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A summer academy in cooperation with the Alfred Toepfer Foundation

Marketing strategies for visual artists The Summer Academy provides artists with basic knowledge about the art market and the profession of artist. The central theme of the academy is the development of a personal strategy for marketing one’s own work. The summer academy takes place at the Gut Siggen seminar center of the Alfred Toepfer […]


Workshop “From creative mind to successful entrepreneur”

This workshop focuses on your entrepreneurial identity and a holistic view of your start-up. Who do you want to be as an entrepreneur and what attitude do you want to work with? What do you stand for – and what don’t you stand for? How do you create sustainable and authentic connections with your customers […]


Online lecture “Time management – strategies for more focus and productivity”

On 22 April from 10 to 11 a.m., we are organizing the online lecture “Time management – strategies for more focus and productivity”. The speaker will be psychologist Elvira Kuslij. You can join us via this link: April 22, 10-11 a.m., online lecture: Time management – strategies for focus and productivitywith Elvira Kusliy Join the […]


Creative Europe CULTURE: European cooperation projects

2025 Open Call for Applications With the funding area “European Cooperation Projects”, the EU supports cultural projects in which organizations from at least three different eligible countries work together and find European solutions to current challenges. The partner consortium consists of an applicant organization (coordinator) and at least two other cultural institutions (partners). Application deadline: […]


Free studio space in the Forum Gestaltung in Magdeburg

Since summer 2019, the association Forum Gestaltung e. V. has been responsible for the further programmatic development and management of the entire quarter of the former Magdeburg School of Arts and Crafts. The building complex has around 8,000 square meters of enclosed space and an inner courtyard. In addition to promoting art and culture, the […]


Places still available: Art flea market at the Scherzer Gallery

The date for the art flea market at Galerie Paul Scherzer has now been set! On Labor Day (1.5.) you can haggle for art and art supplies for little money in the gallery. There are still places/tables available! So if you would like to take part yourself, please get in touch by e-mail. Location: Galerie […]


Online: Individual start-up advice with a focus on funding opportunities

This consultation is all about your start-up process: Where are you right now? What are the next steps and what do you need to take them successfully? Steffen Ahrens gives you honest feedback on your start-up ideas and business models, helps you to implement them and supports you in preparing for market entry. He also […]


Designing Tomorrow action day at the Designhaus Halle

The world is developing rapidly – new technologies, changing ways of working, new challenges and fresh ideas are opening up exciting opportunities. Instead of just watching, we want to play an active role in shaping it. “Designing Tomorrow” stands for exactly that: shaping the future with creative concepts and innovative design while rethinking our own […]


Workshop – Learning to negotiate

Salary, prices, agreements – we have to negotiate a lot. But how do we do it well? With arguments or with tricks? With pressure or by giving in? Instead of dealing with clichés and myths about negotiating, in this workshop we look at our own goals and practise achieving a good result together with the […]


W2-Professorship for Artistic Practice in the Foundation Class of the Visual Arts Program

University of Kassel limited to six years Application deadline: April 15, 2025


Error at the KSK – Why thousands of artists were suddenly no longer covered by health insurance

The Künstlersozialkasse enables self-employed creative professionals to access statutory social insurance. However, due to an error during a system changeover, around 30,000 of those affected were temporarily deregistered from the health insurance funds.


“Culture makes democracy strong”

Dear interested parties, My name is Nicole Thies, I run the “Kultur macht stark” advice center at the .lkj) Saxony-Anhalt. I would like to cordially invite you to the event “Culture makes democracy strong” on Thursday, March 27, 2025, 1:00 to 4:30 p.m., in the Francke Foundations, Orphanage (House 1), America Room, Franckeplatz 1, 06110 […]


Survey: “Making a living from art. The economic and social situation of visual artists”

From February 18 to April 30, 2025, all visual artists living in Germany are invited to take part in the survey “Von der Kunst zu leben. The economic and social situation of visual artists”. The survey, which takes place at regular intervals, is being carried out this year for the first time on behalf of […]


W3-Professorship Game and Learning Design

Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle Application deadline: April 17, 2025


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 […]


Workshop “Between role clichés and rebellion” in Quedlinburg

Workshop: between role clichés and rebellion – women in art historyMuseum Lyonel Feininger, Quedlinburg | March 22, 2025 The Museum Lyonel Feininger invites you to the interdisciplinary workshop “Between Role Clichés and Rebellion: Women in Art History and their Representations”. The event offers an in-depth examination of the role of women in art – both […]


Call for proposals KUNSTFONDS_Werkverzeichnung

Visual artists, artist duos and their legal successors can apply for funding to create a digital catalog raisonné until May 31, 2025. The KUNSTFONDS_Werkverzeichnung funding program promotes the digital documentation of artistic life’s work that is of supra-regional importance and high artistic relevance. All measures that are necessary to implement the catalog raisonné are eligible […]


Chiaroscuro

Photographers are invited to submit their work for Chiaroscuro: The Art of Light and Shadow – a curated exhibition celebrating the striking interplay of light and dark. This exhibition explores the timeless power of contrast and how light and shadow shape emotion, narrative and visual impact. From dramatic silhouettes to subtle tonal gradations, we are […]


Barcelona Experimental Hub

The Barcelona Experimental Hub Open Call invites photographers and artists worldwide to submit their creative, alternative and experimental photography projects. This open call offers a unique opportunity to explore the future of photography – without thematic restrictions – allowing for a wide range of innovative and unconventional work. Whether you are an established professional or […]