Cultural and Artistic Responses to the Environmental Crisis (CAREC) is a process-based programme designed to foster critical thinking, care, empowerment, and collective imagination.
It brings together nine mid-career creatives (with approximately 7 to 15 years of relevant professional experience and from one of the Prince Claus Fund’s eligible countries) working across a wide range of mediums, methodologies, and interpretations of the overarching theme. Supported by three Senior Fellows, the selected cohort will spend nine months engaging in a collaborative journey — one that supports each participant’s individual practice and explores how it can be activated within their local and thematic contexts. The programme also facilitates exchange within the cohort, across CAREC’s growing network, and with relevant external practitioners.
The programme consists of various online interactive formats, such as peer group sessions, individual feedback, and guest speaker sessions. The participants will also meet in person once within the programme in the form of a ‘Lab Week’, an intensive fellowship gathering. Lastly, the programme carries a group project for the cohort.
The programme activities require an average time commitment of 20 hours per month, though this varies throughout the year. Moreover, participants should be comfortable sharing ideas in spoken English to foster a space of mutual learning and exchange.
Each participant receives an Award of 10,000 EUR and dedicated guidance from the Senior Fellows to further develop the concept for a body of work initially outlined in their application. The Prince Claus Fund covers the costs related to the Fellows programme itself, including travel expenses, visa costs, and stay. Individuals are responsible for their own travel insurance.
