Welcome to the website of The Ulrike Michal Foundation for the Arts
The foundation was established in 2019 in memory of Ulrike Michal, a veterinary neurologist and artist. Ulrike practised painting and drawing from an early age in her homeland, Switzerland, and throughout her time at university.
She continued her love of painting and drawing after her arrival in England where she joined the specialist team at the Chestergates Veterinary Hospital, near Ellesmere Port.
The foundation’s purpose is to promote, encourage and extend the love, appreciation, enjoyment, understanding and practice of fine, decorative and applied arts among people of all ages through experiences at museums, art galleries, historic properties and in the community at large, both as individuals and communally, as participants and spectators.
The foundation will achieve its purpose by making grants to applicants whose projects and activities meet the purpose of the foundation for the benefit of adults and/or children in Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Wrexham and Flintshire in north Wales; and in Merseyside, Cheshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire in England.
The foundation’s purpose is to promote, encourage and extend the love, appreciation, enjoyment, understanding and practice of fine, decorative and applied arts among people of all ages through experiences at museums, art galleries historic properties and in the community at large, both as individuals and communally, as participants and spectators.
The foundation will achieve its purpose by making grants to applicants whose projects and activities meet the purpose of the foundation for the benefit of adults and/or children in Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Wrexham and Flintshire in north Wales; and in Merseyside, Cheshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire in England.
The Ulrike Michal Foundation for the Arts has a particular interest in the traditional skills of:
Fine Arts such as painting, drawing, original printmaking and sculpture; Decorative and Applied arts, such as pottery/ceramics, textiles, jewellery and glass.
The foundation seeks to achieve its benefits through two small grant schemes. You can find out more about the two grant schemes and the eligibility criteria elsewhere on this website.
The beneficiaries of the projects the foundation supports will be adults and children living within our region, whether directly as groups (such as clubs, societies, collectives, or charities) or individuals, or through organizations (such as schools and other educational institutions, art galleries, museums, historic properties) operating within our region.
