Call for applications: Cultural and Artistic Responses to Environmental Change programme

The call is open to artists and cultural practitioners from and based in Prince Clause’s working countries including Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe, among others.

Cultural & Artistic Responses to Environmental Change is a year-long interdisciplinary programme aimed at accelerating engaged community-based cultural practices at the intersection of arts and the environment, initiating an international network of creatives and fostering leadership. Through this programme, Prince Clause creates a platform that is designed to explore critical artistic practices, stimulate joint learning, connect engaged practitioners across the world, stimulate cross-disciplinary exchange, and amplify new perspectives on environmental change.

The mentorship brings together 12 emerging artists and cultural practitioners (plus or minus eight to 15 years of relevant professional experience) with four mentors, all working across a range of disciplines and environmental issues. Throughout 2023, these 12 individuals will each work on a body of work, form a peer group, receive guidance, exchange ideas and jointly delve deeper into their practices. The four mentors, all experts on the intersection of arts and the environment, will guide the participants throughout the programme.

The programme consists of two labs (week-long mentoring intensives, one in person and one online), bimonthly online masterclasses and peer-group sessions, and a visitor’s programme in Amsterdam and Berlin. Each participant receives an award of €10 000 (about $10 500) to work on the concept for a body of work that they outline in their application.

Through this mentorship programme Prince Cluse aims to:

• Support critical and unconventional work by emerging artists working on a range of issues related to the global commons, environmentalism, the climate crisis and climate justice.
• Stimulate leadership of individuals whose artistic work fosters awareness, social cohesion and empathy.
• Accelerate the artistic practices of artists and cultural practitioners who show a commitment to their communities and to creating lasting change through environmental activism.
• Strengthen and amplify new perspectives on environmentalism, the climate crisis and climate justice.

How to apply

To apply, applicants need to: 

• Create an account on the Prince Claus Awards platform and start a new submission for the Mentorship Award: Cultural & Artistic Responses to Environmental Change.
• Fill in all required fields and attachments. They can save the application and complete it later up until the deadline. If applicants have any questions along the way, they should refer to Prince Claus Awards’ FAQs or e-mail atawards@princeclausfund.nl.

The deadline for applications is 31 May at 11pm CEST.

Applicants will receive an automatic email confirmation once the submission has been successfully received on the awards platform. Applicants will be notified about the outcome of their applications by the end of October.

Read more about the eligibility criteria and guidelines here.

View the original call here.