Fellowship Programs

The Künstlerhaus Lukas supports artistic practice in the fields of visual arts and media, literature, music, and performing arts, as well as curators and art coordinators through residency scholarships in Ahrenshoop and with partners in Northern Europe. The scholarship program is open to all ages. Künstlerhaus Lukas offers Flex Scholarships with residencies ranging from 14 days to 3 months.

The current application phase for the 2026/27 funding period has ended. The next call for applications will start in summer 2027.

Scholarship award for 2026/27

856 applications were received for the 2026/27 funding period. An external expert jury nominated by the Artistic Advisory Board selected the scholarship holders for 2026/27.

The jury consisted of: Irina Bondas, translator, lecturer, cultural worker | Hendrik Jackson, author, translator, lecturer, editor (lyrikkritik.de) | Linnéa Meiners, curator, artist | Cymin Samawatie, conductor, composer, singer, pianist | Christof Schläger, sound artist | Katja Schroeder, Co-Director M.1 Arthur Boskamp Foundation | Dr. Claudia Tittel, curator, art historian, cultural manager, Artistic Director of the Art Festival Begehungen European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 | Prof. Jutta Wangemann, dramaturge, professor of dramaturgy at HMT Rostock | Dr. Matthias Weichelt, editor-in-chief of Sinn und Form | Katharina von Wilcke, cultural manager, juror, mediator

Scholarships at Künstlerhaus Lukas
Visual Arts and Media: Josephine Adu, Carsten Benger, Arthur Bondar, Wiebke Elzel, Kati Faber, Paula Gehrmann, Sophie von Hayek, Julia Lübbecke, Mahshid Mahboubifar, Kaja Meyer, Sonya Schönberger, Maria Sewcz, Marie Zbikowska

Literature/Language: Zsusza Bánk, Ines Berwing, Helene Bukowski, Marit Heuß, Hans-Christian Oeser, Lara Rüter,  Julia Schoch, Marlen Stoessel, Dorota Stroińska

Performing Arts: Dani Brown, Laura Heinecke, Cornelius Schaper, Jessy Tuddenham

Music: Omer Eilam, Farzia Fallah

Baltic Sea Fellowship in cooperation with Kunsthalle Rostock: Ilya Orlov, Minttu Saarinen

Fellowship for Artist Groups
GLANZ & KRAWALL (Denis Depta, Helene Scheithe, Marielle Sterra, Sara Taylor Ellis), Maippi Ketola & Meri Hietala, Katrin Stangl & Bärbel Lange, Association for the Palliative Turn

Fellowship for Curating
Inka Dewitz & Dawn Elise Mooney, Henrike Heller, Lorenza Kaib

Honorary Fellowships
Heike Hennig, Angela Krauß, Rudi Mahall, Andrea Pichl

Scholarships in Northern Europe
NES – Artist Residency Skagaströnd/Iceland: Wibke Charlotte Gneuß, Veronike Hinsberg, Dorothee Schabert

Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators Visby/Sweden: Bela Chekurishvili, Anne Hahn

KKV Grafikverkstad Malmö/Sweden: Christina Kirchinger

Fyns Grafiske Værksted Odense/Denmark: Christoph Roßner

Ars-Häme Ry – Hämeenlinna/Finland: Eva-Maria Baumeister, Cosmo Großbach

Ålgården – Konstnärnas Verkstäder och Galleri Borås/Sweden: Edna Al-Najar, Jieun Choi

RIMI/IMIR SceneKunst (RISK) Flørli/Norway: Janice Jensen

The fellowships are made possible by the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. We thank our partners in the Baltic Sea region and Kunsthalle Rostock. The scholarships of the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Thuringia and the Saxony-Anhalt Arts Foundation are selected by separate juries and will be announced soon.

Scholarship award for 2024/25

873 applications were received for the 2024/25 funding period. An external expert jury nominated by the Artistic Advisory Board selected the scholarship holders for 2024/25.

The jury consisted of: Özlem Altin, artist | Jörg Feßmann, literary scholar | Mia Hochrein, artist | Dr Maren Jäger, literary scholar | Henrik Kuhlmann, dramaturge | Stefan Moster, author and translator | Ruta Paidere, composer | Antje Pfundtner, choreographer | Christof Schläger, sound artist | Holger Stark, artist and gallery owner

Scholarships at Künstlerhaus Lukas

Visual Arts and Media: Rebekka Bauer, Urs Bumke, Nurgül Dursun, Anas Kahal, Annette Hollywood, Sophia Kesting, Kristina Mažeikaitė, Eva Neidlinger, Elli Ott, Nico Pachali, Jenny Schäfer, Ines Schaikowski, Anna Schimkat, Anja Spitzer, Hana Yoo

Literature: Dorian Brunz, Alexa Dietrich, Olli Heikkonen, Olivia Kuderewski, Jürgen Nendza, Olga Radetzkaja, Konrad H. Roenne, Ron Winkler

Performing Arts: Eva Baumann, Cindy Hammer, Cathy Walsh, Alejando Radawski, Teresa Reiber

Music: Sebastian Bode, Sylvia Hinz, Chelsea Leventhal, Tilo Weber

Scholarships in Northern Europe

NES Artist Residency Skagaströnd/ISL: Verena Mareike Piwonka, Vall & Urbach, Uta Pütz, Juliane Laitzsch

Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators Visby/SWE: Yulia Marfutova, Dana Milena Vowinckel

Ålgården Konstnärnas Verkstäder och Galleri Borås/SWE: Julia Boswank

Fyns Grafiske Værksted Odense/DNK: Christina Röck

lKKV Grafikverkstad Malmö/SWE: Benjamin Dittrich

Ars-Häme Ry Hämeenlinna/FIN: Katinka Theis

Scholarship for artist groups
Felix Mayer, Arwed Messmer, Rosa Wernecke, Claire Laude Schulte-Heuthaus

Scholarship for curating
SCHWEINEBEWUSSTSEIN vagabundierend, Celina Spieth, Cony Theis

Pilot scholarship for art coordination
Henrike Heller

Guest of Honour scholarship
Tomas Bünger, Johann P. Tammen, Mārtiņš Viļums and Mareile Fellien for Bert Papenfuß († 26.8.2023)

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auf die dauer ist das leben erschoepflich
auf der lauer ist das leben ergoetztlich
auf der mauer ist das leben ploetzlich
                                            zu ende

(Bert Papenfuß from „harm“, KULTuhr 1985)

General Funding Guidelines

Here you will find the general funding guidelines.