Visual Arts Support Programme – Portugal

Deadline: 15 February 2020

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation provides funding for projects in the field of Visual Arts that fulfil the following criteria:

Projects of artistic creation carried out in Portugal, with public presentation;
Exhibition projects carried out abroad (solo or group exhibitions), involving Portuguese artists. Exhibition;
Projects that are curated by and/or include the involvement of an institution or a body focused on international artistic production and dissemination will be given priority.
Professional art-related entities, curators and Portuguese or foreign visual artists who live or usually work in Portugal may apply for this support.
Funding is intended to act as an incentive and to partially cover costs budgeted for each project.

The contest shall be held during a maximum period of one month. The contest will be opened online and advertised through the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation webpage and other means of communication.The Foundation does not commit to opening the contest every year.

Funding Information

A maximum of 10 grants of up to €3,000 and a maximum of 8 grants of between €10,000 and €20,000 will be allocated every year.

Eligibility Criteria

Professional artistic entities;
Portuguese visual artists;
Foreign visual artists who live and usually work in Portugal
The applications will only be eligible for review if they are complete.
The Foundation reserves the right to request more information about the projects.

Selection Criteria

The number of instances of funding to be given in each contest is to be determined by the Administrative Board of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation;
Candidates who have already been Foundation grant-holders may only reapply 1 (one) year after completing their grant;
The results shall be announced within the 2 months following the deadline of the contest;
After the approval of the Administrative Board of the Foundation, the final decisions shall be communicated, which is not subject to appeal;
The candidates will be selected by a Coordination Scientific Commission of the contest, which shall be put together by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation;
The selection of the candidates may include, among other elements, a personal interview.

How to Apply

The interested parties should read the Regulations and fill out the application form available online, by accessing the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation webpage;
To be admitted in the contest, the candidates must submit to the online application the following documents (PDF or JPG with less than 4 MB):
- Work project (maximum 2.000 words, not more than two sheets A4) ;
- Scheduling of the project;
- Detailed costing breakdown of the project;
- Up-to-date curricular background of those involved (maximum 1.000 words, not more than one sheet A4);
- Up-to-date portfolio and/or photographic documentation relating to the artwork, and, if applicable, a link to the artist’s personal website (maximum 8-10 images with complete captions and technical data);
- Invitation letter and/or confirmation of the availability of the venue;
Only collective bodies with legal personality may fill in the form for collective entities. Artistic collectives or duos do not fall within this category, so they should fill in the form for individual entities, choosing one of the persons as being responsible for the application;
Applications should ideally be drafted by the institutions involved.