Deadline: 13 October 2023
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) invites proposals for Neighbourhood Engagements under Project 560 that explore memories, experiences and imaginations.
IFA seeks to implement projects that engage with the spaces, stories, and people of your neighbourhoods, in Bangalore. These engagements could be an event or a series of events that could include storytelling sessions, music, street performances, temporary/permanent installations, mapping exercises, walks and so on, that would enable people to rethink and reimagine their neighbourhoods, make it more visible, and express through the arts and culture, the joys and challenges of living together. These engagements must be public and in a physical format, with virtual elements in part, if necessary.
They especially encourage proposals that reflect upon and/or respond to the changes that they are encountering in the social, cultural, political and ecological spaces and relationships.
They also strongly encourage people from diverse backgrounds and community members to be co-creators and audience for the proposed projects.
About Project 560
- Project 560 is an IFA initiative for Bangalore. Taking its name from the first three digits of Bangalore’s pincode, Project 560 proposes to encourage artists, scholars, institutions and neighbourhoods to engage creatively and critically with the city. In doing so, it aims to provide citizens with a kaleidoscopic experience of exploring the city that would enable them to reimagine the city and their relationship with it in novel ways.
Funding Information
- Budget: You can request for support up to a maximum of Rs 35,000.
- Duration of the project: All activities have to take place between November 2023 and March 2024.
Application Language
- You may choose to write your proposal in any Indian language, including English.
Eligibility Criteria
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) implements projects under its various programmes. The criteria for eligibility to apply under the programme are as follows:
- Only Indian nationals can apply. This does not include PIO (Persons of Indian Origin) and OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) Card Holders.
- Applicants must have PAN card and one of the following for proof of identity and citizenship – Indian Passport or Aadhar Card or Voter’s ID in India.
- Only individuals can apply. Organisations of any kind cannot apply (except for non-profit schools, who can only apply under the Arts-Integrated Projects in Schools category of the Arts Education programme).
- If there are collaborators in the projects, they must also be Indian nationals.
- Persons who have a past history of financial delinquency with IFA are not eligible.
- Persons who have failed to deposit at IFA agreed deliverables from an earlier IFA grant are not eligible.
- Persons who have previously received a letter from IFA disallowing them from applying in the future for any reason are not eligible.
- Persons currently working on a project implemented by IFA are not eligible to apply.
- More than one individual can apply if they have a joint account. If they do not, then only one among them should apply with the others as collaborators.
- Individuals based in Bangalore can apply.
For more information, visit India Foundation for the Arts.
