Project grant “KunstKommunikation” 2026

Who can apply? – Prerequisites:
Artists with a completed academy/university education or comparable qualifications can apply for the “KunstKommunikation” project grant. There is no age limit.
Couples or groups who wish to conceive and implement joint projects are also eligible to apply.
There is no residency requirement, but a project-related residency period agreed with the management.

What is supported? – Description:
Funding is available for art projects with a communicative, participatory and/or site-specific character, which should take place in the entire region – in and around the DA, Kunsthaus and/or in the Steinfurt district (24 towns and municipalities).
This refers to

  • Site-specific art projects and art installations that deal specifically with the history, architecture, topography, ecology and the “inside and outside” of the respective locations, but also with the contemporary living and working environment of the region and the social contexts;
  • Community-oriented public art projects that focus on social and societal aspects, including participatory aspects;
  • Art projects that are not primarily result- and work-oriented, but rather process- and experience-oriented and that may be carried out in or with regional institutions (companies, associations, schools);
  • Works of art whose execution and production processes are characterized by the participation of artistic amateurs;
  • and/or artworks and installations that actively involve the public.

When and how? Structure and schedule:

  • Application deadline (project outlines and required documents)
    February 12, 2025 (date of postmark)
  • 1st jury meeting in mid-March 2025
    Selection of up to 15 projects for the ideas workshop
  • Ideas workshop from 10.04. – 12.04.2025; participation is mandatory
    Research, lectures, guided tours, discussions
  • Expected schedule:
    Thu. 10.04.: Arrival, getting to know each other, welcome, research and preparation
    Fri. 11.04.: Internal presentation of the project ideas to the board of trustees and competitors
    Sat. 12.04.: Individual consultations with the jurors
  • Submission of the completed project exposés in printed form and in digital form by 25.07.2025 (date of postmark)
  • Final judging at the end of August 2025
    Selection of projects to be implemented
  • Design exhibition – OUTLOOK!
    September 2025 until the end of February 2026
  • Project implementation from February 2026

The DA, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst reserves the right to change dates.

What must be submitted? – Conditions:
With the application, which must be submitted by the deadline of Wednesday, February 12, 2025 (the date of the postmark and e-mail receipt shall apply), the following documents must be submitted in analog and digital form in accordance with the following checklist:
The following documents must be sent digitally in one PDF with a maximum file size of 4 MB to:

  1. Completed application form including a statement of interest for the project scholarship “KunstKommunikation” (see template, download at da-kunsthaus.de)
  2. A project outline (max. 2 A4 pages). This should describe the idea of an artistic project that the artist/artist group would like to carry out in the DA. The project idea only needs to include the topic, the media and the approximate course of the project.
  3. Curriculum Vita (max. 1 page)
  4. Proof of previous artistic activity (portfolio/work samples; please select or compress accordingly so that the file size of the total PDF with points 1-4 remains under 4 MB)

Similarly, all the documents listed above (points 1-3) must be submitted as a loose, single-sided collection of A4 sheets WITHOUT folders, stapling, special binding/gluing, etc. You can provide your portfolio/work samples (point 4) with a simple stapling/binding. In addition, catalogs/project documentation can be enclosed with the submission by post:
DA, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst
attn. Onno Bargfrede
Klosterstr. 10 | 48477 Hörstel

Please do not submit originals or unique works. The DA, Kunsthaus assumes no liability for the submitted documents and they will definitely not be returned, not even with a stamped envelope!

Contact us

DA, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst
Klosterstr. 10, 48477 Hörstel
Tel.: 02551-694215

Closing date: February 12, 2025