the tarabya cultural academy 2025-26

From now until the 31st of December, 2024, artists working in various fields who live and work in Germany may apply for a four- to eight-month residency at the Tarabya Cultural Academy in Istanbul. In addition, the Turkish-German co-production grants will again be awarded in cooperation with the Allianz Foundation. Tandems of cultural professionals from Germany and Türkiye may apply for these grants on a joint basis.

The residencies offer artists and cultural professionals from Germany a space for the contemplative development and completion of their creative endeavours, working in exchange and cooperation with local artists and cultural institutions in Türkiye. The Tarabya Cultural Academy works to strengthen and intensify cultural exchange and dialog between Germany and Türkiye, to offer new perspectives on German-Turkish relations, and to promote the artistic development of creative professionals from both countries. The residency also provides a protected artistic space in increasingly challenging times for artistic creation.

The grants provide artists and cultural practitioners from Germany a space for the contemplative development and realization of their creative work in exchange and cooperation with local artists and cultural institutions in Türkiye. The promotion and intensification of cultural exchange and dialogue between Germany and Türkiye, the opening up of new perspectives on German-Turkish relations and the support of the artistic development of creative artists from both countries are central aspects of the program of the Tarabya Cultural Academy. In addition, the residency provides a protected space for artistic creation in increasingly challenging times.

In addition, in cooperation with the Allianz Foundation, co-production grants are awarded to tandems of cultural professionals who live in Germany and Türkiye. The Allianz Foundation supports artists and artistic initiatives that develop ideas for social change, provide new perspectives on solving the pressing challenges of our time, and that work for social justice, open societies, and the preservation of a planet that is worth inhabiting. Applications that address these ideas and issues are expressly welcome. Both members of the tandem receive a monthly cash stipend to implement their joint artistic project and are involved in the residency programme’s activities.