The Fine Acts Fellowship
The Fine Acts Fellowship provides support to an international community of creatives and makers who collaborate across disciplines to generate positive change.
Illustrations: Rozalina Burkova for Fine Acts
The 2018 Fellowship is open to ARTISTS and TECHNOLOGISTS from Hungary, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria.
Are you passionate about driving social change? Are you excited about multidisciplinary collaborations? Do you want to make real-world impact?
Apply to be a Fine Acts Fellow today.
As a fellow you will:
participate in the next edition of Fine Acts Labs - a unique event exploring the intersection of human rights, art and technology;
have the opportunity to win up to 5000 EUR in grant money to develop your idea;
receive year-long mentoring and support for your project;
join a vibrant and diverse international community of visionaries and rising stars.
In Fine Acts Labs, teams of artists and technologists work together over a weekend to prototype ideas that raise awareness or contribute to solutions for a specific issue. A jury then awards the best ideas with grants for further development.
The program is fully subsidized – all travel, accommodation, meals are covered thanks to the support of our generous partners.
The next edition of Fine Acts Labs will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria (7-11 June 2018) and will focus on the threats to democracy and civil rights in Europe, and the shrinking space for civil society in the region. You do not need to be an expert in the issue, or to have done any previous work on the subject, to be selected as a fellow.
Learn more:
The format | The fellowship | The topic
APPLY TODAY. Embrace the opportunity to experiment with a unique format, work with purpose, use your skills for social good, have impact, meet awesome people and have fun!
P.S. If you are an artist who is also a technologist, or vice-versa, fill in whichever form.
Deadline: April 26
TESTIMONIALS
"An amazing platform and idea incubator. World-class mentors."
- Vladislav Iliev, artist
"It was awesome, awesome! The organizers have obviously put tons of love in the endeavour, and their enthusiasm was contagious to us all. I had the best of times, and would love to participate again!"
- Peruna Keremidchieva, technologist
"Really good selection of participants. Great team matching. Positive and constructive environment."
- Maksim Stoimenov, artist
"For me, this event was a great experience. A little escape from the gray everyday life. For a long time, I had not met so many, different and positive people. Honestly, I think that after these few days a real change happened - in each of us (or at least in me)."
- Yana Nikolova, technologist
"Incredible atmosphere. Fantastic people."
- Ekaterina Vaseva, technologist
The project is supported in part by a grant from the Foundation Open Society Institute in cooperation with the Human Rights Initiative of the Open Society Foundations.