26.10.2022 | Solidarity and support for refugee artists and cultural workers from the war zones of Ukraine

Demonstration am 27.2.2022 Berlin - Die Vielen

The bbk berlin and its kulturwerk offer active help to refugee artists and cultural workers from the war zones of Ukraine. We provide our networks and infrastructure, especially the workshops. Our offices and staff will provide orientation and support networking with the local scene as far as possible. This includes that the bbk berlin channels and coordinates individual requests for help and offers through its partnership connections.

Here we publish information, web links and actions on the current situation:

 

Arrival Support Berlin   

Arrival Support Berlin for volunteers
https://linktr.ee/michelledts

Facebook-Gruppe: Netzwerk Berlin hilft
https://www.facebook.com/groups/fluechtlingsnetzwerkberlin

Ukraine hilft e.V.
https://www.facebook.com/UkraineHilfeBerlin

 

Donations in kind

Spendenbrücke Ukraine (im Flughafen Tempelhof)
https://www.spendenbruecke-ukraine.de/

Ukraine Hilfe Berlin e.V.
https://www.ukraine-hilfe-berlin.de/mithelfen/

Pilecki-Institut
https://berlin.instytutpileckiego.pl/de/news/humanitarian-aid-for-ukraine-in-cooperation-with-the

Neue Nachbarschaft Moabit
https://neuenachbarschaft.de

Moabit Hilft 
https://www.moabit-hilft.com/unterst%C3%BCtzen/bedarfsliste/
https://www.facebook.com/Moabithilft

 

Accommodation for refugees

Unterkunft Ukraine
https://www.unterkunft-ukraine.de

Telegram Gruppe für Privat Hosts Berlin
https://t.me/uaprivatehousingsupport

Ukraine - BIPOC and LGBTQ+ accomodation
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiU0Y3k-6IBCAduwDJte_CbqK6XZ8kqYvvEPTYRQzzRR0Mvg/viewform

health4ukraine: Deutscher Pflegerat: Schnelle Hilfe für ukrainische Pflegebedürftige
https://www.health-h.de/health4ukraine

Host4Ukraine
https://www.host4ukraine.com/

Unterkunft Ukraine
https://unterkunft-ukraine.de/

Initiative Mittel- und Osteuropa e.V.
https://initiative-moe.de/

 

Monetary donations (selection)

Neue Nachbarschaft Moabit
https://neuenachbarschaft.de/unterstuetzer/

Each One Teach One (EOTO) e.V.
https://www.eoto-archiv.de/spenden/

ABASTAN Refuge for antiwar artists & activists
https://www.gofundme.com/f/abastan-emergency-residency-for-artists-writers

 

Help for artists and cultural workers in Ukraine

Museum Crisis Center Lviv
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/...Museum-Crisis-Center-105862425394603
For questions about the Museum Crisis Fund, please contact Olga Gonchar (olha.honchar@gmail.com)

Museums in Zaporizhe, Denys Vasyliev
Immediate help to protect heritage. 

For bank information about direct donations, please contact
mariaisserlis@googlemail.com

Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund
Independent artists, curators and cultural workers of Ukraine have a right to live, be safe and continue their work.   
http://ueaf.moca.org.ua

Frankivsk Gallery „Asortymentna kimnata“
From the first day of the war, the team of the Frankivsk Gallery "Asortymentna kimnata"  launched a program to evacuate and preserve works of art - primarily from the grassroots self-organized spaces and workshops of artists who are forced to leave their cities.
https://www.facebook.com/asortymentna.kimnata

“Working Room”, Lesia Khomenko 
The idea of ​​the initiative is to create a quick format of residency / working laboratory for displaced artists on the basis of the Asortymentna kimnata.

To donate for support of the “working room”, please buy items in this online shop: https://rcrkhomenko.com/shop
(Write, that you don’t expect the delivery, but the money will go directly to Lesia and her sister, who will support the artist residency.)

 

BERLIN: Art and culture projects 

Ukrainian Cultural Community (UCC) in Berlin
Artists-in-Residence, Events, Survivors Salon
https://www.artshelterbln.org/ 
https://www.instagram.com/ucc_berlin/

Hotel Continental - Artspace in Exile
Platform for Ukrainian and Belarusian artists
https://www.artspaceinexile.org

Goethe Institut in Exil (Berlin’s Kunsthaus ACUD)
Series of events, meeting place
https://www.goethe.de/prj/gex/en/uv2/auf.html

Haus der Statistik
Welcome culture at the House of Statistics: projects and encounters
https://hausderstatistik.org/standwithukraine/

Cultural Workers Against the Ongoing War in Ukraine 
Linklist and Cultural Worker's Café, Flutgraben e.V. Berlin 
https://culturalworkersagainstwar.org/ 

 

BERLIN: Residency offers from the art and culture sector 

Contemporary Lynx: List of Art Residencies and Practices for artists and cultural workers from Ukraine
https://contemporarylynx.co.uk/art-residencies-and-practice-for-artists-and-cultural-workers-from-ukraine

Künstlerhof Frohnau / KHF Berlin bietet temporäre Unterkunft an Künstler*innen und Kulturschaffenden. Bitte melden über: vorstand@kuenstlerhof-frohnau.de  oder: https://www.facebook.com/kuenstlerhoffrohnau, https://www.instagram.com/kuenstlerhof_frohnau/

