Creative Climate Showcase
Creative Climate Showcase
The Creative Climate Showcase gives artists ages 14-24 from across Nova Scotia the opportunity to create and present a piece of art inspired by the theme Net-Zero 2050.
Apply with your idea by February 9, 2025 and create your art later. If selected as a Creative Climate Showcase Youth Artist, you’ll:
- Receive a $500 Youth Artist Grant ($1000 for group entries).
- Be eligible to apply for a Youth Artist Materials Grant (up to $200).
- Be invited to display your work at the Creative Climate Showcase in May 2025.
- Be invited to join us in March 2025 for a Youth Artist meeting in Halifax.
- Receive coverage for event travel and accommodation expenses, if required.
This year’s theme: Net-Zero 2050
“Net-zero” is when greenhouse gas emissions are either not produced at all or are balanced by offsets such as tree planting or technologies used to capture carbon before it ever enters our atmosphere. In October of 2021, the Nova Scotia Legislature passed the Environmental Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act (EGCCRA). This Act outlines a set of targets and goals that will allow the province to reach net-zero by 2050. You can learn about EGCCRA and read the quarterly progress reports on the Government of Nova Scotia website.
Imagine that we made it! The year is 2050. You’re 40 or 50 years old, and Nova Scotia has reached its goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Using the artistic medium of your choice, consider what life is like in a net-zero Nova Scotia. Some artistic prompts that may help guide you are:
- What do you wish we had known 25 years ago (i.e. today) to help us achieve net zero?
- What does a net-zero or sustainable community look like to you?
- When you think about a net-zero future, how do you feel?
- What will a net-zero Nova Scotia look like seven generations from now?
- How can our appreciation and connection with nature guide our actions as humans?
Accepted art formats
Art submissions may be completed individually or as a group, and may take the form of:
- a piece of visual art, such as a drawing, painting, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, pottery, etc;
- a piece of live or recorded performance art, such as a song or other piece of music, or a dance, theatre performance;
- a piece of creative writing or poetry;
- a video or short film; or,
- another artistic medium may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Please note: Artwork submitted by Youth Artists for inclusion in the Creative Climate Showcase may be photographed or recorded for feature on Clean Foundation and the Department of Environment and Climate Change websites, social media accounts and/or reports.
Apply
Please review the application guide before starting your application. The guide includes more information on the application process, eligibility requirements and what to expect as a youth artist.
Applications for the 2025 Creative Climate Showcase are now closed.
The Nova Scotia Youth Climate Council is funded by the Province of Nova Scotia.
