Earth Partner Prize 2026
- Deadline: 7 October 2026
- Website: https://site.picter.com/earth-partner-prize-2026
The 2026 Earth Partner Prize is an open call that generates conversations around the urgent need for ecological justice. It is specifically designed for artists aged 14-30 to encourage youth engagement leading up to COP in November, and to ensure the voices of younger generations are heard.
Art Partner invites artists and creatives of all nationalities, races, genders and faiths, between 14 and 30 years of age, to submit work that responds to and creates conversations around the urgent need for climate action. The Earth Partner Prize seeks to amplify the call to environmental action by providing a platform where the voices of the next generation of concerned creatives can be seen and heard. Especially members of the global majority, who are often underrepresented, highlighting the unique ways in which they each view the perils of climate change, and its social roots and consequences. The 2026 Earth Partner Prize is taking place in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and Re:wild. Through these collaborations, participants will have a chance to have their work featured in international forums and seen by climate leaders.
This year, our jury includes:
- Hans Ulrich Obrist, art curator and artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries
- Ferdinando Verderi, art director
- Shaway Yeh, founder of Yehyehyeh and pioneer of Asia's sustainable fashion movement
- Musonda Mumba, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
- Derrick O. Boateng, acclaimed afrofuturist artist
- Robin D. Moore, photographer and CCO at Re:wild
- Giovanni Testino, founder of Art Partner
- Marcela Villafaña, first filmmaker of the Arhuaco community
- Marina Testino, sustainability advocate
Fees:
Free
Prizes:
One winner will receive $10,000 USD
Two runner-ups will receive $5,000 USD each
Five finalists will receive $2,000 each
An Impact Award for the project that best demonstrates community impact
20 honourable mentions.
Eligibility:
Application is open to participants globally. There are no residency requirements.
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