Manuela Wurch Güdel Stiftung
Solothurn, Switzerland
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Founded in 2019, Manuela Wurch Güdel Stiftung is a grant-making foundation based in Solothurn, Switzerland working on arts & culture, gender equality.
The Manuela Wurch Güdel Stiftung is a non-profit foundation based in Solothurn, Switzerland, established in 2019. It supports women in the arts by funding art projects created from a women's perspective or addressing themes relevant to women's lives. Its main focus is visual and design art, with smaller support for experimental performance. Each year it awards CHF 12,000 to one artist, group or collaboration of women, selected by an independent jury, and it aims to build a long-term network of artists, foundations and initiatives in Switzerland and abroad. Applications are accepted from 1 to 30 November each year via an online form, and the foundation does not fund museums, institutions or training programmes. It describes itself as charitable, not profit-oriented and without commercial aims.
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Förderbeitrag (annual grant for women artists)
Arts & Culture
An annual grant of CHF 12,000 awarded by an independent jury to a woman artist, group or collaboration to fund the implementation of an art project. Focuses mainly on visual and design arts, with some support for experimental performance formats.
