Call for Ideas: Forecast Mentorships’ (Edition 9)

As an international mentorship program with annual editions, Forecast offers artists and creative thinkers from anywhere in the world the chance to work with accomplished mentors toward bringing their projects to fruition. For each edition, Forecast selects six mentors from various disciplines who offer participants their expertise in specifying and realizing their project ideas. Each edition of Forecast is different; the selected mentors impact the nature and content of every iteration.

Artist Fee and Production Budget

• If a mentor selects your proposal and you participate as a nominee at the Forecast Forum in July-August 2024, you will receive a fee of 2,000 euros, which includes the production cost of your presentation.
• Travel and accommodation for participants at the Forecast Forum in Berlin is granted by Forecast/Skills e.V. Please note that if you apply as a duo or collective, Forecast will cover travel and accommodation for only one member.
• If your proposal is subsequently chosen as one of the six mentee projects to be showcased at the Forecast Festival in March 2025, you will receive an artist fee of 6,000 euros and a production budget for realizing your project, up to 8,000 euros. The production budget will be made available in installments based on the stages of the project’s development and its budgetary requirements. It is imperative that you submit a preliminary production and budget plan to convey the project’s scale and set milestones for its realization.

How may I benefit as a participant? What can I expect?

• Forecast provides the exchange of thoughts—including criticism, inspiration, and encouragement—from experienced and open-minded people leading remarkable careers. Functioning as an interdisciplinary mentorship program, Forecast provides access to a unique network, be it through the mentors and participants involved, the organizations collaborating with Forecast, or the institutions that our mentors lead or work with. A key benefit could be the opportunity to achieve a first realization of the project you have been dreaming of, and to present it to the public.

Who may apply?

• Anyone from anywhere who is working creatively in a field that they consider connected with one of the mentors in this year’s edition, or in related practices. We recommend looking at the mentors’ statements and familiarizing yourself with their work before deciding whether to apply, and with what project. After all, you and the mentor would work together for several months if you are selected, so you should have an idea of what they would be able to provide in their mentorship role.
• Forecast’s core interest is the individual quality of each proposal. Each mentor personally decides whom they want to invite to the Forecast Forum, and, after workshopping with the three nominees during the Forum week, whose project will be brought to fruition together and showcased at the Forecast Festival.

For more information, visit Forecast.