A NEW GLOBAL ARTIST INITIATIVE IS COMING.

Over the next three years, TED & POSCA will be building a new form of artist residency – a distributed cohort of artists working across the world, united by a shared drive to shape culture and community. 

At Fine Acts, we are proud to lead the curation and coordination of this initiative. 

In the coming months, we will launch a global artist search to identify and support participating artists.

THE IDEA

Art can help repair what’s broken. Hope can be built – not just felt. Beauty can be a form of civic action. With these convictions in mind, we are building a different kind of artist residency.

There is no single location. No central studio. Instead:

• Artists work within their own communities

• They follow a shared creative constraint – a unifying conceptual framework around repair, hope, and beauty

• Projects unfold in public space

• Community participation is key part of the work

• Process matters as much as outcome

Expression of interest

The GLOBAL ARTIST SEARCH launches in June 2026.

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Selected artists receive honorarium including a production budget, creative direction & storytelling support, and TED and Fine Acts’ global platforms for visibility.

ABOUT THE PARTNERS

Creativity & Connection Partner

POSCA is a creative tool empowering artists everywhere with versatile, high-quality paint markers that work across virtually any surface. An enabler of civic creativity, the brand supports artists to activate public space through participatory, community-embedded projects – fostering renewal, dialogue, and collective expression.

Strategic Media & Global Impact Partner

TED is a nonprofit that believes powerful ideas, powerfully presented, move us: to feel something, to think differently, to take action.

Curation & Coordination Partner 

Fine Acts is a global nonprofit creative studio partnering with artists and movements to drive social change through art.