Top Art Fellowships 2025

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Deadline

Mar 11, 2025

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DokKa Research Fellowship

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Sound / Video
Duration:
Theme: Artistic-documentary projects

Grant

5,000 €

Location

Karlsruhe
Germany

Eligibility conditions

Resident of Austria, Germany, Switzerland

Deadline

Mar 15, 2025

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Eduard Bargheer Stiftung

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Painting
Duration:

Grant

9,000 €

Location

Hamburg-Blankenese
Germany

Eligibility conditions

Born between 1995 (included) and 2007 (included)
Resident of Germany

Deadline

Mar 15, 2025

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Shift Stipend

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Sound / Painting / Drawing / Photography / Video / Graphic / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics
Duration: 1 year
Theme: Sustainability / Aesthetics of Access / Social Participation

Grant

1,200 € per month

Location

Stuttgart
Germany

Eligibility conditions

No students
Resident of Baden-Württemberg (DE)
Artists based in Stuttgart (DE)

Deadline

Mar 15, 2025

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Pina Bausch Fellowship

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Performance
Duration: 1 year
Theme: Dance and Choreography

Grant

2,500 € per month
Travel expenses

Location

Wuppertal
Germany

Eligibility conditions

No students
For all artists from the field of dance and choreography with at least 2 years of professional experience and/or with a formal degree - all dance forms are welcome

Deadline

Mar 18, 2025

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Berlin Research Stipend

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Sound / Painting / Drawing / Photography / Video / Graphic / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics / Curatorial
Duration: 4 months

Grant

8,000 €

Location

Berlin
Germany

Eligibility conditions

No students
Resident of Berlin (DE)

Deadline

Mar 24, 2025

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Landeshauptstadt München - Stipendien für Bildende Kunst

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Sound / Painting / Drawing / Photography / Video / Graphic / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics
Duration:

Grant

8,000 €

Location

Munich
Germany

Eligibility conditions

No students
Resident of Bayern (DE)
For emerging artists based in Munich (DE)

Deadline

Mar 28, 2025

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Cologne Scholarships for Young Artists

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Sound / Painting / Drawing / Photography / Video / Graphic / Installation / Performance / Sculpture
Duration: 1 year

Grant

12,000 €
Exhibition

Location

Cologne
Germany

Eligibility conditions

No students
Born between 1990 (included) and 2007 (included)
Resident of Nordrhein-Westfalen (DE)

Deadline

Mar 31, 2025

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Cranach Stipend

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Painting / Drawing / Photography / Video / Graphic / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics
Duration: 1 month
Theme: Cranach Workshop

Grant

700 € per month
Accommodation and access to the Cranach workshop

Location

Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Germany

Eligibility conditions

Deadline

Apr 15, 2025

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BBK Landesverband Bayern - Atelierprogramm

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Sound / Painting / Drawing / Photography / Video / Graphic / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics
Duration: 1 year

Grant

8,000 € per year

Location

Munich
Germany

Eligibility conditions

Resident of Bayern (DE)

Deadline

May 26, 2025

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Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt - Arbeitsstipendien

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Sound / Painting / Drawing / Photography / Video / Graphic / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics
Duration: 6 months

Grant

1,500 € per month

Location

Halle (Saale)
Germany

Eligibility conditions

No students
Resident of Sachsen-Anhalt (DE)

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