Gwaertler Grant

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
• and more

The Gwaertler Stiftung is pausing the open-call format of the Gwaertler Grant as we reconsider how best to support artistic practice in the future.

We are grateful to all of the artists who have applied over the years and are proud of the experimental, interdisciplinary and process-driven work the grant has supported. These projects have taught us much about what artists actually need, which is often different from what funding structures can provide. At a time when cultural infrastructures are increasingly fragile and artists are facing growing instability, we are rethinking how our contribution to the arts can be both meaningful and sustainable. We'll share further details here soon.