Arts Collaboratory is glad to invite artists and arts organizations from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East to apply for support for either projects or multi-year programs
Arts Collaboratory is a platform for transnational exchange and cooperation made up of over 20 arts organizations from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The mission of Arts Collaboratory is to promote collaborative, inventive, and open visual arts practices that are socially engaging and transformative.
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Arts Collaboratory was co-initiated in 2007 by DOEN andHivos, two Dutch foundations, as a financial support structure and program of exchange for art initiatives in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. After the experience of the last seven years, Arts Collaboratory will now have an increased focus on socially innovative arts processes in which various methods and dilemmas around the role of art in social change are publicly shared and critically explored. Furthermore, Arts Collaboratory aspires to be a unique form of transnational network for art and organizational practices that experiment with different collaborative structures, and is committed to working closely with all the participating organizations. To help enact this process, we are pleased to welcome Casco — Office for Art, Design and Theory, an Utrecht-based organization for artistic research and experimentation, as associate partner.
The diverse organizations of Arts Collaboratory develop a broad array of art projects that bring to the fore new approaches, thoughts, and realities in engaging with their respective local contexts, if not intervening in the status quo. They often bring together local artists and other heterogeneous groups to foster a cooperating community while endeavoring to connect it to an international context. Arts Collaboratory will be a platform where these communities meet, enabling the sharing of knowledge across regions, borders, and languages, based on a common ground consisting of an affirmative approach towards a more egalitarian, sustainable, and joyous world.
PROJECT SUPPORT:
While the participating organizations of Arts Collaboratory are provided financial support for a multi-year program and its process is closed, Arts Collaboratory continues to provide smaller financial support (max 15,000 euros) for individual projects by visual arts organizations in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East that stimulate social innovation. Projects should focus on research or development of new perspectives on specific social, cultural, economic, and/or climate issues, or the development of new forms of collaborations and co-creations.
HOW TO APPLY:
Arts Collaboratory is glad to invite artists and arts organizations from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East to apply for support for either projects or multi-year programs, both focusing on research or development of new perspectives on specific social, cultural, economic and climate issues, or for the development of new forms of collaborations and co-productions.
Funding opportunities 2015
There will be 2 calls for applications.
There will be 2 calls for applications.
1st call deadline 31 March 2015
6 project contributions of maximum 15,000 EUR and 2 multi-year program contributions of maximum 60,000 EUR
6 project contributions of maximum 15,000 EUR and 2 multi-year program contributions of maximum 60,000 EUR
2nd call deadline 1 June 2015
4 contributions to multiyear programs (maximum 60,000 EUR)
4 contributions to multiyear programs (maximum 60,000 EUR)
More information and application form below.
Eligibility
Type of support
Projects: a specific activity/event which is completed by the end of December 2015. The maximum support is 15,000 euros.
Multi-year program: a range of activities/ projects which aim to contribute to a structural change regarding the issue they address. The maximum support is 60,000 euros per year, for maximum 2 years
Applicants
Please bear in mind that:
x Proposals from organizations based in Africa, Asia, or Latin-America are strongly preferred
x Proposals through 'Western' partners will not be ruled out, however close involvement from a local partner is essential
x Proposals that are Western-driven will not be accepted
x Proposals for the benefit of individuals will not be accepted
x Proposals through 'Western' partners will not be ruled out, however close involvement from a local partner is essential
x Proposals that are Western-driven will not be accepted
x Proposals for the benefit of individuals will not be accepted
Criteria
The same main criteria are valid for both type of support. Those are:
x Artistic quality of research and/or output of the project/program
x Social innovation or new perspectives which project/program develops
(Some examples, a new perspective on a specific social, cultural, economic, ecological or political issue. A new and creative approach to problems defined in the proposal. Radically rethinking a current approach. Developing new social or collaborative artistic practices. The establishment of new forms of co-creation between artists and other actors in society.)
x Approach and planning of the research/project/program in regards to the cooperation between artists with individuals/groups/organizations from other sectors/ communities
x Feasibility: relevance, probability of successful implementation, financial viability and sustainability of impact
x Social innovation or new perspectives which project/program develops
(Some examples, a new perspective on a specific social, cultural, economic, ecological or political issue. A new and creative approach to problems defined in the proposal. Radically rethinking a current approach. Developing new social or collaborative artistic practices. The establishment of new forms of co-creation between artists and other actors in society.)
x Approach and planning of the research/project/program in regards to the cooperation between artists with individuals/groups/organizations from other sectors/ communities
x Feasibility: relevance, probability of successful implementation, financial viability and sustainability of impact
Additional criteria for the multi-year projects
x Potential for a longer term impact on specific issue which the program addresses
x Connecting the program to a wider debate in their society
x Outreach to a diversity of stakeholders, i.e. artists, communities, government officials, activists, etc.
x Envisaged effect on a diversity of networks and communities in and outside the artistic scene
x Connecting the program to a wider debate in their society
x Outreach to a diversity of stakeholders, i.e. artists, communities, government officials, activists, etc.
x Envisaged effect on a diversity of networks and communities in and outside the artistic scene
Deadline
The deadline to apply for this open call is 31 March 2015, 17h CET.
The deadline to apply for this open call is 31 March 2015, 17h CET.
Application form
Please download the application form HERE
Please download the application form HERE
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