Artistic Exploration Lab in Culture and Health

Explore how performing arts can reshape health and community boundaries. This lab offers a unique opportunity for emerging artists in arts and health to collaborate, innovate, and refine their artistic research through international mentorship and peer exchange.

By Creatives Unite Community
February 07, 2025
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Deadline to apply: February 28, 2025

Organiser: RED NOSES International & Culture And Health Platform
Who It’s For: Emerging performing artists in arts and health

Apply here.

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About the Artistic Exploration Lab

The Artistic Exploration Lab “Shaping Collective Spaces and Exploring Boundaries” is a participatory research-driven programme for emerging performing artists in the field of arts and health. Hosted by RED NOSES International, this lab offers opportunities to collaborate with international guides and like-minded peers to explore the transformative role of art in promoting well-being.

Participants will engage in artistic research, focusing on their own questions related to health, social, and community boundaries within their artistic practice. Through in-person and online workshops, they will receive mentorship, access training opportunities, and share their insights with a global network.

Programme Highlights

- Online Kick-off Meeting: May 14, 2025 (9:30 – 12:30 CET)
- In-Person Workshop (Vienna): June 26–29, 2025
- Ongoing Online and In-Person Workshops: From July 2025 to January 2026
- Online Reflection Meeting: January 27, 2026

Travel, accommodation, and per diems will be provided for in-person workshops in Vienna. No financial compensation is offered for time invested in meetings or independent work.

Objectives for Participants

- Deepen artistic practice in arts and health
- Develop research and reflection skills
- Connect with a global network of interdisciplinary artists
- Access mentorship and training through the CultureAndHealth Platform

How to apply?

1. Fill in the application form and
2. Send an email to art.lab[at]rednoses.org with the following items attached:
- A one-minute video, introducing yourself and sharing what you hope to get out of the lab
- A current copy of your CV in PDF format

The lab guides will evaluate the applications and select an interdisciplinary group of 12 artists with questions and backgrounds that complement each other. All applicants will be notified of the decision by the end of March.

For more information please visit Culture and Health Platform's official website.