Applications for the 2020 OUT.RA Local Greation Grant are now open. This grant is targeted towards local sound and music creators who reside in the Barreiro Municipality and neighbouring urban areas (Baixa da Banheira, Vale da Amoreira), with ages up to 35 years old.
You can read all the necessary information regarding this grant below. We're looking forward to receiving your projects!
OUT.RA LOCAL CREATION GRANT 2020
Following the Creation Grants awarded by OUT.RA to local artists Tiago Sousa (2016), José Bica (2017), Hélder Menor, João Antunes and João Pinheiro (2018) and Rafael van Ayres (2019), we’re are now open to project submissions by young local artists who wish to develop works related to Music / Sound / Sound Art / Multimedia in 2020.
The criteria considered in selecting a project for this grant are as follows:
- Residence in Barreiro Municipality or the following neighbouring urban areas (Baixa da Banheira, Vale da Amoreira);
- Age between 18 and 35 years old;
- Education (higher or technical) in artistic fields, particularly in Music / Sound Art / Multimedia / Ethnomusicology, or alternatively relevant work already developed in Music / Sound Art which reveals an interest in seeking new solutions and an idiosyncratic artistic personality;
- Awareness of the work developed by OUT.RA (OUT.FEST, regular programming, sound documentation, etc) and degree of project fit with said work;
- Conceptual quality of the creative project, level of maturity presented in regards to its development, feasibility of the presentation in terms of means necessary towards realizing them.
The work developed by the grant winner should take place between April and December 2020, and result in at least one public presentation.
This grant is set at 1000€.
Applications should be sent to info@outra.pt up until the 14th of March and contain the following information:
- Name, CV and artistic biography;
- Project description and calendarization.
- Materials necessary for the development of the project.