Deadline: 31 January 2024
The Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) is accepting applications for the Artists’ Contacts Programme to support the international cooperation of cultural actors.
Artists and cultural practitioners from Germany and from transformation or developing countries receive valuable support for projects in contemporary visual arts, architecture, photography, media art and design.
Applicants thereby receive the chance to network internationally and to advance the intercultural discourse between Germany and the global South.
Who can apply?
- Artists, curators, art educators, art theorists, architects and designers (as well as institutions) from developing and transition countries who want to carry out a project in Germany.
- Artists, curators, art educators, art theorists, architects and designers (as well as institutions) who want to carry out a project in a developing or transition country.
- Non-German artists, curators, art educators, art theorists, architects and designers (as well as institutions) who have been living in Germany for at least 5 years (proof of residency required) who want to carry out a project in a developing or transition country.
Requirements
- High quality standard of the planned artistic project.
- In the project, German art and culture workers and art and culture workers from developing and transition countries work together artistically and in terms of content.
- Artists and cultural workers who live in Germany but do not have German citizenship must prove how long they have been living in Germany. The minimum requirement is five years.
- Invitation from a non-commercial cultural or exhibition institution (no private gallery).
- The project project may not be realized in a commercial context. A sale of art excludes funding.
- Considerable financial and / or other own contributions by the issuing foreign institution.
For more information, visit ifa.
