Form - Art & Wellbeing

Call for proposals

Art projects exploring the relation between art, health and well-being

Art & Well-being Call for Artworks: selection period extended until 1st of June

We would like to thank all the artists that have submitted proposals within the Art&well-being Call. We are grateful for this great response: more than 170 ideas and art projects exploring the relation between art, health and well-being had been received and are currently being carefully analysed by our Artistic Board.

Given the high number of applications and the diversity of their production specifications the results of the call will be announced at a later date. We will contact applicants by email in the next week and we will publish the list of selected projects by 1st of June on www.art-wellbeing.eu

The Art & Well-being (AWE) project explores the potential of arts to enhance individual and community well-being. The project connects four organizations – Cluj Cultural Centre (Romania), Bozar, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (Belgium), UGM | Maribor Art Gallery (Slovenia) and Bruno Kessler Foundation (Italy) – and it is co-funded by the European Commission, through the Creative Europe programme.

Considering the well-recognized role of the arts in improving health and well-being, the aim of the project is to explore and raise awareness about the effects of arts on physical, emotional and mental health, but also to support innovative approaches and to develop new processes, activities and networks between cultural organizations and different stakeholders from health, science and urban development in order to enhance individual and community well-being.

We look for artistic projects

performance art, installations, public space interventions a.o. – proposed by artists or collectives interested in exploring aspects of health and well-being as part of their artistic practice. Within this call, artists may propose:

(1) Development and production of artworks to be exhibited and presented within the AWE project (exhibitions will take place in Brussels, Cluj and Maribor during fall 2020 and spring 2021).

(2) Projects to be developed during a 1-2 week long artistic residencies, to be hosted by one of the three AWE artistic partners in Brussels, Cluj and Maribor.

Periods for artistic residencies:

Brussels: Autumn 2020 – Spring 2021
Cluj: June – November 2020
Maribor: July – August 2020

Financial support offered to the selected projects include: artist fees of up to 1000 Euro (depending on the type of project, number of artists involved, duration of project), production budgets of up to 2000 Euro (depending on project complexity and duration), and travel and accommodation costs (for artists in residence only).

Read the call guidelines here.

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Next steps

We look to select 5 individual installations/artworks and 3 projects for artistic residencies.

Deadline for submission: 19 April, 2020

The call gathered 175 applications and the evaluation process is ongoing. The final results will be announced no later than 1st of June.

Application Form

Please submit your proposal in English

Choose one or both application categories:

1) Artworks, installations2) Artistic residencies

Residencies are available in Brussels, Cluj and Maribor. Please mention your city preference (not mandatory).

Applicant info:

First Name

Last Name

Date of birth

Nationality

Address

Telephone number

E-mail

Website or other links

Project idea

Please describe your artistic idea to be developed as an artwork or during a residency within the Art&Well-being project. (up to 2500 characters).
Please describe the project format, concept, and relevance for the main theme – health and well-being.

Please provide an estimated budget for your project idea (in Euro)

Optionally, please upload any additional materials that help illustrate your project idea - sketches, drawings, etc (max 5MB).

Please upload your CV in pdf format (max 5MB).

Please upload up to 4 examples of your work including images, texts, audio files, videos (max 500 Mb each) OR include below links to the works.

I have read and I agree with the rules of the call as detailed in the guideline.

I have read and I agree with the policy for the processing of personal data.

I have read and I agree with the terms and conditions of the website.