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Cultural Vistas
Climate Action Artist Residencies
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Cultural Vistas is a globally active, non-profit exchange organization with offices in Berlin and Washington, D.C. Each year, its over 30 programs reach around 6,000 participants from more than 130 countries worldwide. This has resulted in a cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary network of more than 160,000 alumni, whose commitment is steered by a global Alumni Council. Cultural Vistas is a politically independent organization and cooperates with both governmental and private partners in the development and implementation of various programs. Program formats include study trips, exchange, scholarship, residency, as well as professional development and training programs.
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 organization. Two artists from Germany and six from the 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 organization in Germany, artists from Germany will complete their residencies with an environmental research organization 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 program 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 organizations in the host country will be coordinated by Cultural Vistas, though applicants may indicate preferences if they have a prior connection to appropriate organizations in the host country.
Outcome
Each participating artist will be paired with an environmental research organization in a host country. Artists from the Philippines, Fiji, and Samoa will complete a residency with an environmental research organization in Germany. Artists from Germany will complete a residency with an environmental research organization in the Philippines, Fiji, or Samoa. Each artist will work with their host institution to highlight aspects of the climate crisis that affect their host country and the Vulnerable 20. The results of this work will then be communicated in an artistic project of the artist’s choice, aimed at reaching and informing a target audience in their home country and their host country.
The pairing with appropriate research organizations in the host country will be coordinated by Cultural Vistas, though applicants may already indicate preferences in their application if they have a prior connection to appropriate organizations in a host country.
Accommodation Information
Artists from the V20 countries will complete their residency with an environmental research organization in Germany, artists from Germany will complete their residencies with an environmental research organization 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.
