Arts Collaboratory

  • The Hague
MethodGrants, funding, artistic exchangesWebsitewww.artscollaboratory.org

Arts Collaboratory is a program promoted by Hivos and DOEN Foundation to support independent visual arts organizations in Africa, Asia and Latin America and social innovation. The program is having a major role in providing fundings for contemporary art and practices in countries where few resources in this field are available.[1]

History

The program was established in 2007 by the Dutch organizations Hivos and DOEN Foundation and it is implemented in collaboration with Mondriaan Foundation.

Activities

The program provides funding and it supports knowledge sharing and artistic exchange. The fundings are

  • Long term support for independent visual arts organizations focusing on collaborative art practices and social innovation. The supports addresses independent visual organizations based in Africa, Asia and Latin America and it is provided for a 28 month-programme.
  • Project Fund for ‘Visual Arts and Social Innovation’ (up to 15'000 euro per project).
Partner Country Project Period References Note
Ugandan Arts Trust Uganda Artistic Exchange David Bade and 32º East open
African Artists' Foundation Nigeria LagosPhoto Festival open
ArtBakery Cameroon Present Perfect! open
ArtEast Kyrgyzstan Art East Summer School, Boom Boom open
Ateliers Sahm Congo open
Britto Arts Trust Bangladesh Britto 4th International Artists' Workshop, Britto International Artists' Workshop 2013, Britto New Media Festival 2009 open
Casa Tres Patios Colombia Residency Programme in Medellín open
CCA Lagos - Centre for Contemporary Art Lagos Nigeria On Independence and the Ambivalence of Promise open
CEIA Brazil Conversations, Drawing Revisited, MIP2 – Manifestaçao Internacional de Performance, Permeabilities open
Centre Soleil d'Afrique Mali Festival Africain d’Images Virtuelles Artistiques (FAIVA), Kevin Dalton Johnson’s Art Residency at Centre Soleil d’Afrique open
Coeur d’Artistes Congo open
doual'art Cameroon doual'art - SUD 2010, Le Jardin Sonore de Bonamouti open
Enough Room For Space The Netherlands Present Perfect! open
First Floor Gallery Harare Zimbabwe open
Hotel MariaKapel The Netharldans Elopement: A lovable exchange between The Netherlands and Cameroon open
Invisible Borders Nigeria open
Kër Thiossane Senegal Afropixel #3 open
KHOJ International Artists Association India Empire Project, Ghoomakkad Toli – A Community Theatre Project at Khirkee Village, Khoj International Residency Programme, Khoj's Satpula Super Series II, Reconciling Ecologies in the Millenium City, The Khoj Marathon by Hans Ulrich Obrist: A Series of Public Conversations open
KIOSKO Bolivia "Salta Charcos", Artists residencies in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Curator-in-Residence Programme at KIOSKO, Make a Forest open
L'Artocarpe Guadeloupe open
Les Palettes du Kamer Cameroon RAVY international festival of visual arts open
Lugar a Dudas Colombia Sala de Estar, Sala de Estar: Workshop with Juan Mejía open
Made in Mirrors Foundation The Netherlands, Brazil, China, Egypt open
Makan Jordan open
Making Snowballs The Netherlands open
Más Arte Más Acción Colombia Chocó Base, Nuevatopia open
MAVA Benin open
Mohile Parikh Center for Visual Arts (MPCVA) India Traversing Precincts in Art open
NIMk, Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst The Netherlands open
Nubuke Foundation Ghana open
PICHA ASBL Democratic Republic of Congo Rencontres Picha, Biennale de Lubumbashi 2013 – Andrea Stultiens, Rencontres Picha, Biennale de Lubumbashi 2013 – Lard Buurman open
Raw Material Company Senegal open
ruangrupa Indonesia A Joburger in Jakarta: notes on Ruangrupa and the Art of the Network, Ok.Video Comedy, ruangrupa and the shared history between Indonesia and the Netherlands open
Sàn Art Vietnam open
SMBA The Netherlands Focus on doual'art open
Taleb Cherche Midi Morocco Arab Media Lab, Digital Marrakech open
Taller Multinacional Mexico Circulo de Ocio, Viernes Social open
The One Minutes Africa The Netherlands, Egypt open
Theertha Sri Lanka A Land Where Thousands of Eyes and Minds are Pleased, Mapping Broken Hands and Goodwill Hardware, Sethusamudurum Art Project, Sethusamudurum Art Project - Work in Progress open
Time_Frame The Netherlands open
Townhouse Gallery Egypt Speak, Memory; Townhouse Independent Study Program open
Triangle Arts Trust International International Art Residencies at Batiscafo, Knowledge and Skills Sharing Residency Programme open
Vasl Artists/Collective Pakistan Vasl International Artists' Workshop, Vasl International Artists' Workshop, 2012 open
Very Real Time South Africa Going inside time open
Artellewa Egypt Artellewa Artist-in-Residence Programme, STOP: Artist Residency at Artellewa closed
Bat Centre South Africa closed
Cascoland The Netherlands ArtEast and Cascoland, 'the real Kyrgyzstan artists', Dye Fixing closed
CCAEA Kenya Amnesia, NomadicMILK closed
Centraal Museum Utrecht The Netherlands closed
el despacho Mexico 'Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner' closed
Espira / La Espora Nicaragua TACON at Espira/La Espora, Themes and contents of pedagogical art practice closed
Greatmore Studies South Africa Visiting Artists' Residency at Greatmore closed
IVAA Indonesia The Archive Development Series Programme closed
Kuona Trust Kenya 15 Years Legacy of Kuona Trust, Urban Wasanii International Artist's Workshop 2008 closed
LOT - La Otra Orilla Peru Jan Fabre inspires Peruvian theatre company LOT, LOT project about sustainable landscape development in Peru closed
MOCA United States closed
MUA Honduras Moving the Map closed
Museo Blanes/Harto espacio Uruguay closed
n.e.w.s. The Netherlands closed
P.A.P.A., Participating Artists Press Agency The Netherlands P.A.P.A. Labs closed
PULSE South Africa closed
Showroom Mama The Netherlands Project(OR) Art Fair closed
TEOR/éTica Costa Rica closed
Troca-Trocas Brazil closed

See also

  • Hivos
  • DOEN Foundation
  • Prince Claus Fund

References

  1. ^ Polly T. Stupples, Breaking the frame: Art in international development, Ph.D. thesis, Massey University, Turitea, New Zealand, 2011, pp. 56-57; Iolanda Pensa, La Biennale de Dakar comme projet de coopération et de développement, Ph.D. thesis, EHESS-Politecnico di Milano, 2011, pp. 150 and 295.

Bibliography

  • Jos Schuring, Artscollaboratory, programme by Hivos, DOEN and Mondriaan Stichting in "The Power of Culture", June 2007.
  • Arts Collaboratory: Best Practice Presentation, res artis, Amsterdam, 2008.
  • Arts Collaboratory website
  • Arts Collaboratory on the DOEN Foundation website
  • Arts Collaboratory on the Hivos website
  • Arts Collaboratory on C& Platform for International art from African Perspective