Kassel celebrates: Culture Prize 2025 for innovative art projects!

Kassel celebrates: Culture Prize 2025 for innovative art projects!

On July 22, 2025, there is reason to be happy for the cultural scene in Kassel. Because this year the cultural award of the city of Kassel will be awarded to two excellent projects: "Collactive" and "Art + Kaviar". As hessenschau.de , both projects can look forward to a prize money of 3,000 euros. The festive award ceremony will take place on November 23, 2025 in the Schauspielhaus of the Staatstheater Kassel.

"Kunst + Kaviar", led by the art historians Anjelika Spöth and Karina Chernenko, has set itself the goal of creating innovative art mediation formats and facilitating access to art for a wide -ranging audience. This approach is also estimated by the colleagues from the Arnold Bode School, who recently took part in tours in the Gemäldegalerie in Wilhelmshöhe Castle and the new gallery in Kassel. These tours were also led by the creative duo of "Kunst + Kaviar", which conveys art and cultural history in a barrier-free basis, regardless of origin or educational level, as the Arnold-Bode-School emphasizes in its report arnoldbodeschule.de .

experience nature and art

Within these tours, the impressive collection of antiquities and the old masters of Anjelika Spöth was presented on September 13, while Karina Chernenko presented modern works of art in the new gallery on October 11th. Such events not only offer teachings about art, but also offer a wonderful opportunity for interaction and exchange, which is particularly important in times of falling visitor numbers and competitive pressure through digital offers.

The German Museum Association emphasizes the need to democratize museums and win new groups of visitors. The challenge of addressing an aging society and developing new, creative approaches to gaining visitor is often a wire rope act for many museums. kubionline.de emphasizes that art mediation is increasingly understood as an experience space that offers more than to convey knowledge. It is about joining art and reflecting aspects of our own living environment.

Experience art in a new way

As part of these efforts, active participation is considered a process that linked imagination and the imagery. Even if there have been criticism with some participation offers, such as a passport photo machine, many museums show the will to improve their placement offers. The goal is to convey a deeper understanding of the works of art to visitors and make their importance tangible for society.

The projects "Collactiv" and "Art + Kaviar" not only prove to be creative bright spots in the Kassel cultural landscape, but also as examples of how art mediation can be actively and contemporary. The cultural award will be recognized with the cultural prize and hopefully further promoted in the future.