CONTACT
Pia Leydolt-Fuchs
*1979 in Vienna (AT), lives in Marseille
Beside her successfully completed academic studies of Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, specializing in public management, Pia Leydolt-Fuchs completed a course for PR in Art, Politics, and Economy. In addition to a number of years of professional experience in different art and culture institutions, e.g. as press officer and person in charge for the entire range of the press at the Linz 2009 European Capital of Culture Programme-Organisation (2007-2010), she also has been responsible for Press, Marketing and Sponsoring of the Wiener Secession, Association of Visual Artists, as well as freelancer in the field of public relations for several architectural projects and exhibitions for several years, she studies a certified, continuing education of Culture and Media Management at the University for Music and Theatre in Hamburg, Germany. 2017 Pia Leydolt-Fuchs was member of the EU-expert panel for the European Heritage Label (EHL) and from 2017 to 2018 consultant of the German bidding city for ECOC "Kassel 2025". Furthermore Leydolt-Fuchs has been able to participate in the competition for the German Capital of Culture 2025 - in an advising and consultative capacity or in the context of lectures and presentations - in general and in particular on the topics of citizen participation, audience development and capacity building. In this field she is also consulting the Finnish bidding city "Tampere 2026" in 2020 and the Portuguese bidding city “Azores 2027” in 2021.
Carina Kurta
*1984 in Fürstenfeld (AT), lives since 2012 in Marseille, from autumn 2025 onwards in Paris
Studied European Studies, Art History and Museology at the University of Passau, the École du Louvre in Paris and the University of Heidelberg. Part of the organizing teams of the European Capital of Culture Linz 2009 and Istanbul 2010.
Since 2013 with CaP.CULT, specialization in urban planning and its in-between spaces, sustainable developments, architecture and cultural heritage. Since 2013, organized professional trips with architects, universities and engineering companies in Marseille, occasionally Bordeaux, Lyon, Paris, Montpellier, Algiers and European Capitals of Culture all around Europe. In 2023, publication of the architectural guide to MARSEILLE and the metropolitan region (german), with DOM publishers Berlin:
In this context, the article "Architectural Barriers in Marseille" was published in 2025.
Since 2018 coordinator of the association and research project "Ceija Stojka International Association", a project in the field of contemporary art and remembrance work on the work of the Austrian artist, Romni and contemporary witness Ceija Stojka. International cooperation with museums and cultural institutions, curator and publications on the artist's diaries.
In summer 2025 relocation to Paris, program development and accompaniment of excursions on sustainable urban development, innovation, architecture, art + culture in Paris intra + extramuros: carina.kurta@capcult.org
CaP.CULT
Carina Kurta & Pia Leydolt-Fuchs
7, Square Protis
F-13002 Marseille