Deadline: 9-Jun-23
The U.S. Consulate General Chennai and the Bureau of South and Central Asiaof the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a project entitled “Reconciling the Past: The Power of the Arts to Heal.”
The proposed project will support the production and showcasing of an exhibit allowing key Indian audiences to explore the American experience and examine how cultural institutions and artists can provide context and space for social debates that can help communities to come to terms with the complexities of their past.
Project Goal: Indian community leaders and art communicators will have a better understanding of how museums and other cultural institutions in the United States play a pivotal role in shaping the U.S. national identity and address issues inclusive of social conflict, inclusion, and cohesion, and they will collectively learn, reflect, and reconcile historically controversial social issues and conflicts.
Program Objectives
- By June 2024, at least 10,000 Indian audiences who visit the exhibits showcased at American Spaces across India will have a better understanding of how the United States defines the American experience including its struggle with issues of social identity and inclusion and will apply this learning in the Indian context to come to terms with the complexities of their pasts. This would be evidenced by response to polls and surveys conducted among visitors to the exhibit.
- Through projects organized in connection with the exhibit, by June 2024, at least 50 Indian art communicators will have the opportunity to share their experiences with telling India’s story regarding social identity and inclusion and connect with American art communicators to exchange best practices. This would be evidenced by responses to post event surveys and reports.
- The Applicant Would Budget for: Personnel and operational cost of the grantee organization; U.S. Museum expert/artists’/grantee’s travel to curate and display the exhibition in India; contractual costs associated with copy rights, honoraria for conceptualizing and curating the exhibit; design and production of the exhibit; hiring of venue, audio visual equipment etc. and other reasonable expenses associated with the production and showcasing of the exhibit in five different cities in India(Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi); costs associated with milestone events such as the inauguration, extended programming around the exhibit theme, transportation ofthe exhibit and associated costs; housekeeping and maintenance of art objects.
Funding Information
- Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $175, 000 to a maximum of $200,000.
- Total available funding: $200,000
- Length of performance period: 10 to 12 months
Priority Region: India
Project Audience(s)
- Indian art communicators including museum curators, visual artists and theatre practitioners.
- Members of the Indian civil society (predominantly youth) and community leaders
- The grantee will develop a strategy to ensure gender balance in program invitations, participation, and viewership.
Eligibility Criteria
- The following organizations are eligible to apply:
- Not-for-profit organizations, including museums, think tanks,cultural institutions, and civil society/non-governmental organizations.
- Public and private educational institutions
- Public International Organizations and Governmental institutions
- Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost sharing or matching is not required for this funding.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
