Open Calls


frei-raum – Exhibition and Gallery Funding of the Art Foundation Saxony-Anhalt

With the “frei-raum” funding program, the Art Foundation supports exhibition projects on contemporary art. The program includes the possibility of applying for an annual plan for a gallery in addition to individual exhibition projects and exhibition blocks. Funding is provided for exhibition projects that create communication and exchange between artists and the public and place […]


daring – short film funding from the Art Foundation Saxony-Anhalt

With the “dare-courageous” short film program, the Arts Foundation aims to support young filmmakers in particular in the production of films. The project to be funded can be fiction, animation and documentary films as well as experimental forms of documentary and fictional film. Funding is available for all genres. In principle, the program supports short […]


Project funding from the Saxony-Anhalt Art Foundation

Project grants can be applied for by individuals (natural persons) or legal entities (e.g. associations, foundations under public law, companies, etc.). Artists’ collectives or groups should check whether it makes sense to set up a GbR or whether an individual should take on the application and the associated rights and obligations. Within the framework of […]


Open Call for Art: Theme NUDE

Everyone is welcome to apply, regardless of your background and stage of career. Submission is always free, and only after we send you a confirmation, you will be asked to pay a participation fee. With each exhibition you will automatically be considered for our prizes! (1st place: free solo virtual exhibition, 2nd place: free virtual […]


CLAIM Culture makes you strong. Alliances for education: “We can do art” – AUGUST/SEMPTEMBER 2024

Under the title “We can do art”, the Bundesverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler e. V. (BBK), as a program partner of the BMBF, supports art projects of local alliances that are carried out by professional visual artists for children and young people whose educational opportunities are limited. In the projects, classical artistic techniques such as […]


Otto Ditscher Prize 2025 for book illustration

Every four years, the Rhein-Pfalz district awards the Otto Ditscher Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of book illustration. The prize is endowed with EUR 7,500. In addition, a prize of EUR 1,500 will be awarded to book illustrators under the age of 40. The illustrations to be submitted must deal with one of […]


LIGHTGATE @ CoSy-Festival – Urgent search for visual artists

From 08.08. Until 12.08.2024, an extraordinary art exhibition will take place at Dornburg Castle on the Elbe near Magdeburg as part of the CoSy Festival (approx. 500 participants). CoSy is an acronym that stands for “Contrasts in Symbioses”. Through performing, visual and media art, we, the CREATOR e.V., want to show contrasts (e.g. traditional art […]


OPEN CALL OSTRALE Biennale

O25 – 15th International Exhibition of Contemporary Arts7. 6. – 5. 10. 2025 | Dresden, robotron-Kantine For the 15th time, the OSTRALE – Centre for Contemporary Art is organizing its international exhibition of contemporary art, in 2025 from 7 June to 5 October, in the robotron canteen in the heart of Dresden and at other […]


Frau*Now – Women start up now!

We want to strengthen female entrepreneurship in Halle (Saale) and the surrounding area. Let’s make room for creative women and turn dreams into reality together. Frau*Now is aimed at women of all ages, backgrounds and educational levels. We accompany you from brainstorming to the growth phase. In this project, we are focusing primarily on networking […]


Funding for art and cultural projects

Non-profit recognized legal entities and natural persons with their place of business or residence in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt can apply to the East German Savings Banks Foundation for funding for art and cultural projects. Funding is provided for projects in the fields of visual arts, music, literature, theater and monument preservation. The […]


Project funding Visual arts project fund

With the Visual Arts Project Fund, the Goethe-Institut supports the international networking of artists from Germany and around the world. It promotes projects that engage in artistic and curatorial cooperation across national and continental borders. The fund thus offers the opportunity to work on cross-border discourses and research issues in complex and supra-regional projects and […]


OPEN CALL FOR RESIDENCY AT BULEGOA Z/B

The objective of this call is to facilitate the production of art and knowledge at different stages and levels at Bulegoa z/b. The residency, which is open to artists and researchers, will last for a month and include space and discursive and financial resources. The residency will take place in 2025 and includes two public […]


VI. SUMMER ACADEMY GRÖDEN

FOR DRAWING AND WOOD SCULPTURE// JULY 22 – AUGUST 03, 2024 For the sixth time this year, the La Veta association is organizing the Val Gardena Summer Academy, a two-week course programme focusing on drawing, sculpture and casting in the heart of the South Tyrolean Dolomites. The Summer Academy is dedicated to artists, sculptors, art […]


Open Call Exhibition Gallery Group Motto

For our second Season September-December 2023 we are looking for artists who want to participate in our group shows.There will be a total of 4 exhibitions. We are searching for 5-10 positions for each exhibition. September: HouseOctober: SexNovember: MachineDecember: Garden Please include to your application: portfolio, CV, (short) artist statement, work/project description including sketch (or […]


Application for the 15th brau.ART

This year’s 15th brau.ART will take place from September 6 to 22, 2024. Artists from the fields of fine arts and design are invited to explore the theme of REFLEXIONS. Applications should preferably be submitted online using the application form. The decision on the application is made by the curatorial team. There is no legal […]


Call for proposals Program 2025 Art Pavilion & New Gallery

Chronopolitical explorations With the annual theme Chronopolitical Explorations, the Künstler:innen Vereinigung Tirol 2025 is dedicated to the assumption that narratives and developments are influenced by social, political and economic (power) structures. Depending on the location of an individual or a group, these developments take different courses and therefore cannot be subjected to a linear narrative. […]


Open Call: Disappearance: What remains?

The experimental project space “Stockwerk” is located in the E-Werk Weimar, a Gesamtkunstraum in the middle of the city. The concept for the year 2024 revolves around the theme of “disappearance”. This term is linked to the various facets of cultural, political and social events in the history of mankind. With this project, we want […]


OPEN CALL – Kunstfest Zeitz 2024

Call for participation in the Zeitz Art Festival from 06.-08.09.2024 The Kunstverein Zeitz e.V. invites all artists from Zeitz, the Burgenlandkreis and Central Germany and with a connection to Zeitz to apply for participation in the Kunstfest Zeitz. Eligible to participate are visual artists from Zeitz and the surrounding area or with a connection to […]


Open Call: Art auction on the occasion of the Court Art Night

This year, the 3rd HofKunstNacht of the Lions Club Halle an der Saale will take place in the Moritzburg courtyard in September 2024. This is a charity eventduring which an auction will be held for the purposes of the Lions organization in the city of Halle. By sharing the proceeds, we also want to directly […]


Open Call: We are looking for exhibition projects & D21/Solo for the annual program 2025/26 “ALIEN”

The D21 Kunstraum sees itself as a platform and field of experimentation for local and international artists. He shows group and solo exhibitions on socially relevant themes, primarily in the fields of new media, performance, photography and installation. As part of its annual theme ALIEN, the D21 Kunstraum is looking for exhibition projects that deal […]