Grant Opportunity for Artistic Projects

Gwaertler Stiftung – Switzerland

Application Deadline: 15 May, 15 September 2025 (6 PM, Switzerland)

Funding: Up to 12,000 CHF

Overview

The Gwaertler Grant supports emerging practitioners in all arts disciplines. It aims to foster projects that create a tangible impact within their context. The grant can fund a variety of activities, including:

• Archival research
• Connecting with professionals from other fields
• Fieldwork and cross-cultural collaboration
• Conducting interviews, taking courses, and organizing workshops
• Experimenting with new techniques or voluntary apprenticeships
• Durational exercises and more

To Apply

Please fill in the form and upload your document (one PDF, maximum three pages). Applications will be confirmed via email. Note the following:

• Applicants may submit only one application per year.
• Successful applicants may reapply only after two years.
• Projects cannot be resubmitted in subsequent cycles if previously submitted, whether selected or not.

The PDF should include:

• A description of your project (up to 500 words)
• Examples of previous work
• A rough budget
• A brief CV (with relevant links)

Deadline: 15 May 2025, 6 PM (Switzerland). The jury’s decision will be emailed within four months after the deadline.

Please Note: The grant does not cover the acquisition of hardware, tools, or equipment. The Gwaertler Stiftung is not obliged to provide funding.

Jury

The allocation of funding is decided by a rotating, independent jury composed of experienced arts professionals from various disciplines. Jury members include:

• Heba Y. Amin, visual artist, researcher, and professor at ABK Stuttgart
• Phanuel Antwi, curator, researcher, and professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada
• Sara Sejin Chang (Sara van der Heide), visual artist and filmmaker, professor at HKB Braunschweig
• Övül Ö. Durmusoglu, curator, writer, and professor at Braunschweig University of Art (HBK)
• Itamar Gov, interdisciplinary artist based in Berlin, Paris, and Bologna
• Paz Guevara, researcher, author, and curator at HKW, Berlin, and lecturer at Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin
• Tamar Guimarães, artist based in Copenhagen
• Hanna Hartman, sound artist, composer, and performer based in Berlin
• Hannah Hurtzig, artist, dramaturge, and director of Mobile Akademie Berlin
• Lina Majdalanie, performer, director, and playwright based in Berlin
• Lemohang Mosese, filmmaker and visual artist based in Berlin
• Andrea Neumann, musician, composer, and professor at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), Basel
• Davide Oberto, film curator based in Torino
• Eszter Salamon, choreographer, artist, and performer, working between Berlin, Paris, and Budapest
• Wendelien van Oldenborgh, film and video maker, teaching at University of the Arts (HfK) Bremen
• Joanna Warsza, art curator, editor, and programme director of CuratorLab, Konstfack University of Arts, Stockholm

*Caption: AWU Library, Photo: Keren Lasme