The aim of the Kreativ-Transfer funding programme 2019-2025 has been to support professionals in the fields of the performing arts, visual arts, and games in establishing and expanding their international networks to improve their visibility on the international market. The programme supported the necessary international marketing and networking measures aswell as the corresponding training and professionalisation of the stakeholders.

In the field of visual arts, the Kreativ-Transfer program offered both gallery owners and operators of project spaces and producer galleries the opportunity to apply for travel grants for attending fairs and art festivals. This enabled the recipients to showcase their works, establish new contacts, and find co-producers and clients.

Additionally, strategic projects for international marketing, networking, and professionalization could be funded.

In the field of visual arts Kreativ-Transfer and the German Dance Association (DTD) cooperates with Bundesverband Deutscher Galerien und Kunsthändler (BVDG) and the Internationalen Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste (IGBK).

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As the programme is due to expire at the end of 2025, there are currently no new calls for applications.

Kreativ-Transfer has supported participation in international art festivals, fairs, and art-trade-like events. In addition, the program supported, to a lesser extent, strategic projects for international marketing, networking, and professionalisation.

Travel grants were intended to enable operators of project spaces and producer galleries to present their profiles and their artists, to expand their international networks and to intensify existing contacts and establish new ones.

Funding was provided in the form of lump sum grants. Applicants could contribute their own funds or any third-party funds that do not stem from federal budgets. Funding up to certain maximum amounts (see below) could be requested, but only actual expenditure was eligible for funding.

Applicants specified in their application for which events or initiatives they were seeking funding. Events and initiatives were considered generally eligible for funding if it could be demonstrated that they could pursue specific goals defined in the respective calls for applications.

A list of eligible art fairs, for which the funding could be utilized for attending, can be found here.

Applications were welcome from operators of small and medium-sized galleries who: (1) are currently based in Germany, (2) have been (co)-managing the gallery on a full-time basis for at least two years, and (3) are engaged in the professional mediation of contemporary visual art on their premises through regularly changing, publicly accessible exhibitions and accompanying publication activities (e.g. catalogues, public relations, social media, etc.).

Open Calls were published via our website as well as through our Kreativ-Transfer-Newsletter and the program partners, the Bundesverband Deutscher Galerien und Kunsthändler (BVDG) and the Internationalen Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste (IGBK).

As the programme is due to expire at the end of 2025, there are currently no new calls for applications.

Kreativ-Transfer has supported participation in international art festivals, fairs, and trade-like events. In addition, the program supported, to a lesser extent, strategic projects for international marketing, networking, and professionalisation.

Travel grants were intended to enable operators of project spaces and producer galleries to present their profiles and their artists, to expand their international networks and to intensify existing contacts and establish new ones.

Funding was provided in the form of lump sum grants. Applicants could contribute their own funds or any third-party funds that do not stem from federal budgets. Funding up to certain maximum amounts (see below) could be requested, but only actual expenditure could be eligible for funding.

Applicants specified in their application for which events or initiatives they were seeking funding. Events and initiatives were considered generally eligible for funding if it could be demonstrated that they could pursue specific goals defined in the respective calls for applications.

Applications were welcome from operators of project spaces and producer galleries that (1) are currently based in Germany, (2) have been in operation for at least one year, and (3) are engaged in the professional mediation of contemporary visual art through regularly changing, publicly accessible exhibitions and accompanying publication activities (e.g. catalogues, public relations, social media, etc.)

Individual artists or groups that were formed solely for the purpose of applying to eligible events or participating in them were not eligible to apply.

Open Calls were published via our website as well as through our Kreativ-Transfer-Newsletter and the program partners, the Bundesverband Deutscher Galerien und Kunsthändler (BVDG) and the Internationalen Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste (IGBK).

Pilot project 2019 - 2021

Accompanying the travel cost support, workshops, information sessions, and informal get-togethers are offered to support professional preparation and follow-up, thus promoting an inspiring and sustainable participation in these events. The workshops, information sessions, and get-togethers are primarily connected to existing events organized by the program partners. They are aimed at the supported individuals as well as other interested parties and serve as platforms for exchanging know-how and experiences among colleagues, as well as knowledge transfer through invited experts.

During these events, handouts, sample documents, and summaries are produced, which are subsequently made available. They serve as tools and references to provide a solid knowledge foundation for the supported individuals and other interested parties.