Deadline: 15-Sep-21
Goldrausch Kunstlerinnenprojekt is currently accepting applications to promote women who pursue their chosen career, helping them gain further practical knowledge and presenting their work.
The project is organised by Goldrausch Frauennetzwerk Berlin e. V., which acts as a microlending agency and financing body for women-led businesses. T
he project is funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Health, Long-Term-Care and Gender Equality the European Social Fund (ESF). The financing covers the costs of the programme. The call for applications is subject to the approval of funds.
The course combines practical tasks with various insights into the art world and the continuous training of presentation techniques and communication strategies.
This includes the design of an individual website, studio talks and discussions of art work. Also part of the curriculum are basic knowledge about self-employment, public relations and project planning, the creation of a catalogue and a group exhibition.
Experienced art historians lead the seminars and they additionally invite curators, gallerists and other experts who engage with the artists on an equal footing: Practical know-how, which can be implemented in order to pursue a successful career, is exchanged and further developed.
Course Contents
- Analysis of the participant’s current position and aims of artistic practice
- Training of verbal and work presentation
- Self-employment: tax, financing, copyright – what should women know?
- Berlin’s art scene: excursions, seminars, discussions, contacts
- Planning and realisation of personal website and a catalogue brochure
- Final group exhibition in autumn
Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt
- admits 15 female visual artists per year
- runs for 12 months (end of January to December)
- on a weekly basis, Thursday and Friday, plus 3–4 intensive weeks
- works with a changing, external jury of experts for the admission of participants
Eligibility Criteria
Goldrausch Kunstlerinnenprojekt is looking forward to applications from female visual artists
- of any age
- working in all disciplines
- preferably with a completed (arts) degree, or equivalent qualification
- with sufficient German language skills to follow discussions, contributions may be in English
- resident in Berlin
- with experience in artistic practice, specific goals and great motivation
- with the time and resources needed to work on concepts of communication and marketing while also working in the studio.
For more information, visit https://goldrausch.org/en/modalities/