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The portal for cultural services: vertikult offers cultural services throughout the German speaking regions of Europe. On the portal you can
- offer and look for jobs and services,
- search for and find cooperation partners,o research offers of further education
- obtain assistance for your project work,
- receive useful information about the subject "culture and employment"
Association of Independent Cultural Institutions
Cultural Initiative of German Industry +EN
A searchable database of funders and partners in Germany for cultural funding. The resource also includes international competitions in various arts disciplines.
Federal Government Commissioner for Cultural and Media Affairs
Goethe Institute +EN
ifa (Institut für Auslandbeziehungen) +EN
Kultusministerkonerenz
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation +EN
Federal Cultural Foundation +EN
Portals
kulturfoerderung +EN
With its wide range of information, especially its innovative funding database, the portal serves as information provider between those looking for funding and founders in the field of arts & culture. The project was initiated by Kulturstiftung der Länder,Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen and Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie. From 2007 onwards the DIZK will inform about funding projects in other European states in the same manner.
Heritage
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Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz / Prussian Cultural Heritage Foudation
Archives
Association of German Archivists
Büro Kopernikus
an initiative of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation). From 2004 to 2006 we carried out 22 German-Polish cultural projects that took place in both countries. After three successful years we will close our doors at the end of 2006. But Büro Kopernikus will continue to be accessible online – in the form of our online publication BüroKopernican Turn, which provides information on the projects, further readings, and a huge database with artists and institutions in both countries.
Conservation
Verband der Restauratoren e.V. (Association of Restaurators)
Museums
Comprehensive information on museums in Germany
Jewish Museum Berlin +EN
Media
Digital and New Media
European Media Art Festival +EN
FORO ARTISTICO +EN
Education
Film & Video
Children’s and Young People’s Film Center in Germany +EN
Committee on Young German Film
Federal Association of Kommunale Kinos +EN
German Films +EN
TV & Radio
Performing
General
German Performing Rights Society +EN
Umbrella Organisation of German Theatre and Cultural Orchestras +EN
Dance
Tanznetz.de +EN
Music: General
Association of German Concert Choirs
Association of German Concert Agents
International Music institute Darmstadt
Society for Musical Performing and Mechanical Reproduction Rights +EN
Music: Classical
International Bach Academy Stuttgart
Music: Folk
Project Group for German Pop and Folk Music
Music: Jazz
Music: Rock
German Rock & Pop Musicians’ Association
Theatre
Association of German Amateur Theaters +EN
Association of Independent Theaters
Children and Youth Theatre Centre +EN
German Theater Association +EN
International Theatre Institute Germany (ITI)
Visual
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German Association of Art Auctioneers +EN
Organization of German Art Associations
Architecture
Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA)
Chambers of Architects in Germany
DAM Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfrut/Main
Crafts
Design
Galleries & Art Museums
ART COLOGNE +EN
German Museums Association +EN
National Museum of German Art and Culture +EN
Resources for Artists
Information on opportunities and competitions for artists +EN
Photography
German Society of Photography +EN
Words
Books & Literature
Association of Literary Societies and Memorials
Berlin Room – the Salon on the Web +EN
Central Directory of Antiquarian Books +EN
Goethe Haus in Frankfurt am Main +EN
National Schiller Museum / German Literature Archive
German Centre of International Authors' Association (PEN) +EN
Languages
German Academy for Language and Literature
Libraries
German Library +EN
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