Awarding of studio grants and contributions
Numerous artists, including many musicians, have received studio grants from the Landis & Gyr Foundation. Artists from Aargau are supported with financial contributions.
The Landis & Gyr Foundation has announced the scholarship holders for the studio scholarships London, Zug and Budapest 2016 to 2018. At the request of its experts, the Board of Trustees has awarded a total of 25 studio scholarships in the fields of visual arts, literature, composition, cultural criticism and translation. The scholarships include the free use of an apartment, a contribution towards travel expenses and a monthly living allowance. The following people from the field of music were selected for London: Jacques Demierre, Marie-Cécile Reber, Charlotte Hug Raschèr and Mela Meierhans (composition) as well as Peter Fischer, Tobias Gerber Susanne Neubauer Laurence Schmidlin Hilar Stadler and Luzia Stettler (art/literary criticism); for Budapest: Thomas K.J. Mejer (composition)
The Aargau Board of Trustees awarded grants totaling almost 520,000 francs at its meeting on June 29. This will support 65 applications from all specialist areas. They are distributed as follows:
Visual arts and performance: 40,000 francs
Jazz and rock/pop: 192 190 francs
Classic: 75 250 francs
Literature: 12,000 francs
Regional cultural organizers: 49,500 francs
Theater and dance: CHF 151,000
The detailed list of supported projects can be found here:
www.aargauerkuratorium.ch/aktuell/aktuell-detail/news/beitragssprechung-vom-29-juni-2016
