Cultural Education

In the area of Cultural Education, Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne supports projects that bear a significant relation to Visual Art or Music. The target group includes children and teenagers, particularly from underprivileged backgrounds, who are introduced to art and music in the context of curricular or extracurricular activities. In this way, Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne offers support to teenagers in their personal development and, at the same time, trains the next generation of artists as well as a future audience. A project request can only be submitted provided that the programs are developed, conducted, and realized by a professional artist or a recognized public institution. Furthermore, the projects should have a long-term horizon and be accessible to as wide a group of participants as possible. Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne funds both expansion and continuation of ongoing projects as well as the launch of exemplary pilot projects. In addition, Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne supports institutions in the publication of artistic and scholarly book projects as well as exhibition catalogs.

Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne does not award grants for one-off events.  

Selection of supported projects

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, Switzerland
Special exhibition  «Ave Caesar! Romans, Gauls and Germanic tribes on the banks fo the Rhine», 2022

Bildschule Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
School of art and design «BildWerk Luzern», 2021/22

documenta und Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Research and education project «CAMP - Notes on education», 2022

ETH Zürich, Graphische Sammlung, Zürich, Switzerland
Exhibition and publication «Daniela Keiser. Blue Links. Cyanotypes», 2022

Jüdisches Museum, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Educational program on the exhibition «Revenge: History and Fantasy», 2022

Kunsthistorisches Institut der Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Book project «C is for Curator. Bice Curiger - A career», 2022

Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Krefeld, Germany
Interdisciplinary and participatory educational program «Joseph Beuys. Alles unter einem Hut», 2021

LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, Germany
Educational program for the exhibition «Nimmersatt? Imagining Society without Growth», 2021 


MIR Compagnie, Basel, Switzerland
Educational projects «miniMIR und maxiMIR», 2021/22 to 2023/24

Schrift und Bild, Bad Homburg, Germany
Educational project «Outdoor-Museum der Poesie: die Kunstroute Main-Kinzig», 2021 to 2023

Schweizer Geigenbauschule Brienz, Brienz, Switzerland
Permanent exhibition «Swiss Violin Making», 2022

Stiftung Pinakothek der Moderne, München, Germany
Digital educational tool «Modern Walks», 2022

STOA169 Stiftung, Polling, Germany
Educational project «Die Kunstakademie in der Säulenhalle STOA169», 2021/22

Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa MOCAA, Kapstadt, Südafrika
Educational program «The mobile museum», 2022