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.

2023 shortlisted projects

Category 1: Cultural organisations up to €500,000 annual expenditure

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Divja misel Institute, Slovenia

"Storytelling Studio" : Artists, researchers, and pedagogues join knowledge and expertise in creating playground and activities for kids to become innovative storytellers.

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Storytelling Studio

Artists, researchers, and pedagogues join knowledge and expertise in creating playground and activities for kids to become innovative storytellers.

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Foundation 180° - Laboratory for Innovative Art​, Bulgaria

"180° Community Lab" : Weaving Bulgaria’s curious minds, emerging talents, and young voices with artists worldwide through the transformative power of art.

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180° Community Lab

Weaving Bulgaria’s curious minds, emerging talents, and young voices with artists worldwide through the transformative power of art.

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Give something back to Berlin, Germany

"Open Music Lab" : Unlocking access to the Berlin music scene for marginalized communities.

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Open Music Lab - Unlocking Access to Berlin’s Music Scene

Unlocking access to the Berlin music scene for marginalized communities.

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Hirundo, Portugal

"Open Camp - a new narrative from children in refugee camps" : Empower refugee children with storytelling and animated cinema to document their stories.

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Open Camp - a new narrative from children in refugee camps

Empower refugee children with storytelling and animated cinema to document their stories.

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Maison de la poésie de Nantes, France

"Contemporary Poetry Sound Collection" : Discover contemporary poetry in an immersive sound bubble installation, accessible to everyone including visually impaired and blind people.

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Contemporary Poetry Sound Collection

Discover contemporary poetry in an immersive sound bubble installation, accessible to everyone including visually impaired and blind people.

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Teatringestazione, Italy

"Altofest - International Contemporary Live Art" : Turning homes into artistic residencies and performance spaces, breaking the art into Napolitains' homes.

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Altofest - International Contemporary Live Art

Turning homes into artistic residencies and performance spaces, breaking the art into Napolitains' homes.

Category 2: Cultural organisations from €500,000 to €2 million annual expenditure

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Artangel, United Kingdom

"Extraordinary art in unexpected places" : Celebrating hobbies in Britain and the art of making in the loudest presentation of our quiet pastimes.

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Extraordinary art in unexpected places

Celebrating hobbies in Britain and the art of making in the loudest presentation of our quiet pastimes.

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Copenhagen Opera Festival, Denmark

"Ride! Sing! Repeat! x 100" : Who would you like to give an opera performance to? With help from the public, we bring opera to places you would least expect.

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Ride! Sing! Repeat! x 100

“Who would you like to give an opera performance to? With help from the public, we bring opera to places you would least expect.”

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Counterpoint Arts, United Kingdom

"Different pasts, shared future" : Bringing together refugees and host communities in the United Kingdom, Greece and Malta through dance, comedy and superheroes.

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Different pasts, shared future

Bringing together refugees and host communities in the United Kingdom, Greece and Malta through dance, comedy and superheroes.

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Hospital Rooms, United Kingdom

"Digital Art School" : Nurturing culture & creativity in Mental Health Hospitals through accessible programming for patients, carers, and health workers.

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Digital Art School

Nurturing culture & creativity in Mental Health Hospitals through accessible programming for patients, carers, and health workers.

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LABoral Centro de Arte, Spain

"Jumping the wall" : Neurodiverse artists transforming public spaces through collective murals and filming.

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Jumping the wall

Neurodiverse artists transforming public spaces through collective murals and filming.

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Vamvakou Revival, Greece

"Vamvakou Revival Polythematic Festival" : An annual program of events taking place in the village of Vamvakou, to connect visitors from Greece and abroad with Nature & Culture.

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Vamvakou Revival Polythematic Festival

An annual program of events taking place in the village of Vamvakou, to connect visitors from Greece and abroad with Nature & Culture.

Category 3: Cultural organisations over €2 million annual expenditure

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ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark

"THIRD SPACE" : Co-creating a major multifunctional piece of art and activating a new community venue with the local youth of the Vestegnen district.

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THIRD SPACE

Co-creating a major multifunctional piece of art and activating a new community venue with the local youth of the Vestegnen district.

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Capc - Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France

"The Peacock's Box": Together with people with disabilities, imagine a universal device so the museum becomes more accessible to all

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The Peacock's Box

Together with people with disabilities, imagine a universal device so the museum becomes more accessible to all!

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Collection Lambert, France

"Le Grand Tour": Imagine and build an artistic project with vulnerable people through the sensitive experience of travel.

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Le Grand Tour

Imagine and build an artistic project with vulnerable people through the sensitive experience of travel.

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Les Jeunesses Musicales, Belgium

"Culture Crew": Teenagers from various backgrounds become concert organisers in their schools.

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Culture Crew

Teenagers from various backgrounds become concert organisers in their schools.

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Sèvres - Manufacture et Musée nationaux, France

"Mobile Sèvres - The Manufacture at the hospital": At the heart of care facilities, the Sèvres Manufacture reveals its secrets and secular know-how to patients, carers and visitors.

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Mobile Sèvres - The Manufacture at the hospital

At the heart of care facilities, the Sèvres Manufacture reveals its secrets and secular know-how to patients, carers and visitors.

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The Albany, United Kingdom

"Artist of change : Ageless": empowering young and older people to program cultural events at their local arts centre

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Artist of change : Ageless

Empowering young and older people to program cultural events at their local arts centre.

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Théâtre National de Wallonie-Bruxelles, Belgium

"An art centre in care home": Combining art and care to reveal the beauty of a place where you least expect it.

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An art centre in care home

Combining art and care to reveal the beauty of a place where you least expect it.

Jury

Frédéric Jousset

President-founder of Art Explora

Laurent Petitgirard

Composer, Permanent Secretary of the Académie des beaux-arts

Muriel Mayette - Holtz

Director of the Nice National Theatre and Academician

Tiffany Fukuma

Managing Director at Trans Europe Halles

Heidi Wiley

Managing Director of the European Theatre Convention

Lluís Bonet

Professor at the University of Barcelona

Edilia Gänz

Director of the FEDORA platform

Angelin Preljocaj

Dancer, choreographer and Academician

Christophe Leribault

Chairman of the Etablissement Public du Musée d'Orsay et du Musée de l'Orangerie and Academician

2023 Calendar

Applications : from May 3rd to September 11th 2023
Jury meeting : November 2023
Award Ceremony: December 2023

Read our annual publications to learn more about the European Award previous editions and programmes!

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