Deadline Extended: Project 560 - Arts Projects (Research/Practice) and Curated Artistic Engagements (CLOSED)

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) invites proposals for 
Arts Projects (Research/Practice) and Curated Artistic Engagements under Project 560

Deadline Extended:
Arts Projects (Research/Practice) - Friday, June 21, 2019
Curated Artist Engagements - Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Turn Bangalore into a stage, a canvas, a notebook or a digital courtyard!
Tap into its varied voices, spaces, histories, memories, aspirations, and expressions.
Delve into the city's layered pasts, engage with its many presents, or imagine diverse futures.
Who is the city? What does it mean to be a Bangalorean? Where do the strengths and challenges of the city lie?
If Bangalore is on your mind, Project 560 is for you.

Project 560 is committed to a long-term, continuous engagement with the city through multipronged strategies including grantmaking and collaborations.

We have extended the deadline for the Grants under Project 560 - Arts Projects (Research/Practice) and Curated Artistic Engagements.

Grants for Arts Projects (Research/Practice): Grants are available for practitioners and researchers/scholars to creatively engage with the city's pasts, presents or futures through critical inquiry. As practitioners, you could be writers, poets, performing / performance artists, visual artists, filmmakers, new media or digital artists. In addition, collaborative projects between artists and researchers are also encouraged. While applicants may be based anywhere in India, the project has to be undertaken in Bangalore. Two grants up to a maximum amount of Rs 4 lakh each will be made. Deadline - Friday, June 21, 2019. Click here for the call in Kannada.

Grants for Curated Artistic Engagements: Grants are available for non-profit organisations or individuals on behalf of a registered non-profit organisation for the period of a year, to curate a year-long series of artistic and cultural engagements that reflects upon, asks questions of, and / or offers multiple imaginations of the city. Collaborations between organisations working in different fields, working towards artistic outcomes are also encouraged. Two grants up to a maximum amount of Rs 6 lakh each will be made. Deadline - Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Click here for the call in Kannada.

Bangalore, What's Your Pincode?

For more about Project 560, please contact Sumana Chandrashekar at sumana@indiaifa.org or call 080 2341 4681 / 82 / 83

Namma 560. Namma Project. Namma Pincode.