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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. […]


Elfi Nitze in Magdeburg

Exhibition “Dismantled and in flux” To the artist’s website: ELFI NITZE – Home


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 […]


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 […]


W2 professorship “Fine Arts with a focus on sculpture in context”

Braunschweig University of Art Application deadline: December 14, 2025


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 […]



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 […]


Call for proposals for the Art Light Night 2026, Ravensburg

” Temporary ZonesKAPUZINER – Raum für Kunst, Kultur und Soziales e.V. is organizing the 2nd Art Light Night Ravensburg, an art festival as part of the Ravensburg Festival of Lights, in collaboration with the Urbane Kultur e.V. project fund. The motto in 2026 is “Temporary Zones”. We are looking for formats that can be shown […]


Open Call: Tiny Spaces Deep Connections

The call for artists for the second year of residencies is now open. Deadline for applications is the end of 2025. DOWNLOAD THE OPEN CALL DETAILS PDF Who are we looking for? Artists and creatives (resident in EU or Creative Europe countries) who focus on process-led and site-specific creation. There is no restriction to specific […]


Maja Arte Contemporanea Artist Residency 2026

The Maja Arte Contemporanea Artist Residency 2026 call is open to female artists born after December 31, 1985 who express their creativity through drawing, painting, photography, video, sculpture, or other visual art forms. The Artist awarded the Residency will have exclusive use of a self-contained, fully furnished apartment for the entire month of May 2026. […]