Open Calls


Digital And Creative Economy” program

With the Digital Creativity program from the “Digital And Creative Economy” program, Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt is announcing a new round of funding. This 3rd competition round ends on December 20, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. or after 130% of the projects expected to be financed from the planned funds have been reached. Application deadline: December 20, 2024


Day of the Printing Arts 2025

Dear colleagues, dear artists, dear people interested in the Day of Printmaking,With almost 400 events on the Day of Printmaking, this year’s program was bigger than ever before. In addition, the BBK annual project ZEITGLEICH ZEITZEICHEN was dedicated to contemporary and experimental printmaking. Here, 30 BBK associations participated with over 300 artists. We can therefore […]


LOCAL

The model program “LOKAL – Program for Culture and Engagement”, which is open to applications, supports the establishment of at least 26 long-term networks in cities and municipalities with fewer than 100,000 inhabitants throughout Germany. Up to 240,000 euros are available per project for four years. The overall program will be implemented from 2024 to […]


Open Call – Serendipity – About finding and searching

A group exhibition in July 2025 in the project space “BLECH.” Am Steintor 19, 06112 Halle (Saale) For a joint exhibition, we are looking for positions that see themselves as artistic research. Art that is based on research, art is used for research or Art whose products are research. The non-profit art association “Raum für […]


Culture and Creativity for the Western Balkans: Small Grants for Individuals in Western Balkans

The Culture and Creativity for the Western Balkans (CC4WBs) project, funded by the European Union, is focused on fostering dialogue and reconciliation in the Western Balkans by enhancing the cultural and creative sectors for increased socio-economic impact. Through this Public Call for Small Grants, the CC4WBs project aims to fill some funding gaps and to […]


Arts Triennial 2025 “Project Social Dive”

Chiba City Arts Triennale (main period September – November 2025) is calling for applications from international artists for the ‘Project Social Dive’, an open call inviting artists to immerse themselves in the city of Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The mission of this project is to ‘dive’ actively into the community and establish deep connections with […]


CURRENT – ART AND URBAN SPACE

CURRENT – KUNST UND URBANER RAUM is a transdisciplinary festival that takes place every two years in Stuttgart. CURRENT develops exemplary formats to experimentally explore artistic forms, strategies and practices in the context of the city. The third edition of CURRENT – KUNST UND URBANER RAUM will take place from June 26 to July 27, […]


German-Czech Future Fund

Do you have ideas that strengthen the German-Czech neighborhood and bring it to life? The German-Czech Future Fund supports organizations and individuals. Next application deadline! 31.12.2024 Application deadline for projects with a term from April 2025. Preparation and submission of applications: Applications are submitted via our online portal. Before completing the form, please note a […]


Berlin: Open Call for an exhibition concept in the gatehouses

A cooperation between artspring berlin and the art project STRouX STRouX, an exhibition project at Atelierhaus Prenzlauer Promenade, invites artists to develop their ideas for three former porter’s lodges. These boxes, located at the entrances, passageways and staircases B, C and D, are identical glass rooms, each with an area of 8 square meters. They […]


Open Call “TRANSFORMERS”

Exhibition with program in Berlin 28.2. 7 pm – 11.4.2025, 7 pm, Tue. and Fri. 5-8 pm In a public call for entries, we are inviting international artists to submit contributions for the theme described below for a group exhibition in our exhibition spaces. The climate crisis and the extinction of species are progressing. Humanity […]


International Open Call for ARToulu art area

International Open Call for the ARToulu art area, for artwork by visual artists – art in public space in Oulu, the European Capital of Culture for the year 2026 The European Capital of Culture 2026 brings us Oulu’s new ARToulu art area, where art will pop up and surprise you in unexpected places. Dozens of […]


Parenting Artist Residency 2025

Building on Satellite, the successful pilot residency run in collaboration with The Mothership Project, Cow House Studios, with the support of Wexford County Council is offering a two-week residency designed specifically for parenting artists, from 14 to 27 April 2025 in Enniscorthy, Ireland. The Parenting Artist Residency makes it possible for awarded artists to dedicate […]


Confidence & light of hope: an art competition full of good wishes

We believe in the healing, comforting and strengthening effect of art, even in the most difficult phases of life. The children we care for with their families at the Children’s Palliative Care Center suffer from life-threatening, often very rare diseases. We care for many patients for years, some only towards the end of their lives. […]


Residencies for Artists, Writers and Researchers

The Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) announces its inaugural Artist Residencies program. The residency program invites applications from artists, writers and researchers across the globe and the residencies are scheduled from 3 February to 30 March 2025 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Participants will have the opportunity to engage deeply with the Tashkent community, exploring local heritage […]


Goethe-Institut: Research trips for curators

Curators who wish to deepen their knowledge of international contemporary art and network with the German and foreign art scene can apply to the Goethe-Institut for funding for research trips abroad. The maximum grant per research trip for travel and/or accommodation costs is usually 5,000 euros. Trips starting in 2025 should lead to an exhibition […]


General project funding from the Federal Cultural Foundation

In the area of general project funding, artists can apply twice a year for funding for projects in all artistic fields, for visual and performing arts, literature, music, dance, film, photography, architecture or new media. The Federal Cultural Foundation’s General Project Funding is characterized by the fact that it is not limited to funding a […]


Promotion: (K)ein Kunststück – promoting power sharing in the cultural sector

The nationwide call for proposals by the Anne Frank Educational Center is aimed at cultural institutions that want to address anti-Semitism and racism and actively implement power sharing in their own institutions. From March 2025, 5 selected cultural institutions will be supported in this process for 1.5 years. For all those interested, there is a […]


Promotion: Active together for inclusion

Inclusion means creating a diverse and open society in which everyone can participate in social life regardless of individual differences. The funding is intended to help create additional opportunities for inclusive encounters in order to make inclusion a tangible experience. In this funding program, Aktion Mensch supports inclusive projects in the areas of “education and […]


Funding program “EUJA! Initiative projects for the Capital of Culture year”

Under the title “EUJA! Initiative projects for the European Capital of Culture year”, the funding program supports projects in the 30 intervention areas, the urban development project of the European Capital of Culture, as well as initiatives throughout the city and in the digital space. The program is based on three pillars. The special fund […]


pik Program for Inclusive Art Practice of the German Federal Cultural Foundation

What is promoted in spades? The “pik” program aims to improve the working situation of artists with disabilities: cultural institutions are to be encouraged and further empowered to work inclusively and hire artistic staff with disabilities. The aim is to accompany a necessary change in cultural institutions that will benefit all artists: In a society […]