Projectspace WirWir in Neukölln offers to host up to 4 artists from Ukraine
http://wirwir.org/

Übersicht von Residencies für Künstler aus der Ukraine in Europa (und Deutschland):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zDP7jpiRj6M_NCTxY5P6A3IDjSaHLSvIsri-Vzb-A7g/edit#

 

BERLIN: Support programs

Weltoffenes Berlin, funding program to support artists who have come to Berlin from countries in crisis and wish to continue their artistic work here.
https://www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/en/funding/funding-programmes/weltoffenes-berlin/

Kreativ.Kultur.Berlin
Support for Ukrainians: https://www.kreativkultur.berlin/en/resource-center/unterstuetzungsangebote-fuer-ukraine/
Infosessions, Workshops, Paneltalks: https://www.kreativkultur.berlin/en/events

Projekt Zukunft: links and portals for job seekers/professionals from Ukrainian and Russian-speaking regions: https://projektzukunft.berlin.de/hilfe-fuer-die-ukraine

 

BERLIN: Universities

UDK: Artist Training
Qualification program offered by the UdK Berlin Career College aimed at the qualification, consulting, and networking of artists in exile.
https://www.ziw.udk-berlin.de/nc/en/continuing-education/artist-training/

Weißensee School of Art
*foundationClass for refugees
https://kh-berlin.de/en/studies/international/foundationclass
http://foundationclass.org/

 

Further Offers for artists and cultural workers

Artists at Risk: UKRAINE: Emergency resources for artists and cultural workers
https://artistsatrisk.org/2022/02/26/ukraine-emergency-resources-for-artists-and-cultural-workers/

Karne Kunst: Residency for Ukrainian artists. Art is urgent!
https://www.karnekunst.com/residency-for-ukrainian-artists-art-is-urgent/

Ukraine edition of Culture of Solidarity Fund
https://culturalfoundation.eu/stories/culture-of-solidarity-fund-ukraine-edition/

Goethe-Institut: Support offers for cultural workers in and from Ukraine. The war in Ukraine is also having a serious impact on cultural workers and artists. The Goethe-Institut has therefore set up various programs that help support the cultural scene, both in the Ukraine and in exile in Germany and other European countries.
https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/ges/ser/ukf.html

Small apartment in 88317 Aichstetten (1 large eat-in kitchen, 2 small bedrooms, 1 bathroom) for Ukrainian artists*, gladly also with child. The apartment is suitable for a maximum of 3 people. Contakt: Dr. Georg Kremer, georgfkremer@gmail.com, www.kremer-pigmente.de

Martin Roth-Initiative: project applications for "Temporary relocation to Germany: Artists and cultural actors at risk have the possibility to temporarily stay and work in Germany with the assistance of a host cultural institution" (deadline: 20. April, start of stay September 2022): 
https://www.martin-roth-initiative.de/en/application-programme-line-1

 

Residence law information

Healthcare for Ukrainian Refugees in Germany:
https://visaguide.world/international-health-insurance/germany/health-care-refugees-asylum-seekers/

Student Health Insurance in Germany: A Guide For Foreigners:
https://www.studying-in-germany.org/health-insurance-germany-guide/#health-insurance-for-refugees-in-germany

touring artists: FAQ for refugees from Ukraine in Germany 
https://www.touring-artists.info/en/home/ukraine-information/

Bundesinnenministerium des Innern und für Heimat "Germany4Ukraine":
https://www.germany4ukraine.de/hilfeportal-en (engl.)
https://www.germany4ukraine.de/hilfeportal-ua (ukr.)

FAQ des Bundesinnenministeriums des Innern und für Heimat zur Einreise aus der Ukraine:
https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/DE/themen/ministerium/ukraine-krieg/faq-liste-ukraine-krieg.html

FAQ des Landesamtes für Flüchtlingsangelegenheiten Berlin für Flüchtlinge aus der Ukraine und ehrenamtlich Helfende:
https://www.berlin.de/laf/ankommen/fluechtlinge-aus-der-ukraine/

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge: Fragen und Antworten zur Einreise aus der Ukraine und zum Aufenthalt in Deutschland:
https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/AsylFluechtlingsschutz/faq-ukraine.html 

Landesamt für Einwanderung: Allgemeinverfügung des Landesamtes für Einwanderung anlässlich der Krisensituation in der Ukraine:
https://www.berlin.de/einwanderung/ueber-uns/aktuelles/artikel.1180210.php

berlin.de: Geflüchtete aus der Ukraine
https://www.berlin.de/ukraine/

Flüchtlingsrat Berlin:
https://fluechtlingsrat-berlin.de/news_termine/ukraine/

Flüchtlingsrat Berlin, Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/fluechtlingsratberlin/

Berlin hilft Infoportal:
https://berlin-hilft.com/ukraine/

 

BERLIN: Studios in Berlin for artists from Ukraine

Offer of the studio office in the kulturwerk of the bbk berlin:
I offer a studio or shared use of a studio: https://www.bbk-kulturwerk.de/atelierangebot-einreichen