Bajaj Capital Art House BCAH, offers a one year fellowship aimed at mid career art practitioners to celebrate and support their creative growth. The fellowship starting 2010 is open to artists working in any visual art medium. It presents a unique opportunity to the selected BCAH Fellow Artist to think afresh and work for a year on a new project or body of work of his/her choice that will then be featured in a solo exhibition and an accompanied catalogue sponsored by Bajaj Capital Art House as outlined in the broad framework below.
Eligibility: Mid-career Indian nationals residing in any part of the country and practicing as visual artists in the age group 25 – 40 years, who have had at least 2 solo and 6 group shows to their credit, are eligible to apply.
Creative Disciplines: Artists working in any visual art creative discipline including, but not limited to painting, drawing, illustration, studio ceramics, sculpture, photography, digital arts, landscape art, fiber and textile arts, installation art, public art and conceptual art etc may apply.
Cash Grant: The selected artist will be awarded a fellowship of 50,000 rupees as a lump sum grant to help facilitate the work. The grant could be used for research, travel, material or acquiring facilities as outlined in the project proposal and agreed with the selection board.
Exhibition: The fellowship will conclude with a curated solo exhibition accompanied by a catalogue that BCAH will sponsor and present to showcase the new work created during the year at a date and venue to be mutually agreed.
Applications: The prescribed application form can be down loaded from BCAH website at www.bcah.in or collected from BCAH office at Bajaj House, 97 Nehru Place, New Delhi- 110019, Phone: 011- 41602545, 011- 41602575. The completed application form with listed supporting documents and work images should be submitted to the BCAH at the address provided, latest by the end of November, 2009.
Selection Procedure: All applications that meet the set criteria will be reviewed by a panel of experts. The final selection will be made on the basis of the artist’s track record, current body of work, project proposal, future potential and motivation to develop their work. Those shortlisted will be informed and invited for interview to be held in December after which the final selection for Bajaj Capital Art House Fellow Artist of the year for 2010 will be announced.
For further enquiries: In case you wish to seek any further information or some clarification Please contact -
Ankita Gopal
Contact No: 9818268788, E-mail: ankitagopal@bcah.in
