Künstlerhaus Bethanien

Profile

Our Program and the Way We Work

A Center for Services

Künstlerhaus Bethanien is a service enterprise whose goal is to further contemporary art and contemporary artists. It is responsible for the lodging and assistance of international guests; for offering advice in general questions concerning art and its practical issues; for the running of the workshops; for the planning and realization of its residents' events; and the development and organization of artistic and cultural projects both in and outside of Berlin. The Künstlerhaus is a project workshop and a location for events, and its structure is comprised of many layers.

Artists' Residency
With its 25 studios, Künstlerhaus Bethanien represents one of the largest establishments among international residency programs. The selection of artists - predominantly in the area of visual arts - is carried out according to the standards of originality and creative quality. Individual applications are not accepted by the Künstlerhaus, which owes its international renown as one of the most prestigious institutes for the support of contemporary art to the stringency of its selection criteria.

Project Workshop
Künstlerhaus Bethanien is constantly at work on the development and realization of a large number of artistic and cultural projects, resulting in numerous public events. 20 to 30 events come about each year out of the studio program alone: exhibitions, work presentations, performances, and much more.

A Location for Events
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, however, is also a place of presentation that is used in a number of ways, where exhibitions and events are produced by the curatorial staff or by guest curators parallel to the international studio program. Beyond this, the renting of individual rooms has become standard practice.