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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(Bert Papenfuß from „harm“, KULTuhr 1985)