Access Art Schools Berlin
The joint project Access Art Schools Berlin. A project to prepare students at risk for artistic and academic studies in Berlin bundles a package of measures for prospective students from April to December 2025. The concept is based on the needs of the target group and is in line with the overall concept for persons at risk at the UdK Berlin. The individual offers of the UdK Berlin and the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch (HfS) are open to all prospective students at risk of the Berlin art academies and the joint offers provide an optimal advisory and support structure for a successful application.
PROGRAM
Study Preparation
Course 1 (B2.1): 02.06. – 01.08.2025
Course 2 (B2.2): 18.08. – 10.10.2025
Course 3 (C1): 29.09. – 28.11.2025 (Registration required)
German courses (B2 – C1)
Conversation courses and study skills workshops
Get-together and individual study counseling
Online Workshop: "Introduction to Studying at an Art College in Germany and Berlin" (in English)
23.06. from 10:00 – 12:00 am
22.09. from 10:00 – 12:00 am (together with the International Office)
Meeting link:
Get-Together: Monthly meeting of prospective students and UdK students at risk
20.06. from 17:00 – 19:00
Café Menta, Emser Str. 24, 10719 Berlin
20.07. from 14:00 – 15:30
Hardenbergstr. 33, in the garden/courtyard
(part of Access Art Schools on Tour @UdK Berlin)
11.09. from 15:00
Hardenbergstr. 33, Room 004
Beyond German (Presentation Techniques)
Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts
Day Excursions to the Berlin Art Academies
09.07. from 10:00
Access Art Schools on Tour @HfS
20.07. from 12:00 – 17:00
Access Art Schools on Tour @UdK Berlin
Meeting point: Hardenbergstr. 33, Garden
Program:
12:00 Community Meeting
13:00 Art Tour Hardenbergstr.
14:00 Get-together in the garden
15:30 Meeting for the joint trip to the Medienhaus
16:00 Art Tour Medienhaus
Artist Training Modules for Music, Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Film
udk-berlin.de/ziw/artisttrainingregistrierung
20.08. – 05.09.2025: Building New Horizons: Artistic Empowerment for Artists at Risk – Ruba Adwan
08.09. – 12.09.2025: Self-Presentation and Networking for Professional Filmmakers at Risk – Natalija Yefimkina & Henner Winckler
15.09. – 27.09.2025: Basic Tools for a New Start in the Berlin Performing Arts Scene – Maryna Makarenko & Anna Volkland
02.10. – 28.11.2025: AI Storytelling – Sina Ataeian
06.10. – 17.10.2025: Building Your Music Life in Berlin: A Practical Guide – Soheil Soheili & Niki Yaghmaee
Common Ground Community Meetings
in Ukrainian, Farsi and Arabic
https://www.instagram.com/commonground.udk/
Professionalization Training for Employees
COMMUNICATION
“Kunsthochschulen tragen Verantwortung, gesellschaftliche Teilhabe zu ermöglichen.”
– Prof. Dr. Markus Hilgert, President UdK Berlin
“Right now it is especially important that we show Artists at Risk that Berlin's cultural scene not only tolerates them, but wants and needs them.”
– Dr. Anna Luise Kiss, Rector HfS Ernst Busch Berlin
Press Release
TEAM
Dr. Melanie Waldheim (Head of project management, Artist Training), Corinna Whyment (German courses), Dr. Mareike Brlecic Layer (co-project management, Study skills) and Alejandra Nieves Camacho + Alice Rugai (professionalization), Sven Dolinski (HfS), Yevheniia Perutska, Mahgol Mohammadi, Dai Solayman (Common Ground)
Contact: artisttraining-ziw@udk-berlin.de