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# Zürich

Posts in this archive: 9

- [Culture for All: Expanding access to culture in Zürich](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/transformation-grants-for-cultural-participation.md) — Launched in 2024, Zürich’s Transformation Grants for Cultural Participation support cultural institutions in removing barriers to access and embedding diversity in their structures. Funded jointly by the City and Canton, the CHF 5 million programme offers phased support, from analysis to implementation, and requires partnerships with civil society organisations to ensure authentic inclusion. By focusing on organisational change rather than artistic output, the initiative aims to create long-term, sustainable cultural spaces that reflect and serve Zürich’s diverse population.
- [Preserving film culture in Zürich through The Cinematic Campus](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/zurich.md) — Launched in 2023 by Filmpodium and the University of Zürich, The Cinematic Campus brings film studies students and the wider public back into the cinema. Through live lectures followed by screenings in a professional theatre, the project bridges academic learning and cinematic experience, countering the isolating effects of digital streaming. Free and open to all, the programme revitalises Zürich’s film culture while encouraging dialogue, critical thinking, and cross-generational learning through the power of cinema
- [Artist Feedback: Zürich's Try-Out festival where artists can get feedback on work in progress ](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/zurich-theater-am-hechtplatz.md) — Launched in 2023 by Theater am Hechtplatz, Hecht Jetzt is Zürich’s annual try-out festival for emerging Swiss theatre artists. Held over 3–4 days each summer, it gives artists one rehearsal, one performance, and a moderated feedback session with a diverse audience, followed by informal exchange and networking. Participants are paid, and many report valuable insights and new bookings as a result. The festival offers an honest, inclusive space for experimentation and artistic development.
- [Saving the arts: Zürich supports the cultural sector during the pandemic](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/securing-the-future-of-artists-how-zurich-supported-the-arts-community-post-pandemic.md) — The City of Zurich created a temporary Covid Working Grant to help creatives through a difficult period and retain their talent in the sector.
- [TRENDS](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city/trends.md)
- [INFRASTRUCTURE](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city/infrastructure.md)
- [A stage for all: Zürich introduces transparent funding model with Kultur labour](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/culture-laboratory-zurich.md) — To diversify performing arts offerings, a new funding format has created a collaborative process between artists and experts from science, society and research settings.
- [Why new funding models are strengthening the performing arts of Zürich](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/concept-funding-revitalising-zurichs-dance-and-theatre-scene.md) — The City plans to radically overhaul its funding with a new grants system from 2024, as well as creating some targeted networks and funding pots to fill gaps in sector development support.
- [Zürich](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city/zurich.md) — Zurich boasts established cultural institutions, including renowned museums like Kunsthaus Zürich, chamber and symphony orchestras such as Tonhalle Zürich, and significant theatres like Schauspielhaus Zürich, Theater Neumarkt, and Gessnerallee