Deadline: 29 July 2019

The Prince Claus Fund has issued a new call for proposals to support excellent cultural and artistic initiatives that offer different perspectives on society in Saudi Arabia.

Through this open call, Amplifying Creative Voices, the Prince Claus Fund intends to broaden its support of independent artists and cultural practitioners into diverse regions that have received little of the Fund’s attention in the past, and yet play an increasingly important role in today’s world.

With this call for proposals, they would like to invite such independent artists and cultural practitioners to put forward new perspective on their communities, and to propose artistic interpretations of stories they feel need more attention. They encourage ground-breaking cultural initiatives by individual artists, creative professionals, collectives and cultural organisations; especially initiatives that show how the arts can create space for dialogue and different perspectives on society.

Funding Information

The Prince Claus Fund will support initiatives within the financial range of €15,000 – €20,000.

Eligible Projects

They are specifically looking to support initiatives that:

• Offer different perspectives than those usually shown in the media;
• Promote the inclusion and participation of women and minority groups in the cultural scene;
• Encourage out of the box initiatives by artists and cultural practitioners that re-interpret common (mis)conceptions in their societies, and create space for multiple points of view;
• Stimulate and inspire communities to actively engage with the arts, culture and society;
• Showcase underrepresented narratives from the respective countries.

They would like to challenge all interested in this call to create innovative concepts that reflect on Saudi society.

Criteria

• Eligible Candidates
  • This call is specifically for artists living in Saudi Arabia. Individuals applying for the call must be living in Saudi Arabia.
  • In the case of a collaborative project with individuals or organisations from outside Saudi Arabia, the above criteria apply to the main applicant.
• Eligible Expenses
  • This call only covers project-related expenses, and not running (operating) costs for organisations.
• Place and Duration
  • No support will be provided retroactively, i.e. to projects in implementation or projects already implemented.
  • Projects must start implementation from January 2020, and be implemented by December 2020 at the latest.
• Eligible Applications
  • Previous grantees of the Prince Claus Fund may not apply for a new grant unless the previous project that they have received is finished and closed before the application submission deadline for this call.

Selection Criteria

Project proposals will be assessed based on the criteria below. Please note that projects do not have to meet all the below criteria; however, successful applications would consider and incorporate each criterion within their project and their scope of work.

• Rigorous: an interesting idea, well thought through and put together, produced and presented
• Original: one of a kind, a new idea/concept/perspective, adventurous, ground breaking
• Transformative: challenging, prompts feelings, thought provoking, promoting different ways of thinking and acting, provokes response
• Context-specific: important to happen or discussed in the local context, enhancement of the context, rethinking history, societal impact (locally or globally)
• Inclusive: (directly or indirectly) linked to the ultimate aim of more inclusive societies.

How to Apply

Interested applicants must download the application form via given website.

For more information, please visit https://princeclausfund.org/amplifying-creative-voices-saudi-arabia