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The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture calls for projects for its Regional Events, Training and Research Grant 2014. Deadline: 1 September 2014.
Jun 2014The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) envisions a thriving Arab art and cultural scene, one that is confident in its expression, open to dialogue, accessible to all and sustained locally by committed patrons. Two fundamental principles guide AFAC's mode of work: transparency in the grant giving process and independence through a diversity of funding sources.
RTR (Regional Events, Training and Research) is open for projects in all fields of cultural production and usually goes to support artistic and cultural research, training and workshops as well as regional events like festivals, competitions and cross-cultural collaborations.
Juror committees for RTR come from a variety of curatorial and cultural management backgrounds with an emphasis on regional knowledge and practices. The 2013 Jury committee included Nadine Touma from Lebanon, Joumana Al-Jabri from KSA and Ali Shaath from Palestine.
Past jurors include:
Abdel Rasool Salman
Abdo Wazen
Ahmad Baydoun
Ayman Bardawil
Basma El Husseini
Christine Tohme
Fadhil Al Azzawi
Faouzi Skali
Jeryes Samawi
Laila Hourani
Manal Abaza
Marie-Therese Abdel Messih
Mohammed Makhlouf
Nizar Rammal
Submission deadline:
1 September 2014
More information, guidelines and forms:
arabculturefund.org
info(at)arabculturefund.org