The Prince Claus Fund/Goethe-Institute Cultural and Artistic Responses to Environmental Change Program 2023 is now accepting applications. Cultural and artistic responses to environmental change is a year-long multidisciplinary program aiming to speed up active community-based cultural practices at the confluence of arts and the environment, launch a worldwide network of creatives, and cultivate leadership.

Through this initiative, they are creating a platform for critical, creative practices, connecting active practitioners worldwide, stimulating cross-disciplinary communication, and amplifying new views on environmental change.

About Program

The mentorship pairs 12 mid-career artists and cultural practitioners (8-15 years of relevant professional experience) with four mentors who work across disciplines and environmental challenges. This program (developed with the requirements of the selected participants in mind) includes various sorts of engagement, such as workshops, guest speakers, and peer-to-peer sessions to stimulate dialogue and cooperation within the cohort and to assist each artist in their specific practice. The majority of the activities are conducted online because the participants are spread around the country; however, they do meet in person twice a year for the two Lab Weeks (week-long mentoring intensives). In addition, they will collaborate on a group effort in the form of a magazine.

The program activities require an average of 10 hours of time each month, however this changes during the year. Furthermore, participants should feel at ease discussing ideas in spoken English in order to foster a space of mutual learning where individuals with diverse life experiences and expertise may come together.

Brief Details

• Organized by: The Prince Claus Fund and Goethe-Institute
• Format: Online
• Deadline: 30 April 2023
• Announcing date: December 2023
• Number of Opportunities: 12
• Type: Mentorship

Benefits

Each artist receives a €10,000 grant to develop on the concept for a body of work outlined in their application.

Eligibilities

• Those from, residing, registered in, and working in their working countries are only eligible for assistance. (a complete list of eligible countries may be seen here.) (Afghanistan included)
• This mentoring program is intended for persons with 8-15 years of relevant professional experience; those without this level of expertise are not eligible to participate.
• The Goethe-Institute and the Prince Claus Foundation have a comprehensive grasp of arts and culture. Artists and cultural practitioners are individuals who have a personal artistic practice, such as a visual artist, curator, writer, musician, performer, designer, architect, interdisciplinary artist, and so on. People who are arts managers, facilitators, academic researchers, or those who do not have an independent creative practice do not fit into this category and are thus unable to apply.
• Former Prince Claus Fund grantees are not allowed to apply until their prior award is completed and closed before the application deadline for this call.

Selection Criteria

During application evaluation, the following criteria are used:

• The work is unique in that it is both inventive and artistically interesting.
• Transformative: the work addresses serious social/political concerns, is challenging, elicits emotions, and provokes thinking.
• Contextual: vital in the local context, helps to context improvement, rethinking history, social influence
• Inclusive: the activity is connected to the ultimate goal of more inclusive society, bringing people together in ways that resist marginalization, oppression, and division.
• Impactful: the award will have a significant influence on the individual’s professional growth, involvement, and impact in the setting.
• Diversity: Within their setting, the individual and their work reflect minority groups and marginalized populations.
• Possibility for Acceleration: The individual has the potential to become a leader in the discipline and already has a track record within the cultural discipline, the work is engaged and focused on significant social concerns within context, and the individual has an average of 8-15 years of career.

How to Apply?

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For more details about Cultural and Artistic Responses to Environmental Change Program, refer to Prince Claus Fund’s official website.

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