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Special fund for the rescue of affected cultural assets

We are following the devastating floods that have caused major damage in Germany in recent days with great concern. As cultural property is not spared in this situation, the Kulturstiftung der Länder has set up a special fund to rescue affected cultural property as part of the Action Fund for the Emergency Alliance for Culture. […]


Scholarship for art and inclusion

The scholarship is aimed at female visual artists who wish to further develop their skills in the context of inclusive cultural work. It offers plenty of scope for your own artistic projects and is linked to the expectation of contributing artistic impulses to the art therapy studio on site. The up to one-year grant is […]



W3 Professorship for Painting

University of the Arts Bremen Application deadline: June 27, 2024



Distributed Design Awards 2024

The Distributed Design Awards celebrate the creative, mind-shifting and responsible design responses to the post-industrial design paradigm. The Award recognizes multidisciplinary, innovative and sustainable designs from Europe’s makers, designers and creatives. They are looking for design projects that take the following into account: The Award is open to anyone working in the creative disciplines dealing […]


Call for participation in the HAL ART art fair extended

With the Moritzburg Art Museum, the Burg Giebichenstein Art Academy, the gallery scene and the art associations, the city of Halle (Saale) is a recognized art location. The HAL ART art fair, which has been organized since 2017, underlines this claim and offers a presentation opportunity for fine and applied arts, as well as design […]


© Discovery Art Fair

Discovery Art Fair – The art fair for explorers

Save the Date | November 1 – 3, 2024 | Opening October 31, 2024 Messe Frankfurt – Hall 1.2 (City Entrance) Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, 60327 Frankfurt am Main For the seventh time, the Discovery Art Fair presents young, contemporary art in the banking metropolis of Frankfurt am Main, the hub of Europe. On the first weekend […]


Open Call KUNST IM ÖFFENTLICHEN RAUM Tirol 2025

INTERFERENCE FACTORS “A disturbance denotes a shift in order, a change in structure, in balance, a disturbance that is documented on the surface.”Esther Kinsky in disturbances Disruptions as often unpleasant impairments and imperfections are an unavoidable part of our lives. When they make supposed gaps and empty spaces their own, disruptions can also be read […]


Open Call Art Festival aquamediale 16 – 2025 in the Spreewald

The 16th edition of the Spreewälder Kunstfestival aquamediale will take place in 2025. The Förderverein aquamediale e.V. has been commissioned by the district of Dahme-Spreewald to prepare the festival and is now launching an Open Call for Artists. The documents are attached. The 16th aquamediale is committed to examining the factors that influence the coexistence […]


FUTURE WORKSHOP DiVERSITY CHECK EAST/WEST

Contemporary discourses on migration and diversity in Germany are strongly influenced by Anglo-American contexts. An East German post-migrant perspective on diversity, or even Central Eastern European debates on these issues, are often ignored. As much as some struggles for recognition are and were justified at certain times – we would like to set out to […]


e.o.plauen competition for young talents for HANDRADING 2024

In cooperation with the City of Plauen, the e.o.plauen Society, the Forum K Gallery and Stadtwerke – Strom Plauen GmbH & Co. KG, the Plauen-Vogtland Art Association is organizing the competition for young artists for the seventh time in order to promote talented young artists in the field of HAND DRAWING. This competition takes place […]


Spotlight Awards

The Spotlight Awards are a competition with a unique focus on advertising talent. This is the 7th edition of the awards, the only photography competition to have a jury of potential clients for commercial photographers. Judges including Rodrigo Mitma, Creative Director at DDB Asia, Singapore; Abe Chuang, Creative Director at Mother, China; Echo Mah, VP, […]


Micro-grant program of the German Foundation for Commitment and Volunteering

DSEE funding program for structurally weak and rural areas Do your volunteers need an extra dose of recognition? Do you have a good idea for recruiting more volunteers for your initiative? You finally want to do this training and put your club work on a secure footing? You don’t need much, but you can’t do […]


German Neighborhood Award

Every day, people all over Germany get involved in their local communities. In this small way, they make a major and indispensable contribution to our society. This commitment deserves an award! The nebenan.de Foundation therefore launched the German Neighbourhood Award in 2017 to give more visibility to this important commitment and to recognize the diverse […]


BEQISA – Call for funding 2025 “Together – for a neighborhood worth living in”

The call for funding “Together – for a neighborhood worth living in” is intended to provide impetus for the development of age-appropriate neighborhoods, particularly in rural regions in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. The promotion of small-scale individual projects and measures is intended to contribute to the improvement of housing and the living environment, supply, social […]


MIXED UP kick-off promotion

The MIXED UP kick-off funding for unusual and new cooperation ideas poses questions such as: How can a cooperation between schools/daycare centers and cultural education partners be designed within a period of approx. 12 months? What processes are necessary for this? What goals should be pursued together? Unlike the Mixed Up Award, the Kick-Off funding […]


LensCulture Street Photography Awards

Are you ready to elevate your street photography from hidden treasures in your portfolio to celebrated art on a global stage? The LensCulture Street Photography Awards invite you to submit your most captivating photos and series, providing you with a unique platform to showcase the vibrant, pulsating life of your streets from around the world. […]


MIXED UP PRICE

For the MIXED UP Prize 2024 under the motto “Rewriting futures”, we are looking for successful partnerships between schools, all-day providers or daycare centers and actors in cultural education that enable young people to rewrite their futures. The participating projects and offerings address the challenges of our time, such as super-diversity, climate change, poverty, war, […]


Art & Environment Prize 2024

In 2023, Lee Ufan Arles and the House of Guerlain will jointly launch the Prix Art & Environnement, which will be awarded each year to a work of universal significance whose philosophical depth matches that of Lee Ufan. The connection to the environment resonates with the values that the House of Guerlain represents. Lee Ufan […]