" Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts | Fellowship "
Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts | Fellowship
Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts welcomes 15 leaders working across diverse artistic disciplines and societal issues
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.
Starting in June 2025 and ending in November 2026, this programme will support personal growth, organisational development, and collaborative learning. The Fellowship will support each Fellow to overcome a key challenge or explore a new opportunity within their organisation or community through the development of a ‘leading question’. It will take Fellows on an interconnected journey, to amplify the impact of socially engaged arts.
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AMOUNT
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.
TYPE OF SUPPORT
- Immersive Residentials
- Online Workshops: 12 interactive workshops focused on skill-building, peer learning, and community connections.
- Learning by Doing: Tackle real-world, concrete challenges by leading on developing advocacy work, projects and organisational initiatives as part of the programme.
- Action Learning Sets: Bi-monthly peer support sessions to refine your strategies.
- Mentoring and Support: One-to-one guidance, plus opportunities for external mentors and peer connections.
- Study Visits and Exchanges: Up to €5,000 in travel grants to connect with peers and learn from best practices.
- Fellowship Grants: €60,000 per organisation to support participation, development, and pilot actions.
- Online Community: A digital platform for sharing resources, collaborating, and staying connected throughout the programme.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
ELIGIBILITY
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 DETAILS
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.
Online information webinar on Monday 10 February at 13:00 CET. Register here to attend.
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.
Final decisions will be made w/c 2 June.
DEADLINE
2025-02-24
TYPE OF SUPPORT
Philanthropy
COUNTRY OF THE PROVIDER
All EU Countries