Deadline: 30-Oct-20
Culture Resource is seeking applications for the Production Awards program to support artists and writers from the Arab region, below the age of 35, by offering grants to enable them to produce their first creative projects.
The program helps give young people the opportunity to create original works and develop new forms of artistic expression.
Goals
- The Production Awards program aims to support and encourage the artistic and literary productivity and creativity of a new generation of young artists and writers from the Arab region.
Grants are available for the following disciplines:
- Performing arts: Development and production of theater, dance and other performing arts works.
- Visual arts: Production and organization of visual arts exhibitions, installations, and art books.
- Literature: Creation and publication of novels, shorts stories, poetry collections and theater texts.
- Music: Creation and recording of audio and audiovisual music works.
- Cinema/video: Production of short, medium-length and feature fictional, documentary, animated and
experimental films and videos works.
Funding Information
Grants of up to $10,000 are available for projects in literature, music, performing arts and visual arts and of up to $15,000 for projects in cinema and video.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be between 15 and 35 years old as of 1 January 2018. Applications submitted by individuals not in this age bracket will be discarded;
- Applicants must originate from an Arab country regardless of ethnicity and citizenship status or whether they are currently residing in the Arab region or abroad
- Application is open to artists of all disciplines: Performance arts, visual arts, literature, music, cinema/video, etc.
For more information, visit https://mawred.org/grants-opportunities/supporting-artists-creativity/production-awards/?lang=en