Project "Culture and School Thurgau"

The promotion of cultural participation and in particular the improved networking of schools and culture have been a focus of the work of the cantonal cultural office since 2013, the canton writes in its press release. The expansion of cultural education in schools in the canton of Thurgau has been driven forward since 2013 with the "Culture and School Thurgau" project. In collaboration with the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, St. Gallen and Glarus, the Culture Office was able to develop the intercantonal online platform for cultural education www.kklick.ch and establish a network of people responsible for culture at schools in the canton. The cantonal government of Thurgau has now granted a contribution of CHF 150,000 from the lottery fund for the project.

The website www.kklick.ch presents cultural education offers in Eastern Switzerland, filtered by region, sector and school level. A total of 342 offers from 184 providers are currently listed. Thurgau also has a contact network of teachers responsible for culture in schools who are committed to anchoring culture in their respective schools. There are currently a total of 104 teachers responsible for culture in the canton of Thurgau. These two sub-projects are to be further supported and expanded in the years 2023 to 2026.

The long-term goal is to have a teacher responsible for culture at every school in the canton of Thurgau so that cultural activities have a permanent place in the curriculum. The platform is intended to offer a broad range of cultural education activities suitable for all levels throughout the canton of Thurgau. According to the cultural concept, an annual framework credit of CHF 150,000 from the lottery fund has been reserved for the implementation of this project from 2023 to 2026, which has now been released by the cantonal government for 2023.