Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
Ettijahat – Independent Culture is pleased to announce a new call for applications within the Art Lives Initiative for the year 2021, with the aim of providing support in covering the cost of health services for cultural practitioners and artists who live in fragile conditions across the Arab Region, including members of the LGBTQ community, single parents, and those with dependents, in order for them to continue their work and artistic practice, and overcome urgent health challenges.
In 2021, the initiative will conduct 6 selection rounds and provide direct and urgent healthcare support to 40 artists from the Arab Region, enabling them to look after their physical and psychological wellbeing in the short term. The initiative targets individual artists regardless of their age, the field of work, gender, sexuality, religion, and ethnicity, including art managers and technicians working across the creative arts sector.
In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, Ettijahat – Independent Culture, alongside Action For Hope, and Mophradat launched the Art Lives Initiative in June of 2020, which is an exceptional project to support artistic practitioners residing in the Arab Region. The initiative provided a quick and flexible response to protect artists and cultural practitioners whose livelihoods and health had been affected by the outbreak.
Out of a total of 365 applications received in 2020, support was provided to 30 applicants in the Healthcare Support category, and 60 applicants in the Livelihood Support category, with fields of work including Theatre, Fine and Visual Arts, Dance, Music, Architecture, Creative Writing, Cinema, and Cultural Management.
Funding Information
- The amount of support is determined based on the needs of each beneficiary. They estimate that the initiative will provide each beneficiary with a sum ranging between $1200 and $2500. This will be a one-time contribution to each artist and their family.
Priority Groups
Listed below are a number of priority groups:
- Artists from Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Palestine and Tunisia
- Artists who have been displaced from their home countries and who live in the aforementioned countries
- Artists working as “freelancers” andor lacking options for official social protection, including members of the LGBTQ community and single parents, be it mothers or fathers
- Artists with dependents, be it family members or partners
- Artists who suffer from long term physical and/or mental health issues
Evaluation Criteria
The process of approving applications and offering support is based on the following criteria:
- The health condition of the applicant and their health commitments in the short term be it on an exceptional or continuous level
- The applicant’s economic condition, including their economicmaterial commitments and their ability to uphold them, particularly if there are children at danger of malnutrition or elderly family members dependant on the applicant
- The fragility of the political, economic, and social conditions in the applicant’s home country
Selection Criteria
- The selection criteria focused on the urgency of the applicant’s health or economic situation, their commitments in terms of securing rent or medical treatment, the effect of their current situation on their dependents, especially children or elderly family members, and the overall political, economic, and security context of their home countries.
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