Freiräume - Project grant International May Festival
The funding program "Freiräume - Projektstipendium Internationale Maifestspiele" has been announced again for the 2026 edition of the Wiesbaden International May Festival. Five project scholarships have now been awarded.
Freelance artists need financial leeway, infrastructure and visibility in order to be able to work. The Wiesbaden Cultural Office and the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden agree on this and have once again announced the "Freiräume - Projektstipendium Internationale Maifestspiele" funding program for 2026.
Between October and November 2025, creative artists from Wiesbaden were able to apply for one of the grants from the state capital of Wiesbaden worth up to 8,000 euros. The selected projects will be included in the program of the International May Festival 2026. Depending on requirements, the projects can be shown at the Hessisches Staatstheater or at other venues in Wiesbaden.
A five-member jury of experts decided on the awarding of the grants.
Further information on the funding program can be found under "Documents" and "Further information".
This year's scholarship holders
- Johannes Schropp with the project "re-"
- Wingel Mendoza with the project "At the limits of the pulse"
- Wolfgang Schliemann with the art.ist.kollektiv with the project "Wir müssen spielen [statt reden]. Or: Quatsch no operas"
- Mareike Buchmann with the Ida Flux Ensemble with the project "Pieces for Now Vol 3: The uncanny rebellion of dreams"
- Katharina Heißenhuber with Testbild with the project "There will be no blood" (AT)
"There will be no blood" (Katharina Heißenhuber & Testbild) - May 6, Studio of the Hessian State Theater
"We have to play. Or: Don't talk about operas" (art.ist.kollektiv) - May 9, Kunsthaus
"re-" (Johannes Schropp & Air Italics) - May 15 and 16, Georg-Buch-Haus
"Pieces for Now Vol. 3 - The uncanny rebellion of dreams" (Ida Flux Ensemble) - May 20, Wartburg Castle
"At the Limits of the Pulse" (Wingel Mendoza) - installation May 20-31, concert May 29, Kunsthaus
The jury
- Dr. Viola Bolduan, long-time features editor of the Wiesbadener Kurier
- Maximilian Nickel, arranger and lecturer at the Wiesbaden Music Academy
- Beate Heine and Dorothea Hartmann, directors of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
- Dr. Philipp Schulte, Managing Director of the Hessian Theatre Academy and freelance author and dramaturge
- Franziska Domes, Head of the Department of District Culture - Performing Arts - Music - Artistry at the Wiesbaden Cultural Office
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