[Reader-list] [Announcements] New IFA Grant Programme: Extending Arts Practice

[Vivek Narayanan]

INDIA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS





Extending Arts Practice



Are you an artist or arts group interested in extending the possibilities of
your own practice or those of your field? Are you seeking a fresh direction
or vision for your work? If so, this programme is addressed to you. Please
read on.



Scope

This programme supports artists and arts group to undertake projects that
help them to extend their own practice or challenge prevalent practices
within their fields. For instance, you may want to work with new materials
or explore alternative methods for producing art. You may want to experiment
with an untried form, a fresh style or a new idiom within your discipline.
You may be interested in expanding your practice through engaging with other
art forms/practices or working with other artists. You may wish to acquire
new techniques, skills or knowledge to develop your practice. Or you may
wish to challenge ways of thinking, imagining and creating within your
field. Further, you may want to work in unusual environments or in response
to challenging new social and political developments.



Application

Applications under this programme can be submitted for consideration at any
time. You may write your proposal in any Indian language including English.
You can expect to receive a reply from us within one month, indicating
whether your proposal falls within the programme's scope and budgetary
limits. We will help you to develop a budget for your proposal if it is
accepted for funding.



To apply, please send us a proposal describing



a) Your existing arts practice, and your concerns and interests as a
practitioner.

b) The nature of the project for which you are seeking funding.

c) How this project extends, builds on, sharpens or critiques your existing
work and/or how it stimulates new developments within your field.

d) The proposed outcomes of the project.



Please remember to include the following with your proposal:



a) Samples of your work, and those of your collaborators, if yours is a
collaborative project.

b) Your bio-data and those of your collaborators, if any.

c) Your address, telephone/fax numbers, and e-mail address.

d) A work plan, specifying the duration of the project.



If you wish, you may also include two references from senior artists in your
field.



You are welcome to develop your proposal through dialogue and interaction
with IFA staff. You may write to us or post an online letter of inquiry
describing your project idea briefly. You may also use the online letter of
inquiry to communicate with us on any matter pertaining to this programme.



Eligibility

You are eligible to apply if you are an Indian national, a registered
non-profit Indian organization, or have been resident in India for at least
five years. Your collaborators, if any, should also fall into one of the
above categories.

Send your queries and proposals to: contactus at indiaifa.org or write to:

The Executive Director

India Foundation for the Arts

Tharangini, 12th Cross, Raj Mahal Vilas Extension

Bangalore - 560 080

Tel/fax: 080 - 2361-0584 / 2361-0583

www.indiaifa.org





Translations of this circular are available in some other Indian languages
on request and can also be downloaded from www.indiaifa.org

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