Open Call: Mophradat Grants for Artists’ Practice

An art practice is an ongoing process of production based on conceptual and formal investigation. Beside time and access to technical skills, artists need stimulating input, conversations with peers, and exchange with audiences. To facilitate these ongoing processes, Grants for Artists’ Practice has been set up with structured dialogue amongst participating artists and with peers from the advisory committee as one of its main components.

Involving the entire year’s cohort, the conversations take place once a month during the first six months of the grant period and two towards the program’s closure as follows: four individual conversations with peers and four sessions where participants share their current projects and practices.

Funding Information

• The program provides grants of either 4,000 USD or 8,000 USD to six artists per year and invites them to participate in approximately eight conversations organized by Mophradat.

Eligibility Criteria

• In addition to complying with the general eligibility criteria that you can read here, please note the following:
  • The program is only open to those interested and committed to the take part in all the scheduled conversations during the program.
  • Artists must be able to describe and demonstrate their commitment to an ongoing artistic practice and their current engagement in specific projects.
  • Artists’ working methodology must be compatible with a progressive and inclusive approach to work.
  • Artists must have a track record of previous completed art works/projects.
  • Institutions are not eligible to apply but artists can apply to develop, collaborate, or present a project with an institution.
  • The application must have a clear intended outcome, whether practical, intellectual, or philosophical.
  • The outcome must be achievable within twelve months of the grant submission deadline.
  • The program does not cover production and post-production projects for feature films, producing LPs, degree-based study programs (such as MAs or PhDs), nor literary projects, which are eligible for the Writing Sabbaticalsprogram;
  • Aiming for balanced professional relationships, Mophradat does not support applications to cover the costs and fees of artists invited to run a workshop, administer, or curate projects in Europe or North America that fall under categories of (temporary) employment in those contexts, and should be covered by those hosts’ institutional budgets.

For more information, visit Mophradat.