Anhar: Culture and Climate Platform - Art Jameel

Submit climate-related artistic projects or organisational sustainability proposals for funding across three tiers.

Does this fit your work? 5 questions score every call to your medium, location and budget. Free.

Deadline: annual cycle, check dates
Entry fee: Not listed - check the source
Award: $1,000
Location: MENA region

About

Overview

Art Jameel and the British Council created the Anhar: Culture and Climate Platform to support cultural projects that meaningfully engage with the climate emergency in the MENA region. The programme helps artists and organisations experiment with creative approaches centred on local, community-based, and intersectional perspectives.

Award Tiers

Tier 1: £1,000–£5,000 ($1,000–$6,000) for individual artists and collectives working on climate-related projects.
Tier 2: £5,000–£10,000 ($6,000–$12,000) for cultural organisations to reduce carbon and waste through decarbonisation strategy development and renewable energy investments.
Tier 3: £25,000–£50,000 ($30,500–$70,000) for collaborations between UK and MENA artists, collectives, networks, and/or cultural organisations on large-scale artistic responses, with at least part of the project in a MENA country.

Eligibility

Tier 1 and 2 are open to artists, collectives, and organisations in the MENA region. Tier 3 is for collaborations between UK and MENA partners.

Focus Areas

Projects should address the climate emergency through creative and community-centred approaches. Tier 2 emphasises organisational sustainability and decarbonisation. Tier 3 supports large-scale artistic responses with transnational collaboration.

Award: Tier 1: £1,000–£5,000 ($1,000–$6,000); Tier 2: £5,000–£10,000 ($6,000–$12,000); Tier 3: £25,000–£50,000 ($30,500–$70,000)
Theme: Climate emergency and sustainability. Projects must meaningfully engage with climate issues through local, community-based, and intersectional perspectives. Tier 2 focuses on organisational decarbonisation; Tier 3 supports large-scale artistic responses to climate change.
Eligibility: Individual artists and collectives (Tier 1); cultural organisations (Tier 2); collaborations between UK and MENA artists/organisations (Tier 3).
Audience: Individual artists, collectives, and cultural organisations in the MENA region (and UK organisations for Tier 3 collaborations)

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