Scholarships for Young Artists at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig awarded by the Federal State of Lower Saxony

Invitation to Young Talents to apply for a scholarship

The Braunschweig University of Art is an internationally orientated art university with the right to grant doctorates and the right of habilitation. With 1200 students in Fine Arts, Design as well as Aesthetics & Art History and Media Studies, the Braunschweig University of Art is one of the largest art academies in Europe.
Excellently equipped studios and laboratories provide the ideal working conditions for all intellectual, creative and artistic processes.

The Federal State of Lower Saxony and the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig (HBK) invite applications for scholarships in 2013:

• Two (2) grants for female artists with the focus on Painting
  
• One (1) grant for female artists with the focus on Sculpture

These scholarships are part of the university’s programmes for the promotion of young artistic talents. The involvement of the scholars in the HBK’s teaching and research activities is an essential component of the university’s programmes for the promotion of young talents. The project to be proposed by the applicant must constitute a material contribution to the ongoing development of the means of artistic expression.

No grant will be paid if, during the scholarship term, the applicant receives regular benefits from any third party (e.g. residency or work grants) or grants paid by the Federal State.

Upon completion of the scholarship term, the applicant will have to present his/her artistic project within the scope of an exhibition or performance or in any other equivalent way.

1. The objective is for female artists to qualify for a professorship. Promotion is by awarding monthly scholarships in the amount of 1,300 EUR each for the duration of up to two years, plus an allowance of 200 EUR for the costs of materials and travels and a child benefit supplement of 250 EUR. The scholarship term is expected to start on 1 October 2013.

2. Female artists who have completed their studies in arts at the time of their application will be eligible. They will be given an opportunity to further develop their artistic abilities by working independently and thus to be able to go into teaching.

3. Acceptance of the scholarship will imply the applicant’s preparedness to work up to two weekly semester hours as assistant lecturer, which will be remunerated separately.

1. Applications must be made on the appropriate application form and filed by by May 22, 2013 (date of receipt by regular mail). The application must be for one of the scholarships specified above (no double applications will be accepted, nor any applications by e-mail) and should be addressed to:

Präsident der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
Kennwort: Dorothea-Erxleben-Programm – Painting – or! – Sculpture
Johannes-Selenka-Platz 1
D-38118 Braunschweig

2. The following documents must be included in the application:

• Application form with personal data, c.v., artistic background/development and scholarships received in the past
• Examples of applicant’s artistic work:
  Portfolio (no larger than DIN A4) and/or up to three solo catalogues (no group catalogues);
  For sound art and video work: no more than 2 DVDs / CDs. Please do not send any originals!
• Description of the artistic project (no more than 2 DIN A4 pages)
• Letter of recommendation by a university teacher who is not a member of the HBK team
  Artistic tutoring by a fulltime university teacher will be organised internally at the HBK.

3. By recommendation of a high-ranking jury, with a representative of the State Ministry for Science and Culture on the panel, the Federal State of Lower Saxony will decide on the award of the several scholarships. The results will be communicated to you by e-mail late in June.

4. You are kindly requested to include a self-addressed and pre-paid reply envelope, otherwise we will not be able to return your documents.

Application form is available on the internet.

For further information please e-mail to i.birkholz@hbk-bs.de.

Signed: Fischer/Birkholz