Deadline: 15-Oct-20
The Mophradat is seeking applications for its Self-Organizations Program that aims to provoke inventive ways of working and collaborating. The program offers support to projects where different arts practitioners take the initiative and join forces to define a mutual resource or interest that’s important for their work, and propose how to share or develop it.
The overall purpose of the program is to incite productive conversations, encourage the development of bespoke protocols for collaboration, and push for new art experiences to take place.
Program Benefits
The program will support projects by informal groups or collectives across four different categories as follows:
- Informal Co-ops: Rather than replicating the same individual remedy for needs that are common, this program supports imaginative practical solutions for a mutual concern of a group. A maximum budget of US$6,000 will be available to cover the cost of this shared resource for approximately two selected proposals, starting from December 1, 2020 for no more than one year.
- Private Audiences: As the use of public spaces and access to institutional venues becomes increasingly difficult, this program wants to make sure that practitioners can continue presenting and engaging with audiences. A maximum budget of US$1,000 will be available to realize the event/s for approximately three selected proposals, which can take place between December 1 and May 1, 2020.
- Topical Assemblies: This program supports access to specialized intellectual or vocational knowledge where formal structures or public platforms for such learning are lacking. A maximum budget of US$1,500 will be available for approximately two selected proposals, for activities that can take place between January 1 and May 1, 2020.
- Applicants Ideas: The Mophradat is also open to ideas that the foundation has not considered and falls under the notion of self-organization. The proposal must be made by at least three collaborators, and the budgets will be determined by the specificity of the proposal but should not exceed US$4,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Arts practitioners from all disciplines and stages of their careers are welcome to apply.
- Priority will be given to proposals taking place within the Arab world.
- Institutions or already existing projects are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit http://mophradat.org/open-calls/self-organizations/