Pop the Vote: Culture on the Ballot

“Pop the Vote: Culture on Ballot” encourages active engagement of European citizens around the 2024 European Parliamentary Elections through culture. Co-funded by the European Parliament, Pop the Vote works with young artists and art school students in 13 EU countries to act as Changemakers in their own communities and mobilise them to participate in the European Parliamentary elections 2024 by co-creating a multi-action campaign.

Pop the Vote uses innovative ways of community engagement with culture and the arts at its core by using the language of arts and culture for political change and approaches of artivism and community culture. The project aims to reach citizens, including underrepresented groups that tend to be less engaged with the European decision-making processes and encourage them to participate in the EP elections in 2024.

On Europe Day, 9 May 2023, Culture Action Europe officially launched the project, “Pop the Vote: Culture on the Ballot.” Co-funded by the European Parliament, Pop the Vote works with young artists in 13 EU countries to act as Changemakers in their own communities and mobilise them to participate in the European Parliamentary Elections 2024.

During the launch event, Culture Action Europe hosted a live interview between Maya Weisinger (Culture Action Europe) and Noelia Martín-Montalvo (Maastricht Institute of the Arts) to discuss her work, especially as it connects with the importance of arts and culture as a political language, civic engagement through art, and the important role young creatives play in shaping the future of Europe.

Timeline:

  • May 2023: Public launch of the project on Europe Day 2023
  • September 2023: Open Call for Changemakers
  • February 2024: Changemakers’ Playground Camp
  • May 2024: Pop the Vote Campaign and Changemakers Act
  • June 2024: EU Parliamentary Elections

For further information, see Pop the Vote.

Where will Pop the Vote be?

13 EU countries have been selected for this project: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

What will Changemakers do?

Pop the Vote will select 4 young artists and/or art students from each of the selected 13 EU countries, making 52 Changemakers total. Changemakers will organise 2 election engagement events in the month leading up to the elections each in their respective countries, reaching 5200 citizens in total.

Supporting members:

The following Culture Action Europe members will support the Pop the Vote project by disseminating the open call to help us find brilliant Changemakers from far and wide: A25 (BG), Clubture (HR), D6 Culture EU (CY), Association des Centres culturels de rencontre (ACCR) (FR), Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V. (KupoGe) (DE), ProProgressione (HU), Biennale des jeunes créateurs de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée (BJCEM) (IT), Kunsten 92 (NL), European Cultural Foundation (NL), Krytyka Polityczna (PL), Mapa das Ideias (PT), Motovila (SI), Red de Espacios y Agentes de Cultura Comunitaria, REACC (ES) and Space-Time Works (STW) (SE).

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