Top Art Fellowships 2025

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Deadline

Sep 7, 2025

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Künstler:innenhaus Bremen - Visiting Curators

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Painting / Drawing / Photography / Video / Printmaking / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics
Duration:
Theme: Visiting Curators

Grant

Visiting Curators

Location

Bremen
Germany

Eligibility conditions

Resident of Bremen (DE)

Deadline

Sep 14, 2025

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BPA // Berlin Program for Artists - Mentorship

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Painting / Drawing / Photography / Video / Printmaking / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics
Duration: 2 years

Grant

Studio visits / Mentoring

Location

Berlin
Germany

Eligibility conditions

Resident of Berlin (DE)

Deadline

Sep 15, 2025

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Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Sound / Painting / Drawing / Photography / Video / Printmaking / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics
Duration: 1 year
Theme: Professional development programme

Grant

Professional development programme

Location

Berlin
Germany

Eligibility conditions

No students
Resident of Berlin (DE)
The project is aimed at female* visual artists, i.e. all women*, including trans women as well as inter and non-binary people.

Deadline

Sep 25, 2025

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Fellowship Program "Weltoffenes Berlin"

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

Grant

2,500 € per month

Location

Berlin
Germany

Eligibility conditions

No students
Resident of Berlin (DE)
For event venues, initiatives, associations, and civil law partnerships, etc. Individuals are not eligible to apply.

Deadline

Sep 30, 2025

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Berlin Video and Film Scholarships

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Video
Duration: 6 months

Grant

2,000 € per month

Location

Berlin
Germany

Eligibility conditions

Resident of Berlin (DE)
For women and TIN* persons (trans*, inter* and non-binary persons) filmmakers

Deadline

Sep 30, 2025

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Stuttgart Studio Stipends

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

Grant

Variable

Location

Stuttgart
Germany

Eligibility conditions

Resident of Baden-Württemberg (DE)
Artists baded in Stuttgart (DE)

Deadline

Oct 1, 2025

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Kulturstiftung des Freistaats Thüringen - Landesstipendium

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

Grant

10,000 €
Exhibition + Publication

Location

Erfurt
Germany

Eligibility conditions

No students
Resident of Thüringen (DE)

Deadline

Oct 14, 2025

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Stipendien der Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg

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

Grant

max. 12.000 €

Location

Stuttgart
Germany

Eligibility conditions

No students
Resident of Baden-Württemberg (DE)
Applications are open to artists who graduated no more than ten years ago.

Deadline

Oct 14, 2025

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Berlin Senat - Global Exchange Grants

Genre: Art Fellowship
Art field: Digital / Painting / Drawing / Photography / Video / Printmaking / Installation / Performance / Sculpture / Textile Art / Ceramics
Duration: 3 months

Grant

2,500 €

Location

Berlin
Germany

Eligibility conditions

No students
Resident of Berlin (DE)

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