For an engagement with the students and staff of the Vanavil School run by the Vanavil Trust in Keezhakaraiyiruppu village near Nagapattinam,Tamilnadu, to explore learning possibilities by integrating community knowledge and local art practices into classroom pedagogies. The primary purpose of this project is to enable year-long activities to encourage students to bring their lived experiences, identity and the cultural practices of their communities into the classroom. The outcomes of the project include an art integrated pedagogical activity book, audio recordings of the community songs of the Boom Boom Maatukarar people, an exhibition and performances. The deliverables from the project to IFA along with the final report will be a copy of the publication, photographs, audio recordings and video documentation of the entire project. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, travel and living expenses, performance, publication, honorarium, materials, equipment rental, workshop and documentation.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules for eighth-grade students of the Government PU College (High School division), Sullia, Dakshina Kannada district. The project will involve students in exploring and documenting the community ritual practice of Bhutaradhane and its literary component the Pardanas, which represent the cultural identity of the Tuluva community. The outcomes of the project will be a publication and a performance. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be a copy of the publication, photographs, and video documentation of the project. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, printing, professional fees, performance, workshop, documentation, materials and an accountant’s fee.
This Grant was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Government Higher Primary School, Harappanahalli in Bellary district. The project will engage fifth and sixth grade students in theatrical activities to explore the lakes and document the traditional systems of water management that were constructed during the time of Raja Somashekara Nayaka in and around the region. The outcome of the project will be a Doddata performance. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be photographs and video documentation of the project. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, travel and living, materials, performance, workshop, professional fees, documentation and an accountant’s fee.
This Grant was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Government Higher Primary School, Heggar, Ankola, Uttara Kannada district. The project will involve 43 students in various arts-integrated activities centred on food recipes of the community. The outcome of this project will be set of radio plays titled Aahaara Samskriti—Idu Namma Oota ('Food Culture —This is our Food'). The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a digital recording of the radio plays, photographs and video documentation of the project. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, workshop and material, audio recording and editing, professional fees, travel, documentation and an accountant’s fee.
This Grant was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Government Higher Primary School in Dodda Thimmayyana Palya (DT Palya) village, Tumakuru district. The project will involve sixth and seventh grade students in various literary and visual arts activities in a process of exploring the local history, geography, arts and science associated with the town Madhugiri in Tumakuru district. The outcome of the project will be an exhibition and a publication. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be a copy of the publication, photographs and video documentation of the project. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, stationery and material, printing and publication, travel, professional fees, exhibition, documentation, preparatory and accountant’s fee.
This Grant was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Higher Primary School in Aletti, Dakshina Kannada district. The project will involve fifth-grade students to learn English through various literary and theatre arts processes that explore the local history of the freedom struggle against the British colonisers in 1834. The outcome of the project will be a performance, an exhibition and a publication. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, workshop and performance, documentation and printing, travel, professional fees, material and an accountant’s fee.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Kasturba Girls Residential School, Kadampur, Bagalkot district. The project will involve sixth to eighth grade students in various visual arts, story-telling, street plays and theatre integrated activities centred on the lives of people from villages submerged during the construction of dams across the river Krishna in the district. The outcome of this project will be a series of performances and radio-plays. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be still and video documentation of the project and digital copies of the radio-plays. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, performance and exhibition, travel, professional fees, printing documentation, material and an accountant’s fee.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Higher Primary School in Mukta Gudadur, Koppala district. The project will involve sixth to eighth-grade students in various craft, literary, and folk arts activities to explore and document the quilt-making practices of the region. The outcome of the project will be a performance, an exhibition, and a publication. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be a copy of the publication, photographs and video documentation of the entire project. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, printing, workshop, performance, professional fees, travel, documentation, and an accountant’s fee.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Government Higher Primary School, Belandoor, Dakshina Kannada district. The project will enable seventh-grade students to explore the ecosystem of a local river, Kumaradhara. Drawing on content from their geography, mathematics, language and science syllabi, students will attempt to learn about the journey of the river, the flora and fauna around it, and its centrality in the environment of the region. They will be encouraged to respond through their creative expressions. The outcome of this project will be an exhibition and a publication. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a copy of the publication, photographs and video documentation of the project. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, workshop and materials, travel, exhibition and printing, documentation, professional fees and an accountant’s fee.
This Grant was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the Government Higher Primary School, Haandi, Chikkamagalur district. The project will involve fifth to seventh-grade students to study, analyse and sing the Shatpadis — six-line poetic stanzas— from the Jaimini Bharata composed by Lakshmisha, the 16th century Kannada poet from the region. The outcome of the project will be a performance. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be photographs and video documentation of the project. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, professional fees, travel, performance, documentation, workshop and an accountant’s fee.
This Grant was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.
