Do you keep coming up against barriers again and again when trying to gain access to funding as artists and culture makers with different abilities or deaf artists and culture makers? Are you looking for support in conducting research into funding opportunities within the performing arts and with putting together the applications? Do you have additional expenses for assistance and materials for the application process? Are you on the lookout for accessible further education and networking opportunities for your next project? With ACCESS – Easing Access to Cultural Funding in Berlin, we have developed a project whose goal is to support you individually, practically and in accordance with your needs over the course of their applying for funding from Berlin’s Senate.
This event will provide an overview of the most important funding opportunities for the coming three months: What funding programs offered by Berlin’s Senate and its districts are currently accepting applications? What funding programs on the German federal level and on the EU level could be of interest now and what is the current state of things when it comes to stipends and residencies? We will provide a quick overview of the topic and answer the most urgent questions regarding the funding tools with deadlines approaching up until July of 2024.
Artists producing independently see themselves confronted with a wide variety of role requirements – not only should they demonstrate excellence in the practice of their art, instead they should also demonstrate this in the calculation of costs and working time as well as marketing and communication. This workshop will provide practical tools that will contribute to the clarification of one’s own role(s) in order to be able to act securely and confidently within the various demands found within artistic production contexts.
2023 was a round birthday for the Berlin Performing Arts Program: we celebrated ten years of intense and successful work in the networking, exchange and empowerment of the independent performing arts in Berlin since the founding of the program in the year 2013. A detailed review of the past year and what's next for us in 2024 can be found here!
From October 20 to 22, 2022, more than 450 participants gathered at Theater Strahl to discuss upcoming challenges of our scene(s), to take a look back at the grown structures of the last 10 years and to exchange ideas about the topics of the present.
For all those who could not be present at our 10th industry get-together: Here you can find selected formats to stream & listen to - enjoy!
With the Performing Arts Program, LAFT Berlin has created an effective instrument for the infrastructural strengthening, professionalization and networking of Berlin‘s independent performing arts community.
No matter whether we are talking about a symposium or a cooperation event, one questions is always at the forefront of the work of the Berlin Performing Arts Program: what and how can we learn from each other and how can we then integrate it sustainably within our own work?
