zwischenahn has a lot to offer: unspoiled nature that invites you to go cycling and walking, the well-known Ammerland hospitality, a varied gastronomic offer […]

Networking meeting Altmark on September 26, 2025

In 2025, the Altmark will be the focus of networking in the BBK Saxony-Anhalt. We want to exchange ideas with as many people and organizations as possible who are committed to art and culture. We launched the “Region in Focus” format three years ago. We started in Dessau-Roßlau (2022) and continued with the state capital […]

WIR-Festival – We are part of it!

An important quote has been displayed on the shop window of the BBK office in Halle’s old town since September 1, 2025: It never stops that you have to say something. (Antje Rávik Strubel) We would like to thank the WIR Festival for the great initiative they have put together in such a short space […]

generally fresh at Kunsthaus Salzwedel until November 9, 2025

The Kunsthaus Salzwedel is pleased to present the exhibition generell frisch – Neue Mitglieder des Berufsverbandes Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt. The show by the Kulturwerk of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt brings together a diverse selection of contemporary works by 29 artists who were accepted into the professional association in 2023. With them are: Eileen Farida Almarales Noy […]

New publications work database September 2025

For the second time this year, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt is putting new works online. This means that 41 artists with a total of 6,207 works are now represented in the Saxony-Anhalt Visual Arts Database. The BBK cordially invites you to the studio of the jewelry artist Claudia Baugut, who was involved in the project, in […]

Mechanical shop window

The BBK shop window has been in Dessau since October 2022 – now it is becoming the site of a special community project. The artists’ association “Dessau und Umgebung”, or DuU for short, which has come together under the umbrella of the BBK, is currently working on an unusual idea: the “Mechanical Shop Window”. This […]

Dana László da Costa, Arif Amirov and Anke Leonhardt in Havelberg

Utopienale IV Public Day All events on August 31 are open to the public, free of charge and family-friendly. The Utopienale is an annual future conference in Havelberg that has been taking place since 2022 and is organized by the Old School ICA. At the conference, cultural professionals, academics and activists discuss visions for the […]

ART/MIDDLE 2025

Central German Fair for Contemporary Art from August 28 to 31, 2025 With the following artists: Arif Amirov, Astrid Salewski, Christoph Ackermann, Diana Höding, Elena Kiseleva, Heidrun Feistner and Line Jastram and the BBK will also be represented with an information stand.

Angela Dolgner in Halle (Saale)

Lecture on the topic: Johannes Niemeyer – A multi-talent in the force field of BURG and Bauhaus Johannes Niemeyer (1889 to 1980) possessed many artistic talents. He worked as an architect, sculptor, designer, painter and musician and was the older brother of the painter Otto Niemeyer-Holstein. Johannes Niemeyer first came to public attention in 1920 […]

Gert Burkard Büttner, Sebastian Harwardt, Julienne Jattiot, Elena Kiseleva-Arendt, Marion Münzberg, Rainer Rausch, Christina Simon and Grit Wolf in Zeitz

Posa Printing – As part of the diverse program of the Posa Calling event, the artists will present works created during the printing symposium at Posa Monastery in 2024.

Friedrich Hensen, Julienne Jattiot, Ingrid Klausner, Michael Krause and Amadeus Werner in Zeitz

Art festival in Zeitz – Everything is art. Nothing is finished. Zeitz becomes a surface, an experiment. Ten days of art, body, sound, concept. In cellars, stores, garages, courtyards, outdoors and in private homes. The familiar is opened up, the unknown

BBK at the Magdeburger Kunst/Mitte

At this year’s Magdeburg Art/Mitte fair from August 28 to 31, 2025, we will be providing information about our projects and concerns. Formats such as “Generally Fresh”, “Artists in Schools” and “Visual Arts Database” increase the visibility of professional contemporary art, communicate it to young people and draw attention to the impending loss of cultural […]

Kerstin Krieg in Leipzig

Members’ exhibition BBK Leipzig

Course plant database fall 2025

In fall 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 […]

Christina Simon in Stralsund

Exhibition Christina Simon ‘travel and print’

Ulrike Basner in Beelitz

Exhibition “Wanderjahre” with Dajana Al-hafedh, Swen Bernitz and Frederik Poppe

Matthias Behne and Stefanie Demmel in Halle (Saale)

