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We’re launching the 7th edition of the Common Ground Studio! Apply by 07.09.2026 ✨

The Common Ground Studio (CGS) is a student-led support program for artists at risk in Berlin with migratory experiences. The program runs for one academic year: October 2026 to mid-July 2027.

Our aim for this year is to help one another navigate the UdK context, learn together, and support each other’s artistic growth. We remain rooted at UdK while finding a new shape for ourselves. Due to ongoing shifts at the Faculty of Fine Arts, we’re currently unable to offer studio access to CGS members. Instead, we offer a regular program of gatherings — a space to come together, share work, and build community — alongside mentoring support, portfolio reviews, and a warm network of fellow students.

How to apply?

✔️A personal letter or a 2 to 5 minute video, that includes a brief bio, and that outlines your motivation, expectations, and interest in the Common Ground Studio.
✔️Portfolio — a digital portfolio (⁠PDF format) with 5-15 works, maximum 10 MB.
✔️An artist CV or a document with your personal information (describe your experience) and contact information.
✔️Proposal — one sentence proposal for a shared encounter or a workshop for the CGS that reflects your work and/or your interests.
📩 Send your application to: support@commonground.berlin

We welcome all artistic practices!

Note: CGS does not grant the right to a visa to study in Germany, as it’s run by the efforts of multiple students and is not an official program of UdK.

Important information for the applicants:
Access Art Schools Berlin is launching a Special Program for Applicants to Art Universities — a Preparatory German Language Course (B2.2) that will start on October 5 and run until November 27. More info via link in bio.

Looking forward to the new edition! 🧡
📩 Send your application to: support@commonground.berlin by @commonground.udk

سلام!

ما شما را به شرکت در نشست بعدی How to Study در دانشگاه‌های هنر برلین دعوت می‌کنیم!

این جلسه به‌صورت غیررسمی، توسط دانشجویان دانشگاه‌های هنر برلیم و به‌عنوان بخشی از برنامه‌ی common ground دانشگاه هنر برلین و Buddy Program دانشگاه Ernst Busch، برای علاقه‌مندان به تحصیل در دانشگاه‌های هنر برلین برگزار می‌شود.
—
در این جلسه می‌خواهیم گپ‌و‌گفتی دوستانه درباره‌ی هرآن‌چه پیرامون درس‌خواندن در برلین را تشکیل می‌دهد داشته باشیم.
از ویزا و اداره‌ی اتباع خارجی، تا نحوه‌ی پیدا کردن خانه و شغل‌ها و مسیرهای کاری.
این جلسه به‌صورت خاص برای افرادی مناسب است که در مسیر اپلای هستند و سوال‌ها یا مشکلات مشخصی دارند.
—
زبان جلسه به فارسی خواهد بود

برای شرکت در جلسه لطفا به آدرس ایمیل y.shafie@hfs-berlin.de پیام بدهید تا لینک جلسه برایتان ارسال شود.

لطفا این پست را با کسانی که فکر می‌کنید می‌تواند برایشان مفید باشد به اشتراک بگذارید.

طراحی پست: @ma.hgol by @commonground.udk

On October 16, we visited HGB Leipzig to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the AtA (Academy for Transcultural Exchange) programme! @ata_hgb_leipzig

Established in 2016, AtA is Germany’s first regular study programme for students and artists at risk in the fields of fine arts and graphic design.

The programme creates pathways into higher arts education, supporting students in preparing for degree studies at HGB through artistic foundation courses, workshops, language classes and opportunities to explore different artistic disciplines.

We were delighted to celebrate this milestone together and to reflect on the partnerships we have built over the past few years.

At the same time, we stand in solidarity with those affected by the increasing pressure on resources dedicated to asylum, forced migration and anti-discrimination. Ensuring equitable access to arts education and supporting displaced and at-risk artists and students are institutional responsibilities that must not depend on temporary funding or shifting political priorities. These commitments require adequate public funding and long-term structural support to ensure that universities fulfil their responsibilities towards social justice and non-discrimination. by @commonground.udk

UPD. Mistake on the poster! SATURDAY, 7.11.26, not Sunday. We apologize for that!

We are pleased to warmly invite you to a day excursion to the Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf.

The @filmuni offers a wide range of BA, MA and PhD study programs, among others in animation, cinematography, digital media culture, set design, directing, acting, visual effects & virtual production.

𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫
Filmuniversität Babelsberg
07.11.2026, 10:00-16:00
𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭:
Haupteingang
Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
14482 Potsdam

If you'd like to join please send @artist.training your name in an email: there is an envelope in linktr.ee in bio

This trip is a supported by @filmunistura

Program:
10am meeting at Haupteingang, overview of the open day program
11am information about application and access requirements by the International Office
The rest of the day we will visit the different departments and studios depending on the interests of the participants

visuals: @ma.hgol 🌻

𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯, 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘳𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘩 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2025 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2026 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. by @commonground.udk

[Eng below]
Цікавитеся факультетом образотворчого мистецтва Берлінського університету мистецтв або вже навчаєтеся тут і хочете побачитися з іншими людьми з України? Пропонуємо другу цьогоріч неформальну здибанку.
З вами зустрінеться студентка, яка вже пройшла 4 із 5 років навчання. Розкаже про всі нюанси й химерності факультету, поділиться особистим досвідом і проведе невеличку екскурсію.
Якщо не буде дощу, то зустрічаємося у внутрішньому садочку корпуса на Hardenbergstraße, 33 (10623). Якщо дощитиме, проходьте через центральний вхід прямо до скляних дверей у сад - там і побачимося!
Будь ласка, напишіть на ziw001@intra.udk-berlin.de, щоб ми знали, скількох людей чекати.

Are you interested in the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Berlin University of the Arts, or are you already studying there and would like to meet other people from Ukraine? Come to our informal get-together.
You’ll be meeting a student who has already completed 4 out of 5 years of her degree. She’ll tell you all about the ins and outs and quirks of the faculty, share her personal experiences and give you a short tour.
If it’s not raining, we’ll meet in the inner courtyard of the building at Hardenbergstraße 33 (10623). If it is raining, please go through the main entrance straight to the glass doors leading into the garden. by @commonground.udk

Here’s how CGS × bat Festival went ✨

We’re very grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with bat-Festival @hfs_ernst_busch . Special thanks to the festival and team for all their hard work and support in making the exhibition happen — and a big hug to everyone who came to witness it! 🧡

Hope to see you all again at our next exhibition in December.

Photos by @ysaienko

The artists:
@victoria_liholet
@solutaris_
@katya__kopeikina
@rozhinaarastgoo
@spiteofdark
@leamoon_ensolab
@ysaienko
@yvidisiac
@ifigeneia_dkr
@annaivch
@juliakafizova by @commonground.udk

We warmly invite you to the Common Ground Studio exhibition at BAT Festival! 🪅

📅 24–27 September
Opening: 24 September, 16:00
✨ Vernissage : from 18:00

BAT Festival is a student-led project by students of the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch, and we’re very happy to collaborate and present Common Ground Studio as part of the festival.

📍 bat-studiotheater – Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch
Belforter Str. 15, 10405 Berlin
CGS on the 5th floor + video works in the foyer

Come by, see the works, meet the artists, and celebrate with us!

design by @ysaienko

with artists :
@spiteofdark
@victoria_liholet
@katya__kopeikina
@juliakafizova
@ifigeneia_dkr
@ysaienko
@yvidisiac
@leamoon_ensolab
@solutaris_
@annaivch
@rozhinarastgoo

Common Ground Studio × BAT Festival
@hfs_ernst_busch by @commonground.udk

سلام!

ما شما را به شرکت در نشست بعدی How to Study در دانشگاه‌های هنر برلین دعوت می‌کنیم!

این جلسه به‌صورت غیررسمی، توسط دانشجویان دانشگاه‌های هنر برلین و به‌عنوان بخشی از برنامه‌ی Common Ground دانشگاه هنر برلین و Buddy Program دانشگاه Ernst Busch، برای علاقه‌مندان به تحصیل در دانشگاه‌های هنر برلین برگزار می‌شود.
—
در این جلسه، نمایندگانی از دانشگاه‌های هنر دولتی برلین حضور خواهند داشت و درباره‌ی مسیر اپلای و پیدا کردن اطلاعات مورد نیاز برای تحصیل در این دانشگاه‌ها با شما صحبت خواهند کرد؛
. چطور در وب‌سایت دانشگاه‌ها جست‌وجو کنیم و اطلاعات مورد نیازمان را پیدا کنیم؟
. چطور مسیر اپلای برای دانشگاه‌های مختلف را پیدا و دنبال کنیم؟
. چه افرادی در دانشگاه‌ها می‌توانند در روند اپلای به ما کمک کنند و چطور می‌توان با آن‌ها ارتباط گرفت؟

همچنین یک ساعت از برنامه به پاسخ دادن به پرسش‌های شما اختصاص خواهد داشت.
—
زبان جلسه فارسی خواهد بود.

📩 برای شرکت در جلسه، لطفاً به آدرس ایمیل [y.shafie@hfs-berlin.de] پیام بدهید تا لینک جلسه برایتان ارسال شود.

