NEB Prizes 2023: All Applications

Together through Art is an independent self-supported project, born in May 2022 and dedicated to young Romanian artists. The physical space of this project hosts an NGO active in the cultural area and an art gallery which fosters young artists. The location of this space is in a degraded area of ​​Bucharest, the houses in this area being occupied by the Roma community and homeless persons. By choosing this location, we want to bring together diverse communities, overcoming segregation.

Carbon Garage is an industrial ecosystem, functioning as an open learning and co-development environment, where solutions for sustainability challenges and mitigating climate change will be concretely promoted in the short and long term through inclusive projects.

WHAT COULD/SHOULD CURATING DO?—WCSCD was established as an educational platform in 2018 around notions of care. From 2023 we will further institute WCSCD exploring what it means for an art institution to become custodian of the land while working towards an economically and ecologically sustainable future. We prioritize long-term ways of working together, based on equal sharing of resources, creating conditions for equal participation within economically uneven contexts.

Aka | Architecture Kids Athens helps kids to become active architectural agents

In Portugal, there has been an increase in school failure and dropout. However, it's not just student's responsibility, but also school community, socio-economic issues and the family environment. In this sense, was born Ser+Peculiar in an attempt to combat this great problem. It is intended to enhance the growth and development of children in their various areas of learning, dignify the role of the teacher and expand the role of the family in continuous growth and promoting mental health.

CONNECTING GENERATIONS is a project which aims to develop intergenerational ties through joint creative activities leading to the creation of accessible, architecturally interesting space that meets the needs of residents.
Project will be developed on several levels:
ARCHTECTURAL - creating accessible, human friendly space based on the collected experience of people
SOCIAL - elimination of biggest Seniors problem - loneliness
HISTORICAL - creating bridges between the past and the future

Recovering the traditions of craftmanship across North Macedonia, such as sewing, embroidery, wood carving, watchmaking, repairing shoes, pottery and more. Most of these artisan crafts skills are dying and fewer and fewer people decide to continue the tradition of making these kinds of products. The project aims to spark an interest in young people to continue the traditional ways of crafting, which might help them in finding a part of themselves in it and even potential career orientation.

The lack of access to open spaces for makers in Valencia, moved the design cooperative Makea to install EPPPS in a disused industrial building inside the green agricultural belt of the city.
EPPPS is an urban regeneration strategy articulated around a workspace for circular and sustainable design, that brings access to digital and conventional manufacturing technologies. With a learning-by-doing approach, it encourages the active participation of people in shaping the world around them.

First creative laboratory for contemporary dance for young choreographers in Bulgaria. The goal of the innovative educational process is to support young talents in the field of dance and give them the opportunity to join international performative networks. Participants are supported in developing their ideas and creating their own short works to present to an audience. The process is extremely important for Bulgaria, where there is still no tradition in the field of contemporary choreography.

I have initiated the admission of children with special needs in Public Music Schools in Sarajevo. Before that, never in the history of their existence (the schools) over 75 years, children with special needs couldn't attend any sort of formal music education, no matter how talented and great they were. Doing that for my own son I have spent more than 6 months to accomplish that task. I had to convince the Ministry of Education, had meetings with all the directors from all Music Schools, etc.