Riso Workshop: Photogram Immerse yourself in the beauty of nature. Using leaves and flowers collected together from the surrounding area and adding your own drawings and typography, you will create your template for the photogram collages. The result is 2 x 12 two-color DIN A3 riso prints to give away or keep for yourself. 🙂 […]

BBK summer reception at Thomas Leu’s studio

The third BBK summer reception will take place on August 22, 2025. The board of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt has invited network partners from politics and culture, active members and members from this year’s “Focus” region Altmark to exchange ideas, look back on joint initiatives and make new plans. This year’s co-host is BBK member Thomas […]

Cultural funding from the state is transferred to Investitionsbank

Press release from the State Chancellery of Saxony-Anhalt dated 02.07.2025 Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt (IB) is to become the central point of contact for funding procedures in the cultural sector. This is provided for in an agreement signed between the State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture and the IB. This means that the IB will be the […]

Open studios in Saxony-Anhalt on September 20/21, 2025

Art needs space – for creation and for encounters. On this special weekend, Saxony-Anhalt opens its studio doors and becomes a living map of creative work. Where there is usually silence, rooms are filled with voices. Whether painting, photography, sculpture, graphics, ceramics or sound – each studio is a small world of its own: surprising, […]

Heidrun Feistner in Oranienbaum-Wörlitz

Exhibition ‘The Painting Stones’ | Heidrun Feistner Sculptures

Hans Molzberger in Salzwedel

The 2nd exhibition “FROM 2 WORLDS” shows works by the German-American artist Hans Molzberger that were created both in Germany and in the USA. It unites two geographical worlds and at the same time documents an impressive artistic development that is strongly driven by an elementary impulse: fire. Molzberger’s work begins with traditional Japanese RAKU […]

Paul-Jakob Meussling and Anne Pruy in Halle (Saale)

Exhibition ‘Take Off’ by the master students of the BURG

Taha Bader

Taha Bader, born in Karachi (Pakistan) in 1991, has lived in Saxony-Anhalt since 2016. After completing his Bachelor’s degree in Communication Design at the Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture and a Master’s degree in Integrated Design in Dessau, he has dedicated himself to painting since childhood, which he rediscovered during the pandemic in […]

Ursula Bahr in Leipzig

Gedok Central Germany exhibition in the House of Books

Korvin Reich on the Internet

Global Online Group Exhibition

Kornelia Thümmel in Switzerland

Exhibition “Vom Werden und Vergehen” | Monique Rubin | Anette Kummer | Kornelia Thümmel

Leona Blum, Thomas Kober and Susanne Langbehn in Halle (Saale)

Exhibition “Serendipty – On finding and searching” – curated by Leona Blum and Susanne Langbehn

Maria Lüdeke in Wernigerode

Exhibition ‘Maria Lüdeke. Coming and Going.

ilka Leukefeld in Berlin

SPIN DOKTOR UND NEMESIS – Understanding and treating dizziness – inspired by dizzying perpetual motion machines, phenakistiscopes [eye deceivers] and zoetropes [miracle drums], ilka Leukefeld creates a spatial installation consisting of many moving components in response to the current world situation.

Christian Nebel in Halle (Saale)

Invitation to the open workshop On Friday, 27.06. at 1 pm the project “Open Workshop – Generations” opens at Kunstraum Halle .The workshop is open to anyone who would like to get involved artistically or accompany the process. Whether active or observing – any form of participation is welcome. Generations – art connects The “Generations” […]

Philipp Eichhorn in Halle (Saale)

Book presentation‘Innensicht und Äußerung’ and exhibition of current pictures in Studio 4 We will publish the poetry and graphic book with poems by Moritz Duderstadt and illustrations by Philipp Eichhorn. Innensicht und Äußerung has been published by the art book publisher Edition 502. We are also showing paintings and drawings by Hanna Müller-Kaempffer and Philipp […]

Wiebke Kirchner in Wittenberg

Summer workshop in Wittenberg – there are still places available! As part of the summer workshop weeks of the youth art school of the Cranach Foundation Wittenberg, I am offering a two-day drawing workshop for children aged between 8 and 12. With sketchbooks, pencils and paints, we go on a journey of discovery through the […]

