Berlin Comics Scholarship 2024 at the CIB: Scholarship talk and exhibition

The Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion has awarded seven scholarships to Berlin comic artists for 2024. The scholarship holders are: Arinda Crăciun, Beatrice Naomi Davies, Joris Bas Backer, Marc Hennes, Lutz Marx, Dirk Schwieger and Hannes Stummvoll. The Comics residency scholarship 2024/25 in Paris will be awarded to Bianca Schaalburg.

The Museum for Communication Berlin and the German Comic Association e.V. are presenting the projects with which the artists applied for the scholarship in an exhibition. The exhibition runs from May 11th to August 25th, 2024. The presentation of the scholarship holders and their projects as part of ComicInvasion Berlin on May 11th, 12 noon in the Museum for Communication will be moderated by Axel Halling, Chairman of the Board of the German Comic Association e.V.

Afterwards, the exhibition with works by the scholarship holders will be opened by Anja Schaluschke, director of the Museum of Communication. The event is sponsored by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, Berlin.