iarts textiles of india grant

The IARTS Textiles of India Grant supports a project on Indian textile arts. This biennial grant of $15,000 CAD can be used anywhere in the world by anyone in the world toward a project that enhances knowledge about Indian textiles, dress, or costume. Applicants can include scholars, curators, educators, community leaders, artists and enthusiasts. Projects can be research-based or creative, and must further the preservation, documentation, encouragement, improvement, interpretation, or revival of Indian textile arts towards enhancing a critical awareness about their history and/or future. Through the support of such activities, the grant is meant to encourage cultural understanding, institutional collaboration, and public engagement.

The award has two components:

• A project on Indian textiles, which can include research in any institution or collection, fieldwork, apprenticeship, revival activities, creative work or interpretation. Maximum of $15,000.

• A public program related to the project presented in Toronto, Canada or online at the end of the award period, which can include a lecture or workshop, a publication, an online exhibition or resource, an installation, a performance, or any combination of these. The details of this program can be discussed further with museum staff after the grant has been awarded. In the application, we are interested in your vision for a public outcome that can be put together by the end of the grant period. Maximum of $7000 is available for this part, which is separate from the $15,000 grant. Program funds will be directly administered by the ROM. Please note that the mounting of a physical exhibition does not fall within the budget. ROM can provide invitation letters for travel to Toronto but cannot guarantee visas; international applicants should plan to apply 4-6 months in advance. If the grant facilitates the production of artwork, ROM reserves the right of first refusal to acquire the artwork.