The Gwaertler Grant supports work in the arts that seeks to make a concrete difference to the context in which it is presented. The grant is specifically intended for Swiss and international practitioners across all artistic disciplines who are at the early stages of a project and need support for a wide range of activities, such as:
- archival research
- connecting with people from other disciplines
- active fieldwork
- cross-cultural collaboration
- conducting interviews
- taking courses
- organising workshops
- experimenting with techniques
- voluntary apprenticeships
- durational exercises
- and more