Serendipity Arts Foundation announces the grantees of its first annual grants for 2019-2020 amounting to Rs 8.75 lakh. The categories include visual arts research grant, performing arts research grant, residency travel grant for visual arts, residency travel grant for performing arts (choreography) and a performance art documentation and performing arts grant – theatre.
The awardees for the 2019-20 grants are:
Pinaki Ranjan Mohanty for the visual arts research grant
Sarah Naqvi for the residency travel grant (visual arts)
Aseng Borang for the residency travel grant (performing arts – choreography)
Sridhar Balasubramanium for the performance art documentation grant
George Pioustin for the performing arts research grant
Aruna Ganesh Ram and Firos Khan for the performing arts grant (theatre).
Through its many outreach programs including these grants, the Foundation wants to help build an environment for sustainable practices for art and culture in the South Asia region. These grants enable artists an opportunity to develop their craft, help them to gain global exposure and reach wider audiences.
Serendipity Arts Foundation supports multidisciplinary arts initiative all year round through its various grants, residencies, workshops, exhibitions etc. leading up to their annual Festival – Serendipity Arts Festival 2019 in Goa from December 15 to 22, 2019.
The jury deciding the grants comprised a selection of artists and curators including Ranjit Hoskote, Vishal Dar, Latika Gupta for the visual arts research grants; Zuleikha Chaudhari, Sahej Rahal, Sajan Mani for the performance art documentation, and
Anuradha Kapur, Amitesh Grover and Maya Krishna Rao, Vikram Phukan, Abhishek Majumdar and Sunil Shanbag for the performing arts grant, along with a team of in-house jury members from the Foundation.
The initial shortlist was followed by a round of interviews to decide the final grantees. Regarding the grants, Sunil Kant Munjal, Founder Patron, Serendipity Arts oundation said, “We are proud to initiate the Serendipity Grants programme, an initiative we hope to continue with over the years. At Serendipity Arts Foundation, we understand the need to support artists and practitioners in the arts, particularly in the fields of research, documentation, practice and global exposure. We are very pleased to be supporting our 7 grantees, and hope to develop this grants programme in the future.”