Korvin Reich as featured artist at Art.Salon

to be seen on the homepage of the Art.Salon with an article about the exhibition

Wiebke Kirchner in Wittenberg

Workshop for teachers, school social workers and educational professionals Registration until June 16: eveeno.com/praxislabor_partizipation

Applications for KUNST/MITTE 2025

The regular application phase for KUNSTMITTE 2025 starts 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 and organizers of the art fair, it is particularly important to […]

Workshop “Tax issues of artists and designers” on May 26, 2025

Which income and expenses belong in the surplus income statement? How can freelance and commercial activities be distinguished from each other? Is the small business regulation suitable for me? These and other questions are the focus of a workshop with tax consultant Ronald Ebersbach on May 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Designhaus […]

Application form Open Studios in Saxony-Anhalt 2025

Art Award young west 2025 – Painting

The art prize junger westen will be awarded for painting in 2025 and is endowed with €20,000. Artists who are not older than 35 years of age (born in 1990 or younger) and either have German citizenship or reside in Germany are eligible to take part in the competition. Registration for the competition is only […]

Wolfram Schubert in Heringsdorf

20th anniversary of the International Kaiserbäder-Pleinair and opening of the exhibition “7 MALEN AM MEER” This plein air has long been an insider tip in the art scene. 20 years of the Kaiserbäder-Pleinair: the artists have also become ambassadors and contemporary witnesses of our region. They kept a diary in pictures during their stay.

Alica Khaet in Karlsruhe

Alica Khaet receives Newbie Award at the Karlsruhe International Film Festival. Congratulations to her!

Kornelia Thümmel in Wernigerode

Line | Surface | Space – Kornelia Thümmel and Uta Wolf Skulptur & Plastik | Schriftbilder

Susanne Theumer at Stolberg Castle in the Harz Mountains

Exhibition “A Homage – Women and Landscapes of the Reformation” by Susanne Theumer and Andrea Ackermann | Drawing, Graphics and Painting The exhibition is part of the Peasants’ War commemoration in the Mansfeld region

Admission meeting in April: 8 new members in BBK Saxony-Anhalt

On April 8, 2025, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt hosted its spring admission meeting at the Paul Scherzer Gallery in Halle. Here, interested artists from Saxony-Anhalt were able to present themselves to the admissions committee in order to become members of our association. We are delighted that 8 artists are now new members and have conjured up […]

First steps towards new admission

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Kerstin Krieg in Nauenhof

Saturday 2 p.m. to around 6 p.m. & Sunday 11 a.m. to around 5 p.m. For 5-8 participants Costs: 95€ course fee + 25€ workshop fee + 15€ materials / total: 135€

Digital Arts Prize 2025

The Fondation Etrillard and the Académie des beaux-arts are launching the Prix Arts numériques (Digital Arts Prize). This is the first time that digital art has entered the French Academy of Fine Arts.Open to candidates of all nationalities living in Europe, with no age limit, this new prize will be awarded each year for a […]

Veronika Kaiping

“INTERIOR VIEWS” In April, the BBKarium Dessau is all about our inner life. Artist Veronika Kaiping makes visible what we don’t normally see – the organs that work inside us and the emotions that move us. Body maps and emotional beings provide humorous insights in which the physical and the spiritual exist side by side. […]

Matthias Ritzmann in Halle (Saale)

Photography – showing, looking, talking.

Intercultural speed dating for founders

March 18, 2025, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.Existenzgründerinstitut Hoffmann & Partner Fortbildung und Beratung GmbH Halle, Mansfelder Str. 15 The start-up institute Hoffmann & Partner invites you to an inspiring intercultural start-up event.inside speed dating! Our event offers a platform for people from different cultures who have a vision, want to realize their business ideas or […]

Appeal for the Day of the Printing Arts 2025

“PRINT ART is ART” On Printmaking Day: Appeal for recognition of screen printing for the reduced VAT rate It was a long and tough road, but it was worth it: as was last the case in 2014, the reduced VAT rate of 7% for commercial art sales has been in force in Germany again since […]

BESTFORM 2025 – Creative Award of the State of Saxony-Anhalt

In 2013, the Ministry of Economic Affairs launched the BESTFORM /// MEHR /// WERT /// AWARD for creative ideas for the first time in order to make the creative potential of creative professionals in Saxony-Anhalt widely visible – and thus broke new ground. Never before had a state competition focused on alliances between creative professionals […]

