A beginning of a shared European network for socially engaged arts
2025 marked the launch of the Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts, bringing together artists, practitioners, foundations, and partners who believe in the power of socially engaged arts to strengthen communities and imagine new possibilities for Europe.
Guided by our mission to connect, create, and drive change, the Alliance exists to elevate leaders and organisations in the field, strengthen collaboration, and help secure the recognition and support socially engaged arts deserve.
Our inaugural Annual Report reflects on the first steps of that journey. It shares the milestones, activities, and learnings from our first year as we began building connections across the field and laying the foundations for a growing ecosystem supporting socially engaged arts.
What’s inside the report?
- Launching the Alliance: The first year of building the Alliance and bringing together 13 foundations committed to supporting socially engaged arts across Europe.
- The Fellowship Programme: The launch of the Fellowship and the first cohort of 15 inspiring Fellows from 14 countries, who are harnessing the power of art to drive meaningful social change.
- Advocacy and research: Taking our first steps into the policy arena to help shape investment and build the evidence base needed to grow long-term, structural support and recognition for socially engaged arts.
- Connecting the field: Events, exchanges and conversations bringing practitioners, organisations and funders into a growing European network.
- Reflections and learning: Insights from the first year, including what we are learning from practitioners shaping the field today.