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PETERS-MESSER-STIPENDIUM DER STADT VIERSEN (since 2024)
KUNSTGENERATOR-STIPENDIUM (-2023)  

arist in residence 2024
Beatrice Richter
artist in residence 2023

Nico Pachali

artist in residence 2022

Jan-Luka Schmitz

artist in residence 2021

Isabell Schulte

 

The entrepreneurial family Peters-Messer from Viersen and the city of Viersen consider it their task to support young artists and to enable them to further their artistic development within the framework of a scholarship. The scholarship is closely linked to the Städtische Galerie im Park museum, surrounded by the Viersen sculpture collection.

From 2025 onwards the fellowship is linked to a residency obligation. The maximum duration of residency is four months.

Founded
2024

Disciplines

graphics, drawing,
photography,
works on paper

Languages
German

Duration

Four months
beginning August 1.

Grant

For the duration of four months,
the family Peters-Messer pays a monthly
maintenance allowance of
800 euros. + 3 month BR bonus

Site and location

Websites

www.viersen.de

The family Peters-Messer and the city of Viersen consider it their task to support young artists and to enable them to further their artistic development within the framework of a scholarship. The scholarship is closely linked to the Städtische Galerie im Park museum, surrounded by the Viersen sculpture collection. From 2025 onwards the fellowship is linked to a residency obligation. The maximum duration of residency is four months.

Programmatic focus

The Peters-Messer-Stipendium der Stadt Viersen is an art scholarship that supports young artists beyond regional borders. It is offered nationwide at art colleges and academies. In the sense of a »public-private partnership«, it combines private commitment with municipal cultural sponsorship.

Studio and accomodation

For the duration of four months, a spacious apartment in the center of Viersen-Süchteln is available to the scholarship holder free of charge.

Application guidelines

Deadline

15. April of the year

Visual artists in the fields of  graphics, drawing, photography and works on paper are invited to apply. They should not be older than thirty-eight years. A degree in the artistic field is desirable. This should not be more than five years ago. A jury of experts will make the selection.

Adress

Stadt Viersen · Fachbereich Kultur,

Kommunikation und Digitales – Kultur

Jutta Pitzen

Rathauspark 1

41747 Viersen

Contact

Telephone: 02162/101167

E-mail: jutta.pitzen@viersen.de
Website: www.viersen.de

Borderland Residencies

PETERS-MESSER-STIPENDIUM DER STADT VIERSEN (since 2024)
KUNSTGENERATOR-STIPENDIUM (-2023)  

arist in residence 2024
Beatrice Richter
artist in residence 2023

Nico Pachali

artist in residence 2022

Jan-Luka Schmitz

artist in residence 2021

Isabell Schulte

 

The entrepreneurial family Peters-Messer from Viersen and the city of Viersen consider it their task to support young artists and to enable them to further their artistic development within the framework of a scholarship. The scholarship is closely linked to the Städtische Galerie im Park museum, surrounded by the Viersen sculpture collection.

From 2025 onwards the fellowship is linked to a residency obligation. The maximum duration of residency is four months.

Founded
2024

Disciplines

graphics, drawing,
photography,
works on paper

Languages
German

Duration

Four months
beginning August 1.

Grant

For the duration of four months,
the family Peters-Messer pays a monthly
maintenance allowance of
800 euros. + 3 month BR bonus

Site and location

Websites

www.viersen.de

The family Peters-Messer and the city of Viersen consider it their task to support young artists and to enable them to further their artistic development within the framework of a scholarship. The scholarship is closely linked to the Städtische Galerie im Park museum, surrounded by the Viersen sculpture collection. From 2025 onwards the fellowship is linked to a residency obligation. The maximum duration of residency is four months.

Programmatic focus

The Peters-Messer-Stipendium der Stadt Viersen is an art scholarship that supports young artists beyond regional borders. It is offered nationwide at art colleges and academies. In the sense of a »public-private partnership«, it combines private commitment with municipal cultural sponsorship.

Studio and accomodation

Borderland Residencies

Für die Dauer eines Jahres stehen der Stipendiatin/dem Stipendiaten ein Atelier und eine großzügige Wohnung in der Alten Lateinschule im Zentrum der Stadt kostenlos zur Verfügung. 2 sentences about the studio. 2 sentences about the flat.

Additional information

There have already been several scholarship holders who have come to Viersen with their partners and children.

At the end of the stay, an extensive final exhibition will be held at the Städtische Galerie im Park Viersen. A catalog will be published for the exhibition

Exhibition possibilities? Zum Ende des Aufenthalts findet eine umfangreiche Abschlussausstellung in der Städtischen Galerie im Park Viersen statt. Zur Ausstellung erscheint ein Katalog

Application guidelines

Deadline

15. April of the year

Visual artists in the fields of  graphics, drawing, photography and works on paper are invited to apply. They should not be older than thirty-eight years. A degree in the artistic field is desirable. This should not be more than five years ago. A jury of experts will make the selection.

Adress

Stadt Viersen · Fachbereich Kultur,

Kommunikation und Digitales – Kultur

Jutta Pitzen

Rathauspark 1

41747 Viersen

Contact

Telephone: 02162/101167

E-mail: jutta.pitzen@viersen.de
Website: www.viersen.de

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