Foyer des Arts – The art salon with Roman Pliske on “estates”

What remains of an artist’s inner life? And what happens to an artistic legacy if no descendants preserve it or archives reach their limits? These questions are on the minds of many artists – because the concern that works will be lost contrasts with the growing importance of documenting and making visible one’s own artistic […]

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 […]

Susanne Theumer in Frankfurt/Main

Exhibition on the 50th – The light-sighted

Research Associate History and Theory of Art and Design

Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig / Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig Application deadline: March 31, 2025

Marie Mandalka

Mandalka’s garbage reliefs attract attention with their organic aesthetics and haptics. Memories of skin and anthropological traces unfold a fascinating effect. By using recycled, cut-up packaging waste that shimmers through under layers of latex in kilim structures, these works focus on themes such as the use of resources, political communication, interaction and effectiveness. Further information […]

art-figura 2025 / 11th Schwarzenberg Art Prize

Art will continue to sweeten life in Schwarzenberg in 2025. The 11th Schwarzenberg Art Prize art-figura 2025 will be awarded with the theme “Wood and Stone”. from 30.08. to 02.11.2025 has been announced. National and international artists have until 15.03.2025 to submit a competition entry in the form of a sculpture that deals with the […]

Art in architecture competition in Ludwigsburg

The university campus at the Reuteallee site in Ludwigsburg is being further developed with a new building. “As part of the art competition, an artistic contribution is to be developed that relates to the use and/or architecture of the building or the landscaping of the outdoor space.” Two locations, one indoors and one outdoors, are […]

Astrid Salewski

In the March edition of the BBKarium’s showcase exhibition, Dessau artist Astrid Salewski invites you to explore the sometimes disturbing beauty of quiet moments with her small selection of images. On display are works that were created as part of a work scholarship on the subject of “Under the Ice” and for the exhibition “” […]

Matthias Behne and Stefanie Demmel in Halle (Saale)

Riso Workshop: Collage At the beginning there is a brief insight into the world of risography. Then it’s time to get started. With scissors, glue and all kinds of other tools, you can bring together what was previously more of a separate project.We offer a wide range of options and suggestions.You can take your collage […]

Carola Helbing-Erben in Halle (Saale)

Poetry of Time – Painting and mixed media by Carola Helbing-Erben Supported by the Department of Culture and the Equal Opportunities Officer of the City of Halle.

Brochure: Toolbox for communication and group processes

A handbook by KOMMA Mediationskollektiv Leipzig on behalf of Input Consulting gGmbH for the “Haus der Selbstständigen” project

Ines Buff in Boizenburg/Elbe

Exhibition entitled “Of people and dolls” We humans leave traces everywhere, in nature, in the lives of others, in society and beyond our planet. But in doing so, we lose ourselves from time to time. Let yourself be inspired by the mind games.

Project coordinator for the “Northern Lights – Art in the Neighborhood” project

Community Foundation Halle Application deadline: February 20, 2025

Editor for web design/online editing/social media

City of Ilmenau Application deadline: February 23, 2025

Office assistant to the director of the art museum with pro rata processing

Art Museum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen of the state capital Magdeburg Application deadline: February 26, 2025

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 […]

The BBK homepage is growing

We are constantly working together with the artists to ensure that they are adequately represented on the BBK website. New artist profiles are added week after week. We hope that this development will continue. If all artists are represented, it is not only possible to filter by trade, but also by region. We are delighted […]

Publications work database February 2025

The Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. (BBK) published new works in its “Werkdatenbank Bildende Kunst Sachsen-Anhalt” at the beginning of February 2025. The focus is on the estate catalog of Magdeburg artist Walter Bischof (1919-1968) and the catalog raisonné of Halle artist Sabine Kunz (*1962). In addition, numerous artists have completed the catalogs they began […]

New publications in the work database

The Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. (BBK) published new works in its “Werkdatenbank Bildende Kunst Sachsen-Anhalt” at the beginning of February 2025. The focus is on the catalog raisonné of the Magdeburg artist Walter Bischof (1919-1968) and the catalog raisonné of the Halle artist Sabine Kunz (1962). In addition, numerous artists have completed the catalogs […]

