Grant of €6000 for Environmental Artworks from the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development

The Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development, in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut, is offering a one-year mentorship program and grant to artists in various disciplines who present artworks aimed at protecting the environment.

This mentorship program aims to:

• support critical and unconventional work by emerging artists working on a range of issues related to environmentalism, the climate crisis, and climate justice;
• stimulate leadership of individuals whose artistic work fosters awareness and empathy;
• accelerate the artistic practices of artists and cultural practitioners who show a commitment to creating lasting change through environmental activism;
• facilitate exchanges, meaningful connections, and learning between engaged practitioners;
• strengthen and amplify new perspectives on environmentalism, the climate crisis, and climate justice.

• The program consists of two Labs (week-long mentoring intensives, one in person and one online), bi-monthly online masterclass and peer-group sessions, and an awards ceremony and visitors program in Amsterdam and Berlin. Each participant receives an award of €6.000 to work on the concept for a body of work that they outlined in their application, with an additional €4.000 being available for either collaboration with other participants, or if their concept solidifies in the process and needs an extra budget to be realized.
• The Prince Claus Fund and Goethe-Institut cover the costs related to the mentorship program itself, including travel expenses, visa costs, and stay. Individuals are responsible for their own travel insurance. Further details on the covered expenses are communicated with successful applicants at a later date.

• This mentorship program 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 program.
• With artists and cultural practitioners, it means 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.
• 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.

Criteria for Selection:

• 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 marginalization, oppression, and division;
• Impactful: the award will make a real difference to the professional development, engagement, and impact of the individual's practice in the context.

About Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development:

The Prince Claus Fund was established on 6 September 1996 as a tribute to HRH Prince Claus's dedication to culture and development. Since then, the Fund has created opportunities for connection and exchange and stimulated cultural expression, primarily in Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Eastern Europe. The Fund honors the outstanding achievement of visionaries at the front-line of culture and development with annual Prince Claus Awards; protects cultural heritage by providing ‘first aid’ to rescue heritage threatened by man-made or natural disasters; supports innovative, high-quality cultural initiatives through grants and mentoring, especially where opportunities are limited, whether by poverty, conflict, marginalization or political repression; works for and with youth through our Next Generation program and create networks of exchange.

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