Organizer Information
The Künstler*innen Vereinigung Tirol (KüVeTi), formerly known as the Tiroler Künstler:innenschaft, was founded in 1946 and describes itself as a forum for contemporary art in Tyrol. It is a non-profit, politically independent association of visual artists based in Innsbruck, with around 348–368 members. Beyond representing the cultural, economic, and social interests of visual artists, the association curates, organizes, and produces exhibition projects and artistic interventions at its two venues, the Kunstpavillon and the Neue Galerie Innsbruck, and coordinates the Art in Public Space Tyrol funding scheme on behalf of the State of Tyrol. This scheme, run jointly by the State of Tyrol and KüVeTi since 2008, is financed through Tyrolean state funds; KüVeTi is responsible for its thematic direction, call for applications, application procedures, and jury coordination, while the State of Tyrol's Cultural Department handles the financial processing of selected projects.
Title & Description
Art in Public Space Tyrol — Funding Scheme 2027: "Performing Environments!"
Art in Public Space Tyrol invites site-specific interventions that connect their physical surroundings with collective memories and subjective narratives through performance. Public space — whether rural or urban — is to be understood not merely as a stage but as an active counterpart capable of responding. The 2027 funding round, under the thematic focus "Performing Environments!", invites artistic interventions, performances, and sound-based works that open new perspectives on the interplay of body, space, and identity, renegotiating public space as a living, multi-voiced space of experience. Selected projects must be realised in Tyrol's public rural or urban space and engage with the specific conditions of their chosen location, with implementation required between March and November 2027.
Theme
Performing Environments! — keywords: physicality (Körperlichkeit), performance, environment, interventions, publicness (Öffentlichkeit). Gestures that accompany everyday life, shape realities and publics, or activate places for the first time — the connection between performance and place can be articulated through the widest range of artistic practices.
Categories
- Performance
- Public Art
- Site-specific
- Sound/Music
- Interdisciplinary Arts
- Architecture
- Curatorial
Eligibility
- Open to artists, artist collectives, architects, and curators active in the field of contemporary art
- Applicants must have their (residential) seat within the EEA (European Economic Area) or EFTA
- Projects must be realised in Tyrol, in public rural or urban space, and engage with the specific conditions of the chosen site
- Selected projects must be capable of realisation between March and November 2027
- Following jury approval, funding is conditional on obtaining any permits necessary for realisation and on the consent of the relevant local municipality/municipalities to the submitted project; obtaining official permits is the responsibility of the project recipient
- Excluded: retroactive funding or purchase of an already-realised artwork, classical "art in architecture" (Kunst am Bau) projects, publications that are not part of a project, and public-space events such as concerts or theatre performances without substantive connection to the funding scheme
- Funding can be paid out to only one person (natural or legal) / one account — splitting between multiple recipients is not possible
- Persons without ID-Austria must register in the federal government's supplementary register (Ergänzungsregister)
Program Benefits & Awards
- The Art in Public Space action of the State of Tyrol is endowed with EUR 80,000 for 2027
- Following the jury's recommendation, funding for recommended projects can amount to up to 100% of the eligible total costs
- Up to three projects will be invited for realisation from among the submissions
- The Künstler*innen Vereinigung Tirol provides advisory support during project implementation, including on curatorial, content-related, and production-related questions
- The association assists project participants in obtaining site permits, coordinates scheduling with other public-art projects, writes press and project texts in consultation with the artists, organises press events, produces printed materials (flyers, posters, etc.), documents projects through photography and, if necessary, video, and publishes projects on koer-tirol.at
- Own labour can be included in the project calculation at an hourly rate per the Fair-Pay Richtlinien (Pay the Artist Now guidelines) in Austria, accounted for according to the State of Tyrol's service sheet for the Art in Public Space action
Application Fee
None
Application Requirements
- Completed submission form (Einreichformular), submitted via the online platform on the Art in Public Space Tyrol website — no email or postal submissions accepted
- Details on the project submitter(s)
- Project-related data including a short project description (max. 1,200 characters) and a short description of the site connection (max. 1,200 characters), plus the desired project location
- Complete submission documents including a detailed project description (max. 5 pages), image material and visualisations (max. 5 pages), outreach/mediation formats, cost and financing plan, timeline, biography (max. 1 page per artist), and documentation of previous work (max. 10 pages — key works of recent years, and works from the public-space art field if available)
- Only one PDF file per applicant, maximum 10 MB
- Submissions must be in German only
How to Apply?
Online Application
Key Dates
- Application Deadline: 14 August 2026
- Jury Decision Announcement: Autumn 2026
- Project Realisation Period: March–November 2027
Location
Public rural and urban spaces throughout Tyrol, Austria
Additional Details
- Three independent expert jurors, jointly appointed by the State of Tyrol and the Künstler*innen Vereinigung Tirol, select from the submitted projects and prepare a funding recommendation; the final funding decision is made by the member of the Tyrolean state government responsible for cultural affairs. The 2027 jury members are Carola Dertnig (artist, Vienna), Franziska Heubacher (curator, Innsbruck International, Innsbruck), and Wolfgang Tragseiler (artist, Vienna)
- No submission creates a legal entitlement to funding; the jury's decision cannot be appealed
- Sensitivity to gender issues and social exclusion mechanisms is expected in both the conception and implementation of the project; barrier-free access should be considered in the concept from the outset
- Set-up and dismantling must be organised and financed by the artists themselves; research, administrative work, obtaining permits, event registration (the organiser is exclusively the project recipient), and project accounting are the artists' own responsibility
- Travel and travel expenses, as well as costs for possible contract drafting and insurance of the work, must be included in the production budget; daily allowance or meal costs cannot be claimed
- The logo of KÖR Tirol and of the State of Tyrol must be displayed on all projects
- The artist is obliged to keep the Künstler*innen Vereinigung Tirol informed of project status and to involve it throughout
- Applicants agree that their name and submitted image material, sketches, or other visualisations may be published, e.g. for media coverage or on the websites of the State of Tyrol and koer-tirol.at
- Serious changes to the concept during implementation must be discussed with the Cultural Department, or problems may arise with project accounting
- The Tyrolean Cultural Promotion Act and the Tyrolean Cultural Promotion Guidelines form the general legal basis for project implementation