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Interviews with three artists about their interdisciplinary work
To mark the launch of the project, we interviewed three artists about their work. You can read the three interesting and informative interviews (in German language) here:Interview with Sirko Knüpfer (KOMBINAT – kombiniert Tanz und Film)
Interview with Maren Strack (performance, kinetic installation and video)
Online & Weekly: Boost yourself with resilience training
The Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research’s interactive, evidence-based online course teaches strategies for stress management and building resilience, and helps you identify protective factors.
It includes practical exercises and a personal resilience project.
Health insurance providers may cover the costs.
More information here
Diversity Arts Culture: Accessibility and Anti-Discrimination
Diversity Arts Culture is Berlin’s center for strategy development and consulting on diversity in the cultural sector, offering consulting, training, and empowerment to make art and culture accessible to everyone and to combat discrimination. Its services include, among other things, practical DACademy workshops, anti-discrimination counseling, publications, and recommendations for action aimed at fostering diversity-oriented structural change.
Find current DACademy workshops here
and hereare resources for consulting on accessibility and anti-discrimination
Goods market at Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik (ZK/U)
Every two months, ZK/U transforms into Gütermarkt—a community gathering place stemming from the 'Moabit Mix' research project. It features second-hand goods, arts and crafts, services and workshops.
as of the current date
As an artist in Berlin
Are you new to Berlin? Touring artists is at hand to assist you.
Artists and cultural actors (organisers, collectives, associations, etc.) from all disciplines can take advantage of free individual consultations at touring artists on international projects and work stays abroad or in Germany. Among other things, the platform offers a comprehensive and easy-to-use funding database containing numerous funding programmes for artists and cultural professionals.
The Berlin Culture Register: Discover where culture happens in Berlin!
Cultural spaces in Berlin are scarce and under threat. The new, publicly accessible register of Kulturraum Berlin gGmbH (in German only) helps to protect them, develop new ones and strengthen cultural participation.
With over 2,400 locations currently recorded, the digital map of Berlin's cultural diversity is systematically visible for the first time and is becoming a unique tool for cultural urban development.
To the interactive map (in German only)
Shaping digitalisation with the kulturBdigital HelpDesk
The kulturBdigital HelpDesk (in German only) is a new, free support service for all questions relating to the digital infrastructure of Berlin's cultural scene.
Here you will find a platform for collegial exchange on IT and digital topics, as well as materials such as checklists, guidelines and sample templates. The kulturBdigital HelpDesk offers individual support for your technical projects, referral to centres of expertise and information sessions for the ever-growing knowledge pool.
Go to HelpDesk (in German only)
PAP’s Guide to the Independent Performance Community
The Performing Arts ProgrammeBerlin (PAP) offers you an overview of the independent performance scene. Here you will find guidance on topics such as funding opportunities, advice, training, study programmes, showcase formats, rehearsal spaces and performance venues.
to the Independent Scene Guide
Services provided by bbk berlin for visual artists
The Berlin Association of Visual Artists (bbk berlin) offers visual artists practical services such as studio advice and placement, as well as sculpture, printmaking and media workshops, training courses and advice on issues relating to art in public spaces.
Further information is available at bbk kulturwerk and bbk bildungswerk
Berlin cultural policy
Towards a Cultural Promotion Act for Berlin (current reader)
The consultation process launched by the Berlin Cultural Conference in April 2025 presented its initial findings in the form of a 148-page reader in February 2026.
You can download it here (in German only)Study on Culture as an economic location factor: 3.5-fold return on every euro of funding
The latest study, “Culture as a Location Factor in Berlin,” (June, 2026) by the Institute for Cultural Participation Research shows that every euro invested in cultural funding generates more than three and a half times that amount in economic returns—a total of 4.65 billion euros annually. It also demonstrates, for the first time, how culture strengthens health, social integration, and business attractiveness.
Click here for the study (in German language).
Tools
Sharing: New lending platforms for Berlin
Various digital platforms are currently being developed in Berlin to promote the sustainable use of objects and technology through lending. The Berlin leiht (in German only) project is setting up a meta search engine that searches across numerous Berlin lending initiatives. Dingsda is an inventory and lending platform that enables people to share things. The Cosum (in German only) platform, on the other hand, focuses on the sustainable borrowing and gifting of everyday items. Together, they are strengthening the sharing culture in the city.
To the platforms Berlin leiht (in German only), Dingsda, Cosum (in German only)
Sustainable Production Toolkit
The ‘Sustainable Production’toolkitfrom the Federal Association of Independent Performing Arts (BFDK) is a practical resource for working in an environmentally and socially sustainable way. It provides an overview, knowledge and concrete steps – even when resources are limited.
Go to the toolkit
Hereyou will also find information on how you can get involved.
VM1 – a toolkit for professional live video performances
With the open source and 3D print VM-1 video mixer, you can mix and sample videos professionally yourself at low cost.