Ausserrhoden renews service contracts
The canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden is supporting the Appenzell Brass Music Association and the Appenzell Chamber Orchestra with performance agreements for the three years 2018-2020, as well as the Roothuus Gonten, the center for Appenzell and Toggenburg folk music, with an annual contribution of CHF 50,000.
315,000 francs have been earmarked to support cultural institutions of cantonal importance. In addition to the music institutions, the Appenzell Cultural Conference, the Ausserrhodische Kulturstiftung, Heimatschutz Appenzell Ausserrhoden and the Schlesinger Foundation are also supported. In addition, from 2018 the Herisau chair factory will be supported with an annual operating contribution by means of a performance agreement.
The performance agreements with the four institutions outside the canton, which are of particular importance for the cultural life of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and for which a total of CHF 24,000 is spent annually, will also be continued. These are the Museum im Lagerhaus St. Gallen, Nextex St.Gallen, art-tv.ch and bandXost.
The existing service agreements for the libraries will be renewed. CHF 60,000 is available annually for this purpose, which will be divided equally between the four libraries in Herisau, Teufen, Speicher-Trogen and Heiden/Grub.
A total of CHF 638,000 per year flows into the museums from the Cultural Fund. The following institutions are supported with an operating contribution: The Appenzell Customs Museum in Urnäsch, the Appenzell Folklore Museum in Stein, the Herisau Museum, the Grubenmann Museum in Teufen, the Henry Dunant Museum in Heiden and the Museum of Life Stories in Speicher. The service agreement with the Foundation for Appenzell Folklore will also be renewed, while funding for museum coordination will be reduced slightly.
