Höchster Porzellan-Manufaktur: Residency Programme 5.0 Exploring Porcelain (Germany)

The Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) Offenbach, supported by the Crespo Foundation and the Aventis Foundation, is offering an international residency programme at the Höchster Porzellan-Manufaktur (Frankfurt Höchst, Germany) from 15 April to 15 August 2026.

RESIDENCY 5.0 exploring porcelain supports international artists and designers and offers them a free space to research, experiment and develop innovative concepts in working with porcelain and ceramics. The programme is aimed at Art College, academy or related educational institution postgraduates who have extensive experience with ceramic materials and would like to deepen their artistic or design skills with porcelain.

The goal is to promote young artistic talents in the field of porcelain as well as to encourage the advancement of the tradition of porcelain design in the context of materials research. New concepts of form, material and design can be explored and developed in an experimental work with porcelain.

The residency provides the following:

• A room in the residency guest apartment in Offenbach
• Financial support for creative work: 1,000 EUR per month
• Work materials costs: on request up to 500 EUR
• Travel expenses: on request costs to and from location (max. 1,500 EUR)
• Exhibition: costs coverage in coordination
• Documentation of the creative positions (in photography, film, catalogue, etc.): Cost coverage in coordination
• Transfer programme workshop and lecture: Compensation for effort in coordination
• Participation in the national and international networking of the HfG
• Participation in the life of the art academy and research opportunities in the context of the HfG (library, research networks, institutions)