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Award ceremony March 21, 2024
Award ceremony March 21, 2024

On March 21, 2024, the award ceremony for the current winning projects of The Power of the Arts will take place at the Alte Münze in Berlin.

New application phase starts on April 15, 2024
New application phase starts on April 15, 2024

The Power of the Arts award will be presented for the eighth time in a row this year. From April 15, 2024, we are once again looking forward to receiving many exciting applications from projects and initiatives in the arts and culture!

The awardees 2023
The awardees 2023

The 2023 recipients for The Power of the Arts have now been announced! Our independent jury has selected four outstanding projects from among 130 submissions for addressing and bringing visibility to  to a peaceful co-existence and dialog.

The jury session 2023
The jury session 2023

The jury has met and selected four winning projects. We will reveal which projects will receive The Power of the Arts 2023 award in January.

The award ceremony: winning projects 2020 – 2022
The award ceremony: winning projects 2020 – 2022

Finally, we were able to award the winners of The Power of the Arts 2020 – 2022: On 30 March 2023, the award ceremony took place at the Bolle Festsäle in Berlin.

The awardees 2022
The awardees 2022

The winners of The Power of the Arts 2022 have been announced! The jury has once again selected three outstanding projects that all contribute to an open society with their artistic ideas.

The jury session 2022
The jury session 2022

This year’s jury had their meetings and selected four winning projects. We will soon announce which projects will be awarded by The Power of the Arts 2022.

Welcome! Benita Bailey is a new jury member
Welcome! Benita Bailey is a new jury member

We are happy to welcome actress, theater & filmmaker, speaker, and lecturer Benita Bailey as a new member of our jury.

Welcome! Mirna Funk is a new jury member
Welcome! Mirna Funk is a new jury member

We are pleased to welcome essayist and author Mirna Funk as a new member of our jury.

The awardees 2021
The awardees 2021

The winners of The Power of the Arts 2021 have been announced! The jury selected four outstanding projects that implement unconventional artistic ideas for an open society.

The jury session 2021
The jury session 2021

Our Jury had their meetings! Tomorrow we are going to announce who belongs to this year’s winners.

The Power of the Arts is being honored with the AKF Award
The Power of the Arts is being honored with the AKF Award

The Working Group for Cultural Sponsoring of the Association of Arts and Culture of the German Economy at the Federation of German Industries e.V. (Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e.V.) honors the Philip Morris GmbH with the AKF Award for The Power of the Arts.

Nomination for the AKF-Award 2021
Nomination for the AKF-Award 2021

The Power of the Arts is one of the nominated projects for this year’s AKF-Award.

Honoring the awardees 2020
Honoring the awardees 2020

In past years, winning projects have always been honored at a festive awarding ceremony featuring figures from culture, politics, and civil society. Regrettably, we must refrain from holding a ceremonial presentation this year out of consideration for the protection against infections. Nevertheless, we are pleased to present this short summary of all winning projects.

Announcement of the 10th awardee 2020
Announcement of the 10th awardee 2020

The 10th winner of The Power of the Arts 2020 award, “Kein Schlussstrich! Ein bundesweites Theaterprojekt zum NSU-Komplex (No closure! A nationwide theatre project on the National Socialist Underground)” by Licht ins Dunkel e.V. who has not yet been published for project-internal reasons can finally be announced. 

The awardees 2020
The awardees 2020
With more than 130 submissions from all over Germany, the jury selected ten representative projects of exceptional note.
The jury session 2020
The jury session 2020

Our Jury had their meetings! They sat together and discussed a lot: In the next weeks we are going to announce who belongs to this year’s winners.

The next round is here!
The next round is here!

2020 is a special year that will be defined by crisis. That is why we are adjusting how the award’s funding is being distributed.

The Jury 2020
The Jury 2020

The The Power of the Arts jury team 2020 is ready to start. Here we present the jury for the call for entries.

The awardees 2019
The awardees 2019

For the third time since the founding of The Power the Arts, the jury has once again selected impressive projects to receive the award.

The award ceremony
The award ceremony

What a party! To honor this year’s The Power of the Arts winners, an award ceremony was held on 30 January 2020 at the F.A.Z. Atrium in Berlin.