touring artists informs and advises on administrative issues that are relevant for cross-border artistic or curatorial activities. The main focus is on artists from Germany temporarily working abroad and foreign artists who come to Germany to work or want to settle here long-term. Questions that might arise from event organisers based in Germany who want to invite artists to Germany to work with them are also addressed.

Through consultancy, workshops and networking formats touring artists also supports artists, creatives and culture professionals who were forced to leave their home countries due to the political situation. We offer orientation in the German cultural landscape with a particular focus on the Berlin cultural scene.

All services offered by touring artists - individual consultancy, the online platform and workshops on various administrative aspects of transnational work - are available across all sectors and free of charge.Information on topics such as taxes, social security, other insurances (professional liability insurance, event insurance, etc.), transport, copyright law, visa, residency and funding options are available in German and English.

The goal of touring artists is to support artistic mobility with concrete information and to improve the conditions for mobility of artists and creative professionals. touring artists works closely with partner organisations from the On The Move network, especially with the other Mobility Information Points (MIPs).

The project has existed since 2013 and was collectively initiated by the International Theatre Institute (ITI), the International Society of Fine Arts (IGBK) and the German Dance Association and is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) as well as by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion Berlin within the sub-project International Artists Info Berlin as part of the fellowship programme Weltoffenes Berlin.

The touring artists consultation service is a cooperation with SMartDe – the Network for Creative Professionals e.V.