Open Call: Künstlerstadt Kalbe is looking for an intern

The City of Artists Kalbe is looking for an intern for the 11th International Wintercampus. The internship (can be chosen for 4, 5 or 6 weeks – core period 24.2.-23.3.) includes the supervision and support of the national and international artists and the preparation of the studio tours (each Saturday from 2 p.m., Gerichtstr. 31 […]

Anja Wolf

In February, our newcomer Anja Wolf will be presenting her work in the window of the workshop café. The exhibition will be on display around the clock until February 28. On display in the exhibition are collages from the year 2024, which show an artistic examination of the “Potsdam Memorandum 2005”. This is a manifesto […]

Network meeting “Art and Parenthood” on February 3 in Halle (Saale)

An open network meeting on the topic of “Art and Parenthood” will take place on February 3, 2025 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. We would like to think together about how to proceed with our concerns. At the workshop with MATERNAL FANTASIES in November 2024, some ideas were raised in the open final round that […]

Glossary for fair pay in the visual arts

New publication from the IG Bildende Kunst in Austria Pay The Artist Now! | Glossary for fair payment in the visual arts | Publication of IG Bildende Kunst The IG Bildende Kunst, artists’ association and national committee of the IAA in Austria, published a glossary for fair pay in the visual arts in September 2024, […]

Appeal for the 2025 federal election by the BBK federal association

Strengthen the interests of artists at federal level! In the face of major social and economic challenges, the visual arts need a cultural policy at federal level that strengthens the potential of art and culture and creates the conditions for good framework conditions for artistic work. In the run-up to the 2025 federal elections, the […]

Elena Kiseleva-Arendt in Blankenburg

Exhibition of acrylic paintings from her virtual herbarium, portraits and ex-libris etchings

Valeria Liebermann (Sivtsova) in Halle (Saale)

Jewish exhibition and book reading

Information event “Culture makes you strong” program

First call for proposals 2025Application period January 1 to February 28, 2025 24.1.2025, 1 – 3 p.m.: Digital information event on submitting applications (registration by e-mail to by 23.1.2025) Apply for project funding from “Kultur macht stark. We can do art”, funding period 2025. Apply with your concept for an extracurricular cultural education project […]

Profession artist with child #2 in Leipzig

Workshop and network meeting on the topic: “Career artist with child” #2 The birth of a child changes the lives of artists.and their everyday working life often change abruptly. Self-employment is particularly difficult, as many artists The employees are living in financially precarious situations or are no longer able to work due to a lack […]

BBK members in Magdeburg’s Himmelreich Gallery

SCHÖNE AUSSICHT – Painting, graphics, drawing, objectPhotography, glass design With BBK members Ingrid Müller-Kuberski, Cathleen Meier, Jens Elgner, Frank Borisch, Annedore Policek, Benjamin Borisch, Reinhard Rex, Helga Borisch and other artists. Outlook is what you allow yourself.And outlook is the “what” and “how” things will continue. I have great respect for artists who stimulate the […]

Julienne Jattiot in Leipzig

Group exhibition “Transfer” Students and teachers of the HGB Leipzig, AdBK Munich and AdBK Nuremberg After stops at the Akademie Galerie Nürnberg and the Radierverein München, the exhibition “Transfer” can now also be seen in Leipzig. For the first time, the exhibition “Transfer” presents printmaking works by students and teachers from the renowned workshops for […]

Group exhibition

Happy New Year and a group exhibition in January with art by Anja Wolf, Elfi Nitze, Elena Kiseleva-Arendt, Sabine Brauns, Veronika Kaiping, 6y_anhalt, Juliane Naumann, Benjamin Kerwien and Jakob Wolf. New Year’s vernissage | January 1 | 4.30 p.m. Further information: https://www.instagram.com/bbkarium_dessau/ Visible from outside around the clock! The project is funded by the NeuSTADT […]

Korvin Reich

Several levels come together in his “flying objects”: Force fields, maps, elements from mathematics and physics. The perception of the spiritual world materializes. Free, intuitively set forms are surprisingly combined with fixed processes. Reich’s hand drawings are often mistaken for prints of computer graphics – calling his own perception into question. Further information about the […]

Exhibition “The Far Country”

Following the open call / call for participation in the joint exhibition, exclusively for BBK artists outside of Halle/Saale, we received numerous applications. 10 artists were selected to present their works in the exhibition. The exhibition “Das ferne Land” is more than just an exhibition – it is a platform for exchange, networking and the […]

