Stipendien und Incomings im Wintersemester 2024/25

16.12.2024
Our 12 incoming students (from left): Hyeonbean Kim, Chaehyun Park, Jiwon Kim, Qianyu Wang, Eva Arnaud, Lara Pires Ginja, Francisco de Azevedo, En-Hsin Liao, Viha Shah, Bhadra Shankar, Zixuan Wang and Chaitanya Vats.

The International Office of the Merz Akademie was once again able to award many scholarships for semesters abroad for Merz Akademie students. We are also happy about the exchange students from our partner universities.

Baden-Württemberg Scholarship
Our students Ronja Häußer and Lukas Walter are spending a semester abroad with a Baden-Württemberg scholarship. Ronja spent a semester abroad at Hongik University in Seoul, South Korea and Lukas traveled to the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore, India.

Erasmus+
Our incoming students Eva Arnaud, ENSA Dijon, France and Lara Pires Ginja, Universidad Beira Interior, Portugal as well as incoming student Francisco de Azevedo (BA), Universidad Beira Interior, Portugal received Erasmus+ funding.
The Merz Akademie Bachelor students Semiha Degirmenci, who was at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and Klara Zdrazilova (BA), who spent a semester abroad at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, also received Erasmus+ funding.

Promos
Gabriela Kecskemeti, Bachelor student at the Merz Akademie, was on a Promos scholarship at the Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.

05.12.2024

Phoebe Ammon wins twice at the 2024 Screenplay Award

Graduate Phoebe Ammon wins the Jury Screenplay Prize and the Audience Award at the Schleswig-Holstein Screenplay Prize. “Der Tag gehört uns” is the name of Phoebe’s screenplay, which she entered...

04.12.2024

“Most important designer” – Guest lecturer Thomas Poschauko in conversation with Prof. Florian Bayer

Thomas Poschauko ist, wie er auf seiner Website und der seines Bruders schreibt ein “multidisziplinär arbeitender Universal-Kreativer, der die Bereiche Freie Kunst, Design, Kreativforschung und akademische Lehre miteinander verbindet.” Im...

28.10.2024

Merz Akademie@Stuttgarter Comictage 2024

Impressions of the Stuttgart Comic Days – The Stuttgart Comic Days “ComicJuju” took place from Friday, 25.10. to Sunday, 27.10.2024. In cooperation with the Comic Days, students of the Merz...

25.09.2024

Release “edition orange” bei Art Book Fair im Werkstatthaus

Die neue Publikationsreihe der Merz Akademie edition orange startet mit Band 1: “Generative KI und die Künste: Eine kulturtheoretische Perspektive” von Theorie-Dozent und Autor Dr. Jürgen Riethmüller. Die Vorstellung des...