Deadline: 15-Jun-21
The India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) in collaboration with the Museum of Christian Art (MoCA), Goa invites applications for two IFA-MoCA Creative Projects under its Archives and Museums program which IFA will implement.
The Archives and Museums programme of IFA has been initiated with a two-fold objective: to provide arts practitioners and researchers an opportunity to generate new, critical, and creative approaches for public engagement with archive and museum collections; and to energise these spaces as platforms for dialogue and discourse.
The IFA-MoCA Creative Projects offer Project Coordinators the opportunity to research this collection over a period of a year, and create public programmes such as exhibitions, talks, workshops, etc. both online and offline, over the project period, which IFA will implement.
Project Budget
- The project costs should not exceed Rs 2,00,000/-.
- You may budget for an honorarium of Rs 12,000/- per month subject to a limit of Rs 1,44,000/- for the entire duration of the project. Please note that the total amount is inclusive of the honorarium.
- Their funds will cover only project-related costs and activities and will not pay for infrastructure costs or equipment purchase.
- Please ensure that each budget category pertains to a specific item of project-related expenditure.
- Please note that IFA will implement this project with you directly as project coordinator.
Eligibility Criteria
- They seek applications from curators, visual artists, researchers and other creative practitioners with a strong interest in research and working with museum collections. They also encourage applicants to think through interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches and methods for their public programmes.
- Practitioners who are Indian nationals or have been residents of India consecutively for five years or more are eligible to apply.
- Applicants from Goa will be given preference as the project coordinators will need to spend a considerable amount of time at the museum during the project period.
- Only Indian nationals can apply. This does not include PIO (Persons of Indian Origin) and OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) Card Holders
- Only individuals can apply. Organisations of any kind cannot apply
- If there are collaborators in the projects, they must also be Indian nationals
- Persons who have a past history of financial delinquency with IFA are not eligible
- Persons who have failed to deposit at IFA agreed deliverables from an earlier IFA grant are not eligible
- Persons who have previously received a letter from IFA disallowing them from applying in the future for any reason are not eligible
Application Process
Your application must include:
- A proposal briefly describing an exhibition that could be developed from the museum’s collection.The description should include the vision, approach and possible outcomes.
- A brief note on other public programmes that could be developed from the material.
- A detailed budget.
- Your curriculum vitae with a brief description of a project you have been involved with as a curator, arts practitioner, or researcher. This description should comprise the vision, approach, processes, and outcomes that have resulted from that project. Please send them links and not attachments.
For more information, visit https://indiaifa.org/programmes/archives-and-museums/request-for-proposals/ifa-moca.html