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Joseph and Anna Fassbender Prize 2025
In 2025, the Joseph and Anna Fassbender Prize will be awarded for the 35th time. Works from the fields of printmaking and hand drawing are eligible. There is no age limit. The prize is endowed with 1,500 euros. The prizewinner is given the opportunity to hold a two-week exhibition in Brühl. The expert jury consists […]
Kompass program for solo self-employed
Working aid for solo self-employed persons as part of the ESF Plus program “COMPASS – Compact help for solo self-employed persons” for the use of the Z-EU-S funding portal. Z-EU-S stands for “Grants from the European Social Fund Plus” and is the digital funding portal for project sponsors that supports the application for and settlement […]
Fellowship for Artists and Cultural Practitioners
Scuola Piccola Zattere welcomes applications for the selection of one participant to the thematic-based fellowship program, which will take place during the first season of activity, titled ‘One Year Score’. The purpose of the open call is to select one fellow who will be able to carry out their artistic and/or research activities, for three […]
WAYS – Fair and sustainable international partnerships
Many cultural institutions in Germany are now increasingly working with international partners. There is a growing demand to make these partnerships fairer and more sustainable. In addition to joint artistic work, it is becoming increasingly important to enter into a dialog about different expectations, interests and decision-making processes. How, for example, do German and international […]
Tender for the design of artworks for the European Commission in Luxembourg
Call for proposals for the design and realization of one or more artistic works. The procedure consists of two phases: – a first phase with a call for applications and a selection procedure for candidates; – a second phase with tenders.The information and conditions required for submitting an application can be found on the public […]
Open Call: HELMUTBeing brave / courageous
In 2026, we are dedicating our exhibition program to the theme of courage and the question of how we can remain strong together, show solidarity and stand our ground against repression in politically difficult times. We are looking for artistic positions in all media that deal with courage, cohesion and empowerment – whether painting, photography, […]
Corona aid: State suspends IB payment claims for the time being
26.06.2025 Saxony-Anhalt is suspending payment requests for the time being due to the initial results of the feedback procedure for examining the Corona emergency aid. By launching the feedback procedure, the state of Saxony-Anhalt followed the binding requirements of the federal government to review all approved coronavirus emergency aid. A large number of responses have […]
BBK stand at KUNST/MITTE: Call for help!
The BBK Saxony-Anhalt would like to set up an information stand again at the Magdeburg Kunst/Mitte trade fair at the end of August – we need your help! Last year, our board took over the entire shifts on a voluntary, unpaid basis. This time this is not possible for various reasons such as vacation, own […]
Open Call: The art of climate communication
How do I win people over to climate protection? The climate crisis is the biggest challenge of our time – and yet many people feel powerless to prevent it. How can we address the issue of global warming without overwhelming people? How can we reach people, touch them and motivate them to act? Climate communication […]
Open Call – FEAR – LESS – HOPE
FEAR – LESS – HOPE is a traveling exhibition and exchange project organized by Tsvetaeva Centre at the University of Freiburg in collaboration with DELPHI_space (Freiburg) and partner institutions in Armenia, such as HayArt Centre At the intersection of emotional and philosophical reflection, socio-political analysis, and imagination, the project invites artists and cultural practitioners to […]
OPEN CALL | AiR Green
AiR Green and Norwegian Textile Artists (NTK) announces an artist-in-residence opportunity for artists whose work relates to textile media. The residency is at Søndre Green farm in Noresund, at the foot of the Norefjell mountain range in Krødsherad Municipality, Buskerud County, Norway. With this residency, NTK aims to create an arena for concentration and in-depth […]
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 village in […]
ABA Air Berlin Alexanderplatz
Air Berlin Alexanderplatz (ABA) offers research-based residencies with a program focused on collective and experimental knowledge production alongside direct engagement with Berlin’s artistic and cultural landscape. The ABA Air residency program is open to interdisciplinary artists, curators, and academics. The focus of the residency is primarily on research, knowledge exchange and experimentation. The program offers […]
Willingshausen Scholarship
The Willingshausen scholarship offers space and time for concentrated work in a rural setting, the opportunity to exhibit in a professional exhibition space, and the production of a publication. What do we offer? 3 months residency in Willingshausen(February – May or September-November 2026)Studio rooms in the Weltkulturhaus WillingshausenAccommodation in the Hirtenhaus*Exhibition in the Kunsthalle WillingshausenScholarship […]
OPEN CALL | Half Wind, Half Still
Explores the concept of “unfinished” as both a creative ethic and generative strategy. Rather than being seen as a flaw, the unfinished reflects a deeper understanding of artistic practice- not as a fixed endpoint, but as an open, evolving process.Situated in the tension between movement and stillness, artistic creation oscillates, resists, and continuously transforms. “Unfinished” […]
Residency in Vaasa Finland
THEME: Practices of resistance, acts of repair This residency invites participants to explore the interconnected ideas of resistance and repair – not as fixed categories, but as evolving, relational practices that shape how we respond to the world around us. To resist is often to repair. It is to hold together what threatens to fall […]
Q18: Open Call for artists
Artistic dialog in space – site-specific, dialogical artistic intervention in interior spaces The Quartier am Hafen invites artists and artist groups to submit concepts for site- and dialog-related artistic work at Q18. Q18 is the exhibition space of the Atelierhaus and is located on the first floor. We are looking for a joint project in […]
OPEN CALL “DATING ALIENS”
This year, we’re launching an OPEN CALL to connect with two new artistic positions. Under the theme DATING ALIENS, we’ll be landing at PARALLEL VIENNA (September 10-14, 2025), and we’re inviting you to shape the space with us in a collaborative exhibition. 💚 Good to know.– You’re welcome to apply either individually or as a […]
paper positions vienna
The second edition of paper positions vienna is hosted from 13 – 16 November 2025 in the impressive halls of the Semper Depot (Studio Building of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna), located in the heart of Vienna, Lehárgasse 8, 1060 Vienna. paper positions is the only art fair at which the participating galleries present […]
Collateral Exhibitions – The Kochi Biennale Foundation Collateral Exhibitions
These exhibitions will be independently conceptualized and executed by the applicants during the Biennale period (December 2025 to March 2026). An independent, international jury will review the proposals and select the participants. Please note that group exhibitions are preferred. For eligibility criteria, participation fee and more details, please see the link in bio. To apply, […]