Statement by the State Association for Cultural Education Bavaria eV (LKB: BY) on the corona measures of the Bavarian state government

Munich, November 2, 2020

Cultural education: more than just a leisure activity

For the second time this year there is culture and with it parts of culture
Education in Bavaria comes to a standstill. The new lockdown hits the scene hard and
through no fault of its own. To subsume them under the umbrella term “leisure” leaves a one-sided approach
Recognize cultural understanding and shows which standing culture in the much-cited “cultural state”
Bavaria (Art. 3 of the Bavarian Constitution). Haimo Liebich, Chairman of the LKB: BY,
on this: “It is shocking and unfair how ingenious hygiene concepts are undifferentiated
are ignored and large parts of the culture are arbitrarily assigned to the leisure sector
will.”
One bright spot is that this time the political decision-makers are not just schools and
Leave daycare centers open, but also the extracurricular area of ​​education
consider. Non-formal learning locations – especially cultural education – are
Free spaces in which children and young people can develop and learn to be effective.
Cultural education strengthens resilience and supports children, young people and adults
dealing with the unreasonable demands of the pandemic and looking to the future without fear
look. Cultural education is general education and an equal educational goal (resolution
of the Bavarian Parliament of June 6, 2008) because it enables people to actively culture
and to shape society.

New support measures for culture

As part of the cultural and creative industries, cultural education is also a significant part of the
Bavarian economy. The State Association for Cultural Education Bavaria (LKB: BY)
therefore expressly welcomes the urgently needed new “cultural stabilization program”
of the Bavarian State Government. It comes late and has faced the renewed
Lockdowns have a bitter aftertaste. The program continues with the fictitious
Entrepreneurial wages finally in the right place. The action must now
quickly, flexibly and realistically, because the enormous bureaucracy and the
ineffectiveness of the first aid program must not be repeated. The
LKB: BY calls on the Bavarian state government for broad access to the
Grants to take care of: not only those eligible for the first program,
also the numerous Bavarian cultural mediatorsinside, project workerswithin,
Freelance workers and theater, art or music teachers urgently need and
immediate support. In this context, LKB: BY is renewing its offer
Minister of State Bernd Sibler advised and constructively on the design
bring in.

Contact:
Felix Taschner
Managing directors
Mail: [email protected]
Telephone: 089 954 115 214
Twitter: @lkb_by
About the Landesvereinigung Kulturelle Bildung Bayern eV (LKB: BY)
The LKB: BY serves as an umbrella and professional association to strengthen cultural education in
Bavaria. It networks, advises and supports practice and theory, extracurricular education
and educational institutions, politics and administration. Who are over 50 members
national and regional organizations, associations, institutions and projects
Cultural education in the fields of visual arts, music, theater, literature, dance,
Film, media, museum, architecture, games, circus, socioculture, etc.

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