Working area
Arts & Culture
Opening up
new perspectives for society


© Siemens Stiftung

© Siemens Stiftung,
Photograph Benjamín Matte

© Music In Africa Foundation

© Music In Africa Foundation

© Miguel Braceli


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© Marta María Borrás

© Music In Africa Foundation

© Music In Africa Foundation

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Photograph Felipe Moreno
Key areas
Promoting a stronger community spirit
Promoting sensitivity toward social exclusion
Promoting sustainability across the board
We all need to act with sustainability in mind, but the journey there will be a long one. Our cultural initiatives tackle the question of what is standing in the way of sustainable behavior, in both society and art. This work is enabling us to strengthen art’s role as an agent of sustainable action.
Projects
We perceive our cultural work as transnational learning communities and are committed to co-creation and networking across borders. This includes promoting dialog and collaboration between different cultural scenes with artistic interventions in cities and online as well as platforms for shared learning and working. In Africa, our focus is on music, while the emphasis is on performing arts in Latin America.

Partners








Find out more about our international cultural projects!

Inviting Journalists to attend ACCES, one of Africa’s biggest Music Conferences in Tanzania, from November 9-11, 2023
- Music In Africa Foundation and Siemens Stiftung invite journalists to attend the Music In Africa Conference for Collaborations, Exchange and Showcases (ACCES) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from November 9-11, 2023. The conference has grown to become a trade show for African and international music industries offering a platform to exchange ideas, discover new talent and create business linkages.

Siemens Stiftung will work in three new topic areas for sustainable social development
- Moving forward the internationally active Siemens Stiftung will focus its project work on the three cross-foundation topics of “Access to Essential Services,” “Connected Societies,” and “Climate & Sustainability.” The necessary transformations demanded by these global challenges will be actively shaped by the foundation in an increasingly interdisciplinary manner from its Education, Social Entrepreneurship and Arts & Culture working areas
Background stories & interviews

The transcendent power of music: A social and economic leveler
- In her blog post, Dr. Nina Smidt sheds light on the role Africa's largest music network can play in the continent's social and economic development.

Diversity sounds good
- In 2022, the Gender@Work workshop series prepared young women from all over Africa for a career in the music industry for the third time.
Project websites
Artists are illustrating new perspectives in unused spaces in the city of Lima and are asking how, particularly in the age of pandemic-induced contact restrictions, art is capable of creating a shared public space. New artworks are being produced every month between November 2021 and March 2022.
Contact
Would you like to work with us? Or do you have any questions?
Managing Director & Head of Culture
Dr. Nina Smidt
nina.smidt@siemens-stiftung.org
+49 89 540487 0
Joachim Gerstmeier
joachim.gerstmeier@siemens-stiftung.org
+49 89 540487 316