Prince Claus Fund

Prince Claus Fund An independent foundation dedicated to culture and development. The Prince Claus Fund believes that culture is a basic need. Join us in moving forward.

We enable artists and cultural practitioners to work freely & without restrictions creating culture that inspires positive social change, leading to a future that is equitable, inclusive, peaceful, and environmentally sustainable. The Fund was established as a tribute to HRH Prince Claus's dedication to culture and development more than 25 ago. Now, we are a forerunner in the unrestricted funding

field, fostering meaningful connections within a worldwide community of creative changemakers. Through our Awards, we amplify young & emerging talent, accelerate future leaders and recognise change makers where cultural expression is under pressure. Contribute to a world where culture is a basic need.

Meet the 2026 Impact Jury!𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚 𝐁𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐮 𝐑𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐒𝐘𝐈𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐎𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐳The Impact Award is presented biannually t...
18/08/2026

Meet the 2026 Impact Jury!

𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚 𝐁𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐮 𝐑𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐒𝐘
𝐈𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐚
𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐎𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐳

The Impact Award is presented biannually to artists whose groundbreaking quality of work has made widely positive contribution to their society. An independent Jury of three three international and highly inspiring individuals selected the 2026 Impact Award recipient based on a rigorous selection process.

The Jury members come from a diverse range of backgrounds, disciplines, and localities, bringing a wealth of experience and unique perspectives. Beyond selecting the Impact Awardee, the Jury helps shape the research process and its public activation during the 2026 Awards Week in November, contributing to ongoing conversations around impact, inheritance, and legacy.

Mark the date—on 6 September we will announce the recipient of the 2026 Impact Award! Learn more about the Jury and the selection process: princeclausfund.nl/news/2026-impact-award-jury.

With seafaring ancestry running through her family, 2023 CAREC Fellow, musician, and activist Nova Ruth Setyaningtyas se...
06/08/2026

With seafaring ancestry running through her family, 2023 CAREC Fellow, musician, and activist Nova Ruth Setyaningtyas set sail across the oceans aboard Arka Kinari. Sat down with the Fund’s Communications Intern, Dzikri Sabillah Anwar, Nova reflects on how Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelagic nation, became disconnected from its maritime identity, exploring how colonial history and modern development have reshaped the country’s relationship with the sea.

As she said, “To reach the sea, we're often told to become sailors, as if the point were simply movement. But access is rarely that romantic. Most routes are owned, chartered, and policed. If you want to be on the water, you usually enter through the doors of extractivism, freight, or tourism.”

On her voyage with Arka Kinari, whose mission is to foster resilience to climate change and reconnect people with the sea, Nova listens to the histories, myths, and half-remembered lineages of coastal communities across Indonesia. Through these exchanges, she came to recognise that alongside ancestral trauma, Indonesians also carry ancestral memories shaped by the sailing routes that once stitched the archipelago together.

“Every port I arrive at reminds me that the sea has always been a meeting point for languages, rituals, and ways of living. I think we often see the ocean as a wall that separates us, when in fact it has always been a bridge,” Nova added.

This interview is part of our “30 Years, 30 Stories” series, celebrating three decades of the Prince Claus Fund’s legacy and impact.

Read the full story: loom.ly/PyDAIb4.

Cover photo courtesy of Gevi Noviyanti.

We're looking for a Programmes Intern to help bring our 2026 Awards Week to life.Join us in celebrating the Prince Claus...
04/08/2026

We're looking for a Programmes Intern to help bring our 2026 Awards Week to life.

Join us in celebrating the Prince Claus Fund Impact Award and our 30th anniversary while supporting the production of a multidisciplinary programme of events, coordinating international guests, and contributing to the work of our Programmes Team.

📍 Hybrid (Amsterdam office)

📅 Start: Beginning of mid-September (4–6 months)

💶 Internship allowance: €500/month (32 hours/week)

Applications are open until 31 August 2026. Send your CV and motivation letter (in English) to [email protected] with the subject line "Internship Programmes".

Please note that applicants must possess a valid BSN number and be based in the Netherlands, as this is not a remote position.

Learn more and apply here: loom.ly/fhmeVpM.

As we continue celebrating our 30th anniversary, we're grateful to JCDecaux for helping bring this milestone into the li...
03/08/2026

As we continue celebrating our 30th anniversary, we're grateful to JCDecaux for helping bring this milestone into the limelight. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to share our mission with people across the Netherlands.

And we're just getting started. Together, let's keep spreading the message: 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱. If you spot us around your city, tag us—we'd love to see it!

