Production Management for Do-It-Yourselfers

November 13, 14 and 15 as well as November 20, 21 and 22, Thursdays and Fridays 10:00 am to 4:30 pm, Saturdays from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Freelance artists and culture makers often ended up taking on the responsibility for organization, financing and production. Others are looking to professionalize themselves precisely within these areas. But what does production management actually mean, specifically?

In this series of seminars, we will become acquainted with the tasks, roles and responsibilities – from the preliminary planning all the way to the final accounting. On the basis of the example of a sample production, we will move through all of the phases and demonstrate how to confidently manage public funding allocations and creatively work within the legal regulations.

This series of seminars is intended for freelance artists, groups and culture makers who have already realized at least one publicly funded project and/or have worked on one and who have already acquired in-depth knowledge of the range of tasks associated with “production management”.

A series of seminars with six mandatory dates
In German spoken language

The participants are asked to bring their own laptop along with them.

Here is an overview of the modules:

Block 1: Thurs/Fri/Half of Sat | November 13 to 15, 2025
Module 1: Making Funding Applications – Getting Started Before Things Get Going
Module 2: The Misery of Money – Or: Thinking of Art in Numbers
Module 3: The Official Notice of Funding Has Arrived – Uh, What Now?

Block 2: Thurs/Fri/Half of Sat | November 20 to 22, 2025
Module 4: Public Funding Law – Waltzing with Bureaucracy
Module 5: Allocation, Cost Controlling & Accounting  
Module 6:  From the Hustle and Bustle of the Premiere to the Solitude of the Writing Desk