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Open call for artists and creatives

For Edition 4.0 of the Jaipur Art Week, applications are open for artists who are inspired by, are based in or have connections to the Public Arts Trust of India’s home state, Rajasthan. There are no specific mediums or criteria, and applicants need not to have an art degree or any formal training to apply. Selected artists will be given the opportunity to showcase their work in a group exhibition or as solo interventions across Jaipur Art Week’s partner venues throughout Jaipur.

Open call for emerging artists

The Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art, in collaboration with the Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation invites applications for the Emerging Artists Award (EAA+), a collective forum that will support 10 art practitioners through a financial grant, a mentorship programme and an exhibitory component. 

For this edition of EAA+, they are interested in practitioners who are keen to build and think collectively with modes of exchange and sharing, geared towards learning in the context of the present moment of contemporary art-making. Applications are invited from Indian artists under 35 years of age, who have completed their educational degrees. Artists currently pursuing an educational degree are not eligible to apply. Self-taught artists who are within the age limit, and have at least two years of sustained artistic practice are eligible to apply.

Curatorial Intensive South Asia 2024

Khoj Studios and Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan are pleased to invite applications from early and mid-career curators from South Asia to apply for the 6th edition of the Curatorial Intensive South Asia (CISA) program – (re)imagined this year as a month-long, in-situ research residency at Khoj, New Delhi, India.

The CISA residency offers curators from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan, Afghanistan & Iran, the opportunity to establish contacts and build networks with cultural practitioners, researchers, academics from India, South Asia and beyond.

The CISA program aims to develop diversity of perspectives on the medium of the exhibition to provide a structured and an experimental inquiry into the possibilities of curatorial practice today.

Open call for young festival managers

The Festival Academy, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA) calls for applications for the 23rd and 24th edition of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers, to take place in San Sebastian (Spain) and Amman (Jordan) in 2025. The two editions of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers will offer the opportunity to up to 70 young festival leaders and curators (35 in each Atelier) from all over the world to spend 7 days together guided by experienced festival leaders, cultural activists, cross-sector experts and artists. The Atelier facilitates a global conversation about today’s challenges and the role that festivals, art and culture can play in these.