Deadline: 3 May 2024
What does it mean to be a Bangalorean? How does the city prompt artistic imaginations? What are the strengths and challenges of Bangalore for an artist or a creative researcher? If Bangalore is on your mind, then this call is for you.
IFA seeks to implement Arts Projects (Research/Practice) under Project 560 in Bangalore that critically engage with the city’s pasts, presents, and futures. Collaborative projects that bring together artists and scholars are also encouraged. Outcomes of the projects could variously include performances, exhibitions, installations, films, research papers/monographs or interdisciplinary works. The presentation of these outcomes must be public and in physical format, with virtual elements in part, if necessary. (They do not encourage only virtual presentations.)
Budget
- Up to a maximum of Rs 4 lakh
- You can request for an honorarium not exceeding 35% of the proposed budget.
- Duration of the project: Up to 12 months
Who can Apply?
- Arts practitioners and researchers/scholars can apply. As practitioners, you could be writers, poets, performing/ performance artists, visual artists, filmmakers, new media, and digital artists, or practitioners engaged in interdisciplinary work. Applicants must be based in Bangalore and the project has to be undertaken in Bangalore.
Eligibility Criteria
The criteria for eligibility to apply under these programmes 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.
For more information, visit India Foundation for the Arts (IFA).
