19 November 2026, 4-6.45 pm, Brandenburg Landtag in Potsdam
Das Seil von Strodehne © Gabriele Konsor
- 3.30-4 pm | Arrival & Registration
- 4-4.10 pm | Opening & Welcome Remarks
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Liedtke, President of the Brandenburg State Parliament
Constanze Brockmann, Managing Director of the IGBK
Adam Sevens, Board Member of bbk Brandenburg, Board Member of BBK Bundesverband and Delegate to the IGBK - 4.10-4.20 pm | Keynote: Spaces for Encounters – Art as a Catalyst for Vibrant Rural Areas
Dr. Gesine Tuitjer, Thünen Institute, Braunschweig - 4.20-5.10 pm | PANEL I: Creating Spaces – Art, Culture and Encounters at the Local Level
Experiences and perspectives from Brandenburg and neighboring Bundesländer, among others: How do spaces for encounters emerge? What role can art and culture play, and what networks are needed?
With Gabriele Konsor (artist, Strodehne), Ingeborg Lockemann (artist, Borkheide), Jan Stradtmann (Artistic Director of the “Passage” Artist-in-Residence Programme, Dübener Heide), and other guests; moderated by David Adler (Managing Director of Wolgaster Kulturgesellschaft gGmbH) - 5.10-5.35 pm | Break
- 5.35-6.25 pm | PANEL II: Opening Up Perspectives – What Can Rural Areas Offer, and What Do They Need? (with an International Perspective)
With Dr. Ulrike Boskamp (Executive Director and Head of the Arthur Boskamp Foundation, Hohenlockstedt), Dr. Philine Griem (co-Artistic Director of Künstlerhäuser Worpswede), Piotr Michalowski (Coordinator of the Working Group on Culture in Rural Areas at the European Network of Cultural Centres – ENCC), Martin Naundorf (Co-Festival Director and Curator of the OSTEN Festival); moderated by David Adler - 6.25-6.45 pm | Reflection & Outlook: Regional Perspectives, Inputs and Q&A
David Adler in conversation with participants from both panels - 6.45 pm | End of Symposium
All guests are warmly invited to join the reception in the foyer afterwards, providing an opportunity for networking, informal exchange and further discussions.
A joint initiative by the Kulturwerk of the bbk Brandenburg and the Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste (IGBK), in partnership with the BBK Bundesverband.
The symposium is supported by Kulturstiftung der Länder.
