Council for the Arts
The Council for the Arts was founded in 1994, dissolved in 2005 and re-established in 2006, representing the interests of Berlin's artistic and cultural institutions, Berlin's independent institutions and artists, and Berlin's cultural industry, which is re-elected every two years by Berlin artists and cultural workers. The last election of the council took place in September 2018. The council will be active in its current composition until the next election in autumn 2020.
General
The council represents the interests of Berlin artists and cultural workers vis-à-vis the state of Berlin and the federal government. It consists of elected members who are supposed to represent the cultural landscape of Berlin, as well as other individuals who are directly appointed by the council. The council members are elected every two years. The basis for the choice are self-applications from individuals and suggestions. The council appoints two speakers. On April 22, 2008, the Council for the Arts adopted a constitution for the last time.
history
1990s
The council was established in 1994. In 1995 Helmut Kohl promised the council “full support” for the culture of the federal capital. In 1996, the council demanded that the importance of art and culture should be set down “explicitly and specifically” in the coalition agreement.
2000s
In September 2003 the representatives of Berlin's operas and theaters left the council. The theaters wanted to assert their concerns "in direct dialogue with politics", since "the increasingly complex financing issues of capital city culture, especially those of opera and drama theaters, overwhelm the council and block the necessary cultural-political debates more and more." 2005 the council dissolved in the meantime. Sabine Weißler, spokeswoman for the council at the time, justified this with the "structural changes in the Berlin cultural landscape", since many cultural institutions and their representatives had "migrated to federal sovereignty" and "the advisory mandate and the role of the council changed". In 2005 a start-up was announced. In February 2006 the new council was elected. On March 3rd in 2008 the council in Radialsystem V was elected again.
2010s
On March 29, 2010 a new council was elected in the House of World Cultures . On March 26, 2012 the council in the Sophiensælen was re-elected. 295 valid votes were cast. On March 25, 2014 the council in the Sophiensælen was re-elected. 365 valid votes were cast. Andreas Altenhof and Leonie Baumann were appointed as spokespersons for the council. “City Tax”, a “new property policy for culture”, “strengthening the financial situation of artists and cultural workers in Berlin” and “focusing on the cultural issues of the city” were named as the focus of work. On November 11, 2014, the council called on Frank Henkel to stop the criminal prosecution of the Maxim Gorki Theater and the Center for Political Beauty due to the "temporary transformation of the wall crosses on the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall". The council was re-elected on April 4, 2016. 424 votes were cast and 19 people were elected.
Members
Incomplete listing
| Period | Members | speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | including Harry Kupfer, Georg Quander, Christoph Stölzl, Nele Hertling, Reinhardt Hauff, Ulrich Eckhard, Thomas Langhoff | |
| 2015-2016 | Fadi Abdelnour, Andreas Altenhof, Stéphane Bauer, Leonie Baumann, Oliver Baurhenn, Gabi Beier, Christoff Bleidt, Yvonne Büdenhölzer , Wagner Carvalho, Silvia Fehrmann, Eva-Maria Hoerster, Gabriele Horn, Cagla Ilk, Ulrich Khuon , Sandra Klöss, Dorothea Kolland , Christoph Rieger , Jochen Sandig , Florian Schmidt, Martin Steffens, Georg Vierthaler , Franziska Werner, Kay Wuschek | Andreas Altenhof, Leonie Baumann |
| 2016-2017 | Andreas Altenhof, Markus Bader, Stéphane Bauer, Oliver Baurhenn, Gabi Beier, Christoff Bleidt, Wagner Carvalho, Silvia Fehrmann, Eva-Maria Hoerster, Gabriele Horn, Cagla Ilk, Jörg Königsdorf, Teena Lange, Jeanine Meerapfel , Barbara Meyer, Elisa Müller, Christoph Rieger , Florian Schmidt, Martin Steffens, Alexander Steinbeis, Christina Tilmann, Julia Weis, Franziska Werner, Kay Wuschek | Andreas Altenhof, Silvia Fehrmann |
| 2018–
2020 |
Mustafa Akça, Markus Bader, Oliver Baurhenn, Dorothee Bienert, Christoff Bleidt, Wagner Carvalho, Silvia Fehrmann, Jens Hillje, Eva-Maria Hoerster, Çağla İlk, Sebastian König, Sabine Kroner, Teena Lange, Barbara Meyer, Elisa Müller, Daniel Neugebauer, Thorsten Schlenger, Paul Spies, Dr. Christina Schulz, Danilo Vetter, Antje Weitzel, Franziska Werner, Kay Wuschek | Silvia Fehrmann, Oliver Baurhenn |
Web links
Website , Facebook page and Twitter page of the Council
Individual evidence
- ^ Constitution of the Council for the Arts. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
- ↑ Berlin's Council for the Arts got the Chancellor's word: A quietly working cultural parliament. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
- ↑ a b The arts are now at a loss. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
- ↑ Stages leave the Council for the Arts. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
- ^ Council for the Arts is revived. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
- ↑ New beginning with election: Berlin Council for the Arts is revived. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
- ↑ Call for elections and general assembly 03.03.2008. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 13, 2016 ; accessed on August 31, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Newsletter March 2010. Retrieved on August 31, 2016 .
- ↑ TIP: New election Council for the Arts Berlin 2012. Accessed on August 31, 2016 .
- ^ Composition of the newly elected Council for the Arts, Berlin. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Result of the election of the Council for the Arts on 04/04/2016. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 13, 2016 ; accessed on August 31, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ It only gets nice when we have learned from the past for the future! (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 13, 2016 ; accessed on August 31, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