Stay tuned for many more inspiring stories, exciting moments, and special events as our anniversary celebrations continue.

As Building Beyond Lab Week in Kigali unfolded, the Cycle 5 Fellows spent the second half of the programme exploring art...
28/07/2026

As Building Beyond Lab Week in Kigali unfolded, the Cycle 5 Fellows spent the second half of the programme exploring artistic practices across Rwanda. Through conversations with local artists and cultural practitioners, the programme shifted from examining the city's histories and spaces towards understanding the relationships, collaborations, and lived experiences that sustain Rwanda's cultural landscape.

At the Gihanga Institute of Contemporary Art, Fellows joined a carousel of conversations with eight Kigali-based artists exchanging perspectives through prompts. The day concluded at Le Space, an organisation creating space for share imaginaries and skills-sharing, where the cohort could further ground their work.

The following day, Seed Awardee Mvfasta and artist Claude Nizeyimana graciously invited the Fellows beyond Kigali to Ikinyugunyugu in Musanze and Burera. Hosted by Cedric Mizero and with a performance and a meal from artists in residence Bill Ruzima and Melisa, the visit offered an unforgettable and inspiring experience of artistic practices grounded in collaboration, communities, and alternative way-making in the art world. Before returning to Kigali, the cohort engaged in a grounding exercise designed by Rosie Olang’ Odhiambo and Ìfẹ́olúwa Ọ̀ṣúnkọ̀yà, reflecting on the Lab Week experiences.

The week culminated in a public event “Material Carriers of the City” held at GICA. Bringing together architecture, design, photography, sound, performance, and artistic research, the cohort, using the parable as an allegorical form show how artistic practice can reimagine and strengthen public space, community, and urban life. We were honoured to welcome Joan Wiegman, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Rwanda, who joined us for the occasion. More than a closing event, it became an invitation to carry the conversations sparked throughout the programme into future exchanges.

We would like to thank our partners Gihanga Institute of Contemporary Art, the Embassy of the Netherlands in Rwanda, and our coordinator Nagare Willemsen for their support in collaborating on the Building Beyond Lab Week in Kigali.

Photos courtesy of Yvan King Mukunzi.

This July, the first of our two Exchanges residencies is unfolding in Amsterdam’s Nieuw-West. Three Seed Awardees from M...
20/07/2026

This July, the first of our two Exchanges residencies is unfolding in Amsterdam’s Nieuw-West. Three Seed Awardees from Morocco — Sophia Alami, Driss Ouaamar and Mehdi Ouahmane — have come together in collaboration with three partners rooted in the neighbourhood: Van Eesteren Museum, the Bookstore Foundation and Buurtwerkplaats Noorderhof.

Join us on Sunday, 26 July between 15:00—17:30, for the artists' final residency presentation, during which we will cycle past the three participating venues. Here, the artists will share their creative process and we will bring the residencies to a close together over a drink.

Learn more and RSVP: loom.ly/bvG58E8.

Exchanges is made possible through the generous support from the Gemeente Amsterdam.

In a time when spirituality is often packaged as a commodity, 2024 Impact Awardee Rosa Chávez joined Brazilian multidisc...
16/07/2026

In a time when spirituality is often packaged as a commodity, 2024 Impact Awardee Rosa Chávez joined Brazilian multidisciplinary artist, teacher, and researcher Gabriela Luz in conversation with the Fund's Programmes Manager Victoria Harari, to reflect on spirituality, ancestry, and the possibilities of imagining ancestral futures through art.

Together, they invite us to see ancestry as a living practice; where spirituality becomes a way of remembering, resisting, and imagining more just futures.

As Rosa shared: “The knowledge passed down by our ancestors and spiritual guides offers different ways of relating to the world—ways that are often deeply critical of capitalism and extractivism. At the same time, we need to resist the commodification, exoticisation, and folklorisation of indigenous spiritual practices.”

For Gabriela, art and culture are among the most powerful ways to express our ancestry. “Ancestry is not always something tangible that can be easily explained. It is also a feeling, a relationship, and a way of being. Through art, we find ways to represent it, understand it, and connect with it,” Gabriela said.

Their conversation also takes shape in “The Future is Ancestral”, a collaborative film-poem commissioned by the Fund and presented by NOWNESS. Directed by Ecuadorian photographer and filmmaker Misha Vallejo Prut, the film intertwines Rosa's poetry with Gabriela’s performance, highlighting how differences can—and should—strengthen us rather than separate us.