لطفاً این پست را با کسانی که فکر می‌کنید می‌تواند برایشان مفید باشد به اشتراک بگذارید. 🤍

طراحی پست: @ma.hgol by @commonground.udk

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐔𝐝𝐊 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧: all faculties + Guest Auditor +
𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞, September 15, 14:00 to 16:00 (CET, meaning local German time).

You will get well-structured information and an overview from Barbara Garnier (International Student Services), and important insights from a student of the faculty of Fine Arts, Yeheniia Perutska (who's also a member of Common Ground and Artist Training)

We will talk about the colleges and degree programs at UdK, the application process, and the Guest Auditor + program.
As always, we'll leave time for your questions!

To register for the event, please send an email to 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐳𝐢𝐰@𝐮𝐝𝐤-𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧.𝐝𝐞
- - - IMPORTANT: TILL SEPTEMBER, 13 (OTHERWISE WE WON'T SEE IT) - - -
(you can also find the email address as a little envelope in Artist Training linkrt.ee in bio)
+++ Just send us your name and some short basic info about yourself. If you have any questions or papers to review, please send them beforehand too, so that we have time to prepare +++

Follow our @commonground.udk @udkinternational and @artist.training IG pages (all three are different and quite useful) for the upcoming How to Study announcements. You can find all three as collaborators on this post.

Information for students, artists and scholars at risk (in English, Ukrainian, Farsi and Arabic):
‌https://www.udk-berlin.de/en/university/commitment-to-refugees/⁩

Common Ground is a student initiative aimed to help prospective students at risk. They work together with Artist Training, Student Advisory Service, International Office, the Intercultural Mentoring, the General Student Counselling Office, and the Equal Opportunities Commissioner of the UdK Berlin. Our common goal is to find tailor-made offers and contact persons for prospective students, students, researchers and professional artists with refugee backgrounds. We kindly thank Artist Training for the informational support.

visual: @zhenia.perutska 🌸 by @commonground.udk

What does it take to create a university where access, belonging, and artistic practice are genuinely shared? Common Ground – A Student Initiative traces more than a decade of student-led work at UdK Berlin, supporting artists and students with experiences of displacement while challenging institutional barriers from within. Through peer networks, mentorship, multilingual programming, and collective care, Common Ground shows that inclusion is not simply about opening doors—it is about transforming the conditions that allow people to participate, create, and thrive.

The text is written by Yevheniia Perutska and is available in English.

Read the full article via the link in our bio. by @commonground.udk

The 6th year of the Common Ground Studio is wrapping up! Our biggest cohort yet, more exhibitions than ever, and our third evolution 🐣

Following multiple changes at the UdK, we shifted to a nomadic structure, freeing ourselves from spatial limitations and enabling us to support a significantly larger and more diverse cohort. You trusted us and we learned so much together! We want to thank and congratulate everyone for another great year 🧡

We will publish the new open call in August!  New members (and organizers) of the of 25/26 cohort in no particular order: @vertwen_aaa
@zhenia.perutska
@spiteofdark
@bahaart___
@_mvolman_
@ifigeneia_dkr
@otto_sager_
@shahdalshamaly
@ysaienko
@meltedurchin
@katya__kopeikina
@kalyta.vv.
@ela.b.ela
@mentalpractic
@sakarasasha
@NoahOsarenren
@eerie.mare
@ich.male_gerne
Viktoriia Zubarieva
@petricorsalavje
@chillback4eva @annaivch by @commonground.udk

Join us for the second tour in the Access Art Schools Berlin 2026 edition! We would like to show you the faculties of Fine Arts and Design during Rundgang - the most important annual event for UdK! Every class, every workshop, every exhibition space will open their doors and welcome several dozens of thousands 👀 of visitors! This tour is supported by Common Ground, please come see them if your mother tongue is Farsi (a student of Design faculty in the team) or Ukrainian (a Fine Arts student)

We meet on Sunday in hope to avoid the long queue, nevertheless you might have to wait in the line, so please count on that when planning.
𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 @𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭ä𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐊ü𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧 (𝐔𝐝𝐊)
– 19.07.2026, 12:00 – 17:00
Meeting point: Hardenbergstr. 33, Garten
Program: 12:00 Community Meeting / 13:00 Art Tour Hardenbergstr. / 15:00 Meeting for the joint trip to the Medienhaus / 16:00 Art Tour Medienhaus

Please, if you would like to join the tour, send your name to artisttraining-ziw@udk-berlin.de (you can find this email in artist.training linktr.ee in bio)
Why is it necessary? Not only will it help us to understand how many people to expect, but we'll also share our contacts with you, so you don't get lost : )

visuals: @ma.hgol🌻

𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯, 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘳𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘩 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2025 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2026 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. by @commonground.udk