2026

Online Lunch Talk: CARING INFRASTRUCTURES: Making the Arts Accessible for Caregivers
28.06.2026, 17.00h
at Galeria Arsenal, Białystok, Poland

Online Lunch Talk about the Caring Culture Lab
08.05. – 12.30 – 13.30h
Event series “Care statt Kitsch”, organized by WAM – Women in Arts and Media & Bühnenmütter* e.V.

Keynote: “Caring for Infrastructures”
24.04. – 16.30h
Conference: Caring for Photography, Museum Folkwang

Keynote: “Caring Infrastructures”
27.04. – 10.15h
Annual members conference Mediamus “We Care!”
Aargauer Kunsthaus, CH

Talk “Caring Infrastructures”
12.03.2026
for the collective M.A.R.S. – Maternal Artistic Research Studio
Part of the exhibition Allegories with Many Tongues
at SCHOPF2 in Freiburg from March 6 to 12, 2026.

WORKSHOP
Collectively Building Caring Infrastructures 
14.02.2026 
at: Goethe Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa 
More here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DT-0MihjHiA/ 

Panel: “Parenting, Privilege and the Future of Inclusive Art Economies”
17.02.2026 
Part of the Motherhood Symposium in the framework of the exhibition Motherhood: Paradox and Duality 
at: Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 
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feministischer salon basel
“Caring Infrastructures – Fürsorge als gelebte Praxis im Kulturbetrieb”
Tuesday, 27.1.26 – 19:30h
with Sascia Bailer, Anisha Imhasly, Dominique Grisard (art of intervention)
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Exhibition: 29.11.25 – 04.01.26
WORKWORKWORK: Dimensions of To Do’s

The Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel becomes a multilayered laboratory for the myths and inequalities surrounding work. For what is socially recognised as work is polarising—hereditary wealth, precarious working conditions, unpaid care work, unequal distribution of (free) time and “to-do’s”, as well as neoliberal notions of diligence and laziness intersect the debate. In „WORKWORKWORK: Dimensions of To Do’s,“ the artistic positions critically engage with exhaustion, digitalised work, care work, pregnancy, ecological care, and fair remuneration—and reveal a systemic critique that does not spare the art field.

Curated by Sascia Bailer and Karin Lustenberger
Part of Regionale 26. More here

Panel on Caring Structures at ICOM Annual Conference, Hamburg
December 3-5, 2025
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Curating Differently
October 28th, 2025
Bern, organized by The Art of Intervention

Panel on art, care and motherhood
October 2nd, 2025
Kulturhaus Villa Sträuli, Winterthur

Participation in exhibition programme “SOFT INTENTIONS” with an audio intervention
Saturday, July 19th
Kunsthafen / Kunsthaus Rhenania, Köln
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2025

Performative Walking Workshop “Beyond Monocultures” with Field Narratives
Saturday, July 12th, 2025, 10.30-14h,
M.1 Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt
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Litfass live – STIMMEN on air with Dr. Sascia Bailer
Sunday, July 6, 2025, 18.30h
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Panel “The Current Situation of Women in the Arts”
Friday, July 4th, 19h
Galerie Pforzheim / Kunstmuseum der Stadt Pforzheim
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Parenting in the Arts Symposium
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Performative Lecture & Workshop,
Kunstverein München, Haus der Kunst München
Organized by The Artist and the Others
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Talk with Marcia Breuer (Mehr Mütter für die Kunst.)
June 28, 2025, 17h
Modos Dever, Leipzig

Moderation of Arts Network Meeting
June 28, 2025, 17h
Biennale für Freiburg

Die Leserinnen Podcast: Mütter, Care und Kunstbetrieb – unvereinbar?
Mit Sascia Bailer
Folge zum Muttertag, Mai 2025

Keynote on anti-discrimination practices within music education
April 8, 2025, 19.00h
Basel Academy of Music

Online Lecture on Caring Infrastructures
For Art Working Parents Alliance (UK) around Hettie Judah and Jo Harrison
March 21, 2025

Exhibition
“Bodies of Ambivalence”
14 February 2025 – 8 March 2025
Gallery 146 Contemporary (Belelallee 146, 22297 Hamburg)

Opening & artist talk:
Friday, 14 February 2025
Conversation “Labour of Love” with Clara Alisch, Marcia Breuer and Franziska Burkhardt, moderated by Sascia Bailer
More about the exhibition

Book Launch “Caring Infrastructures”
February 15, 2025
M.1 Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt

Performing Care
February 17, 2025
M*Halle, Schwerin, organized by Bühnenmütter e.V.

