Art Mentor Foundation Grant

Art Mentor Foundation Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne
Last Updated: November 21, 2025

Summary

The Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne is dedicated to fostering a vibrant culture of classical music and visual arts through substantial funding for innovative projects. It supports international academies, master classes, and culturally significant events, aiming to engage new audiences, particularly underprivileged youth. The foundation prioritizes visionary, sustainable projects that enhance art education and public interest in both music and visual arts, ensuring a long-term impact on the cultural landscape.

Overview

Foundation Purpose Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne seeks to contribute to the development of a vital culture of excellence in classical music and to help attract new audiences to the field. To achieve these objectives, the Foundation sponsors international academies and master classes conducted by established instructors. In addition, Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne supports outstanding event series or festivals with visionary programming and innovative modes of outreach and communication to foster the public’s engagement with classical music. In general, the Foundation focuses on the promotion of new and contemporary music, although projects on music from other eras are by no means excluded. Focus Areas Visual Arts Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne’s concept of «Visual Art» encompasses not only the classical genres of art such as painting, sculpture, graphic art, drawing and photography, but also new forms of expression and media such as performance, experimental film and video. The Foundation provides funds for regular and special exhibitions as well as their accompanying catalogues at publicly accessible, well established museums and art collections provided that the exhibitions funded are international in their orientation, relevant from an art historical perspective, and carefully curated. Furthermore, Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne supports innovative und interactive projects that explore new approaches to fostering art education so as to attract new audiences. In principle, the Foundation also provides funds for the involvement of modern media in the expansion or presentation of significant pieces of art in the context of major museum projects. Music Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne predominantly supports contemporary classical music projects. However, projects on music from other eras are not excluded as a rule. In its effort to contribute to the development of professional music culture, the Foundation supports international academies and master classes conducted by established instructors. Furthermore, Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne supports various series of music events or festivals that explore new ways of fostering the public’s engagement with classical music in an attempt to attract new audiences. In principle, professional orchestras and ensembles or music centers may also submit a project request for the equipment of rehearsal rooms, the acquisition of instruments or other infra-structural needs. 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.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The supported project must be of public interest.The supported project must prove to be important, visionary, innovative, and sustainable.The Foundation provides only substantial contributions towards the realization of a project (as a rule: no residual financing).The grant may be paid out either in one sum or in separate installments over several years (as a rule: max. three years).Repeated subsidies as well as breaks are possible in individual cases.For extensive and cost-intensive projects start-up financing is possible.Submission of a project request at least nine months before project start.

Ineligibility

Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne does not award: scholarships.individual grants for visual artists or musicians.grants for amateur projects. grants for profit-oriented or purely commercial projects.grants for projects that have already been completed, and no retroactive compensation for deficits.  grants for projects that have almost been completely financed otherwise.Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne does not support projects whose funds are raised by professional agencies on a commission basis.Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne does not provide retroactive financing.Visual Arts: Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne does not award grants for biennials, triennials or art fairs, commercial galleries, local art associations, happenings and art initiatives.Music: Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne does not award grants for one-off events, the production of DVDs or CDs, composition commissions (that were not awarded by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne), operas, musical theatre or the purchase of music scores.Cultural Education: Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne does not award grants for one-off events.