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Ausschreibung der Sharjah Art Foundation: Stipendien und professionelle Unterstützung für die Realisierung ambitionierter Projekte. Deadline: 15. Jan. 2016.
Dez 2015The Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) Production Programme broadens the possibilities for the production of art in the MENASA region through a commitment to support innovation and excellence in artistic practice by encouraging risk and experimentation. This commitment places artists at the core of the Foundation’s mission by offering grants and professional support for the realisation of projects selected from an open call for proposals.
The past decade has seen an extraordinary rise in artistic activity throughout the Middle East, resulting in an increased visibility for artists both regionally and internationally. Within this context, the Foundation hopes to promote and encourage an environment of public and private patronage for the highest level of artistic endeavour. This programme focuses on supporting artists in their individual attempts to create work on a scale they have perhaps never imagined possible.
Arts practitioners are invited to propose imaginative, ambitious and inspirational projects that will transform our understanding of what art is and how it can be experienced. With this initiative SAF hopes to engage and challenge the artists, our audiences and ourselves aesthetically, intellectually, emotionally, socially, politically or in ways new and unexpected.
In 2016 SAF is offering production grants to artists working in a range of media including sculpture, installation, time-based media, artist’s books and performance. Up to a total of $200,000 is available in this application cycle. The success of a proposal will be determined by merit rather than budget. To this end, projects with budgets that range from modest to ambitious scales will be considered. The submission deadline is 15 January 2016 and selections will be announced in March. The selected projects will be developed and produced by the artist and the Sharjah Art Foundation, with presentation of the completed project as agreed between the artist(s) and SAF.
The Production Programme was launched in 2008. Over 1000 submissions have been received, 500 applications considered and 45 projects selected for production.
Eligible Applicants
Visual art proposals are welcomed from artists, collectives and collaborative groups. These collaborations may be between visual artists and choreographers, composers, filmmakers, writers, curators, theorists or other professionals working in fields such as science or philosophy. You should be able to free yourself from any commitments that could hinder the production of your project, should it be selected.
Eligible Projects
Proposals can be made for any media including time-based media, installation, sculpture, artist books or performance. While SAF has not set a specific theme or criteria, the Foundation is looking for work that relates to or that can be of relevance to the MENASA region. This should not be taken in a strictly literal sense, but rather as an opportunity to undertake an ambitious project with a broad philosophical or inspirational approach to this context. SAF is seeking proposals that can engage and challenge the artists and our audiences on a variety of levels whether aesthetic, intellectual or political. The proposal must be a new project in the phase of preparation and its production time frame should not exceed 12 months.
Deadline: 15. Januar 2016 (Mitternacht, Zeit der VAE)
Weitere Informationen und Formulare:
www.sharjahart.org
productionprogramme(at)sharjahart.org
Die Sharjah Art Foundation bietet Stipendien und professionelle Unterstützung für die Realisierung einfallsreicher, ambitionierter und inspirierender Projekte.
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bis 15. Januar 2016