Open Society is proud to announce the recipients of the 2023 Soros Arts Fellowship, the largest project of socially engaged art in the world.  

Working with themes of art, land, and public memory in a world reckoning with the existential threat of climate change, 18 artists will create projects that propose bold solutions to address the climate crisis, reclaim and uplift indigenous knowledge, and imagine and build sustainable futures.  

Where freedom and open societies are under threat, artists can bring new perspectives and creativity to create space for hope. From working with fishing communities in the Philippines’ Bantayan Island, to creating a self-sustaining and environmentally resilient community in Puerto Rico, to a participatory theatre project in Conakry, Guinea, these fellows are harnessing diverse forms of art and expression to create social change. 

Learn more about the 2023 Soros Arts Fellows and their projects.

Q&A:The Human Rights Lessons from Bulgaria’s COVID-19 Failures

The Open Society Justice Initiative has brought a lawsuit against Bulgaria under the European Social Charter that highlights the policy failures that left the country with the highest COVID-19 death rate in Europe. Two health experts discuss what we can learn from Bulgaria’s missteps.

Reimagining January 6th

The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol left Alan Jenkins deeply unsettled. Creating a comic book seemed like one way to reach people not obsessively following the news and spark activism to help defend a multicultural democracy.

Cannupa Hanska Luger: Imagining a Future Rooted in Indigenous Technologies

Cannupa Hanska Luger takes used materials to present a future where the world is forced to reckon with the damage of colonialism and capitalism—while using Indigenous technologies to survive. For the 2023 Soros Arts Fellowship, he will create SURVIVA: a play on a survival guide, art book, and a relic from the future to convey that knowledge cultivated in Indigenous culture is critical to our planet’s survival.