Prince Claus Fund reveals the 100 recipients of its 2024 SEED Award
The SEED Award, a €5,000 prize awarded annually, recognises 100 emerging talents and offers support to creative work that engages with urgent socio-political issues within their local context.
The Prince Claus Fund, an independent foundation founded in 1996 as a tribute to HRH Prince Claus’s unwavering dedication to culture and development, has announced the 2024 recipients of its SEED Award, a €5,000 prize for creatives to freely invest in their practice, alongside global recognition, connections, and opportunities.
The SEED Award, awarded annually, recognises 100 emerging talents and offers support to creative work that engages with urgent socio-political issues within their local context.
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“In a world teeming with creativity and change, these 100 emerging artists are pushing the boundaries of what culture is. Each responding to their local context in a distinctly artistic way, they are challenging the status quo and crafting narratives that reflect the complexities of our time,” the 2024 SEED Awardees announcement reads. “Hailing from more than 60 countries, ranging from Latin America and the Caribbean to Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe, we are proud to announce that for the first time this year we have awarded artists from Mauritius, Moldova, Armenia, and Benin.”
It adds, “Artists’ work spans a wide range of mediums and address a diversity of social concerns—from gender equality and racial justice to rights to freedom of expression and equity, especially focusing on the on the civil society matters, such as labour rights.”
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According to the list, 32 of the 100 recipients are from Africa—spread across 22 countries. Nigeria, South Africa, and Morocco, with three representatives each, had the most representation among the African countries represented on the list. They are closely followed by Senegal, Zambia, Egypt, and Botswana with two representatives each.
