A Caribbean Visual Storytelling Experiment
Caribbean Visual Storytelling Experiments on Climate Justice and Interconnection
The Cropper Foundation is inviting small teams of 3 people in five Caribbean countries to take part in a creative experimentation process focused on climate justice and interconnection. Each selected team will receive $5,000 USD to design and carry out a narrative experiment using visual storytelling.
This sum is intended to be allocated to the implementation of the experiment. An additional $3,000 USD will be made available to support honoraria for team members over the period of design and implementation of the experiment. This should be included in the proposal.
This process is about testing how visual mediums e.g. such as murals, photo essays, posters, comics, animation, digital media or community installations can help shift how people understand the links between climate change, inequality, and shared responsibility. These experiments do not have to be polished campaigns but must be focused on learning what resonates in real spaces, with real communities.
Each team must include people from at least two different sectors and must have at least one visual artist. Teams can come from fields such as activism, environmental work, education, health, youth organising, farming, public service, or local media. We are looking for cross-sector collaboration and creativity.
Persons submitting are encouraged to read the guidelines thoroughly before submitting your applications.
Partners: TCF, Global Narrative Hive, Puentes, Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance CANARI (co-financing), OSF (project funder).
What Selected Teams Will Create
- A visual story that brings to life the idea of interconnection through the lens of climate justice, grounded in a Caribbean context.
- An in-person experience that helps people engage with the story. This could be through a community art build, a school workshop, a small public event, or another creative gathering.
Projects can be early-stage or experimental. What matters most is that they test how narrative change can take root in everyday spaces.
Key considerations
- Clear links to climate justice. Your story should reflect how climate change is connected to broader issues of inequality, power, and survival especially in contexts where people are already feeling the effects. Show how interconnection is essential to climate solutions.
- Narrative experimentation. They want to support teams that are curious and bold about trying new approaches to narrative. Your project should help test whether a particular story, format, or experience can shift mindsets, open dialogue, or build new relationships.
- Place-based and people-centred. Your proposal should focus on a real space or community. They want to see how narrative work can land in a specific context regardless of size. This could be a village, a school, a city street, a coastal community, or a farmers’ market.
- Multi-sectoral collaboration. Teams must include people from different walks of life. They are looking for projects that bridge sectors bringing together artists, organisers, educators, farmers, or others with a shared commitment to justice and creativity.
This call is part of a wider effort to support narrative experimentation in regions experiencing intersecting climate, social, and democratic pressures. It parallels and will be included in the 2025 Inspiratorio project being led by Puentes in Latin America, where teams are also exploring how interconnection can be made visible through story and practice.
For more information and application guidelines, please visit: https://thecropperfoundation.org/project/the-gayap-effect/
Source: The Cropper Foundation
