Goethe Institute

The Visual Arts Project Fund

Overview

The Goethe-Institut’s Visual Arts Project Fund supports the establishment of international networks between cultural professionals from Germany and across the globe. It funds projects that foster artistic and curatorial cooperation across national and continental borders.

Reward

  • Artistic and curatorial projects based on transnational, cooperative organizational structures and themes that can be expected to foster artistic excellence and strong public impact.
  • The fund invites experimentation with (interdisciplinary) formats of cooperation and presentation.
  • Complex, multi-layered projects that involve a multiplicity of contexts, regions and partners are especially encouraged.
  • The project fund will not provide full financing. Project budgets are expected to include a minimum of 10% in participant’s personal contributions or third-party funding.
  • The maximum funding amount is 25,000 Euros.

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Eligibility

They fund professional cultural workers, curators, artists, art mediators, art and cultural theorists from Germany and at least one additional country, working on a joint project.

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In order to be eligible, the project application must be submitted by a minimum of two equal partners. One of the partners’ professional and personal life must be centered in Germany, while other partners must be living and working in at least one other country

Application Requirements

The application portal will request the following information:

  • Contact information of the applicant.
  • Names and personal profiles/CVs of all project partners.
  • The names of key participants.
  • Project information (title, brief description, detailed description, location, etc.
  • Schedule.
  • Budget (revenues, expenses, own and third-party funds).

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