Kronenringe

Jewellery Residency for Emerging Artists​

Created in 2025 in memory of master goldsmith Barbara Helleis (1967–2025), Kronenringe offers four emerging artists a fully funded three-month residency each year at her historic workshop in Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria — including accommodation, a stipend, travel expenses, and full studio access. Each residency concludes with a public exhibition.

Are you a school or academy?

We are building an international network of jewellery schools and academies. Partner institutions share our open calls with their students, nominate candidates, and gain visibility in a growing global community.
Join us — on your own terms. Become a Partner Institution!

Support & Partners

Support Kronenringe — For Companies & Creative Partners

We welcome companies, studios, and makers as sponsors and partners. Whether through financial support, material contributions, tools, or in-kind services — your involvement helps sustain and grow a unique international programme for contemporary jewellery art.

Support & Fundations

What Happens Next

Thank you for your application.

We received 82 submissions from 36 countries — an extraordinary response for a first open call.

Our jury is currently reviewing all applications. Selected candidates will be contacted personally. We look forward to welcoming four artists to Landsberg am Lech in 2025.

In memory of Barbara Helleis (1967–2025).

Application closed

Goldsmith Workshop & Studio / In memoriam Barbara Helleis

Workshop Access

  • 24/7 access to workshop facilities

  • Fully equipped goldsmith workbenches

  • Professional set-up for jewellery making

  • Storage space for works in progress

  • Access to Barbara’s historic tool collection

  • Material library and resource centre

Residency Period & Support

Residency Period & Support

  • Financed stay: free accommodation, travel expenses and living costs covered

  • Private furnished holiday flat provided

  • 3-month artistic stay 

  • Public workshop discussion with local community

  • Excursion to technical college and academy

  • Periods: November–February
    · March–May
    · June–August
    · September–November
    · December–Ferbruary
    · and so on

Landsberg am Lech, Germany

Location

  • Studio and workshop in historic Landsberg am Lech

  • Picturesque Bavarian town with rich cultural heritage

  • Population: 30,000 · Own railway station

  • Inspiring environment with access to culture and nature

  • Address: 86899 Landsberg am Lech · Bavaria, Germany

  • Nearby: 40 minutes by train to Munich or Augsburg · 1.5 hours to Munich Airport · Close to Ammersee lake and the Alps

We work together!

Partners

The cooperation partners are established and renowned institutions from the jewellery field. They support the project by providing expert advice, promoting the competition, participating in the jury and hosting exhibitions.

The residency is supported by established institutions including:

  • Staatliche Berufsfachschule für Glas und Schmuck Kaufbeuren-Neugablonz, DE
  • Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, DE
  • Galerie Handwerk
  • Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern, DE
  • Klasse für Schmuck und Gerät, Prof. Karen Pontoppidan, DE
  • Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein e. V., DE
  • Benno und Therese Danner’sche Kunstgewerbestiftung, DE
  • CINDOR – Centro de Formação Profissional da Indústria de Ourivesaria e Relojoaria, PR
  • Res Artis
  • Inhorgenta München, DE
  • GZ Goldschmiedezeitung, DE
  • Art Aurea, DE
  • SMCK Magazine, DE