What’s up Europe ?
Networks, events, inspiring new projects… Organizations supported by the European Union program ‘Creative Europe’ are constantly pushing the cultural scene forward, helping artists to cross borders and broadcasting the boiling European cultural scene to its citizens and the world.
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So, what’s up Europe ?
During the 2019 European Parliamentary Elections, an interesting trend emerged: younger voters were more deliberate and exhibited a strong focus on climate change, human rights, and democracy.
To build on this energy, Culture Action Europe launched an electrifying initiative, ‘Pop the Vote! Culture on the Ballot.‘ on 9 May 2023. Led by Culture Action Europe and co-funded by the European Parliament, the project calls upon artists and student artists, aged 18-30, to be Changemakers in their communities. Changemakers will mobilise citizens, especially underrepresented groups, using art and culture as tools to enhance participation in the 2024 elections.
Pop the Vote! calls on European artists, student artists, and cultural workers aged 18-30 to be Changemakers in their communities for the 2024 European Parliamentary Elections. Selected Changemakers will embark on a week-long, fully-funded training program in Belgium in February 2024, which will cover artivism, campaigning and using artistic expression as a political language. Changemakers will design a blueprint for two engagement events in their home countries. These events, leveraging artivism, aim to mobilise over 5,000 citizens leading up to the 2024 European Parliament elections. Pop the Vote! provides Changemakers with 1,197 EUR to support their artistic engagement.
Artists, student artists, and/or cultural workers are invited to respond to an open call for Changemakers.
Application from September 15th to October 15th
In order to be eligible, Changemakers must be aged between 18 and 30 and reside in one of the participating countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, or Sweden.
The following Culture Action Europe members will support the Pop the Vote! project by disseminating the open call to help us find brilliant Changemakers from far and wide.
These members are ambassadors of the Pop the Vote! project in each country they represent: A25 (BG), Clubture Network (HR), D6 Culture EU (CY), Association des Centres culturels de rencontre (FR), Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V. / KupoGe (DE), Communitism (GR), Pro Progressione (HU), Biennale des jeunes créateurs de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée (IT), Kunsten ‘92 (NL), European Cultural Foundation (NL), Krytyka Polityczna (PL), Mapa das Ideias (PT), Motovila (SI), Red REACC – de Espacios y Agentes de Cultura Comunitaria (ES), Space-Time Works (SE).
Background information about Culture Action Europe:
Culture Action Europe is the major European network of cultural networks, organisations, artists, activists, academics and policymakers. CAE is also the first port of call for informed opinion and debate about arts and cultural policy in the EU. As the only intersectoral network, it brings together all practices in culture, from the performing arts to literature, the visual arts, design and cross-arts initiatives, to community centres and activist groups. CAE believes in the value and values of culture and its contribution to the development of sustainable and inclusive societies.
Project hashtag: #popthevoteEU #togetherEU
