Purpose/Activities

 

The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia is an independent foundation under public law. It promotes artistic creation, foster cultural outreach and facilitate cultural exchange at home and with other countries. The foundation complements its work abroad with a network of branch offices and of partner institutions.

 

Its tasks include:

to preserve and maintain Switzerland’s cultural identity, with particular attention to folk culture

to promote cultural creativity, on the basis of the situation in the cantons, in the linguistic regions and in cultural circles

to encourage cultural exchange among the linguistic regions and cultural circles within Switzerland

to foster cultural relations with other countries

 

Pro Helvetia picks up topics on its own initiative, decides on areas that merit special attention and develops programmes. which have either a thematic or geographic focus.

These includes the initiatives:

Ménage – Culture and Politics in Conversation

GameCulture

Arts and Audience Programme

Argentina & Chile

Translation Programme Moving Words

In order to make outstanding projects in the fields of visual arts, literature and society, music, theatre and dance accessible to international audiences, Pro Helvetia provides cultural practitioners not only with financial support, but also with services that generate opportunities for performance, display and cooperation.

Periodical Publications

Passages (three times a year)

Annual Report