Open Call – Serendipity – About finding and searching

A group exhibition in July 2025 in the project space “BLECH.” Am Steintor 19, 06112 Halle (Saale) For a joint exhibition, we are looking for positions that see themselves as artistic research. Art that is based on research, art is used for research or Art whose products are research. The non-profit art association “Raum für […]

Introduction of mandatory electronic invoicing from January 1, 2025

What is an e-invoice? An e-invoice (short for electronic invoice) is an invoice that can be transmitted, received and processed electronically in a so-called structured electronic format. PDF invoices are not invoices in this sense (although they are sent electronically); basically, an e-invoice is a data record that contains the usual mandatory information of a […]

Parenting Artist Residency 2025

Building on Satellite, the successful pilot residency run in collaboration with The Mothership Project, Cow House Studios, with the support of Wexford County Council is offering a two-week residency designed specifically for parenting artists, from 14 to 27 April 2025 in Enniscorthy, Ireland. The Parenting Artist Residency makes it possible for awarded artists to dedicate […]

B.a.c.H. pocket calendar 2025 – Limited book art edition

Book art calendar of the Bookartcenter Halle with Anett Hoffmann, Wiebke Kirchner and Petra Reichenbach

Rotterdam Photo

The new wave of photographic talent that has emerged from the ubiquitous culture of images is made up of true digital natives. They have grown up in a world where images are paramount, and they play a crucial role in capturing the essence of freedom, culture, human connection and unity. This generation embodies the delicate […]

Artheon.art prize 2025

Artheon. Gesellschaft für Gegenwartskunst und Kirche is offering an art prize for innovative art projects in public spaces on the theme of “Religion” for the year 2025. The winner will be determined in an open, non-anonymous competition. The prize is endowed with €5,000.The prize is awarded to temporary or permanent art projects in public spaces […]

Review of the Maternal Fantasies workshop

Together with Dornrosa e.V. and the initiators Wiebke Kirchner and Daniela Schönemann, we held an eventful workshop last week. Magdalena Kallenberger and Isabell Spengler from the artists’ collective MATERAL FANTASIES were our guests. Not only did they give us great insights into their previous work, they also put on a participatory performance with us. Their […]

Survey on artists’ estates completed

From mid-September to mid-November 2024, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt conducted a survey on artists’ estates. Visual artists and estate holders (institutions and private individuals) were invited to take part. The response was great. The Museum and Archive Association, the Saxony-Anhalt Art Foundation and other partners forwarded our appeal, articles about the project appeared in the press […]

Christina Simon in Bochum

at the Bochum Graphic Exchange

Wiebke Kirchner in Chemnitz

Workshop zusammen:kleben – Participatory art project in Chemnitz Who for: Young and old, also together – no previous artistic knowledge required! Costs: Participation is free of charge. Registration at:

Wiebke Kirchner in Halle (Saale)

The group exhibition “madonnen” presents modern interpretations of a classic motif in art history: Madonna portraits and the current resin work “despite the pain” from the“milky poems” series of works

Blue Night – Art Competition 2025, Nuremberg

In 2000, the year of Nuremberg’s 950th anniversary, Die Blaue Nacht invited the citizens of Nuremberg for the first time to experience art and culture in an unusual setting and at an unusual time. With around 130,000 visitors from Nuremberg, the region, the whole of Germany and abroad, more than 200 program items in over […]

Lesser Ury Art Prize ’25

The specific key dates for the Lesser Ury Prize 2025 are as follows: Shortlist & Exhibition The KünstlerGilde e.V. is exhibiting participants in the shortlist exhibition for the Lesser Ury Prize 2025 at Küferstraße 37 in 73728 Esslingen near Wolfstor – probably from mid-April 2025. As soon as the participants have been determined, they will […]

Gert Burkard Büttner

Title of the exhibition: Bild-Hauerei Gert Burkard Büttner, qualified sculptor/metal designer In my works, I use the various creative means of the visual arts to process paradoxical and strange inspirations from reality that occur to me. The motifs can then be seen in the fields of sculpture and plastic art as well as graphics and […]

Miriam Albert and Linda Margarete Müller in Klaffenbach

Light & Exposure” exhibition

Linda Margarete Müller in Magdeburg and Halle (Saale)

Photo exhibitions with a concert by the Saxony-Anhalt State Youth Choir: Nature. Man.Connected.

