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
%20(1).jpg)

"Storytelling Studio" : Artists, researchers, and pedagogues join knowledge and expertise in creating playground and activities for kids to become innovative storytellers.
Learn moreVote for this programmeStorytelling Studio
Artists, researchers, and pedagogues join knowledge and expertise in creating playground and activities for kids to become innovative storytellers.
.jpeg)

"180° Community Lab" : Weaving Bulgaria’s curious minds, emerging talents, and young voices with artists worldwide through the transformative power of art.
Learn moreVote for this programme180° Community Lab
Weaving Bulgaria’s curious minds, emerging talents, and young voices with artists worldwide through the transformative power of art.
%20(1).jpeg)

"Open Music Lab" : Unlocking access to the Berlin music scene for marginalized communities.
Learn moreVote for this programmeOpen Music Lab - Unlocking Access to Berlin’s Music Scene
Unlocking access to the Berlin music scene for marginalized communities.


"Open Camp - a new narrative from children in refugee camps" : Empower refugee children with storytelling and animated cinema to document their stories.
Learn moreVote for this programmeOpen Camp - a new narrative from children in refugee camps
Empower refugee children with storytelling and animated cinema to document their stories.
.jpeg)

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


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


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


"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.
Learn moreVote for this programmeRide! 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.”


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


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

"Jumping the wall" : Neurodiverse artists transforming public spaces through collective murals and filming.
Learn moreVote for this programmeJumping the wall
Neurodiverse artists transforming public spaces through collective murals and filming.
.jpeg)

"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.
Learn moreVote for this programmeVamvakou 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


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


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


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


"Culture Crew": Teenagers from various backgrounds become concert organisers in their schools.
Learn moreVote for this programmeCulture Crew
Teenagers from various backgrounds become concert organisers in their schools.


"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.
Learn moreVote for this programmeMobile 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.


"Artist of change : Ageless": empowering young and older people to program cultural events at their local arts centre
Learn moreVote for this programmeArtist of change : Ageless
Empowering young and older people to program cultural events at their local arts centre.


"An art centre in care home": Combining art and care to reveal the beauty of a place where you least expect it.
Learn moreVote for this programmeAn art centre in care home
Combining art and care to reveal the beauty of a place where you least expect it.
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
.webp)
Managing Director of the European Theatre Convention

Professor at the University of Barcelona

Director of the FEDORA platform

Dancer, choreographer and Academician
%20(1).jpg)
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