OPEN CALL
CATALYST GRANT 2022 – TEOR/ÉTICA
WITH THE SUPPORT OF ARTS COLLABORATORY
Important dates
Deadline: 30/10/2022
Public announcement of results: November 25, 2022
Online public event: date to be defined in 2023
Location: Central America and the Caribbean archipelago
VALUE OF THE GRANT: USD $3,000 for each selected organization and/or group.
Since 2014, the Catalyst Grant has been an important part of the TEOR/éTica grant and support program, which aims to promote art organizations and groups that are playing an important role in transforming the cultural landscape of the Central American and Caribbean region, both locally and internationally. Contributing to the sustainability of smaller-scale, non-formal or non-institutionalized initiatives is a way of building an artistic ecology capable of responding to needs in a faster, more coherent and experimental way.
Our desire is to be able to recognize and contribute to artistic and cultural initiatives that have been operating in contexts with economic, social and political difficulties, as well as to point out the importance of these projects continuing to bet on building community and activating ways of critically thinking about the present from art. .
This year, thanks to the generous support of the Arts Collaboratory network, we will be awarding four grants of US $3,000 (three thousand U.S. dollars) to the organizations or groups that are selected through this open call. The grant money can be used to continue the work that these organizations or groups have been doing, expand their scope, implement new dynamics, among others.
WHO CAN APPLY:
Independent organizations and 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, theatre, dance or literature) and that are promoting the intersections between art and activism, and making an impact in the public sphere through a commitment to taking art as a common space from which to connect people and address pressing social issues.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Visual arts organizations and/or collectives must be based in Central America and/or the Caribbean archipelago (this DOES NOT INCLUDE Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico).
- Contemporary visual arts organizations and/or collectives must have been in existence for at least 2 years.
- Documents must be presented that support the operation of the organization/collective for at least 2 years.
- Priority will be given to those organizations and groups that have not benefited from this same grant in the last 2 years.
PROPOSALS THAT DO NOT MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
FORM OF PRESENTATION OF APPLICATIONS
Each organization and/or group must fill out the following Google Forms form.
COMMITMENTS OF THE BENEFICIARIES:
Sign a compliance contract where the following is agreed:
- Form of payment of the grant.
- Participation in a public online event in 2023.
- Submit an administrative report and a brief narrative description on the use of the grant no later than September 30, 2023.
- Topics related to the mention of the grant in the circulation of any material associated with it.
SELECTION PROCESS:
- The proposals will be considered by a jury made up of Catalina Tenorio (Costa Rica), Diego Ventura (Guatemala) and Marilia Loureiro (Brazil) with the support of the TEOR/éTica Collective Artistic Directorate (Paula Piedra, Daniela Morales, Lola Malavasi). Through deliberation, a selection of up to 4 proposals will be made.
