The India Foundation for the Arts is requesting for proposals for the Arts Practice Programme to supports critical practice in the arts. The programme is also open to multiple readings of the 'critical' and encourages practitioners to articulate this in their own context.The India Foundation for the Arts is requesting for proposals for the Arts Practice Programme to supports critical practice in the arts. The programme is also open to multiple readings of the 'critical' and encourages practitioners to articulate this in their own context. It encourages practitioners working across artistic disciplines to question and critique existing norms through their practice. The programme seeks to foreground a culture where arts practice is constantly being shaped and articulated through experimentation and critical dialogue. Proposals are invited from practitioners, for projects that could: Challenge prevalent idioms and conventions of practice Counter market norms and standardisations Push new frontiers in terms of content, form and medium Explore new modes of engagement with audiences Funding Information Proposals will be accepted under the following grant categories: Grants for arts projects that lead to a performative, aural, visual or literary work. Grant funds would be available up to a maximum of Rs 5,00,000. In case these projects need to be preceded by a separate period of research or exploratory work, grants up to a maximum of Rs 2,00,000 can be applied for Grants to conceptualize and organize public platforms like conferences and seminars that facilitate critical dialogue, debate, sharing and discussion among diverse stakeholders of arts practice. Grant funds will be available up to a maximum of Rs 6,00,000 Grants for innovatively modelled artist residencies and workshops that nurture artists, encourage collaboration and facilitate experimentation. Grant funds will be available up to a maximum of Rs 6,00,000 Grants may be available for dissemination of work created with IFA support. These dissemination projects can be developed through interactions with the programme officer. Grant amount will be decided on a case by case basis. Eligibility Criteria You are eligible to apply if you are an Indian national, a registered non-profit Indian organisation, or have been residing in India for the last five years. Your collaborators, if any, should also fall into one of the afore mentioned categories. The programme invites proposals both from practitioners working within as well as across disciplines. Performing artists working in music, sound, text, dance, movement, theatre, puppetry, storytelling, magic, circus and other performance arts Visual artists working across all forms including painting, sculpture, installation, photography, film, graphic art and new media Curators, especially those working outside of the gallery context Poets, novelists, playwrights working with literary arts Practitioners engaged in interdisciplinary work Post Date - 29-May-2020 About India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is an independent, national, not-for-profit, grantmaking organisation based in Bangalore that supports practice, research and education in the arts and culture in India. Set up as a Public Charitable Trust in 1993, they started making grants in 1995. They have supported over 600 projects disbursing over Rs 25 crore (USD 3.5 million) across the country. The outcomes of these projects—as books, films, performances, exhibitions and archival materials—have been circulating in the public domain through showcases, presentations, seminars, screenings, lecture demonstrations and festivals, helping widen access and encouraging broader participation in the arts.
The India Foundation for the Arts is requesting for proposals for the Arts Practice Programme to supports critical practice in the arts. The programme is also open to multiple readings of the 'critical' and encourages practitioners to articulate this in their own context.
It encourages practitioners working across artistic disciplines to question and critique existing norms through their practice. The programme seeks to foreground a culture where arts practice is constantly being shaped and articulated through experimentation and critical dialogue.
Proposals are invited from practitioners, for projects that could:
- Challenge prevalent idioms and conventions of practice
- Counter market norms and standardisations
- Push new frontiers in terms of content, form and medium
- Explore new modes of engagement with audiences
Funding Information
Proposals will be accepted under the following grant categories:
- Grants for arts projects that lead to a performative, aural, visual or literary work. Grant funds would be available up to a maximum of Rs 5,00,000. In case these projects need to be preceded by a separate period of research or exploratory work, grants up to a maximum of Rs 2,00,000 can be applied for
- Grants to conceptualize and organize public platforms like conferences and seminars that facilitate critical dialogue, debate, sharing and discussion among diverse stakeholders of arts practice. Grant funds will be available up to a maximum of Rs 6,00,000
- Grants for innovatively modelled artist residencies and workshops that nurture artists, encourage collaboration and facilitate experimentation. Grant funds will be available up to a maximum of Rs 6,00,000
Grants may be available for dissemination of work created with IFA support. These dissemination projects can be developed through interactions with the programme officer. Grant amount will be decided on a case by case basis.
Eligibility Criteria
You are eligible to apply if you are an Indian national, a registered non-profit Indian organisation, or have been residing in India for the last five years. Your collaborators, if any, should also fall into one of the afore mentioned categories.
The programme invites proposals both from practitioners working within as well as across disciplines.
- Performing artists working in music, sound, text, dance, movement, theatre, puppetry, storytelling, magic, circus and other performance arts
- Visual artists working across all forms including painting, sculpture, installation, photography, film, graphic art and new media
- Curators, especially those working outside of the gallery context
- Poets, novelists, playwrights working with literary arts
- Practitioners engaged in interdisciplinary work
Post Date - 29-May-2020
About
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is an independent, national, not-for-profit, grantmaking organisation based in Bangalore that supports practice, research and education in the arts and culture in India. Set up as a Public Charitable Trust in 1993, they started making grants in 1995. They have supported over 600 projects disbursing over Rs 25 crore (USD 3.5 million) across the country. The outcomes of these projects—as books, films, performances, exhibitions and archival materials—have been circulating in the public domain through showcases, presentations, seminars, screenings, lecture demonstrations and festivals, helping widen access and encouraging broader participation in the arts.