Kultur und Schule

What Kultur und Schule does

Kultur und Schule is a publicly funded cultural education program (Landesprogramm) operated under the Ministry for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKW NRW). The program connects professional artists across disciplines (visual arts, music, theater, film, literature, dance) with schools in NRW to deliver cultural education projects, and exposes students to working cultural practitioners. It is not a commercial entity: it has no paid pricing model, no private investors, and no external shareholders - operating budget flows from the state ministry.

The program's product surface consists of an online platform running on Kulturserver partner-network infrastructure. Core directories include the Künstlerpool (artist directory, filterable by discipline, cultural region, and city), a Schulen (schools) directory, and a Projekte/Projektberichte section containing documented project outcomes. Supporting tools include cb-address (a school profile and registration tool at address.culturebase.org) and cb-film (a video upload tool at film6.culturebase.org that links promotional videos to artist profiles). The platform is self-serve for both artists and schools, with editorial support routed through [email protected] and [email protected].

The operating entity is structured as a government state entity under NRW jurisdiction, headquartered in Bocholt, Germany, with approximately 5 employees. Distribution is regional (NRW only), with marketing concentrated on the official website and an ongoing "Aktuelles" news section covering cultural events across NRW cities including Bochum, Dortmund, Essen, Mülheim, and Wuppertal. The program operates with two strategic partners: the MKW NRW ministry (flagship, as funder and mandate-grantor) and the Kulturserver-Partnernetzwerk (core technical infrastructure and ecosystem partner).

Name

Kultur und Schule

Legal name

Kultur und Schule

Website

https://kulturundschule.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kultur und Schule is a publicly funded state program (Landesprogramm) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, administered by the Ministry for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport. It connects professional artists with schools to deliver cultural education projects via an online directory platform running on Kulturserver infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Education Programs

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (611610), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Art, Arts Councils & Grantmaking Programs (BPAGAHAH)

Keywords

• Cultural education programs
• Artist school partnerships
• Arts education funding
• School arts projects
• Creative education platform

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kultur und Schule is a state-funded digital platform in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany that connects professional artists with schools for cultural education projects. The platform provides searchable directories of artists (Künstlerpool) and participating schools (Schulen), documented project reports (Projekte/Projektberichte), funding for projects (Förderung), professional training for artists (Fortbildungen), and supporting tools (cb-address for school profile management, cb-film for video uploads). The program is funded and overseen by the Ministry for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKW NRW).

Product overview

Kultur und Schule is a state program (Landesprogramm) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that connects artists with schools for cultural education projects. The platform consists of an Artist Pool (Künstlerpool) for browsing and filtering cultural practitioners by discipline and region, a Schools directory (Schulen) for finding participating educational institutions, and a Projects section (Projekte/Projektberichte) showcasing completed cultural collaborations. Supporting tools include cb-address for school profile management and cb-film for video content upload. The program is administered by the Ministry for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKW NRW).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Künstlerpool (Artist Pool) Searchable online directory of professional artists who have conducted cultural education projects through the Landesprogramm Kultur und Schule, filterable by artistic discipline (Sparte), cultural region (Kulturregion), and city.
• Schulen (Schools Directory) Searchable directory of participating schools in North Rhine-Westphalia that have conducted cultural education projects under the Landesprogramm Kultur und Schule, filterable by cultural region and city.
• Projekte (Projects) Collection of cultural education projects conducted through the Landesprogramm Kultur und Schule, featuring project reports (Projektberichte) that document outcomes, activities, and collaborations between artists and schools.
• cb-address Online tool for registering and managing school profiles on the platform, allowing entry of contact information and special focus areas of schools.
• cb-film Video upload platform for linking promotional videos with artist profiles as part of their project presentations.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Ministerium für Familie, Kinder Jugend, Kultur und Sport des Landes Nordrhein-WestfalenflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Ministry for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport of North Rhine-Westphalia is the governing body that funds and oversees the Landesprogramm Kultur und Schule. The ministry provides programmatic direction, funding, and institutional support for the initiative.
• Kulturserver-PartnernetzwerkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKultur und Schule is part of the Kulturserver partner network, which provides the technical infrastructure for the platform including tools for address management (cb-address) and video uploads (cb-film). The partnership enables cross-promotion and integration within Germany's cultural education ecosystem.

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• TANZLAND – Tanz in Schulen: German program fostering dance projects in schools through artist residencies and project funding. Comparable to Kultur und Schule as a publicly supported school-artist matching initiative, but focused specifically on dance rather than multi-discipline cultural education.
• Kultur macht stark – Bündnisse für Bildung: BMBF-funded national program supporting cultural education projects for children and youth. Comparable as a publicly funded matching/funding mechanism connecting cultural providers with educational settings, but operating at federal rather than state level.
• Kulturagenten für kreative Schulen: Program that places cultural intermediaries ('Kulturagenten') in schools to develop long-term arts curricula. Directly comparable as a school-focused cultural education initiative connecting professional artists with schools, though operating in selected states rather than uniformly across NRW.
• makura.de: Online portal launched by the Kulturstiftung der Länder to provide a nationwide overview of cultural education offerings. Comparable as a digital directory platform for cultural education programs in Germany, positioned as a national complement to NRW-specific programs like Kultur und Schule.
• JeKits – Jedem Kind Instrumente, Tanzen, Singen: NRW state program offering music, dance, and singing education in primary schools. Highly comparable as a fellow Landesprogramm operating under MKW NRW authority, serving the same school audience with cultural education projects funded by the same ministry.

Broad incumbents

• Kulturserver-Partnernetzwerk: Partner network providing the technical infrastructure (cb-address, cb-film) on which Kultur und Schule runs. Comparable as the parent platform ecosystem hosting multiple cultural programs in Germany, including the subject company.
• Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung (BKJ): Umbrella association for cultural education of children and youth in Germany. Comparable as an institution working at the intersection of arts and youth education policy, but operating as an advocacy and networking body rather than as a direct school-artist matching program.

Emerging players

• Creative Schools (Ireland): National initiative pairing professional artists with schools in Ireland for creative projects. Comparable as a publicly funded school-artist residency and matching program, but operating in a different national jurisdiction with similar programmatic logic.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kultur-und-schule

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Kultur und Schule