About
Peace is not only negotiated in conference rooms during formal political processes between political leaders. It is also shaped and sustained by culture, heritage, memory and the arts. Across Europe and its neighbouring regions, artists, cultural practitioners, activists, educators and local communities are creating new visions of peaceful and just societies. Yet their contributions often remain overlooked in conventional approaches to peacebuilding.
ARTPEACE, a Horizon Europe project, sets out to change that. Bringing together researchers, artists, curators, activists and civil society organisations, we investigate how grassroots artistic practices support violence prevention, conflict transformation and reconciliation, and how they contribute to sustainable and just peace.
Our Multi-Stakeholder Lab, organised around thematic and geographic focus areas, will bring together grassroots artists, civil society and youth actors, cultural institutions, researchers and policymakers to exchange experience, test ideas and co-shape knowledge together. The Lab will also inform our research agenda, activities and outputs, so that they reflect the knowledge and priorities of the communities, practitioners, and policy makers we work with.