ars LITURGICA 2026 — Design Competition for a Place Honouring Mary Magdalene in St. Dionysius Church, Nordwalde (Prizes up to €5,000, Realisation up to €40,000)
Initiative ars LITURGICA
Since 2010 the ars LITURGICA initiative — liturgists and art historians from the dioceses of Essen and Münster, Ruhr University Bochum and Hamborn Abbey, under the patronage of the Bishop of Essen — has run design competitions for sacred objects and places; past results include a Gospel book, a Lenten veil, a processional cross, a nativity scene and a Covid memorial. The 2026 task: under the or...
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First prize €5,000, second €3,000, third €1,000 (the jury may redistribute the total). The parish has committed to buy the winning result and realise it with the initiative, with a realisation budget of up to €40,000. Prize-winning and selected entries are shown in a multi-week exhibition with a catalogue, which may also travel. Objects are insured during the exhibition up to €2,000.
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An open, anonymous competition for designers, artists in fine and applied fields and architects from Germany and abroad. Entrants must have designed the work themselves; team work is allowed if declared. One entry per participant; the design must not copy other works, nor have been entered in other competitions or published. Explanation in German or English.
Dates & details
- Deadline
- 18:00 (receipt of design or model in Nordwalde)
- Costs to the artist
- Making a scale design or model and shipping it to Nordwalde and back