Mission White Flamingo - The Culture Podcast from Münsterland

As an artistic oasis in an industrial area, the Kulturquartier Münster combines music with ecology and social development. Why these themes and free, independent artistic work are so important to them is what the four partners Thomas Grollmus, Beatrix Pluta, Audrey Guttierez and Thomas Schauder tell us in the new episode of Mission Weißer Flamingo. And as a little extra, you can expect an acoustic sample from the Bratsche-Handpan-Mandoline trio "Klimaschoner". Have fun!

This time, the Flamingo goes to the north of Münsterland. Having arrived in Mettingen, he reports in the eleventh episode on the Draiflessen Collection, an internationally networked art museum. Dr. Corinna Otto, director of the museum, and Olesja Nein, curator of the Collection, explain in an interview why it is located in rural Mettingen, why there will soon be a break in the programme and what distinguishes the museum from other exhibition houses.

So how about a half-hour excursion into the history and work of the Draiflessen Collection and a short trip behind the scenes of the current photography special exhibition "Made Realities"?

Attend events, get creative yourself, drink coffee, spend time together or alone - all this is possible at a Third Place. Five new Third Places with very different approaches are currently being created in Münsterland, all funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science NRW. For the White Flamingo, Anna-Ida Almus spoke with the founders of the "ARTandTECH.space" in Rheine and the "3rd Place Borken" about the connection between art and technology, participatory-creative urban development and much more.

Finally, spend a comfortable afternoon on the couch with rock legend Eddie Van Halen! Not possible? Yes, you can: the rock'n'popmuseum Gronau has come up with something special and translated its exhibition on the exceptional guitarist into the virtual world. In the new podcast episode, curator Dr Thomas Mania tells us how exactly such a "translation" works and why he still doesn't want to get used to virtual exhibitions permanently.

The Wettringen Artists' Community (KGW) has found a very special place to live together and work individually: a former church! In the fifth episode of the podcast "Mission White Flamingo", the artists talk about the partly creepy history of the house and explain why community is important, especially in Corona times. And you can find out exactly what living together in an artist community looks like behind the scenes.

The podcast "Mission White Flaminog" is on the road this month on the German-Dutch border. As guests at the kult , the director of the house, Corinna Endlich, and Rock McSock show you what goes on behind the scenes at the cultural house in Vreden. Kerstin Hemker from the German-Zimbabwean Society also explains the significance of the new special exhibition at the kult.

In the first episode, everything revolves around the north of Münsterland. More precisely, about the DA, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst, which is located near Hörstel in the district of Steinfurt. The former Cistercian convent has now been showing art for young and old in a rather unusual place for more than 15 years. But what does a convent have to do with art? Why is the Kunsthaus actually called "DA"? What is a project scholarship and why is it worth travelling all the way to Hörstel? Berit Gerd Andersen, director of the house, and four artists of the Saisonale 2020 answer all these questions and thus give an insight into life at the DA, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst.

How did the podcast come about, who is the creator Anna-Ida Almus and what does the flamingo have to do with culture? In an interview to launch the podcast series, Anna-Ida reveals more about her motivation, the technical equipment and how to approach a project that has to reinvent itself again and again in Corona times.

The podcast "Mission Weißer Flamingo" is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the programme"land.schafft - Funding for Cultural Volunteer Projects in Rural Areas" of the Federal Association for Cultural Education for Children and Young People.