ArtWorks Call for Climate Resiliency Photography and Storytelling
Artists! We want to see your images and hear your stories that focus on overcoming climate change. How have environmental changes impacted your lives, your work, or your community?
Eligibility
Residents of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and the 29 Tribal Nations within FEMA Region 8
Details
* Project Amount: $7,000
* Up to six awards will be made.
* $7,000 per award for licensing and use rights.
Medium
Photography
Stories (text, audio, or video)
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The Vision of the ArtWorks Program
Artists, have you been affected by climate change or other environmental events? Have you ever channeled that experience into your artwork? If so, we invite you to submit your work to us. We are looking for artwork that focuses on climate resilience.
ArtWorks is interested in art that highlights the challenges of adapting to a changing climate. We would like to see work that also captures the real ways natural hazards affect our lives and communities. We also recognize that resilience comes from confronting the challenges we face. We are seeking images of climate resilience (plus the stories that go with them).
FEMA knows that socially vulnerable communities bear the brunt of effects from climate change and are more likely to be impacted by the associated extreme weather events. For this reason, we are particularly interested in submissions that reflect the resilience in socially vulnerable communities.
All established and emerging artists or artist collectives are encouraged to participate in this call for art. Please submit your artwork to help raise awareness, inspire a dialogue, and encourage action to build a more sustainable and resilient future.
More about ArtWorks and this Call for Art
FEMA Region 8 ArtWorks is extending this call for art. ArtWorks is a FEMA program that connects the arts with hazard mitigation. This is part of FEMA’s Region 8, which includes Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and 29 Tribal Nations. The goal is to help communities grow more aware and able to protect themselves from natural risks, such as floods, wildfire, drought, and climate change. The program reframes conversations on how to reduce hazard risks before disasters. Its tools are creative, emotional, sensory and community-oriented interpretations through the arts. Climate resilience photography and storytelling is the focus.
The ArtWorks team wants to highlight climate resilience across the diverse range of FEMA Region 8 communities, tribal nations, and individuals. A changing climate impacts us daily. We hope this call for art will help us see how people and communities adapt to and overcome these impacts.
What to Submit
Please submit your images and stories that talk about them. Accompanying stories can be in text, audio, or video and may focus on your own approach to overcoming climate change. Some examples of image themes might be social strength, building community, occupations, cultural values and traditions. Other examples are improving infrastructure, protecting natural systems, or other areas of daily life. This is a chance to showcase what climate resilience looks like to you.
We encourage all artists to use storytelling in their proposal. Feel free to share quotes, emotions, reflections, or experiences that depict how you responded to a climate challenge or how environmental changes have had an impact on your life, your work, or your community.
Details
* Project Amount: $7,000
* Up to six awards will be made.
* $7,000 per award for licensing and use rights.
Medium
Photography
Stories (text, audio, or video)
Audience
The public, including children and adults of all ages.
Entry Requirements
Artists should live in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, or Wyoming, or on the land of the 29 tribal nations served within those states. Artist collectives should be based there.
The art may not include copyrighted materials or brands.
The art should connect to local communities, tribal nations, or individuals in the areas noted above.
The art must incorporate climate resilience in a meaningful way.
The artist or collective should agree with the terms and conditions in the licensing agreement.
There is no entry fee.
Jury Considerations
Does the artwork compel the viewer to engage with climate resilience?
Does the artwork invite a deeper engagement and understanding of the content within the communities they depict?
How does the artwork encourage a response, action or adaptation to a changing climate and reality?
How does the artwork show the impact of disruption and disaster on historically underserved communities?
Application Checklist:
Submission Title
Contact Information (lead contact’s name, email, and address, and any partners or collaborators)
Image (s) - applicants can submit 1 - 5 images to support a single story
Storytelling component (writing, audio, video, etc).
Got Questions About the 2023 FEMA ArtWorks Program?
Please direct questions or comments to FEMA-ArtWorks@fema.dhs.gov
