“If people cannot come to the art, we bring the art to the people!”
– this is the credo of the association KUNST FÜR ANGELN, founded 4 years ago by the collector Ingrid Roosen-Trinks. Since then, she has enriched Germany’s northernmost region with several exhibitions each year.

Close to the Danish border – surrounded by nature – artworks from the Roosen-Trinks collection as well as new works by young artists from the region attract thousands of visitors each year. The changing exhibitions, held in barns and on the estate, address contemporary topics and also give the youngest participants – in the Children’s Art Club Angeln – the opportunity to showcase their creativity.

From the very beginning, the non profit association KUNST FÜR ANGELN has promoted and supported young artists from the region and from Denmark. At the exhibition “I am a DRINNIE,” which has just come to an end, we presented not only 100 works from the Collection Roosen-Trinks, but also — in cooperation with the Sønderjylland Art School in Sønderborg — 14 works by emerging young talents.

The result at the FINISSAGE on Sunday: SOLD OUT! Every single artwork was sold! The association, the new art owners, and of course the young artists themselves are thrilled and highly motivated. A true win-win situation!

We will continue our work and provide young artists with a real platform in the future as well — not a digital one! A valuable contribution to the cultural landscape of the region!

For 15 years Ingrid Roosen-Trinks enriched Berlin’s art and cultural scene with her collection of contemporary art – and especially with her OPEN HOUSE events. Since 2022 she has been curating large exhibitions on various themes every spring and autumn at the Wittkielhof, which she discovered on her trips through the northern Schleswig-Holstein region. She also invites children to workshops held on site and in local preschools and schools. The starting point is always original artworks from the collection.

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