Deadline: 10 July 2020
The India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) invites proposals that will engage with the spaces, stories, and people of your neighbourhoods, in Bangalore.
These engagements could be an event or a series of events that include storytelling sessions, music, street performances, temporary/permanent installations, mapping exercises, walks and so on, that would enable people to rethink and reimagine their neighbourhoods and express through the arts and culture, the joys and challenges of living together.
They especially encourage proposals that reflect upon and/ or respond to the changes that they are encountering in the social, cultural, political and ecological spaces and relationships, due to the current pandemic.
About Project 560
Project 560 is an IFA initiative for Bangalore. Taking its name from the first three digits of Bangalore’s pincode, Project 560 proposes to encourage artists, scholars, institutions and neighbourhoods to engage creatively and critically with the city. In doing so, it aims to provide citizens with a kaleidoscopic experience of exploring the city that would enable them to reimagine the city and their relationship with it, in novel ways.
Funding Information
- You can request for support up to a maximum of Rs 25,000.
- All activities have to take place between August and December 2020.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals and/ or neighbourhood/ community organisations based in Bangalore.
- The Applicant must be:
- An Indian citizen;
- A registered non-profit organisation;
- A community centre or a group/collective;
- They strongly encourage people from diverse backgrounds to be co-creators and audience members for the proposed projects.
For more information, visit http://indiaifa.org/whats-new/project-560-call-neighbourhood-engagements-deadline-extended-july-10-2020.html