Prince Claus Fund/Goethe-Institut Cultural & Artistic Responses to Environmental Change Programme 2023 (€10,000 Award)

The Prince Claus Fund/Goethe-Institut Cultural & Artistic Responses to Environmental Change Programme 2023 is now accepting applications. The Cultural and Creative Reactions to An worldwide network of creatives will be established, leadership will be fostered, and involved community-based cultural practices at the intersection of the arts and the environment will be accelerated through the one-year multidisciplinary program called Environmental Change. Through this initiative, Prince Claus Fund and Goethe-Institut provide a forum for the exploration of critical creative practices, the fostering of global connections between active practitioners, the promotion of cross-disciplinary dialogue, and the amplifying of fresh viewpoints on environmental change.

Program Information:

Twelve mid-career artists and cultural practitioners (with 8 to 15 years of pertinent professional experience) are paired with four mentors who are all experts in various fields and environmental problems. This program (created taking into consideration the needs of the selected participants) includes various types of interaction such as workshops, guest talks, and peer-to-peer sessions in order to foster conversation and collaboration within the cohort and to support each artist in their own individual practice. Due to the members’ varied locations, the majority of the activities are conducted online, but during the two Lab Weeks, they do so in person twice. (week-long mentoring intensives). Additionally, we will collaborate on a group project to produce a magazine.

Although this changes throughout the year, the time commitment for class events is typically 10 hours per month. Additionally, players should feel at ease exchanging ideas in spoken English in order to foster an environment of collaboration between individuals with various backgrounds and skill sets.

Award:

Each artist receives an award of €10,000 to work on the concept for a body of work that
they outline in their application.

Eligibility:

• Support is only given to individual persons from, living, registered and working in one of
  the working countries – you can find the full list of eligible countries here.
• This mentorship programme is specifically meant for individuals with ±8-15 years of
  relevant professional experience, individuals who do not have this level of experience are
  not eligible to participate in the programme.
• The Goethe-Institut and Prince Claus Fund hold a broad disciplinary understanding of arts
  and culture. By artists and cultural practitioners they mean people who have an individual
  artistic practice – be it as a visual artist, curator, writer, musician, performer, designer,
  architect, interdisciplinary artist, etc. Individuals who are arts managers, facilitators,
  academic researchers, or others, without an individual artistic practice are not considered
  to fall under this category, and as such are not eligible to apply.
• Previous grantees of the Prince Claus Fund are not eligible to apply unless their previous
  grant is finished and closed before the application submission deadline for this call.

Selection Criteria:

The following criteria are used for assessing applications:

• Original: the work is innovative and artistically interesting
• Transformative: the work engages with pressing social/political issues, is challenging,
  prompts feelings, and is thought provoking
• Context-specific: important in the local context, contributes to the enhancement of the
  context, rethinking history, societal impact
• Inclusive: the work is linked to the ultimate aim of more inclusive societies, connecting
  people in ways that resist marginalisation, oppression and division
• Impactful: award will make a real difference to the professional development, engagement
  and impact of the individual’s practice in the context
• Diversity:the individual and their work represents minority groups and marginalised
  communities within their context.
• Potential to Accelerate: The individual has the potential to become a leader in the
  discipline and already has an existing track record within the cultural discipline, the work is
  engaged and focused on relevant social issues within context, on average 8-15 years of
  career

Application:

The deadline for the submission of project applications is 30 April 2023, 23:59 CEST. Only
complete submissions received in the platform before the deadline can be considered.

Click here to apply