In view of the growing political and social pressure on smaller cultural venues in Germany, several art campaigns supported by the federal government are being launched. They are being funded as part of the "Lokal - Programm für Kultur und Engagement" program, as announced by the Federal Cultural Foundation based in Halle (Saale).
Actions are planned for projects in 13 cities and municipalities with a population of less than 100,000. These include the "Cultural Initiative for a Democratic Future" (Kidz) from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the participatory format "#Platten#spiel#ball" in Eberswalde, Brandenburg, and the "Congress of Utopias" in Quedlinburg shortly before the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt. Projects from Saxony, Thuringia, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg are also included.
