The European Canvas Project aims to create a large artwork depicting a united Europe by having children from each of the 27 EU member states paint a square meter of canvas with their vision. The project is supported by KRASS e.V., a German non-profit that believes all children deserve a happy childhood free of worries. KRASS e.V. offers art programs and financial support to disadvantaged children, running art classes, workshops, and mobile art studios to promote creative expression and self-esteem.

1. European Canvas Project: “The Children’s Bridge”
We strongly believe that each and every child regardless of his or her social back-
ground is entitled to a childhood free of worries and full of happiness.
This common vision of 50 volunteers with diverse professional backgrounds was
the reason to found and continue to support the association KRASS e.V.. We offer
access to projects and grants of fines arts and a safe location to come to and join
art classes for children and young people.
Therefore, when the European Union 2010 launched its European Year for
Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, we saw this as a unique opportunity to
get involved and to support this initiative.
We came up with the idea of the, European Canvas Project: “The Children‘s Bridge“.
Children from all the 27 European Union Member States would paint at least one
square meter of canvas with their vision and their ideas about Europe. After the
completion of the 27 national contributions, 27 square meters full of colorful inter-
pretations will be a huge artwork of the idea of a United Europe.
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2. Who we are and what we do:
In the background of KRASS e.V. is the Düsseldorf-based foundation ‘Stiftung Kultur
für Kinder’. Between its goals is to provide a secure financial basis for the work of
our association. The executive team of KRASS e.V. and all external volunteers are the
ones who do the work for and with the children. Via KRASS e.V.:
• We help children and teens to develop a healthy self-esteem, learn about
their strengths and find ways to express themselves.
• We believe that learning about fine arts and being creative helps children to
build a positive future for themselves.
• We give grants to financially disadvantaged or talented children.
• We run the KinderKunstHaus, a special house where children can come and
take part in arts and crafts classes, we run workshops where we link art with
natural sciences.
• We operate mobile art studios for children, we run art projects in schools, we
sponsor schools for children with special needs and we transfer our knowl
edge to partners in other cities and other countries.
Please help us to continue this wonderful work and support as many children
as possible. Visit our internet site: www.krass-ev.de
For more information, please contact:
Claudia Lehmann: c.lehmann@krass-ev.de
Stefanie Rauscher: s.rauscher@krass-ev.de
Claudia Seidensticker: vorstand@krass-ev.de
Bank account of KRASS e.V.
From abroad: IBAN DE07 3007 0024 0222 3410 00 - BIC/SWIFT DEUTDEDBDUE -
Deutsche Bank Düsseldorf
Within Germany: KNr. 222 3410 - BLZ 300 700 24 - Deutsche Bank Düsseldorf