Cultural Vistas: Climate Action Artist Residencies Second Call

In the years 2024/2025, the Climate Action Artist Residencies invite a total of eight artists from all artistic fields to complete three-month long residencies with an environmental research organisation. Two artists from Germany and six from the three V20 countries in the Asia/Pacific region – Fiji, Philippines, and Samoa – will be selected.

Artists from the V20 countries will complete their residency with an environmental research organisation in Germany, artists from Germany will complete their residencies with an environmental research organisation in the selected V20 countries. Each artist will work with their host institution to highlight aspects of the climate crisis that affect their host country and the V20.

The results of this work will then be communicated in an artistic project of the artist’s choice, aimed to reach, and inform a target audience in their home country and their host country. The focus of the programme is the artistic exploration of the globally intertwined and scientifically proven vulnerabilities triggered by the climate crisis in the V20 countries and in Germany.

Artists freely choose their artistic medium. The pairing with appropriate research organisations in the host country will be coordinated by Cultural Vistas, though applicants may indicate preferences if they have a prior connection to appropriate organisations in the host country. The programme offers a stipend of up to 2,500 EUR per month (before taxes, if taxable in your place of residence) for a duration of three months. Upon request and under certain preconditions, spouses and/or children may accompany the participant and may be supported with an additional stipend of up to 776 EUR per month (before taxes, if applicable in your place of residence) for a duration of up to three months.

In addition to the monthly stipend, the programme covers up to 4,000 EUR for round trip travel costs between each participant’s country of residence and host country. Participants may freely choose their mode of transportation and are incentivised to travel climate-consciously. Costs to obtain a visa may be reimbursed upon request and approval. The programme also supports participants with up to 10,000 EUR for material and production costs incurred to create their artistic work.

The application is online, with a deadline 30 June 2024.