The Social Art Award

ArtForFuture-Lab x UTOPIE CAMP

Posted on July 29, 2021

More than 100 utopie camps will come together from August 24th to 25th throughout the German republic to explore tomorrow’s prosperity and wellbeing. The camps are part of the utopia conference of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg, initiated by the transformation researcher Maja Göpel and the philosopher Richard David Precht. Our utopie camp will build on common visioning. As films about futures are usually dystopias, we will explore how the expertise of art and film can help to visualize positiveRead More→

Please support our Kickstarter campaign!

Posted on July 13, 2021

3 … 2 … 1…. and go! We are beyond excited to kickstart the crowdfunding campaign for our official Social Art Award book 2021 The Social Art Award book will include the incredible work of the Top 100 artists who responded to this year’s open call. We are proud to combine these impressive and impactful artworks into a unique publication, to zest for action and to envision a New Greening World. As a non-profit, volunteer led organization, we want toRead More→

We congratulate the winners of the Social Art Award 2021!

Posted on June 25, 2021

A big thank you to all artists for their thought-provoking and meaningful contributions to the Social Art Award under the topic “New Greening”. The professional jury was very impressed by 727 submissions from 147 countries and had a very hard time to decide as each work was very valuable! As a result, we came to the conclusion to select three final winners and award outstanding works with Special Prizes and an Honorable Mention. We congratulate the three winners: The first prize of theRead More→

New Greening Day 2 – Save the date: 25 June 2021

Posted on June 1, 2021

We are thrilled to celebrate the Social Art Award 2021 with you! At our New Greening Day II online event we host two panels with our distinguished international jury members, interaction rounds with our audience and of course we’ll be revealing the winner(s) of this year’s award to the public. Under the topic New Greening the biennial prize will be awarded to compelling visionary artists co-creating positive futures, communicating relevant ideas, concepts, new narratives, or practices and visions of coexistence and collaboration towards sustainableRead More→

Future Prototyping Workshop – ArtForFuture-Lab

Posted on May 29, 2021

Cinematic sci-fi visions of the future are usually dystopias. The ArtForFuture-Lab is developing an international online future museum that interactively and co-creatively takes on the challenges of the 21st century. Due to the complex socio-economic, cultural and ecological issues, strong images and value-based visions are required in order to be able to steer towards positive, sustainable futures. AFFL uses methods that have been modified from world-building, design-thinking, re-gnosis and future prototyping. Based on an interdisciplinary and scenographically designed online playRead More→

Introduction to the Social Art Award 2021 ‘Room in the House’

Posted on May 19, 2021

As a partner to the Social Art Awards 2021, Sustainable mPact™ offers everyone involved or interested in the Social Art Award project an online discussion forum on the Sustainable mPact™ sustainability platform. In this forum you will find exclusive material from the New Greening Project team and from the artist community. The forum and the platform will also be a place for discussions on art, sustainability and related topics as well as a great way to expand your network inRead More→

Shortlisted Artists Social Art Award 2021

Posted on May 19, 2021

Out of 727 submissions the jury had a tough time to select the strongest positions related to the topic “New Greening”. We would like to congratulate all on having been shortlisted which is in itself a fantastic achievement amongst such strong applications from all around the world! The nominees for the Social Art Award 2021 are: We are delighted to announce the two winners of the wild cards from the public voting, entering the short list for the final jury process, which will happenRead More→

Public Voting ended last night

Posted on May 16, 2021

Thank you for your participation! The very active public voting ended last night. The winners of the public voting for the Social Art Award 2021 are MICHELLE VAZQUEZ SANZ and GIBRAN TABASH. Now the Social Art Award is entering the next stage: The professional jury will come together and will let their sparks fly to select the final winner(s). They will be presented to you soon.

Future Prototyping Workshop – ArtForFuture-Lab

Posted on May 7, 2021

The public voting is now open till 15 May!

Posted on May 7, 2021

The Social Art Award, organised by the Institute for Art and Innovation, is now entering its next stage. The public voting starts today. Please check: https://social-art-award.org/application-award-2021 The two most voted entries win a wild card to the short list and by this they enter the competition for the final stage of the jury process. THE PUBLIC VOTING IS NOW OPEN TILL MAY 15, 2021.