Design Scholarship 2022

Application open to you who have applied or will apply to one of the three night classes at Beckmans!

Scholarship to Linnea Lindquist

Linnea Lindquist, headmaster of Hammarkullsskolan in Gothenburg, have been granted a scholarship by The Robert Weil Family Foundation and Mats Arnhög.

St Eriksmedaljen to Robert Weil

Since 1938, the Municipal Board of Stockholm has awarded the St. Erik’s Medal to Stockholmers who, through their activities or efforts, are considered to deserve such an award from the city.

We love Batsheva Dance Company since 1999

The Robert Weil Family Foundation is happy to announce a new step taken in the long term relation with Israeli Batsheva Dance Company.

Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies

This important message is put on display on our Pagoda House in central Tel Aviv. The Robert Weil Family Foundation is fully supporting ‘Standing together’ in the struggle for peace, equality, and social justice.

The Pandemic Reveals a Growing Polarisation

History shows that increasing social inequalities can cause the boat to capsize, Robert Weil argues in a column for Affärsvärlden.

We are remembering Lars Norén

In 2002 Lars Norén directed his play Stilla Vatten at the Jewish Theatre. The production was a collaboration between the Jewish Theatre and Riksteatern-Riks Drama.

Support to the African asylum seekers in Tel Aviv

The Robert Weil Family Foundation support the people most effected by the Coronavirus Outbreak in Tel Aviv.

We are remembering Anders Wester

The posters for Stilla Vatten were not just a fluke. They were part of a long series of works, created by art director Anders Wester, who died after a period of illness in 2018, only 62 years old.

Snowcrash – the exhibition

Snowcrash was the name of a Finnish design collective active in 1997-2003. The Snowcrash story is now being exhibited at Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, May 4, 2021–February 13, 2022.

We have a choice

‘Sweden must resist. And right now, for now at least, we do actually have a choice.’ Interview in Dagens Nyheter by journalist Niklas Orrenius on the occasion of Robert Weils birthday 2018.

We wish to be part of creating arenas for learning, analyzing, and participating towards a vital exchange of ideas benefiting all parties in a continual search for creative innovation.

Our Story

EcoOcean

EcoOcean is an environmental organization founded in Israel 2002 by Andreas Weil, dedicated to marine research and education with the primary vision to create a healthy, non-polluted environment in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Magasin III Museum for Contemporary Art

Energized by the vital New York art scene in the 80’s, Robert Weil and David Neuman understood that Magasin III would be a phenomenal addition to the Stockholm culture scene. ”We have always started with an idea and almost never asked: ’Is this possible?’”

The Jewish Theatre

The Jewish Theatre was from 1995 to 2015 situated in an old skittle alley in the royal park Djurgården in Stockholm. When the theatre left the building a new era entered. Today the Jewish Theatre exists through new initiatives taken by former artistic director and theatre manager Pia Forsgren and the Robert Weil Family Foundation.

Accelerator

As an institution within Stockholm University, Accelerator is an exhibition space where art, science and social issues converge. The mission of Accelerator is to engage actively with society, producing exhibitions presenting international and Swedish contemporary art.

The Jewish Museum in Stockholm

A new incarnation of the museum saw the light of day, and Stockholm gained a place for conversations concerning the most important issue of our time—the conditions and strategies of integration.

The Per Ahlmark Foundation

The purpose of the foundation is to promote scientific research and education in political science, economy and the history of ideas and Jewish history, with a particular emphasis on democracy and human rights.

Batsheva Dance Company

Batsheva Dance Company was founded in Israel in 1964. Proventus has been a supporter since 1998. In 2014 the Robert Weil Family Foundation took the responsability of this long-term partnership.

Melchior Social Initiative

The model of religious peace, being faithful to one belief, being confident in the limitations and modesty of one’s existence towards G-d and fellowman, makes it possible to build new coalitions, give a new hope for peace and a partnership of values in the Middle East and all over the world.

Berättarministeriet

An organization with the mission to inspire children aged 8-18 in under-privileged areas to conquer the written word.

Amanah

Amanah is a Jewish-Muslim joint project, built on the collaboration between Imam Salahuddin Barakat and the Rabbi Moshe David Ha-Cohen.

Ulrica Hydman Vallien Foundation

In 2019, the Vallien family, Orrefors Kosta Boda and the Robert Weil Family Foundation established a foundation in memory of Ulrica Hydman Vallien to continue the legacy of her work.

Beckmans College of Design

For the Robert Weil Family Foundation this step was the result of a more than 15-year-long collaboration with Beckmans- but more importantly, of 40 years of working in the field of design, craftsmanship, education and industry in various ways.

MTZ prize

The MTZ Prize was established in 2018 in memory of Mikael T Zielinski. It is a scholarship awarded to a person or institution working in Mikael’s spirit.

Long term supporter

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