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Support our virtual events worldwide in-person and virtual events taking place in Inda, Kenya, Tanzania, Germany, UK and more!

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SEPTEMBER 14th:

Join Our Live Participatory Art Experience at the Cove!

Join artist Sarah Cameron Sunde at low tide for a 1-hour "mini-stand" - an immersive and reflect experience.

Join us for the second annual "We, the Artists March" to demand artist representation in the policies and programs that affect us!


We'll be inviting dancers, singers, beatboxers, puppeteers and more to artify our march. Join us, make your poster and let's march for a better world for artists and creatives!

SEPTEMBER 13th and 20th:

Join us in celebrating our Digital and AI Artists!

Meet our Digital and AI Artists!

On September 13th, we kick off the festival with an announcement of our 10 finalists whose work will be shared in Times Square on September 20th!

September 13th

Sign up for our newsletter so you get instant announcements of our 10 finalists whose work best portrays "The Role of the Artist"

September 20th

Join us in Times Square at 10am before the UN Action Days begin where we will take photos and journey to the UN together!

Join our Open Call on the HUG platform with your art on the theme of "The Role of the Artist" and get a chance to be featured in our Virtual Art Gallery as well as in Times Square

  • Sign up for a FREE artist profile here.
  • Submit your artwork to our Open Call here by September 12th.
  • Check out other amazing art work while you wait for our announcement on September 13th!

SEPTEMBER 18th:

Join the Artists March!

March with us on September 18th from Times Square to the United Nations!

Join us for the second annual "We, the Artists March" to demand artist representation in the policies and programs that affect us!


We'll be inviting dancers, singers, beatboxers, puppeteers and more to artify our march. Join us, make your poster and let's march for a better world for artists and creatives!

About the Festival

The “Arts for the Future” Festival, powered by the United Nations Civil Society Conference's Arts & Culture ImPACT Coalition and Working Group will be organizing an artist-led, global hybrid festival leading up to and beyond the United Nations Summit of the Future including the UN General Assembly and Climate Week NYC.


The festival is essential to re-envision and transform the role of arts and culture in sustainable development. This festival aims to create a more representative, fair, inclusive, and sustainable ecosystem for artists and creative practitioners to lead and be represented.


It addresses the urgent need to change outdated systems that currently limit the impact and potential of the arts sector.


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About the Arts & Culture ImPACT Coalition /Working Group

The UN Civil Society Arts & Culture ImPACT Coalition was formally launched 9-10 May 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. As a civil-society generated, diverse stakeholder constituted coalition, we agree to work towards advancing certain key reform initiatives leading up to and beyond the UN Summit of the Future.


The Arts & Culture Working Group oversees the Arts & Culture ImPACT Coalition and works as an autonomous, self-governing working group committed toward amplifying the voices of diverse artists and cultural workers in UN processes.

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