The European Marine Board (EMB) is looking for two new artists/groups of artists for the 2025 – 2026 edition of the ‘EMBracing the Ocean’ 12-month artist-in-residence programme.
Entering the fifth year of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, the need to connect people to Oceans is more important than ever. The EMBracing the Ocean programme provides grants for creative individuals/groups from a wide-range of disciplines to engage in a two-way co-creation of artwork in collaboration with Ocean scientists. The aims of the programme are to 1) raise societal awareness of and embrace connection to the Ocean, 2) inspire positive behaviour towards sustainability, and 3) contribute new insight and/or perspectives to science.
The programme is open to creative individuals/groups from a wide variety of artistic disciplines. Both emerging and established artists will be considered by the committee. Prior experience in co-creation with scientists and/or communities and working on sustainability topics is desirable. The residency will take place remotely, but may include visits to collaborating researchers and/or participation in events.
Applications are welcome from across the world, and from a wide range of creative disciplines. Please note that proposed projects should go beyond purely dissemination or communication of knowledge, and need to be firmly based in artistic co-creation.
Two awardees will be selected for the 2025 – 2026 programme and each will be awarded a grant of 10,000 EUR. The awardees may use the grant to cover costs according to the needs of their work (e.g. artist fees, materials, expenses, travel, promotional materials, campaigns, transport of work, compensation for scientific collaborators) and these should be outlined in the provisional budget submitted as part of the application.
