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OPEN CALL
CATALYST GRANT 2022 – TEOR/éTica
Supported by Arts Collaboratory
Important dates
- Start of reception period: September 20th, 2022
- End of reception period: October 30th, 2022
- Public announcement of results: November 25th, 2022
- Online public event with grantees: Date to be determined, 2023
Since 2014, the Catalyst Grant has been an important part of TEOR/éTica’s grants and support program. It aims to propel organizations and artistic collectives that play a key role in the transformation of the cultural landscape of the Central American and Caribbean region, both locally and internationally. Supporting smaller scale, non-formal, or non-institutionalized initiatives is a way of building an artistic ecosystem capable of responding to needs in a faster, more coherent, and experimental way.
We wish to recognize and contribute to artistic and cultural initiatives that operate in contexts with economic, social, and political difficulties. We also aim to spotlight the significance of how these projects build community and activate ways of thinking critically about the present through art.
This year, thanks to the generous support of Arts Collaboratory network , we will be awarding four grants of US $3,000 (three thousand US dollars) to organizations or collectives selected through an open call. The grant can be used to continue the work that these organizations or collectives have been doing, expand their scope, implement new dynamics, among others.
CATALYST GRANT 2022 – TEOR/éTica
Who can apply:
Organizations and independent collectives from Central America and the Caribbean archipelago (this DOES NOT include Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico) that are: building community through contemporary visual arts (DOES NOT include: cinema, theater, dance, or literature), fostering the connection between art and activism, and having an impact on the public sphere, through their commitment to take art as a common space to connect people and address urgent social issues.
Endowment of the grant:
USD $3000 for each organization and/or collective selected.
Requirements:
- The organization and/or collective must be based in Central America and/or the Caribbean archipelago (this DOES NOT INCLUDE Colombia, Venezuela, and Mexico).
- The organization and/or collective has to have at least two years of existence.
- Present documents that give evidence of the existence of the organization/collective for at least two years.
- Priority will be given to those organizations and groups that have not benefited from this same grant in the last two years.
Proposals that do not meet these requirements will not be considered.
Form of submitting applications:
Each organization and/or collective must complete the following Google Form
Grantee agreements:
Selected grantees must sign a contract where they agree to the following:
- Grant payment method
- Participation in an online public event, in 2023
- Submit an administrative report and a brief narrative description on the use of the grant, no later than September 30, 2023, including any material where the grant is mentioned.
- Matters regarding mention of the grant in the circulation of any material associated with it
Selection process
The proposals will be revised by Catalina Tenorio (Costa Rica), Diego Ventura (Guatemala) and Marilia Loureiro (Brasil) , alongside TEOR/éTica’s Collective Artistic Direction (Paula Piedra, Daniela Morales, Lola Malavasi). Up to four proposals will be selected through internal discussion.
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