Open Calls


Museum makes you strong

For applications for project funding from the German Museums Association as part of the funding initiative “Kultur macht stark. Alliances for Education” (2023 – 2027) of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The aim of the project is to introduce children and young people between the ages of 5 and 18, who have […]


No end to the road: Rethinking the cultural landscape – Fellowship in Witten

Do you see the digitalization of the cultural scene as more than just a livestream from the theater? Do you want to experiment with new media formats? Network with other artists and cultural professionals? And work with them to create experiential spaces for new post-digital forms of expression? Then come to Witten in 2025 as […]


Wiebke Kirchner: „I NURSED“, 2022 (Detail)

Workshop MATERNAL FANTASIES in Halle

Participatory performance and regional network meeting on art and parenthoodon 13. November 2024 von 10:00 bis 16:00 Uhr A hybrid event organized by the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. and Dornrosa e.V. Halle. For artists who have children, the art world is full of structural hurdles. Parenthood and freelancing are difficult to reconcile and this […]


© Annett Hoffmann

Application for the Advent gallery at hr. butcher kiosk

THE KIOSK, THE CHRISTMAS COOKIE As every year in December, the kiosk on Reileck becomes a Christmas cookie. From December 6 to 23, 2024, passers-by can purchase beautiful, selected products to admire and purchase in the Christmas kiosk. If you would also like to apply as an exhibitor for the Christmas cookie, please send us […]


Call for entries for the “Handwerk & Design” 2025 trade fair

From March 12 to 16, 2025, “Handwerk & Design” in Munich will once again open its doors and invite the crème de la crème – especially you – to present yourself in the field of arts and crafts and design. 70% of the space has already been allocated – a clear sign of the enormous […]


CuxPaperArt25: “VISION PAPER”

CuxPaperArt25: “VISION PAPER” – Call for entries A paper art exhibition with French participation at Schloss Ritzebüttel Cuxhaven from July 27 to October 12, 2025. The City of Cuxhaven, represented by the Mayor of Cuxhaven, is organizing an exhibition with paper as an artistic medium for the second time in 2025. Artists from Brittany are […]


Music and Visual Arts Residency 2025

Each September, Pioneer Works selects residents through an open call. Aided by a jury of experts and Alumni Residents, Pioneer Works welcomes residents who work outside existing models and ‘norms’ of their field and will benefit from the unique facilities and culture of the residency. As such, Pioneer Works shifts and evolves to reflect the […]


Residency for Visual Artists from Central Asia

With support from Delfina Foundation’s Network of Central Asia Patrons, the foundation is welcoming applications from contemporary visual artists from Central Asia for a residency in London. This 12-week residency will take place from March 31 to June 22, 2025, during Delfina Foundation’s spring residency season. Applicants must be a national of and/or currently living […]


The Arctic Circle

Artist and scientist led, The Arctic Circle is an annual expeditionary residency program. Established in 2009, The Arctic Circle brings together international artists of all disciplines, scientists, architects, and educators who collectively explore the high-Arctic Svalbard Archipelago and Arctic Ocean aboard a specially outfitted expedition vessel. The Arctic Circle provides a shared experience for its […]


Courses offered by the Saxony-Anhalt Media Authority

One of the main tasks of the Saxony-Anhalt Media Authority is to teach media skills. Competent use of media and orientation in a dynamically developing media world are regarded as core skills and are among the key skills of everyday and working life, regardless of a person’s age. For 23 years, the Media Competence Center […]


Open pop-up store at Halle (Saale) main station

A store in Halle (Saale) main station will be vacant from 2025. The owner, Deutsche Bahn, would like to establish this store as a pop-up store with changing tenants from the creative industries. The monthly net cold rent is around €800, but is negotiable. The store’s opening hours are also not tied to the station’s […]


Headwind – development fund for eastern Germany

The Amadeu Antonio Foundation provides up to 5,000 euros in its program Gegenwind – Förderfonds für Ostdeutschland (Headwind – Support Fund for Eastern Germany) to support initiatives that are committed to a democratic East Germany based on solidarity and against the growing influence of right-wing extremist forces. Applications and projects must be submitted by the […]


Project funding from the Playmobil Children’s Foundation

The Playmobil Children’s Foundation continuously supports projects in the areas of education, health, creativity and movement that have not yet been started. The Playmobil Children’s Foundation was established in 1995 by Horst Brandstätter (1933-2015). He was the owner of the Horst Brandstätter Group, to which the PLAYMOBIL brand also belongs. The aim of the foundation’s […]


InterCulturePowerArtArtPowerInterCulture

“InterKulturMachtKunst-KunstMachtInterKultur” promotes intercultural projects in various art forms from hip-hop and video installation to classical theater or everyday culture, etc.In terms of content, the projects reflect the diversity of people in everyday life and their living environment – for example, through the artistic examination of their own migration or refugee history or the diversity in […]


Kuboshow art fair in Herne

The KUBOSHOW KUNSTMESSE takes place in the Flottmann-Hallen, a former jackhammer factory, in the heart of the Ruhr region, in Herne. 74 young international artists show their latest works there in the fall. Around 50% of the participants change every year. The price level tends to be between € 5 and € 4,000. The program […]


Gold rush artist project

The Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt promotes the realization of outstanding artistic positions by women. It is an independent professional development project for female visual artists, which includes a one-year postgraduate professionalization course, an exhibition and public events. Each year, 15 female artists can take part. Application deadline: September 15, 2024


Close-up view of dirty paint brushes on aluminum tray, shallow DOF

Erlebnis Kunst Foundation / Project funding

The Erlebnis Kunst Foundation supports artistic and art education work in the fields of visual arts, theater, music and new media. In particular, projects that demonstrate a creative, innovative, original and reflective concept in dealing with art and interpretative experience are supported. The projects to be funded must show evidence of substantiated planning in terms […]


Open Call 2025: Residence for the Lichtenberg Studios

The residency project gives international artists, but also artists living in Berlin, the opportunity to live and work in a very interesting former East Berlin district and to gain their first impressions of Berlin and its art scenes. With a stay of usually one month, there is enough time for both. The project is primarily […]


Promotion of free art and culture in Leipzig

In 2025, the City of Leipzig will continue to fund non-profit, artistic and cultural institutions and projects that are independently run and open to the public. Applications must be received by the Cultural Office by September 1, 2024 for institutional funding and by September 30, 2024 for project funding. Contact us Cultural promotionThomasiusstraße 104109 Leipzig […]


Frappant e.V. Open Call 2025

Frappant e.V. is calling on artists, curators, designers, architects and activists to apply to Frappant Galerie with an exhibition concept for 2025. Frappant Galerie is a non-commercial exhibition space in the middle of a larger, cooperatively managed center for alternative culture, education, creative industries and social affairs in Hamburg-Altona. The Frappant Association has existed since […]