Deadline: 19-Jun-22
The Asia Art Archive in India and Inlaks India Foundation are pleased to announce the open call for AAA–Inlaks Art Grant 2022, dedicated to supporting experimental approaches to practicing art today.
The aim of the grant is to encourage artists to propose and test forms of art-making that incorporate research, collaboration, workshops, and formal experiments, as a way to explore imaginations, architectures, sensoria, and interfaces of the archive while looking at existing archives.
Candidates are invited to propose projects that engage with any of the following:
- Archives pertaining to any field: art, music, cinema, theatre, law, science, medicine, and meteorology to name a few
- Artists’ personal archives: scrapbooks, letters, diaries, photo-albums, etc.
- Public libraries, databases, inventories
- Anthologies, timelines, maps, and bibliographies
- Time travel
Funding Information
- Grant Amount: Up to Rs. 2,00,000
- Duration of Grant: One year; 1 August 2022–31 July 2023
Eligibility Criteria
- Artists of Indian citizenship residing in India between the age of 25 to 35 years. Collectives are eligible to apply provided all members are Indian citizens and not more than 35 years in age.
Selection Process
- Five candidates will be shortlisted for interviews on the basis of their applications.
- The interviews will be conducted online in mid-July 2022; and one grantee will be selected from among those interviewed by a panel consisting of one-to-two external members, one member from Inlaks, and one member from AAA in India.
- The selected grantee will be contacted by 20 July 2022.
For more information, visit AAA Artist Grant.
For more information, visit https://www.inlaksfoundation.org/art/aaa-artist-grant/