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 preperation course:
- German courses 3 courses (B2-C1)
- conversation courses, study skills workshops, get-together and individual study counseling
- Beyond German (presentation techniques) (Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts)
Course 1 (B2.1) 02/06 - 01/08/2025: Registration
Course 2 (B2.2) 18/08 - 10/10/2025: Registration
Course 3 (C1) 29/09 - 28/11/2025: Registration
NEW! 23.06., 10-12 am, Online-Workshop "Introduction into studying at an Art College in Germany and Berlin" (in Englisch): Meeting-Link
# Get-Together: monthly meet-up of prospective students and UdK students at risk
20.06., 17-19 pm, Café Menta, Emser Str. 24, 10719 Berlin
# Day excursions to the Berlin art academies
9 Juli 10 am Access Art Schools on Tour @HfS
20 Juli 12-17 pm Access Art Schools on Tour @UdK Berlin
# Artist Training modules for the music, visual arts, performing arts and film sectors 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
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, Präsident UdK Berlin
"Gerade jetzt ist es wichtig, dass wir Artists at risk zeigen, dass die Berliner Kultur sie nicht nur duldet, sondern will und braucht“
- Dr. Anna Luise Kiss, Rektorin HfS Ernst Busch Berlin
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
The project Access Art Schools Berlin in cooperation with the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Erst Busch is funded from April to December 2025 by special funds for participation for refugees, Senate Department Berlin.