Art and Design

• Date: Monday, 02 November 2026
• End: Friday, 06 November 2026
• Location: Fakultät Kunst und Gestaltung

• Date: Monday, 01 February 2027
• End: Friday, 05 February 2027
• Location: Fakultät Kunst und Gestaltung

• Date: Monday, 10 May 2027
• End: Friday, 14 May 2027
• Location: Fakultät Kunst und Gestaltung

Freie Kunst graduate Jakob Elias Meyer was awarded the Lyonel Kunstpreis 2026 on Friday 10 July 2026 for his work »Subsistenzprovisorium«. The Award, which comes with 2,000 euros in prize money, has been granted to artistic theses at the Faculty of Art and Design at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar since 2019. The »Lyonel-Verein zur Förderung von Kunst, Gestaltung und Kultur« (Lyonel e.V.) is a non-profit organisation that supports the promotion of art, design, and culture.

Three students from the Faculty of Art and Design won the coveted ADC Nails at the ADC Talent Award 2026: Nina Buschendorf received a Silver Nail for her »Sexismus gibt es erst seit 23 Stunden« project, Xiaoyi Jin was also awarded a Silver Nail for her »TRIADISCHER GIN« project, and Mai Do was awarded a Bronze Nail for her »VOXAIPE – Decoded« project. Eight additional works received a total of nine awards.

Der Kurzfilm »Blob und der Wolf« von Georg Kästle und Valentin Bolte erhielt beim 38. Filmfest Dresden den mit 4.000 Euro dotierten MDR-Publikumspreis im Nationalen Wettbewerb, sowie eine Lobende Erwähnung der Jugendjury. Beide Filmemacher studierten Medienkunst/Mediengestaltung an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

Leila Keivan, graduate of the »Public Art and New Artistic Strategies« degree programme in the Faculty of Art and Design, has been awarded the Thuringian State Scholarship for Fine Art. The scholarship, worth 10,000 euros, will allow her to carry out an artistic research project on home, memory, and belonging.

Marie Kurstjens has won the 2026 German Design Award in the »Newcomer of the Year« category. The award is accompanied with 15,000 euros in prize money. The jury commended her understanding of design as a collaborative process for solving social and humanitarian challenges. She received the award for her Bachelor's thesis »COOK/ABILITY« at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and her Master's thesis »Designing Dignity« at the Universität der Künste Berlin.