Mentorship Award 2023: Cultural and Artistic Responses to Environmental Change

Prince Claus Fund and the Goethe-Institut are calling for artists and cultural practitioners working at the intersection of arts and the environment to apply for the year-long Mentorship Award “Cultural and Artistic Responses to Environmental Change”.

“Cultural and 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. This programme aims to create a platform to explore critical artistic practices, connect engaged practitioners across the world, stimulate cross-disciplinary exchange and amplify new perspectives on environmental change.

The mentorship brings together 12 mid-career artists and cultural practitioners with 4 mentors, all working across a range of disciplines and environmental issues.

The programme includes different types of interaction such as workshops, guest talks and peer-to-peer sessions. Most of the activities are online, with 2 in-person Lab Weeks (week-long mentoring intensives). Additionally, there is a collective project in the form of a publication that participants will co-create.

The programme activities average a time commitment of 10 hours per month. The common language used is English.

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

Eligibility

Applicants from, living, registered and working in Prince Claus Fund working countries (which includes many ASEM Asian countries)
Individuals with 8–15 years’ professional experience
Previous grantees of the Prince Claus Fund are not eligible to apply

Mentorship Award programme details

Deadline: 30 April 2023