The research project to which this text refers was based on the challenge to provide conditions for equal access to arts education for children and young people placed at a disadvantage - especially those with immigration backgrounds. Secondly, it was based on the assumption that intercultural encounters initiated in the context of artistic projects are more likely to be experienced as enrichment. The text describes how this first conception was altered through the implementation of action research and team research methods and a social-constructivist epistemology, and how the research process itself became a field of intercultural practice and training.