Call for Projects 2024

The Future of Planet Earth
Projects to be conceived with a group of young people

1 – MODALITIES :

  • Deadline for receipt of applications is midnight on 31 May 2024.

  • Selection by an independent jury during the month of June 2024.

  • Announcement of selection by the jury by 30 June 2024 at the latest (only the winners receive a communication from the Foundation).

  • The first installment of the prize will be paid when the work on the project is launched.

  • The second installment of the prize will be paid after a progress report has been sent, depending on the progress made (the exact date when the report is due will be decided between the Foundation and the artist)

  • The final installment of the prize will be paid after the work has been handed in.

2 – WHO MAY ANSWER THE CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

  • Visual artists, whatever the medium used.

  • Choreographers

3 – WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS FOR APPLICATIONS?

There are no nationality or residence requirements.

Artists who have previously won a prize from the Foundation may not apply.

4 – WHAT MUST THE APPLICATION CONTAIN?

4.1. A cover page showing the candidate’s first and last names, postal address, e-mail address and telephone number.

4.2. A Curriculum Vitae (2 pages maximum).

4.3. A text presenting the project (2 pages maximum), describing:

  • the group of young people with whom the creation will be devised and possibly produced. The maximum age for young people is 18. Applicants can freely choose the group with whom they want to work. For example, it could be a group chosen from an association, a school, etc.
  • the working methods envisaged with the group (say, for example, whether the work will be co-created, the number of meetings envisaged, how discussions will or will not be guided, etc.).

4.4. A brief portfolio (4 pages maximum) reproducing visuals of some of the applicant’s emblematic works.

4.5. A budget (1 page).

5 – WHAT ARE THE JURY’S EXPECTATIONS?

It is difficult to draw up an objective list of criteria. However, applicants are asked to pay particular attention to:

– the environmental impact of the creation of the work,

– the aesthetic value of the work to be created,

– the conditions of participation of the chosen group of young people, which must be documented, even if only succinctly,

– The adequacy between the project described and the budget.

6 – FORMAT AND SENDING OF APPLICATIONS:

Applications must be submitted in A4 format.

Applicants are not authorized to use the Foundation’s logo.

All documents must be combined in a single pdf file, in the order indicated in section 4 above.

If the file is too large, please reduce it to a zip file.

The file must be sent as an attachment to an e-mail message to AP2024@fondationvillaseurat.org.

No acknowledgement of receipt of the application will be sent.

7 – NUMBER OF PRIZES:
The Foundation could select five projects for grants.

8 – FUTURE OF SELECTED PROJECTS:

The Foundation will endeavor to exhibit the prize-winning projects in 2025, without being able to make a firm commitment to do so. In the same way, the Foundation may publish a book (paper and/or electronic) documenting the prize-winning projects and, in general, ensure communication around the prize-winning projects. The works created thanks to the Foundation’s prize remain the property of the artists. The artists whose projects have been selected for a prize undertake to mention the name of the Foundation and the support they have received each time they exhibit or communicate about the work created thanks to the Foundation.