The Art Explora – Académie des beaux-arts European Award 2023
The leading European award championing new dialogues between the arts and audiences
Open to all non-profit European cultural organisations, the European Award encourages new forms of audience engagement and participation in arts and culture, supporting innovative projects, across all art forms, that can be shared, replicated and scaled across Europe.

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2022 shortlisted projects
Category 1: Cultural organisations up to €500,000 annual expenditure
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Collecting personal items from Dubrovnik inhabitants to build an exhibition in the cultural centre
Learn moreVote for this programmeCollecting Dubrovnik: Strategies of Survival
Collecting personal items from Dubrovnik inhabitants to build an exhibition in the cultural centre


Creating a new and diverse repertoire: Non-Dominant Voices in European Youth Theatre
Learn moreVote for this programmeYoung Europe IV Writers Lab & Festival
Creating a new and diverse repertoire: Non-Dominant Voices in European Youth Theatre


Tackling domestic violence through creative activities and by making a shareable collective toolbox
Learn moreVote for this programmeReclaiming Life
Tackling domestic violence through creative activities and by making a shareable collective toolbox


A play which engages young audiences - aged 16-18 - in questions of representation, participation and alienation in our democracy.
Learn moreVote for this programmeDemocracy Unlimited - 'What Country, Friends, Is This?'
A play which engages young audiences - aged 16-18 - in questions of representation, participation and alienation in our democracy.


An audio book for children aged 0 to 3 years based on the museum's collections
Learn moreVote for this programmeAn audio book for young children
An audio book for children aged 0 to 3 years based on the museum's collections


Empowering migrant communities to transform their stories into theatre
Learn moreVote for this programmeProjekt encounter commissions
Empowering migrant communities to transform their stories into theatre
Category 2: Cultural organisations from €500,000 to €2 million annual expenditure


A city-wide treasure hunt to introduce classical music to young adults
Learn moreVote for this programmeZIGZAGO Musical Treasure Hunt
A city-wide treasure hunt to introduce classical music to young adults


When youths rediscover museum’s collections through dance to open up to the world
Learn moreVote for this programmeCoup de Ballet dans les Musées
When youths rediscover museum’s collections through dance to open up to the world


Inviting youths aged 13 to 17 to take ownership of the cultural institution, and curate a series of dedicated events and a festival
Learn moreVote for this programmeThe Spazju Kreattiv Programme for Young Adults
Inviting youths aged 13 to 17 to take ownership of the cultural institution, and curate a series of dedicated events and a festival


People impacted by the system of prostitution curate multidisciplinary events involving artists, researchers and general audiences
Learn moreVote for this programmeFutur Simple
People impacted by the system of prostitution curate multidisciplinary events involving artists, researchers and general audiences


A group of people with intellectual diversity make 51 short films for the 2023 Gijón International Film Festival
Learn moreVote for this programmeFilm & Vis-ability
A group of people with intellectual diversity make 51 short films for the 2023 Gijón Intrenational Film Festival


Involving the refugees of Lesbos Island and other EU cities in creating a collective mosaic
Learn moreVote for this programmePeople Carrying their Home
Involving the refugees of Lesbos Island and other EU cities in creating a collective mosaic


How a former roof has become a mobile platform for civil participation and art mediation in European rural areas
Learn moreVote for this programmeCitizenship
How a former roof has become a mobile platform for civil participation and art mediation in European rural areas
Category 3: Cultural organisations over €2 million annual expenditure


With artists and youths, Chaillot reinvents summer camp
Learn moreVote for this programmeChaillot Colo
With artists and youths, Chaillot reinvents summer camp


Creating a collective exhibition gallery in La Friche curated by residents of Marseille
Learn moreVote for this programmeGalerie de la salle des machines
Creating a collective exhibition gallery in La Friche curated by residents of Marseille

A travelling theatre to reach audiences across Spain
Learn moreVote for this programmeCarroza del Teatro Real Cerca de ti
A travelling theatre to reach audiences across Spain


Signs for the Ocean, the Ocean for all. Art for the development of a sign language eco-glossary
Learn moreVote for this programmeAbecedarium: the Ocean in sign language
Signs for the Ocean, the Ocean for all. Art for the development of a sign language eco-glossary


Involving young people aged 15 to 25 for 2 years to actively shape the museum’s programmes
Learn moreVote for this programmeMAAT Youth Programme
Involving young people aged 15 to 25 for 2 years to actively shape the museum’s programmes


Creative challenges around museum collections for vulnerable children
Learn moreVote for this programmeMBASe challenge
Creative challenges around museum collections for vulnerable children


A monthly, multidisciplinary-arts social club for people experiencing loneliness and with chronic health conditions
Learn moreVote for this programmeSkylark Cafe
A monthly, multidisciplinary-arts social club for people experiencing loneliness and with chronic health conditions
Jury

President-founder of Art Explora

Composer, Permanent Secretary of the Académie des beaux-arts

Director of the Nice National Theatre and Academician

Managing Director at Trans Europe Halles
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Managing Director of the European Theatre Convention

Professor at the University of Barcelona

Director of the FEDORA platform

Dancer, choreographer and Academician

Chairman of the Etablissement Public du Musée d'Orsay et du Musée de l'Orangerie and Academician
2023 Calendar
Jury meeting : November 2023
Award Ceremony: December 2023