Applications are open for the leading European award championing new dialogues between the arts and audiences.
The last few years have seen significant change in the cultural and creative industries. This has been caused not only by the outbreak of COVID-19, and the rapid conversion to digital technologies, but also by the powerful impact of international social movements. Arts and cultural organisations are questioning their role within our societies, seeking new ways of engaging with audiences, and responding to the challenges of our times.
Open to all non-profit European cultural organisations, the European Award encourages new forms of audience engagement and participation in arts and culture, supporting innovative projects, across all art forms, that can be shared, replicated and scaled across Europe. Working against all social, economic and geographic barriers, the Award encourages access to arts and culture for everyone, and champions new dialogues between the arts and audiences.
This year, three prizes of 50,000 EUR each and one Audience Choice Award of 10,000 EUR will be given to support and stimulate best practices in audience engagement, participation and access to arts and culture across Europe.
Applicants are invited to apply to one of the 3 categories based on the cultural organisation's annual expenditure in financial year 2019:
–Category 1: cultural organisations up to 500,000 EUR annual expenditure
–Category 2: cultural organisations from 500,000 EUR to 2 million EUR annual expenditure
–Category 3: cultural organisations over 2 million EUR annual expenditure
The European Award offers a platform for sharing and disseminating best practices and a space for dialogue and exchange between international arts professionals. Discover the 2020 and 2021 shortlisted projects here!
APPLY before August 31 and find all the information on the Award 2022 here.
