Deadline: 31 January 2025
The Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations is seeking applications for its 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.
Benefits
- Financial contributions are made for:
- Travel and subsistence expenses, such as flight, travel and accommodation costs as well as credit card fees and per diem costs according to the Bundesreisekostengesetz (BRKG).
- Travel and work stays from transition and developing countries to or in Germany, e.g. Exhibitions, performances, artist-in-residence programs, workshops, preparatory and research trips, international events such as symposia, conferences and lectures.
- German cultural workers or cultural workers who have been living in Germany for at least five years can apply for travel and work stays years within or into transition and developing countries for holding events such as performances, artist-in-residence programs, workshops, preparatory or research trips, international events such as symposia, conferences or lectures.
- Cultural workers who come from a transition or developing country can also apply for travel costs for exhibitions in Germany.
Eligibility Criteria
- 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.
Application Requirements
- Invitation from the foreign cultural or exhibition institution.
- Description of the cultural or exhibition institution.
- CVs for all applicants for which funding is requested.
- Visual material of the project to be funded and/or of previous artistic work.
- Three quotations for the cost of airfare based on current fares.
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