Sharjah Art Foundation Announces Open Call For Production Programme

Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) invites artists working in a wide range of media, including sculpture, installation, time-based media, artist's books, performance and mixed media to apply to the SAF Production Programme Open Call. A total of 200,000 USD is available to the selected artists in this application cycle. The success of a proposal will be determined by merit rather than budget, and projects with budgets that range from a modest to ambitious scale will be considered. The selected artists' projects will be developed, produced and presented in a collaboration between the artist/s and SAF.

The submission deadline for the current grant cycle is 15 January 2018, and selected projects will be announced on 16 March 2018. For more information, visit http://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/events/open-call-production-programme-2018

About the SAF Production Programme

The past decade has seen an extraordinary rise in artistic activity throughout the MENASA region, resulting in increased visibility for artists, both regionally and internationally. Within this context, SAF hopes to promote and encourage an environment of public and private patronage for the highest level of artistic endeavour. The SAF Production Programme furthers this goal by broadening the possibilities for the production of art in the MENASA region through the support of innovation and excellence in artistic practice and the encouragement of risk-taking and experimentation. Since the launch of the Production Programme in 2008, over 1000 submissions have been received, over 500 applications considered and 55 projects selected for production and presentation.

The programme cycle is every two years, with an open call announced in the autumn and the decisions announced in the spring after submissions are reviewed and projects selected by an international jury. One of SAF's core initiatives, the Production Programme works to engage and challenge artists and audiences aesthetically, intellectually, emotionally, socially and politically in new and unexpected ways.