This conversation is part of our “30 Years, 30 Stories” series, celebrating three decades of the Prince Claus Fund’s legacy and impact. Read the full story: https://princeclausfund.nl/stories/ancestral

Interview transcription and editing by Dzikri Sabillah Anwar, Communications Intern at the Prince Claus Fund.

We're hiring! 📣The Prince Claus Fund is looking for a Partnerships & Philanthropy Intern (24–32 hours/week) to join our ...
16/07/2026

We're hiring! 📣

The Prince Claus Fund is looking for a Partnerships & Philanthropy Intern (24–32 hours/week) to join our team.

This internship offers hands-on experience in arts and culture fundraising, partnerships, relationship management, event coordination, and donor research. You'll work closely with our Partnerships & Philanthropy team while contributing to projects including our 30th anniversary Impact Award Week.

We're looking for a Bachelor’s or Master’s student based in the Netherlands who is proactive, organised, fluent in English, and passionate about arts and culture.

📍 Hybrid (Amsterdam office)

📅 Start: Beginning of September (4–6 months)

💶 Internship allowance: €500/month (32 hours/week)

Applications close 2 August, but we'll be reviewing candidates on a rolling basis—so we encourage you to apply early.

Send your CV and motivation letter to [email protected] with the subject line: "Partnerships and Philanthropy Intern Application".

Learn more: loom.ly/7eWN-GM.

Cycle 5 of the Building Beyond Fellows Award has officially begun its Lab Week in Kigali, Rwanda. Guided by three interc...
15/07/2026

Cycle 5 of the Building Beyond Fellows Award has officially begun its Lab Week in Kigali, Rwanda. Guided by three interconnected perspectives—historicisation, spatialisation, and contextualisation—the programme invites Fellows to engage deeply with the city’s layers. As a city shaped by memory and engaged in an ongoing process of rebuilding, Kigali offers a powerful setting for this year's cohort to explore the fellowship's central themes of memorialisation,gathering, and reappropriation.

The week opened with an exploration of Rwanda's recent history through the work of the Wali Chafu Collective, whose practice also created a connection between the Building Beyond and Moving Narratives Fellowships through Moving Narratives Fellow Renée Akitelek Mboya. The day concluded with an exchange among practitioners working across theatre, dance, and visual art, examining how creative practices can activate public space and strengthen communities. Hosted by Ciné Mayaka by Imitana, the conversation also highlighted the collective's use of film as a tool for community engagement.

Their second day shifted from history to spatiality, as MASS Design Group shared their projects in Rwanda and beyond sharing their logics and methodology in using architecture, research, and design to promote health, dignity and justice. Visits to the Craft Futures Project and a walk-through sites of education, entrepreneurship, and community in Kigali's central business district with Cycle 1 Building Beyond Fellow, Flavia Gwiza, revealed how art and public space come together to respond to and shape contemporary societies.

We look forward to this Friday’s event "Material Carriers of the City", in collaboration with and taking place at the Gihanga Institute of Contemporary Art in Kigali. The nine Cycle 5 Building Beyond Fellows will gather and offer a glimpse into the wider world of Building Beyond—a constellation of architecture, design, photography, sound, and performance that brings together diverse voices from across the African continent at the intersection of art, space, and community.

Learn more and RSVP here: loom.ly/3ppgbqU.

Join us on Friday, 17 July, from 16:30 to 20:00 as we kick off Building Beyond’s Lab Week in Rwanda with the public even...
10/07/2026

Join us on Friday, 17 July, from 16:30 to 20:00 as we kick off Building Beyond’s Lab Week in Rwanda with the public event "Material Carriers of the City", in collaboration with and taking place at the Gihanga Institute of Contemporary Art in Kigali.

The nine Cycle 5 Building Beyond Fellows will gather and offer a glimpse into the wider world of Building Beyond—a constellation of architecture, design, photography, sound, and performance that brings together diverse voices from across the African continent at the intersection of art, space, and community. Using the parable as an allegorical form, the Fellows will explore how artistic practice can help reimagine and strengthen public space, community, and urban life through material carriers.

Meet and engage with Obayomi Anthony Ayodele, Obiajulu Ozegbe, Hady Barry, Kwamena Boison, Getrude Malizeni, Ìfẹ́olúwa Ọ̀ṣúnkọ́yà, Roseline Olang' Odhiambo, Thandeka Mnguni, and Dela Anyah.

RSVP via the link in our bio!

Special thanks to the Gihanga Institute of Contemporary Art for their generous support in making this event possible.

Image courtesy of Hady Barry.

The Prince Claus Fund is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Postcode Lottery.

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