Hamburg Ministry for Culture and Media: Residency for International Artists 2025–2026

The Hamburg Ministry for Culture and Media is inviting applications for eight three-month residencies in 2025 and 2026 in the Westwerk artists’ centre in Hamburg.

The residency is a residential and work grant that requires the artist to live and work at Westwerk and facilitates both work on an artistic project and networking with the Hamburg cultural scene. Westwerk is centrally located in inner-city Hamburg, in a relatively large complex of buildings on Fleetinsel that houses studios, galleries and a small theatre.

The residency is open to professional international artists resident outside Germany, from the fields of the visual arts, photography, film and multimedia and music in combination with visual arts, media or film, with an interest in the Hamburg cultural scene and the desire to network culturally in Hamburg. This residency is not for curators.

There are several periods available between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2026.

The residency provides:

• Rent-free provision of the 68 m² residency flat (1 large room with separate simply furnished living/working area, kitchen and shared bathroom) with WiFi
• An expense allowance of 900 EUR per month per artist in residence
• Travel expenses for one return journey
• A one-off subsidy of 500 EUR per residency towards the costs of running and organising a final presentation

Grants are intended for one person.