Young emerging artists from Germany, Italy and Portugal are invited to apply for the new open call launched by the European cooperation project CLIMART-D – Art for Democracy in Climate Action. The initiative brings together art, democracy and climate action through an international collaborative programme focused on participatory digital artistic creation.
This project invites artists to explore a central question: Why do we need democracy for climate action?
Climate action is not only a scientific or technological issue, but also a democratic one. Participation, dialogue, inclusion and collective decision-making are essential to addressing today’s environmental challenges. Through CLIMART-D, art becomes a space to critically and creatively investigate these connections, opening new possibilities for public engagement and collective reflection.
Co-funded by the European Union under the Creative Europe Programme, CLIMART-D is implemented by Würzburg KUlturS (DE), ALDA Italia APS (IT), Deep Democracy Denmark (DK) and the University of Minho (PT), and it kicked off officially last month in Germany.
Selected artists will join two transnational “Artist Capsules” composed of participants from Germany, Italy and Portugal. Over several months, the groups will collaboratively develop participatory digital artworks exploring democracy, climate action, collective responsibility and social change. The artistic outcomes will then be presented in public exhibitions across Europe, as well as through an international online exhibition platform.
The call is open to artists aged between 18 and 35 who are based in or near Würzburg (Germany), Vicenza (Italy) or Braga (Portugal). Applicants from diverse artistic disciplines (including visual arts, theatre, music, digital media arts and interdisciplinary practices) are encouraged to apply, especially those interested in collaborative creation, civic participation and socially engaged art.
The programme will run from June 2026 to April 2027 and will include online collaboration, mentoring sessions with international experts, and three in-person meetings in Portugal, Italy and Germany. Public exhibitions will take place in Braga, Vicenza, Copenhagen and Würzburg between January and April 2027.
Applications must be submitted by 24 May 2026 through the official application form.
More information on the call can be found at this link.