GUWAHATI, May 3 � India Foundation for the Arts (IFA), that supports practice, research and education in the field of arts, organised an interactive session here on Sunday that saw participation of artists and art lovers.
Speaking on this series of interactions and the first one in the North-east by IFA, programme executive of Arts Practice Programme, Shubham Roy Choudhury said, �I am very hopeful about the response from Assam. The State has enormous talent forces, which have to face problems in absence of right guidance and funds. IFA would be really happy to explore and help such promising artists who can make their mark in the global platform.�
Established as a public trust in 1993, IFA�s mission is to enrich practice and knowledge by widening public access to the arts, and strengthen the capacities and infrastructure of the arts in India by supporting innovative projects, commissioning research and creating public platforms.
IFA has supported over 400 grants across twenty-one states disbursing over Rs 21 crore to both individuals and institutions.
�We support projects under our various programmes � arts research, arts practice and arts education. Apart from this, we also have archival and museum fellowships which aim to activate collections in museums and archives in India, through curatorial and artistic interventions,� said Roy Choudhury, adding that IFA builds partnerships with archival institutions and museums, calls for applications and then in collaboration with the host institution, selects a fellow to work with the collections.
It needs to be mentioned that the fellowships enable collections to come alive and be made accessible to a large public and simultaneously give curators, practitioners and artists a chance to re-present the collection through a new framework and construct alternate histories of objects, people and places.
�IFA wants to support artists from vernacular and non-metro contexts. The North-east is full of brilliant artists who are equally rooted and forward-thinking. Our association with Assam and the North-east goes long back and we want to be here for long-term engagements. We want to reach out to as many artists as we can from all art forms�, mentioned Roy Choudhury.
GUWAHATI, May 3 � India Foundation for the Arts (IFA), that supports practice, research and education in the field of arts, organised an interactive session here on Sunday that saw participation of artists and art lovers.
Speaking on this series of interactions and the first one in the North-east by IFA, programme executive of Arts Practice Programme, Shubham Roy Choudhury said, �I am very hopeful about the response from Assam. The State has enormous talent forces, which have to face problems in absence of right guidance and funds. IFA would be really happy to explore and help such promising artists who can make their mark in the global platform.�
Established as a public trust in 1993, IFA�s mission is to enrich practice and knowledge by widening public access to the arts, and strengthen the capacities and infrastructure of the arts in India by supporting innovative projects, commissioning research and creating public platforms.
IFA has supported over 400 grants across twenty-one states disbursing over Rs 21 crore to both individuals and institutions.
�We support projects under our various programmes � arts research, arts practice and arts education. Apart from this, we also have archival and museum fellowships which aim to activate collections in museums and archives in India, through curatorial and artistic interventions,� said Roy Choudhury, adding that IFA builds partnerships with archival institutions and museums, calls for applications and then in collaboration with the host institution, selects a fellow to work with the collections.
It needs to be mentioned that the fellowships enable collections to come alive and be made accessible to a large public and simultaneously give curators, practitioners and artists a chance to re-present the collection through a new framework and construct alternate histories of objects, people and places.
�IFA wants to support artists from vernacular and non-metro contexts. The North-east is full of brilliant artists who are equally rooted and forward-thinking. Our association with Assam and the North-east goes long back and we want to be here for long-term engagements. We want to reach out to as many artists as we can from all art forms�, mentioned Roy Choudhury.
