The Montag Stiftung Kunst und Gesellschaft: Arts in Society

Cover Photo: Ruth Gilberger, Cologne / Translation: Jill Denton / Design: www.labor b.de

The Montag Stiftung Kunst und Gesellschaft is a legally responsible foundation under civil law and is a part of the group of the Montag Stiftungen in Bonn, Germany.

Montag Stiftung Kunst und Gesellschaft GemeinnĂźtzige Stiftung Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany phone: +49 (0) 228 267 16-230 e-mail: kunst-und-gesellschaft@montag-stiftungen.de www.montag-stiftungen.de/mkg blog.faktor-kunst.com facebook.com/MontagStiftungKuG twitter.com/MSKunst_Bonn

Arts in Society

It supports those in the arts or cultural sector who are working to create a society that assures equal opportunities for access to and participation in both tangible and intangible cultural assets.

It contributes to promoting the arts as a means to palpably and sustainably improve the quality of people’s everyday lives.

The Montag Stiftung Kunst und Gesell­ schaft implements art projects with the potential to bring about change.

Such projects address social, political and economic ­conditions by actively engaging “on the ground” with the daily realities of diverse individuals, whose ­participation in turn shapes the projects’ respective form and outcome.

photo: Roland Kersting, Bochum choreography: Dorothea Eitel, “Auf dass wir werden, was wir sind”, Dortmund

photo: Sarah Heuser, Bonn artists: Miriam Nolte, Loic Deveaux, “sKULpTURALLEE”, Bonn

The Montag Stiftung Kunst und Gesellschaft is a ­German foundation that focuses on the arts in ­society. In committing itself to creative ideas, concepts and projects it strives to create a society in which everyone is free to explore diverse forms of artistic expression and discover their potential for her or his personal development.

All kinds of contem­porary art genre and cross-medial activity are considered.

Participatory art projects are uniquely placed to identify and establish latitude for social development: the imagination, personal initiative, creativity and self-­ confidence of every participant broaden her or his scope for action.

A further aim of the foundation is to heighten awareness in the various art fields both of social problems and possible solutions to them. By artistically inter­ vening in social processes, the projects spark creative approaches to issues of co-existence. The foundation thus seeks to firmly anchor the social relevance of contemporary art in the minds of the general public. The practice-based

projects are reflected on, assessed and further developed in cooperation and partner­ship with other players in the arts and cultural industries, the sciences and society.

In accordance with the primary objective of the foundation’s benefactor, Carl Richard Montag — namely to foster a sense of community— the Montag Stiftung Kunst und Gesell­ schaft remains true to the mission of the group of the Montag Stiftungen:

acting with social responsibility.

Cover Photo: Ruth Gilberger, Cologne / Translation: Jill Denton / Design: www.labor b.de

The Montag Stiftung Kunst und Gesellschaft is a legally responsible foundation under civil law and is a part of the group of the Montag Stiftungen in Bonn, Germany.

Montag Stiftung Kunst und Gesellschaft GemeinnĂźtzige Stiftung Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany phone: +49 (0) 228 267 16-230 e-mail: kunst-und-gesellschaft@montag-stiftungen.de www.montag-stiftungen.de/mkg blog.faktor-kunst.com facebook.com/MontagStiftungKuG twitter.com/MSKunst_Bonn

Arts in Society