On Wednesday, January 7th, the jury convened to select the scholarship recipients for the °Ceramic-Artist-Exchange-Tandem Program 2025 at the Keramikkünstlerhaus. Out of 122 applicants from over 30 different countries, six artists were chosen to come to Neumünster this year. Each pair will live and work at the Keramikkünstlerhaus for seven weeks. At the end of each residency, an exhibition will take place.
The selected scholarship recipients are: Corwyn Lund from Canada, Aliki Papadimitriou from Greece, Justina Moncevičiūtė from Lithuania, Lina Wiedwald from Germany, Julia Schuster from Austria, and Sarban Chowdhury from India.
The jury consisted of the following members: Marilen Rauch (artist), Dr. Susanne Schwertfeger (research associate at the Institute of Art History, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel), Matthias Kaschig (Cultural Office Neumünster), Carsten Hillgruber (Chair of the Dr. Hans Hoch Foundation, City Councilor of Neumünster) und Jantje Almstedt (artist and artistic director of the Keramikkünstlerhauses Neumünster).