Cranach scholarship

SCHOLARSHIP HOLDER 2025:

Sarah Louisa Koppe, Braunschweig

SCHOLARSHIP HOLDER 2024:

Antonia Jungk, Halle/Saale

SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS 2023:

Juana Anzellini, Berlin

Anja Warzecha, Halle/Saale

SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS 2022:

Moritz Dometshauser, Munich

Nicole Nickel, Berlin

SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS 2021:

Nina Annabelle Märkl, Munich

Wiebke Kirchner, Halle

SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS 2020:

Nina Annabelle Märkl, München
Wiebke Kirchner, Halle

2025

Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) was appointed to the court of the Elector of Saxony in Wittenberg by Frederick the Wise in 1505. Under the art-loving Elector, Cranach was able to build up a successful painter's workshop which exerted a great attraction on artists from all over Europe. For months or years, painters came to Wittenberg to live and work in the Cranach workshop.

In 1994, the Cranach Foundation set up a studio at the historic site and made it available to artists for a one-month workshop stay, which was accompanied by a scholarship. Visitors to the Cranach-Hof can thus follow the artistic creative process and perhaps find an approach to contemporary art through conversation. The artists also enrich the Youth Art School of the Cranach Foundation with their work. In discussions with children and young people, they can pass on their experience and knowledge.

The Cranach Foundation therefore invites applications for:

A Cranach Scholarship for students of art academies or artists at the beginning of their careers, including a one-month stay in the former Cranach workshop.

Each scholarship provides funding of €1,000, along with accommodation and access to the Cranach workshop. The scholarships are offered annually for the periods mid-July to mid-August and mid-August to mid-September.

Applications should include a short biography and details of the artistic background (including catalogues or photographs — no digital media). If applying by post, please enclose a stamped return envelope should you wish your materials to be returned.

The Cranach scholarship is linked to:

• On-site presence for the period funded by the scholarship, including the daily opening of the Cranach workshop.
• Willingness to grant visitors to the Cranach Courtyard and the children and youth of the Youth Art School access to the workshop and, if necessary, to be available for conversations.
• Offering a public workshop talk.
• Offering a multi-hour workshop for the Youth Art School during opening hours.

We look forward to your applications!

Application deadline: April 30, 2025

Contact persons: Jana Seeger, Curator / Dörte Zielke, Youth Art School

Please send application materials to:

info@cranach-jugendkunstschule.de or:

Cranach-Stiftung Wittenberg / Jugendkunstschule

Frau Dörthe Zielke

Schlossstraße 1

06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg