Education starts with art!
KRASS e.V. supports, financed by donations, children and young people through free artistic and cultural programmes.
Art opens doors and helps children and young people to follow a successful educational path. Through artistic projects, they gain self-confidence, learn to say ‘NO!’ and become less susceptible to negative influences. Art helps children to resolve conflicts constructively and reduces violence. This impressively demonstrates the crime-prevention effect of art.
Here you can watch a wonderful film about our work:
Das KulturMobil in Düsseldorf-Eller
KRASS e.V. is also dependent on YOUR commitment in order to be able to give children and young people more culture, education and attention. Every donation supports our work with a direct impact!
AND: if you are able to pay for our programmes, you are supporting our principle of enabling other children to participate.
Every donation supports our work with direct impact!

50.769
Children and young people participated in workshops.
321
volunteers have invested…
363.512
…hours into the projects of KRASS.
27
Foster children have received a scholarship!
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Our Organisation
We give children & young people culture, education and attention! Education is the key to social participation and personal opportunities for the future.
Our Vision
In all regions of the world, children and young people should be given free and threshold-free access to education, art and culture.
Our projects
Our projects in the fields of art, theatre, music, dance, drama and new media:
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The MOVER
Read more: The MOVEREducational losers? Not with us! We would like to thank NRW.BANK most sincerely for its incredibly generous gift, which demonstrates…
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Open studio, painting every Thursday
Read more: Open studio, painting every Thursdaywe are open – each Thursday you are welcome to bei creative! from 4-6 pm, at Jägerstrasse 31. Come and…
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Theater Club – we play children’s theater!
Read more: Theater Club – we play children’s theater!In the foreground is the fun, in the background we read texts, talk about content, rehearse roles and perform our…
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Completed: Upcycling Workshop
Read more: Completed: Upcycling WorkshopWould you like to make wonderful origami works of art? Yiting and her team will show you the technique! In…
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The museum
Read more: The museumThe Kunstpalast has always defined itself as a place for all people. With our joint project, we are now helping…
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Completed: Video workshop during the autumn holidays
Read more: Completed: Video workshop during the autumn holidaysYour film! You write the script, find actors, make costumes if necessary, shoot with a camera or mobile phone, produce…
“If we want to change the world in a positive way, we have to start with the children.”
Claudia Seidensticker, founder of KRASS e.V.
Our team
All KRASSen team members contribute their knowledge and skills to one cause. Namely that of our vision. We cultivate a friendly and appreciative cooperation. Take a look at the following pages and get to know our management team and artistic team!

„We do not regard our sponsors, donors in material/financial terms and donors of time as financiers and donors, but rather as partners with whom we develop common goals, to whom we offer added value and whom we would like to invite to “change roles”.“
Claudia Seidensticker-Fountis
Founder & chairwoman
c.seidensticker@krass-ev.de

„I am committed to a society in which the creative potential of children and young people are encouraged and given space. In doing so, we want to combine profit-oriented and socially responsible entrepreneurship and thus create added value. We stand up for a society in which social values are lived and which is shaped by self-confident and self-determined people.“
Anastasios Fountis
Board & Strategy
info@krass-ev.de

„At first, I thought the idea behind KRASS was great and I really like Claudia!“
Carina Gonzalez
Head of Finance & Fundraising
c.gonzalez@krass-ev.de

“Art and culture are treasures of our civilization. I support KRASS because these riches should be a part of all children’s lives.”
Dr. Hayat Wiersch
Kunsthistorikerin und Leiterin Kommunikation
h.wiersch@krass-ev.de

“Children are the future. These are not just words, this is the truth. I think it is very important that every child has the opportunity to receive an art education, regardless of where they come from. The children should have the feeling of being seen and appreciated. That’s why we go to the children who don’t get much attention. Every week, together with the children, I learn to value life, to enjoy the little things, and to realize the true power of art: To change the world.”
Ana Perez Molina
Philosophin, Künstlerin und Projektleiterin KulturMobil
a.perez@krass-ev.de

“Music is simply a wonderful medium for experiencing culture, exchanging ideas and having new experiences in a playful way. It’s always wonderful to explore your own limits together and to share space and time.”
Peter Musebrink
Musician, Project Coordinator
p.musebrink@krass-ev.de

“I support KRASS, because sometimes even heroes need help.”
Stephanie Woitek
Web design
s.woitek@krass-ev.de

“I support KRASS because I think it is great and important that all children have access to culture and art. I am happy that I can contribute to this with my support.”
Dirk Meyer
IT, Administration Teams ms365
d.meyer@krass-ev.de

„The fundamental concept of bringing culture, art and creativity in all its forms close to children and thus perhaps giving them undreamt-of perspectives, self-confidence and creative potential, has convinced us.“
Andreas Etzel
Art Director
a.etzel@hirnstrich.de
Our locations
Through the social franchise concept “KRASS vor Ort” we are represented in many cities in Germany as well as in Athens and Shanghai.
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KRASS Shanghai/CN
Read more: KRASS Shanghai/CNKRASS Shanghai The location in Shanghai/China became a social franchisee in 2012 and operated under the name “KRASS in Shanghai”, China until…
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KRASS Athen/GR
Read more: KRASS Athen/GRKRASS Athen Since 2010 social franchise take acting with the name KRASS in Athen, Greece. Motivation?Child poverty in Greece is one of the main…
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KRASS Kurdistan/Irak
Read more: KRASS Kurdistan/IrakKRASS Kurdistan/Irak My name is Nechir Mohammed. I am 34 years old. I live in Monheim am Rhein. I have an MA…
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KRASS Luneburg
Read more: KRASS LuneburgKRASS Lüneburg Maike Beckmann and Sandra Born are responsible for KRASS on site Lüneburg. Joy, motivation, success! These are just three things…
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KRASS Trier
Read more: KRASS TrierKRASS Trier Who are weSince April 2021, journalist and author Franziska Wonnebauer has headed the Trier site. Since then, the focus of…
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KRASS Hamburg
Read more: KRASS HamburgKRASS Hamburg Miriam and Rosa are the heads of the KRASS location in Hamburg. Hello! We are Miriam Sellinger and Rosa Panzer…
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KRASS Düsseldorf
Read more: KRASS DüsseldorfHauptsitz in Düsseldorf Education begins with art! KRASS e.V. is a place for artistic activities in various locations in Germany. It is…