Funding Guide A selection of funding opportunities for arts and culture projects related to environmental sustainability The guide was developed under the framework of GALA-Green Art Lab Alliance (a two-year project funded under the EU Culture Programme) This project has been supported by the European Culture Programme 2007-2013 Foreword The partners Initiators of this guide: The Green Art Lab Alliance (GALA) and cultural organisations are finding GALA (Green Art Lab Alliance) project partners would like to offer you support for arts and sustainability projects. We hope to inspire artists this guide with funding opportunities for The Green Art Lab Alliance (GALA) is and cultural professionals to develop GALA Co-organisers arts and culture projects. Through GALA a partnership between 19 European arts and sustainability projects and DutchCulture|TransArtists (NL) we experienced how important it is for cultural organisations which aims artists to be able to access funding to funders and cultural policy makers Julie’s Bicycle (UK) to explore what environmental Art Motile (ES) test and adapt their working practices to embed a long-term perspective on sustainability means for the visual arts GlasgowLife (UK) to the reality of a rapidly changing environmental issues into their support and design. All partners believe that Jan van Eyck Academie (NL) for the arts and culture. climate, and the impacts it will have it’s time for culture and the arts to take Swedish Exhibition Agency/ on our economy, society and physical responsibility in their own innovative Riksutstallningar (SE) st We are fully aware of the limits of this environment. In the 21 Century the and artistic ways. This ambition has TippingPoint (UK) document and consider it a work in kinds of challenges that artists grapple been acknowledged by the European Pollinaria (IT) process, open to new research and with are changing, and access to funding Commission, which co-financed the Translocal Institute (HU) exchange. Ultimately, this online tool that is appropriate to these issues is GALA project in the framework of the EU On the Move (BE) is a great way to share the experience fundamental to ensure the artist’s place Culture programme 2007-2013. During Museum of Transitory Art (SI) and knowledge gained by the GALA Creative Carbon Scotland (UK) and relevance in contemporary life. the two years of collaboration (May partners with a wider community of 2013–May 2015) the partners aimed to artists, cultural professionals and Associate partners The idea for this funding guide emerged find out what the arts can do to promote stakeholders, and maximise the reach Centre for Contemporary Art during the two-year development of the sustainability. Together with designers, GALA project (May 2013 – May 2015) and and impact of our learning. It gives us Ujazdowksi Castle (PL) artists and scientists, the GALA GeoAir (GE) synthesises some of the approaches and a new impetus to continue GALA as a partners investigated the challenges Goethe Institut Prague (CZ/DE) funding models used by GALA partners Knowledge Alliance beyond the end of and opportunities that environmental Cape Farewell (UK) our current phase of funding from the to commission environmentally-themed sustainability implies for artists and work and practically explore new ways EU Culture Programme. art institutions. The overall aim was to Media partners of working. It aims to signpost artists to share knowledge and raise awareness Trans Europe Halles Our goal with GALA has always been relevant funding bodies and encourage amongst artists, citizens and policy Imagine2020 to inspire the arts and culture to lead innovative ways to support cross-sector makers. This present guide is part of Asia-Europe Foundation on environmental sustainability, and projects embedding environmental this knowledge sharing. sustainability. we hope this resource will enable colleagues across Europe and beyond http://greenartlaballiance.eu Funding sources tend to be focused to join this exciting journey, full of on a specific discipline, or targeted opportunities for development, change towards either the cultural sector or and reinforcing the value of the arts and the environmental field, but rarely culture to society. both at the same time. We want to highlight the multiple and innovative We hope that you’ll find this guide ways that funding bodies are beginning useful and before you start, please take to challenge this and recognise the a few minutes to read the introduction growing genre of environmentally- to facilitate your browsing. themed cultural work, and highlight the various models through which artists The Green Art Lab Alliance partners 2 3 Art et développement durable Table of contents Supporter: COAL Coordinator: On the Move Foreword 2 COAL, the Coalition for art and On the Move (OTM) aims to facilitate The partners sustainable development was set up cross-border mobility in the arts and 3 in France in 2008 by professionals culture sector contributing to build up a in contemporary art, sustainable vibrant European shared cultural space Introduction 6 development and research. strongly connected worldwide. In a multidisciplinary and innovative spirit, COAL mobilises artists OTM signposts on a free and regular I. Funding that encompasses environmental and cultural actors on social and basis information on cultural mobility sustainability in the arts and cultural sector – a selection 9 environmental issues in collaboration opportunities and funding on its with institutions, NGO’s, scientists and website, monthly e-newsletters and 1. Funding schemes / Programmes businesses and supports the creation on social media; co-produces cultural 9 of artwork, creating awareness and mobility related free guides and toolkits; 1.1. Grants / project support identified implementing concrete solutions. tackles through reports and meetings in EU member-countries and Switzerland 9 Through the COAL Prize Art and cultural mobility challenges (on visa, 1.2. Trans-national / cross-sector types of support 17 Environment, COAL has already administrative and environmental revealed more than 1,000 international issues) and occasionally co-organises 1.3. EU related programmes 19 artistic projects and has also created training and events for its members and 1.4. International snapshot 22 more than 20 exhibitions and organized associated partners. 2. Prizes / awards / competitions 24 a series of conferences in important On the Move is supported by the Ministry 3. Focus on residencies cultural centers like the UNESCO, of Culture and Communication-France, 27 the Domaine de Chamarande or the Relais Culture Europe, specific project 4. Focus on events / projects / festivals 31 National Museum of Natural History. grants and voluntary contributions. 5. Regular cultural mobility funding opportunities 33 http://projetcoal.org/coal http://on-the-move.org http://ressource0.com II. Other resources 35 The partners are grateful to 1. Cultural policies and advocacy action 35 Sholeh Johnston (Julie’s Bicycle) 1.1. Cultural policies embedding environmental sustainability 35 for the editing of this online document. 1.2. How can you make a difference? 36 2. Additional information platforms / networks and useful reading 37 4 5 Introduction What is this guide about? Who is this for? - Sharing the information and resources collected through the GALA project - Artists, cultural professionals, associations, organisations interested in related to funding projects linking arts/culture and environmental sustainability; the issues of funding for arts and cultural projects related to environmental - A work in progress, not a comprehensive tool about the subject of funding of sustainability. environmentally-related projects; it’s a first entry door to funding resources, - Funders and policy makers interested in knowing more about funding schemes online tools and related tips and advice; related to cross-sector projects linking arts and environmental sustainability; - Signposting information: it aims to avoid duplicating data and resources that already exist on the subject as much as possible; The focus is on European funding (due to this being developed as part of an EU - Highlighting the challenges of focusing on cross-sector support schemes and Culture Programme funded project) with some information on non-EU funding funding. Funding opportunities – be they public, private, international, European, and resources that may add value to this selection. national, regional or local – have the tendency to focus on specific disciplines and not on cross-sector issues. Hence the intention to share, beyond the links How was the information identified and compiled? and resources, tips and ideas from the GALA partners and other stakeholders in the field on overcoming these challenges (see below on how the information was - The funding schemes, resources and tips were collected through GALA partners identified and compiled). and informed by their experiences during the GALA project; - The information was further enriched by information and data on cultural What do we mean by funding for arts, culture and environmental sustainability? mobility, provided by the coordinator of this guide, On the Move (OTM); - COAL in France (Coalition for art and sustainable development) contributed As the introduction of the GALA project suggests on its website: data particularly related to France. Julie’s Bicycle was instrumental for UK “There is no one way of defining, thinking about, or being sustainable and what the data