Sarah Bartmann, Alexandra Stein and Annegrete Streu in Halle

Open studio

Manuela Homm

Manuela Homm works with a wide variety of materials such as glass, ceramics, wood and concrete. Melting, casting and firing are her favorite processing techniques. She explores the inner life, the core of the material in detail and expresses it in her objects through form and light. Approximation usually occurs through a structure, the meeting […]

Christina Simon in Halle (Saale)

Midissage with Christina Simons “Akhenaten’s Canticle of the Sun” Please contact us by e-mail () so that we can plan the event properly.

Photo competition 2025 | What makes us rich?

Photo competition: What makes us rich? The unequal distribution of wealth is increasing worldwide. The top ten percent of the population own around 85 percent of wealth – and the trend is rising. The poorest, on the other hand, collectively own only around one percent of wealth. In Germany, too, the richest are getting richer […]

Admission meeting in October: BBK Saxony-Anhalt welcomes 19 new members

On October 22, 2024, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt hosted the admission meeting with the artist Elvira Franz in the Blauer Stern exhibition barn in Quedlinburg. Here, interested artists from Saxony-Anhalt were able to introduce themselves to the admissions committee in order to become members of our association. The following 19 artists are new: Ammar Assali | […]

Numerous BBK members at HAL ART

Art fair in Halle. With them are: Lutz Bolldorf, Ulrike Basner, Ines Buff, Barbara Dimanski, Ina Jaenicke, Antonia Jungk, Dorit Kempe, Elena Kiseleva-Arendt, Maximilian Koch, Iklo Koestler, Kerstin Krieg, Silke Lipsch, Hans-Rainer Otto Rausch, Rebekka Rauschhardt, Petra Reichenbach, Sarah Schuschleb, Valeria Sivtsova, Susanne Weise, Franz Gabriel Walther, Dr. Grit Wendelberger

Bamberg Art Scholarship

The city of Bamberg, alternating with the district of Bamberg, offers an art scholarship to give professional artists the opportunity to start, continue or complete projects. The scholarship is limited to six months, begins on March 1, 2025 at the earliest and ends on December 31, 2025 at the latest. The presentation of a work […]

Rüdiger Giebler in Halle (Saale)

Special exhibition on the occasion of Moritz Götze’s 60th birthday “Once around Halle. A walk with Moritz Götze, Christian Lohse (photos) and Rüdiger Giebler.”

Annette Funke in Plauen

Icons” exhibition Ikonen focuses on ambivalent figures that can be read ambiguously. Mother, warrior, goddess trigger ambivalent feelings and challenge us to position ourselves. Many points of view are possible, revealing different perspectives. Each placed in the center of the picture, they determine the created scenery and reflect historically evolved stereotypes, social narratives and ideals. […]

Petra Reichenbach in Annaburg

The art book “Starke Frauen in der Lichtenburg” was nominated by the Stiftung Buchkunst as “Germany’s Most Beautiful Regional Book”. We would like to celebrate this with a special kind of book presentation: on Sunday, 27.10.2024 from 10 a.m. we invite you to the Annaburger Porzellaneum for a story breakfast “Strong women in Lichtenburg”. Around […]

Line Jastram, Roland Köhler, Sabine Kunz and Jörg Riemke in Radewell

MOVIMENTO – Künstlerhaus Goldener Pflug in action – Exhibition | Workshops | Music

Judith Runge and Alexandra Stein in Berlin

VII International Bad Video Art Festival OPEN CALL

We are looking for videos that are at the intersection of bad art, bad painting, and bad cinema. We propose to study extreme forms of video art and single out certain works as bad videos or “B-videos”. Join us if you are interested in the issue of quality and boundaries in art. This year, the […]

STUDIO TALKS 24/25

WHAT6 joint online meetings and two individual online discussions over a period of 6 months. The meetings and one-to-one discussions accompany the artistic work in the studio through exchanges between colleagues, the thematic focus on topics that are important to the participants and through reflection opportunities, whichcan be individually deepened between the meetings. An intensive […]

New artist calendar by Dieter Gilfert

Calendar “amoreros 2025” now available Size: 30X21cm (portrait format) Offset print spiral binding-signed Circulation: 250 Price: 25,-€ plus possible shipping costs