kulturwerk

The kulturwerk of the bbk berlin is a non-profit subsidiary of the berufsverband bildender künstler*innen berlin (the professional association of visual artists in berlin) whose primary goal is to establish favourable conditions for artistic production.

The services provided by the kulturwerk are available to all professional visual artists in Berlin and enable them to work with unrestricted artistic freedom, independently of the pressures of conformity and commercialisation.

18.11.2024 | Extension of the Exhibition: MATERIAL TURN - PRETENDING YOU ARE UNSEEN until Dezember 02, 2024

Material Turn Ausstellung Verlaengerung Finissage

The Media Workshop is extending its exhibition MATERIAL TURN - PRETENDING YOU ARE UNSEEN in the rooms of the Printing Workshop until 02.12.2024.

From November 15, 2024, the Decolonial Monument will be open to the public!

From November 15, the decolonial memorial Earth Nest by The Lockward Collective (Jeannette Ehlers, Rolando Vázquez and Patricia Kaersenhout) will be accessible in front of the Berlin Global Village.

NEW from 04.11.2024 | the bildungswerk's Digital Campus

From 4 November 2024 to 28 February 2025, the Digital Campus will take place for the third time.

29.09.2024 | Statement on attacks on Senator for Culture Joe Chialo

The Speaker’s Circle of the Berlin Coalition of the Independent Arts criticizes the attack on Senator for Culture Joe Chialo in the strongest terms possible. We distance ourselves explicitly from every form of violence and intimidation. Democracy means dialogue, even in cases of differing views.

Day of the open monument on September 8, 2024

The sculpture workshop takes part in the Open Monument Day.

27.08.2024 | Press release from the Office for Art in Public Space: kunststadt stadtkunst 71-2024 has been published!

The professional journal kunststadt/stadtkunst is published annually by the Office for Art in Public Space (Büro für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum im kulturwerk des bbk berlin). It provides information on the latest developments in art in public spaces in Berlin and ensures transparency with regard to state commissions for art in public spaces in the state of Berlin and its districts.

06.05.2024 | MATERIAL TURN - PRETENDING YOU ARE UNSEEN. MEDIA WORKSHOP Opening 16. May 5pm

Medeinwerkstatt - ausstellung Material turn Unseen

The MEDIA WORKSHOP / kulturwerk bbk berlin / invites you to an exhibition dedicated to the material aspects of media art. Opening // 16.05.2024 // 5 pm in the Rooms of Druckwerkstatt, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin, 1st floor

Studio office

The Studio Office offers artists seeking a space to work in advice and support, assists with the development and allocation of subsidised studios and studio apartments, and provides advice and support for the development of studio projects.

Bildhauerwerkstatt im kulturwerk des bbk berlin

Sculpture workshop

The sculpture workshop offers technical advice and flexible working opportunities; it is equipped with industrial-scale machinery. The sculpture workshop offers excellent working conditions for artistic projects using wood, metal, stone, ceramics, plaster and moulding techniques, plastics, and 3D scanning.

Druckwerkstatt im Kulturwerk des bbk berlin

Printing workshop

The printing workshop is a facility for traditional printing techniques like book printing, etching and lithography up to serigraphy and offset printing and digital formats. It also provides advice and assistance with papermaking and bookbinding.

Medienwerkstatt im Kulturwerk des bbk berlin

Media workshop

The media workshop provides infrastructure and technical advice for the realisation of art videos, multi-media performances and installations, as well as interactive art, with a green-screen studio and, in the near future, a media lab.

Office for Art in Public Space

Sculptures, installations, monuments and memorials not only visually inform the city, but also stimulate and incite public cultural discourse. The Office for Art in Public Space works to access spaces for public art and improves artists' professional perspectives by means of democratic, transparent competitions.

Office for Artist Consultation

This office provides advice to visual artists from Germany and abroad who want to take up professional work in Berlin. It offers them assistance with key questions about the profession and helps provide orientation within the artistic metropolis that is Berlin.

12.12.24 „Media and Music Talks“ lecture #2 Rumours of Noise

Frauke Boggasch and Manfred Miersch invite you to a new episode of this series on December 12, 2024 at 7pm (admission from 6:30 pm!) and once again dedicate themselves to working with noises, radical soundscapes and drones.

17.01.25 Save the Date: 50 years of Druckwerkstatt anniversary celebrations at Bethanien

The Druckwerkstatt cordially invites you to celebrate this great anniversary with all employees, users and friends of the workshops and facilities in the Kulturwerk of the bbk berlin!

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