Deadline: 30-Jun-23
ArtsEquator invites applications from Southeast Asia for the ArtsEquator Fellowship, a professional development programme for mid-career arts critics and journalists who are creating critical content about the arts in Southeast Asia.
ArtsEquator is looking for applicants who are interested in being a voice for their community, spotlighting artistic works in their country, offering insight into subjects that are not often explored, and being a part of the wider arts network in Southeast Asia.
The first cycle, in 2023/2024 is focused on performance (theatre & dance) and film in Southeast Asia. Fellows will work on 5 reviews that can be delivered in writing, video or podcast format, and 1 in-depth essay. They are looking for content that offers insights into what is happening in the arts in their respective countries.
Benefits
- It provides a stipend totaling SGD5,000 for the Fellowship.
Eligibility Criteria
- This Fellowship is open to citizens and permanent residents of the following countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
- Successful applicants must be based in, and active in their own country at the period of the Fellowship.
- Applicants will be applying as an individual, not under a company or an organization.
- Applicants who hold employment elsewhere must demonstrate that they will be able to meet the deliverables of the Fellowship.
- Applicants must not receive other payments or grants for the content produced under the ArtsEquator Fellowship.
- The Fellowship is for mid-career writers in the arts with the following criteria:
- Applicants have at least 5 years of actively writing in the arts in any Southeast Asian country.
- Applicants have a proven track record. Applicants must have written criticism, reviews, essays related to arts practice, and/or other content formats such as podcast, radio, video etc, in a sustained manner for media space such as print, online publications, blogs, journals, etc.
- Applicants must have an existing channel to publish, circulate and distribute the Fellowship content – via existing websites, news portals, own social media accounts, substack, newsletter, blog, podcast channel or video channel that reaches their local community.
- Applicants should demonstrate interest in, and responsibility towards the arts community of applicant’s own country and have a track record of contributing to it.
- Applicants should have the ability to provide social and historical context to his/her/their work and when discussing art works.
- Applicants have the ability to work independently and keep to assigned deadlines.
- Applicants must be comfortable communicating in English for the purpose of the Fellowship.
For more information, visit ArtsEquator.