The Centro Cultural Montehermoso Kulturunea, in accordance with its desire to support creation and research in contemporary art and thought, announces a call for entries for a series of grants. The objective of this initiative, which is promoted by the Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council, is to facilitate the production of thirteen selected projects in the following categories: Art Project Production, Curatorship, Research and Film Scripts. Authors of any nationality, regardless of age, can present their projects individually or collectively.

ART PROJECT PRODUCTION
Eight grants will be awarded to develop art projects to be produced during the forthcoming 12 months. Each grant shall not exceed 11,000 EUR, including a maximum amount of 7,000 EUR for production of the project and 4,000 EUR for fee and copyrights. The work produced will be exhibited at Centro Cultural Montehermoso Kulturunea within its 2012 programme.

CURATORSHIP
One grant will be awarded to produce a curated exhibition project involving the participation of at least four contemporary artists. The selected project shall be exhibited at Centro Cultural Montehermoso Kulturunea within its 2012 programme. The proposal must be currently in production or produced during the forthcoming 12 months. The exhibition project award shall not exceed 24,000 EUR, of which 9,000 EUR shall be allocated to the curatorial fee and copyright. The budget submitted must include the costs of production, installation, insurance and transportation as well as travel and accommodation expenses for selected artists and the curator. Infrastructure, technical equipment and human resources will be provided by Centro Cultural Montehermoso Kulturunea.

RESEARCH
Three grants will be awarded to develop research projects related to Contemporary Art and Thought. Projects that offer propositions for the creation of a feminist Art Historiography in Spain and applications whose objective is the development of a project linked with educational practice and contemporary art will be recognized. The award for the research project shall not exceed €9,000. This amount includes the researcher’s fee, as well as project development expenses.

FILM SCRIPT
One grant will be awarded to produce development of a film script project. The award for development of the film script project shall not exceed 9,000 EUR. This amount is to include the researcher’s fee as well as project development expenses.

Application deadline: March 31st, 2010
For further information (download of full requirements)
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2010 Selected projects
Artists’ projects
Filipa Raposo
Erick Beltrán Flores
Marina Naprushkina
June Crespo
Oier Etxeberria
Agniezka Kurant
Praneet Soi
Ainize Sarasola

Curatorship
Catalina Lozano

Research
Anna Colin
Sohrab Mohebbi
Montse de Mateo Pugmartí and Sergio Inclán Cervera

Film script
Mikel Saéz de Santamaría and Daniel Remón

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Centro Cultural Montehermoso Kulturunea
Fray Zacarías Martínez, 2. 01001 Vitoria-Gasteiz. SPAIN
info@montehermoso.net
www.montehermoso.net

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