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“Civil and tax law for non-profit organizations”

Invitation from the Saxony-Anhalt regional office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung to a skills training course entitled: “Civil and tax law for non-profit organizations”, which will take place on 09.01.2025 (09-16.30) at the Hotel Kaiserhof, Bahnhofstr. 1-2, 06749 Bitterfeld-Wolfen takes place. The participation fee for this event includes the program and catering. It amounts to € 10.00 […]


Turn of the year 2024/25 at BBK Saxony-Anhalt

An eventful year with many trips to the Harz mountains is (almost) behind us. There wasn’t enough time for a hike, but there was enough time for in-depth discussions with art associations, museums, city councils and artists. Next year we will be visiting the Altmark and are already looking forward to new encounters. Many of […]


ZEITGLEICH ZEITZEICHEN postcard set

This publication is part of the BBK annual project ZEITGLEICH ZEITZEICHEN – Im Zeichen der zeitgenössischen experimentellen Druckkunst: This set of postcards highlights the diversity and creativity in the art of printing and draws attention to an art form rich in tradition that is characterized by craftsmanship and artistic expression. The print motifs show how […]


Further training and advice for the Alliance for Cultural Education

Cultural education is added value! Our nationwide survey at the beginning of 2023 revealed that freelance work in cultural education is highly underpaid across all sectors. 46.8% of those we surveyed earned below the poverty line for a single-person household (€1250 per month threshold 2023 D). The average net earnings of those surveyed here were […]


State capital workshop on art in public spaces

Together with citizens, city councillors and administrative staff, the workshop will look at different perspectives and provide space for wishes, suggestions and ideas. Registration is open until January 26 at www.magdeburg.de/beteiligung.


BBK members receive funding from the Saxony-Anhalt Art Foundation

On December 4, 2024, the Board of Trustees of the Art Foundation of the State of Saxony-Anhalt decided to support 33 artists and art projects. Important catalogs raisonnés, exciting films, a wide variety of visual arts, interesting literature projects – all of these projects were considered and can now be implemented. A total of 374,302.96 […]


Information on the introduction of eInvoicing

The EU Commission has set itself the goal of modernizing VAT law and combating VAT fraud in the EU more effectively. To this end, the structure of invoices is to be standardized across Europe in accordance with CEN standard EN 16931. Corresponding regulations are contained in the Growth Opportunities Act, which was approved by the […]


What remains empty when art funding comes to nothing?

The parties are currently forging their election programs in a hurry. It is urgently necessary to campaign now for the promotion of the visual arts and against the cuts to the Art Fund Foundation planned before the government crisis.For this reason, we have launched a social media campaign together with the Deutscher Künstlerbund, GEDOK, IKG […]


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 […]


Transparency survey 2024/25

Dear members of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt, The annual transparency survey among our members will run for the fourth time until the end of January 2025. The lists generated from the survey will be continuously updated and used to appoint BBK representatives to juries and other committees or to prepare the awarding of services. Specifically, the […]


INHABIT // Artist-in-Residence

The artist-in-residence program INHABIT invites artists from various disciplines to work with scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt. For a scientific research institute that deals with questions of aesthetics, the presence and challenging impulse of artistic work is of particular importance. The Institute regards the integration of artistic thinking and […]


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 […]



CO.Pilot – Mentoring program at the Designhaus Halle

As part of the “BURG Potentials” funding project, a new round of the CO.Pilot mentoring program will start in February 2025. Applications are open to self-employed people and start-up teams from the design industry based in Saxony-Anhalt. Mentors – experts in their field – share their experience, provide advice on solving specific issues and accompany […]


Open Call: Exhibition “Das ferne Land” for BBK members at Kunstraum Halle e.V.

Kunstraum Halle e.V. invites BBK members outside of Halle (Saale) to participate in the joint exhibition Das ferne Land. The aim is to present the artistic potential of the region and to offer a platform for exchange and networking among artists. Works from all genres of the visual arts – from painting to sculpture and […]


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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 | […]


ortung 14 – Schwabach Art Days under the sign of gold

loc. 14: August 9 to 24, 2025 In spring 2024, the Schwabach gold beating craft was included in the Bavarian State Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The art biennial ortung is building on this tradition and is organizing the art days under the motto “In the sign of gold”. What started as a regional event […]


Art competition “Art on refuse collection vehicles” 2nd round

As part of the Symposion Urbanum Nürnberg (SUN), the City of Nuremberg is holding an open art competition for the artistic design of refuse collection vehicles. Artists are invited to submit designs. From these submissions, the Advisory Board for Visual Arts will select the best designs, which will gradually be applied to the refuse collection […]


Linocut today XIII – Graphic design award of the city of Bietigheim-Bissingen

It’s that time of year again: every three years, the town of Bietigheim-Bissingen awards the “Linocut Today” printmaking prize, now in its thirteenth year. Founded in 1989, the prize has long since become an institution and has established itself as one of the most important international graphic design awards: its focus on a single technique […]


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Cross Innovation 2021 – 2027

from the “Digital And Creative Economy” program” With the Cross Innovation program, the state and the EU are promoting the formation and work of networks of companies in the creative industries, creative crafts and other sectors with the aim of developing innovative and new products and services. Who is supported? What is supported? Application deadline: […]