Caring F*utures. Micro Symposium on Art and Care.
March 12, 2025
Kunsthochschule Münster

Moderierte Lesung “Alle_Zeit” mit Teresa Bücker (Dec 4th, 17.30h)
JMU: Alte Universität, Domerschulstraße 16 Würzburg , Raum: HS1

Lecture: Caring Infrastructures: Impulse für einen gerechteren und fürsorglicheren Kreativsektorschaffen (Dec 2nd, 19.30h)
Venue: THWS Standort SHL, Sanderheinrichsleitenweg 20, 97074 Würzburg , Raum: Fotostudio der Fakultät Gestaltung

2024

Exhibition “On the Horizon: Care”­
Co-curated by Sascia Bailer & Didem Yacizi
11.2024
GEDOK Stuttgart

On the Horizon: Care was a discursive exhibition that gathered works from artists who challenge these biases. These artists, whether working in collective constellations or as individuals, interrogated the present-day inequities, invisibilities, and exhaustion in caregiving, while striving towards a future where care is fully realized. The show was on view until November 23 at GEDOK Galerie Stuttgart. Co-curated with Didem Yazici as part of the collective Mothers*, Warriors, and Poets. 
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First Arts & Care Assembly at GEDOK Galerie Stuttgart­
Co-conceptualised and organised by Sascia Bailer & Marie Lienhard
11.2024

Over the past five years, our community focused on art, care, and motherhood* has continuously grown, advocating for a more equitable art sector. At this first assembly on Nov 16, we brought together Arts + Care initiatives from Germany and Switzerland to learn about ongoing work, consolidate efforts, and to launch new collaborative projects. A key aim of the meeting was to further develop the CARING CULTURE LAB as a competence center for more equity in the arts. Co-organized with Marie Lienhard as part of the collective Mothers*, Warriors, and Poets. ­

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Panel “Networks of Care”at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart­
Moderated by Sascia Bailer
11.2024

Despite its progressive self-image, the cultural sector remains deeply unequal in terms of gender: the gender pay gap is 30 % in this field, compared to 18 % nationwide. Parents, especially mothers*, face particular discrimination due to their caregiving responsibilities. On Nov 16th, this panel brought together initiators of care networks and experts to explore how the art sector can become more parent-friendly and equitable. 

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Keynote: Yes, we care! Künstlerinnen* zwischen Sorgearbeit und Kunstschaffen (Sept 27)
fair share! Sichtbarkeit für Künstlerinnen e.V.
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin

Lecture & Workshop: Kunst & Care – Gibt es Lücken? (Sept 18)
with Dominique Grisard & Karin Lustenberger
Soirée Visionnare, Visarte Basel and “art+care”

Lecture & Q&A:  Kitchen Politics: How to Not Exclude Artists and Cultural Workers with Caring Responsibilities (May 27)
re:publica Berlin, “Who Cares?”

Keynote: Curating with Care (May 15)
#StopHatredNow, Urban Apa, Finland

Workshop: Situated & Relational: Curating Across Generations (May 9 – internal)
NIDA Art Colony, Vilnius, Lithuania

Talk & Workshop: Participating as Parents: How Can the Artworld Better Support Caregivers?
(May 3-4)
with Hettie Judah and Mirthe Berentsen
Conference “Tell Them I Said No”
E-Werk Luckenwalde, Germany

Talk & Panel: Curating with Care (April 25-26)
Conference “City of Women,” Ljubljana, Slovenia

The Art of Caring: Aesthetics & Practices
with Yvonne Volkart, Helen V. Pritchard & Mariana Tilly
Fondation Beyeler & Institut Kunst FHNW, Basel

Workshop: Collective Manifesto-Writing for a more caring cultural sector
Netzhdk at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zürich
Register here: https://netzhdk.ch/agenda

Talk: Care for Presence
Kunstuniversität Graz, Austria

Workshop: Care for Caregivers
Staatliche Akademie der Künste, Stuttgart (Klasse Prof. Katrin Ströbel)

Talk: Care, Gender, Curating
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany

Workshop: Creating Caring Culture
Temporary Gallery, Köln & LabK Düsseldorf 

Talk: Care for Presence 
Panel with Prof. Nora Sternfeld, Prof. Joachim Bauer, Dr. Sarah Hübscher
Conference “Expressionism Now!”
Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany