AI & culture. New funding priority 2028
A themed year on artificial intelligence in culture is planned for 2028. The application deadlines for the new funding priority are August 31, 2026 and February 28, 2027.
AI & Culture
This was also demonstrated in 2025 by the Westphalian cultural conference “PROMPT:>_Generate a conference on AI and culture” of the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, at which more than 300 participants from cultural administrations and institutions, associations and the independent scene addressed the opportunities and challenges.
With the new funding focus, the LWL-Kulturstiftung is transferring this topic into practical cultural work. The examination of possible applications in a cultural context is intended to help classify AI and help shape its responsible use.
The aim is to present a broad-based cultural program with events and offerings from all sectors in Westphalia-Lippe in 2028. It is intended to raise awareness of the many facets of AI and culture with low-threshold and highly professional implementations and at the same time encourage dialogue.
Object of the funding
AI should be used as a supporting tool and open up new potential for the creative process. High-profile cultural offerings and events must take place in Westfalen-Lippe in 2028. Projects without the active integration of AI systems are not eligible for funding.
- Regional reference
- Cultural added value
- Supra-local orientation
- Network character
- Public appeal
- Interdisciplinarity
Schedule
Decisions on the applications submitted will be made at the subsequent meetings of the Board of Trustees (November 2026 and probably May/June 2027). The cultural program is to be implemented in public events and offerings in the region in 2028.
The funding priority complements the general funding program of the LWL-Kulturstiftung. Projects without a thematic reference to “AI & Culture” can also be applied for within the specified deadlines.
Consulting
In the meeting, project managers can present their idea and clarify questions on formal and cultural issues. The LWL-Kulturstiftung team does not provide advice on legal or technical issues.
Questions & Answers
Some possible questions on AI & Culture as well as on application and project implementation are answered by topic under FAQs.
Contact for AI & Culture
- General foundation business & project consulting
- corinna.grundmann@lwl-kulturstiftung.de
- +49 251 591-7658
Partner of "K3 KI.Kunst.Kultur"
23 North Rhine-Westphalian institutions from the fields of culture, universities and cultural policy, including well-known players from Westphalia-Lippe, are participating in the unique initiative of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was created under the leadership of the Dortmund Academy for Theater and Digitality. In future, an office in Dortmund will be the central point of contact for exchange, knowledge transfer and the strengthening of cultural professionals.
The LWL-Kulturstiftung acts as an independent partner in the competence network and supplements its offers such as further education and training with concrete project funding as part of the AI & Culture funding priority.
Funding priorities of the LWL-Kulturstiftung
Since 2021, it has supplemented its general funding activities with thematic priorities. In this way, it provides impetus for current and future challenges of our coexistence.
Contacts, downloads and FAQs
- General foundation business & project consulting
- corinna.grundmann@lwl-kulturstiftung.de
- +49 251 591-7658
- General foundation business & project consulting
- jonas.koch@lwl-kulturstiftung.de
- +49 251 591-5084
- Social Media
- lina.kumpmann@lwl-kulturstiftung.de
- +49 251 591-7591
- Press and public relations
- anja.tomasoni@lwl-kulturstiftung.de
- +49 251 591-6929
