We are excited to announce our very special 25x25 initiative which we launched to mark 25 years of grantmaking at IFA. Coupled with our 25th anniversary, the internet in India turns 25 this year. Bringing both these ideas together, we sent out a call for proposals under the theme 25 Years of Internet in India which saw an overwhelming response from the field. Out of the 129 proposals received, we made 25 grants of Rs 25,000 each covering diverse languages, regions and a wide spectrum of disciplines...
We turn to the arts when we are joyful; we turn to the arts when we grieve. And in times of uncertainty and despair, we turn to arts again for sustaining our hopes. The arts enable us to forge solidarities, make sense of the present, and come together to imagine collective futures. This is especially true of now when the Coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt and alter our lives. More here, than ever anywhere else, the arts must remind us of the human capacity to endure, re-imagine, and create...
We are delighted to present our unique 14-month Limited Edition Calendar for 2020-2021, featuring a select range of IFA projects! Order your copy for Rs 450/- (inclusive of domestic courier charges) online now or write to us at contactus@indiaifa.org before February 15, 2020 and spend the year flipping through the work we support, cutting across disciplines and cultures, covering the length and breadth of the country—from a community art project that explores Bangalore city through the lives and perspectives of the transgender community, a film project that documents the experiences of women police officers of Delhi...
Dive-in for updates on our programmes—Project 560, Arts Research, Arts Practice, Arts Education, Archives and Museums, and for news on our many events—film screenings, lectures, exhibitions, and more. Click on our Point of View section for an engaging interview with neuroscientist and musician Deepti Navaratna, an Arts Research grantee who explores the musical legacy of the Royal Carnatic Orchestra of the Mysore Court...
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is delighted to bring to you the latest news on our work between April and mid-July! Scroll for exciting updates on Project 560, Arts Research, Arts Practice, Arts Education and the newly introduced Archives and Museums programme. Click on our Point of View section for an engaging interview with graphic artist Sarbajit Sen, an Arts Practice grantee who worked on a graphic narrative on the mindscapes of people in West Bengal during rule of the Left Front...
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is delighted to share with you a video that brings together four unique arts projects, supported by us, exploring how power dynamics around gender play out in India. Through multimedia, dance, music and performance, these projects expand and disrupt the gender discourse through critical enquiries in myriad artistic forms. These projects, like others drawn from The IFA Archive, attempt to fill some gaps and reveal voices from the margins that were lost, silenced or ignored...
Scroll for exciting updates across our five programmes Project 560, Arts Research, Arts Practice, Arts Education and the Archival and Museum Fellowships and events, including The Launch of The IFA Archive, film festivals, panel discussions, workshops, performances and an interview with an Arts Research grantee! This New Year, we are delighted to present our unique 14-month Limited Edition Calendar for 2019-2020 and A Set of Six Coasters, featuring...
We are delighted to have reached a special milestone of 25 years of existence, since our Trust Deed was signed on September 21, 1993! We thank Anmol Vellani the first Executive Director and all Trustees and Staff who started IFA off on this amazing journey. We would like to express our gratitude to the settlor Mrinal Sen and Founding Trustees Abhijit Basu and Aparna Sen (now Aparna Sinha), who also helped with the founding of IFA! We would also like to acknowledge the Trustee Mani Narayanswami who helped with the setting up of IFA in Bangalore...
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is happy to be back with news on our work between April and July 2018! Scroll for exciting updates across our four programmes—Arts Research, Arts Practice, Arts Education, and the Archival and Museum Fellowships, along with updates on events and an interview with Museum fellows who worked on different projects at the Assam State Museum, Guwahati! We are also delighted to announce the third edition of Project 560, this year! Also, we invite you to become a Friend of IFA and support us with an Annual Donation of Rs 5,000/– upwards...
We are happy to present three new publications—ranging from a book on the art and history of Patachitra; the 1st edition of the annual publication in Kannada reflecting on the significant impact and reach of the IFA Arts Education programme titled Kali Kalisu (‘Learn and Teach’ in Kannada), to Mir Silsila — The Legacy of the Mirs, a photo-essay of the Baba Farid Mir Musicians Project! Read on for more on these exciting publications—you can either order your copy or read two of these publications online for free...