Deadline: February 24, 2025
Applications are open for the Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts Fellowship 2025. The Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts Fellowship is a transformative programme designed to connect and support visionary leaders of arts organisations driven by community engagement and social change across Europe. This unique opportunity provides a collaborative space to strengthen your organisation, enhance your professional development, and drive impactful advocacy efforts.
The programme will welcome up to 15 leaders working across diverse artistic disciplines and societal issues, who will work together to overcome challenges, share experiences and create innovative solutions that create greater impact within their local communities and the wider arts sector in Europe.
Financial Support
The Fellowship offers comprehensive funding to ensure Fellows can participate without financial barriers. Here’s what’s covered:
- €30,000 Grant for Organisational Development: Supports scaling your organisation’s capacity and covering core costs to enable your full participation and impact.
- €30,000 Grant to Tackle Your Leading Question: Helps develop pilot actions or projects to address the core organisational or community challenge you identify, with support from the programme team to implement concrete plans.
- €5,000 Mobility Grant: Covers travel for study visits or peer exchanges during the Fellowship, fostering learning and connections within the Fellowship.
- Residential Costs: All expenses for the two residential programmes, including travel, accommodation, meals, and materials, are covered.
- Access Budget: Provides support for specific access needs or caring responsibilities to ensure full participation for residentials.
Eligibility
This Fellowship is for leaders of socially engaged arts organisations whose mission is rooted in community engagement and social change. If your organisation is committed to making and deepening real impact through art, this programme provides the resources, network, and support to help you achieve your vision.
They are looking for applicants who are:
- Visionary and ambitious: You are a driven leader with a clear vision, dedicated to personal growth and to strengthening your organisation’s capacity to achieve lasting impact.
- Aligned with the Fellowship’s Mission: You see this programme as a chance for personal growth while advancing the wider impact of socially engaged arts across Europe.
- Advocates for Social Change: You believe in the power of the arts to address social challenges and are committed to meaningful change within and beyond your local context.
- Collaborative and Open-Minded: You thrive in working with others, welcome new ideas, and approach challenges with curiosity.
- Community-Driven: Your organisation is focused on creating social change by responding to community needs through art.
- Organisationally Stable: Your organisation is ready for growth and has a sustainable model to fully benefit from the Fellowship.
The Fellowship is open to non-profit organisations with legal status in a Council of Europe state or Kosovo, operating in the cultural and arts sector, and meeting the following requirements:
- Based and operating in one or more European countries.
- Established for at least five years, including time before formal registration.
- The majority of activities are focused on socially engaged arts.
- The Fellow has at least 3 years of senior leadership experience in socially engaged arts, with a minimum of one year in their current role.
- The Fellow is proficient in English to fully participate in all programme activities.
Application
Applicants are invited to submit a short expression of interest by 24 February, providing key details about their work and organisation to assess their suitability. If longlisted, applicants will be invited to submit a full application from 21 March, with the deadline for submissions on 14 April.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited for online interviews taking place between 13 and 22 May.
For more information, visit Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts Fellowship.
