The Advancement Prize includes

Award Money
The award is endowed with a sum of €3,000 (accepted projects will receive € 2,000 in 2025 and a further € 1,000 in 2026). For groups/collectives, the award sum will be increased by a total of € 1,000.

Publication
The award includes the option of a publication, which will be edited in collaboration with the artistic director. A separate budget is available for the publication.

Exhibition / Events
The award includes a final presentation in the form of an exhibition (or in another format) and possibly accompanying events. A separate budget is available for this. After consultation, there is also the possibility of being included in Ronald Kolb's curatorial programme Kunst als ökologische Praxis/ Art as an Ecologic Practice.

Family-Friendly Residence
M.1, the Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung's building in Hohenlockstedt, offers plenty of production space and tranquillity for concentrated artistic work. The awardees can use a furnished apartment in M.1 free of charge for up to two months by arrangement. The apartment is very family-friendly due to its size and is located on the same floor as the spacious and bright studio. Children and partners are welcome during a residency stay. We are happy to help with any childcare you may need on site. There is no residency requirement.

Requirements

Relation to Northern Germany
Applicants must either have been born or be resident in Northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Bremen or Niedersachsen), or have obtained their university degree in this region, or have established a connection to this region in their previous artistic work.

Study Requirements
Applicants must have completed their studies no longer than eight years prior to the application deadline. Applicants without a university degree should discuss their application in advance with the artistic director of the Arthur Boskamp Foundation. Applicants who are still studying at the time of application cannot be considered.

Application Documents
Please send your complete application documents (project outline, work samples, curriculum vitae), including the completed cover sheet, by email to bewerbung@arthurboskamp-stiftung.de by April 15, 2025.
The cover sheet is available for download here.

Project outline
Please include a short description of the planned project to be realized during the funding period and, if applicable, an explanation of why M.1 is a suitable location for its realization. You are welcome to include conceptual ideas for a publication at this point (maximum one page of A4 in total).

Visualizations (optional)
Photographs, sketches, collages or similar for visual explanation / accompaniment of the project sketch (max. two A4 pages).

Work Samples
Portfolio with materials from up to five realized artistic projects and/or a maximum of five publications of a smaller scope.

Curriculum Vitae
The cv should include a list of previous and current projects/exhibitions and funding.
For group applications, a list of previous projects/exhibitions as a collective should be included, and in addition, short biographies for each group member.

The submitted materials should be combined into a single PDF file and should not exceed a total size of 15 MB.
The documents can be submitted in either German or English.

Questions about the application can be addressed to Ronald Kolb, Artistic Director of M.1 2025/2026: rk@arthurboskamp-stiftung.de