The individual promotion of specific artists is primarily the responsibility of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
Since October 2006, the country has given Liechtenstein artists the opportunity to live and work in the Liechtenstein studio in Berlin for several months. The studio is open to all artistic professions and disciplines such as visual arts, literature, music, performing arts, film, media arts, architecture or design.
The Liechtenstein Cultural Foundation has been awarding work-year scholarships since 2008, focusing on the promotion of artists of all disciplines. The Foundation pays CHF 48,000 per year and recipient.
The International Music Academy in Liechtenstein trains highly talented musicians between the ages of 10 and 28, 20 per cent of whom come from the region around Liechtenstein. It supports students with numerous scholarships and full bursaries.
In 2006, the Liechtenstein PEN Club established the Heinrich Ellermann Scholarship for older writers. This scholarship is currently dormant.
At the same time, there are a number of other funding instruments for all disciplines, especially at the state level, in addition to annual and studio scholarships:
work grants, project grants, work purchases, performance and event grants, contributions for publications, as well as travel grants for participation in exhibitions, festivals or fairs outside of Liechtenstein. The Liechtenstein Cultural Foundation supports artists taking into account the economic situation of the applicants.
In Liechtenstein, a relatively large number of private foundations support projects, concerts or events, but only a few private foundations specifically support artists, such as the VP Bank Art Foundation (see 1.3.1) or the Pepi Frommelt Foundation (see 3.5.4).
There is no statistical data on the income situation of professional artists in Liechtenstein, nor is there a social capital fund for artists in need.
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