Through four dedicated sessions on choreography, sound, writing, and infrastructure we will explore strategies for achieving environmental and social justice in Croydon’s urban realm.

The cohort will create a shared space to explore new ideas for the future of Croydon’s Town Centre and public domain, giving participants agency and a shared stake in its reimagining. It will be delivered in partnership with locally based arts organisation Turf Projects and Croydon’s Placemaking Team.

The cohort will participate in a seven-month curated program of workshops, talks, walks and activities led by our diverse network of collaborators including artists, activists, thinkers and urbanists. Participants will develop their thinking and practice through the co-production of knowledge, establishing a platform for sharing cross-disciplinary ideas on city-making.

Participants will be supported in co-producing a series of four zines and podcasts exploring how to enact social and environmental justice for Croydon. They will curate a two-day summer school and a three-day festival taking place at the end of the program.

We are interested in hearing from people with a broad range of perspectives on cities and culture from all disciplines and at all stages in their careers. We particularly welcome applicants based in Croydon from under-represented backgrounds – working class, migrant, diasporic, LGBTQIA, ethnic minority, neurodivergent and low-income. Diversity, in its broadest definition, will be the driving force behind the selection of applicants. 

All applicants must be able to commit to the whole program which will be conducted in person in Croydon. In addition, applicants should be able to commit sufficient time to develop activities for a two-day Summer School and three-day festival hosted in sites across Croydon in summer 2023.

DEADLINE TO APPLY 9th JANUARY 2023