DHARTI ART RESIDENCY
New Delhi – 2018:
Nested in the heart of South Delhi, in what is now being hailed as an art district – Defence Colony – Dharti Arts Residency is a three-month artists’ residency (for Indian Citizens only) by the Serendipity Arts Foundation. Instituted in 2017, Dharti is an intensive, studio-based, inter-disciplinary residency for emerging artists; providing studio space, infrastructural support, accommodation, food, and other basic living expenses, along with a production grant.The artists are expected to create an artwork by the end of the residency, as a work in progress, displayed in an Open Studio exhibition. Each artist is encouraged to develop their practice, and the residency does not follow a thematic format.
For the duration of three months, four artists and a critic-in-residence are selected for the programme. They participate in a lineup of peer-to-peer conversations, critique sessions, gallery and studio visits, artist talks and presentations etc. Alongside, they are required to conceptualize and produce a new work.
The works created during the residency are displayed at one of the primary venues of Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa, alongside other contemporary art exhibitions and esteemed artists. The artists are invited to Goa to install their works and get an opportunity to interact with other practitioners from the field, to network, and for patrons to see their work.
Gayatri Uppal designed and coordinated the first two residencies. The residency has had artists like Biplab Sarkar, Kumaresan Selvaraj, Suryakanta Swain, Khushbu Patel, Farah Mulla, Khursheed Ahmad, and Shazia Salam.
The residency for this year has been postponed indefinitely, till the COVID-19 situation comes under control.
Gayatri Uppal designed and coordinated the first two residencies. The residency has had artists like Biplab Sarkar, Kumaresan Selvaraj, Suryakanta Swain, Khushbu Patel, Farah Mulla, Khursheed Ahmad, and Shazia Salam.
The residency for this year has been postponed indefinitely, till the COVID-19 situation comes under control.
Text Courtesy : Space118
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