BBK events


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. […]


Experimental Printmaking at the BBK Saxony-Anhalt

The portfolio project | The symposium | The workshop From April 4 to 27, 2025, the exhibition Experimental Printmaking from Saxony-Anhalt opens up new perspectives on printmaking. Eight artists – Marion Münzberg, Gert Burkard Büttner, Julienne Jattiot, Sebastian Harwardt, Elena Kiseleva-Arendt, Rainer Rausch, Christina Simon and Grit Wolf – will present works that were created […]


Musik- und Kunstschule Stendal,

BBK General Meeting 2025

This year’s general meeting will take place on Saturday, April 26, 2025. In line with the “Region in BBK Focus” format – this year it is the Altmark – we will be meeting far to the north in the Hanseatic city of Stendal. We are guests at the music and art school, which is within […]


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 […]


Foto: Romy Pfeiffer

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 […]


Experimental Printmaking at the BBK Saxony-Anhalt on March 15, 2025

Experimental Printmaking at the BBK Saxony-Anhalt on March 15, 2025 In a cooperation between Künstlerhaus 188 e.V. and BBK Sachsen-Anhalt e.V., the results of the symposium “Experimental Printmaking 2024” will be shown at Posa Monastery from March 8 to 30, 2025. In addition, 30 prints from the portfolio project initiated by the Bundes-BBK in 2024 […]


Foto: Matthias Behne, lautwieleise.de

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 […]


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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 “” […]


SAVE THE DATE Workshop “Art and Inclusion” on March 28, 2025

SEMINARChange of perspective: Inclusion in the visual artsA lot is happening in culture in Germany. It has become more sustainable, more diverse and more inclusive in recent years. Artists withphysical, mental and cognitive impairments can now be seen more frequently and as a matter of course on stage in particular; institutions are opening up to […]


Digital information event on 06.02.2025 on the call for proposals We can do art

The project office is offering a digital information event on the application process on the following date: 06.02.2025, 15:00-17:00 (registration by e-mail by 05.02., 14:00) The information event will take place via Zoom; you will receive the link with which you can dial into the event after you have registered. If you are interested, please […]


Save the date: Open studios on September 20 & 21, 2025

On the third weekend in September, i.e. September 20 and 21, 2025, the “Open Studios” will once again take place in Saxony-Anhalt. We hope that many artists from the various trades will once again open their doors to visitors, as they do every year, and invite you to save the date in your diary. Further […]


Foto: Matthias Ritzmann

Reminder: Admission of new members to the BBK Sachsen-Anhalt e.V.

The next recording session will take place on April 8, 2025 in Halle (Saale) at Galerie Paul Scherzer. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V., we look forward to receiving your application by March 15, 2025. If you have any questions, please contact us by e-mail or […]


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 […]


Meeting of the Cultural Education Working Group on February 17, 2025

On Monday, February 17, 2025 at 1 p.m., the Cultural Education Working Group will meet at the BBK office (Gr. Klausstr. 6, 06108 Halle). We would be delighted to hear of your interest in the working group and cordially invite you to attend. Please register by February 12 at .


Foto: Ruth Heftrig

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 […]


Future Vision Free Culture Part II on January 30

We would like to remind you of two dates right at the beginning of the year. A lot has been happening behind the scenes again. On the occasion of the Lord Mayor election on February 2, 2025, we have planned a second event format “Future Vision Free Culture” together with the Alliance, very similar to […]


Foto: Juliane Naumann Photography

Network meeting BBKarien Saxony-Anhalt in Dessau on February 4, 2025

The aim of the meeting could be to develop a common strategy/concept for all BBKarien or to consider which criteria the BBKarien have or should have in common. How could a rotation of artists be organized? An exchange of experiences between the regional groups would also be great and motivating. Participation without prior registration is […]


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 […]


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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 […]


Foto: Grit Wendelberger

Diemitz makes the puppets dance

Head: Grit WendelbergerProject partners: Bürgerstiftung Halle, Diemitz/Freiimfelde elementary school, Kulturwerk des BBK Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. In November 2024, the art project “Tell me something. A journey through stage sets and favorite stories” came to an end. In two plays, the children presented elaborately designed stage sets that told the story of the clever farmer’s daughter and […]