# Arts Collaboratory

Arts Collaboratory is a program promoted by Hivos and DOEN Foundation to support independent visual arts organizations in Africa, Asia and Latin America and social innovation. The program is having a major role in providing fundings for contemporary art and practices in countries where few resources in this field are available.

## History

The program was established in 2007 by the Dutch organizations Hivos and DOEN Foundation and it is implemented in collaboration with Mondriaan Foundation.

## Activities

The program provides funding and it supports knowledge sharing and artistic exchange. The fundings are
* Long term support for independent visual arts organizations focusing on collaborative art practices and social innovation. The supports addresses independent visual organizations based in Africa, Asia and Latin America and it is provided for a 28 month-programme.
* Project Fund for ‘Visual Arts and Social Innovation’ (up to 15'000 euro per project).
| Partner | Country | Project | Period |
| Ugandan Arts Trust | Uganda | Artistic Exchange David Bade and 32º East | open |
| African Artists' Foundation | Nigeria | LagosPhoto Festival | open |
| ArtBakery | Cameroon | Present Perfect! | open |
| ArtEast | Kyrgyzstan | Art East Summer School, Boom Boom | open |
| Ateliers Sahm | Congo | | open |
| Britto Arts Trust | Bangladesh | Britto 4th International Artists' Workshop, Britto International Artists' Workshop 2013, Britto New Media Festival 2009 | open |
| Casa Tres Patios | Colombia | Residency Programme in Medellín | open |
| CCA Lagos - Centre for Contemporary Art Lagos | Nigeria | On Independence and the Ambivalence of Promise | open |
| CEIA | Brazil | Conversations, Drawing Revisited, MIP2 – Manifestaçao Internacional de Performance, Permeabilities | open |
| Centre Soleil d'Afrique | Mali | Festival Africain d’Images Virtuelles Artistiques (FAIVA), Kevin Dalton Johnson’s Art Residency at Centre Soleil d’Afrique | open |
| Coeur d’Artistes | Congo | | open |
| doual'art | Cameroon | doual'art - SUD 2010, Le Jardin Sonore de Bonamouti | open |
| Enough Room For Space | The Netherlands | Present Perfect! | open |
| First Floor Gallery Harare | Zimbabwe | | open |
| Hotel MariaKapel | The Netharldans | Elopement: A lovable exchange between The Netherlands and Cameroon | open |
| Invisible Borders | Nigeria | | open |
| Kër Thiossane | Senegal | Afropixel #3 | open |
| KHOJ International Artists Association | India | Empire Project, Ghoomakkad Toli – A Community Theatre Project at Khirkee Village, Khoj International Residency Programme, Khoj's Satpula Super Series II, Reconciling Ecologies in the Millenium City, The Khoj Marathon by Hans Ulrich Obrist: A Series of Public Conversations | open |
| KIOSKO | Bolivia | "Salta Charcos", Artists residencies in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Curator-in-Residence Programme at KIOSKO, Make a Forest | open |
| L'Artocarpe | Guadeloupe | | open |
| Les Palettes du Kamer | Cameroon | RAVY international festival of visual arts | open |
| Lugar a Dudas | Colombia | Sala de Estar, Sala de Estar: Workshop with Juan Mejía | open |
| Made in Mirrors Foundation | The Netherlands, Brazil, China, Egypt | | open |
| Makan | Jordan | | open |
| Making Snowballs | The Netherlands | | open |
| Más Arte Más Acción | Colombia | Chocó Base, Nuevatopia | open |
| MAVA | Benin | | open |
| Mohile Parikh Center for Visual Arts (MPCVA) | India | Traversing Precincts in Art | open |
| NIMk, Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst | The Netherlands | | open |
| Nubuke Foundation | Ghana | | open |
| PICHA ASBL | Democratic Republic of Congo | Rencontres Picha, Biennale de Lubumbashi 2013 – Andrea Stultiens, Rencontres Picha, Biennale de Lubumbashi 2013 – Lard Buurman | open |
| Raw Material Company | Senegal | | open |
| ruangrupa | Indonesia | A Joburger in Jakarta: notes on Ruangrupa and the Art of the Network, Ok.Video Comedy, ruangrupa and the shared history between Indonesia and the Netherlands | open |
| Sàn Art | Vietnam | | open |
| SMBA | The Netherlands | Focus on doual'art | open |
| Taleb Cherche Midi | Morocco | Arab Media Lab, Digital Marrakech | open |
| Taller Multinacional | Mexico | Circulo de Ocio, Viernes Social | open |
| The One Minutes Africa | The Netherlands, Egypt | | open |
| Theertha | Sri Lanka | A Land Where Thousands of Eyes and Minds are Pleased, Mapping Broken Hands and Goodwill Hardware, Sethusamudurum Art Project, Sethusamudurum Art Project - Work in Progress | open |
| Time_Frame | The Netherlands | | open |
| Townhouse Gallery | Egypt | Speak, Memory; Townhouse Independent Study Program | open |
| Triangle Arts Trust | International | International Art Residencies at Batiscafo, Knowledge and Skills Sharing Residency Programme | open |
| Vasl Artists/Collective | Pakistan | Vasl International Artists' Workshop, Vasl International Artists' Workshop, 2012 | open |
| Very Real Time | South Africa | Going inside time | open |
| Artellewa | Egypt | Artellewa Artist-in-Residence Programme, STOP: Artist Residency at Artellewa | closed |
| Bat Centre | South Africa | | closed |
| Cascoland | The Netherlands | ArtEast and Cascoland, 'the real Kyrgyzstan artists', Dye Fixing | closed |
| CCAEA | Kenya | Amnesia, NomadicMILK | closed |
| Centraal Museum Utrecht | The Netherlands | | closed |
| el despacho | Mexico | 'Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner' | closed |
| Espira / La Espora | Nicaragua | TACON at Espira/La Espora, Themes and contents of pedagogical art practice | closed |
| Greatmore Studies | South Africa | Visiting Artists' Residency at Greatmore | closed |
| IVAA | Indonesia | The Archive Development Series Programme | closed |
| Kuona Trust | Kenya | 15 Years Legacy of Kuona Trust, Urban Wasanii International Artist's Workshop 2008 | closed |
| LOT - La Otra Orilla | Peru | Jan Fabre inspires Peruvian theatre company LOT, LOT project about sustainable landscape development in Peru | closed |
| MOCA | United States | | closed |
| MUA | Honduras | Moving the Map | closed |
| Museo Blanes/Harto espacio | Uruguay | | closed |
| n.e.w.s. | The Netherlands | | closed |
| P.A.P.A., Participating Artists Press Agency | The Netherlands | P.A.P.A. Labs | closed |
| PULSE | South Africa | | closed |
| Showroom Mama | The Netherlands | Project(OR) Art Fair | closed |
| TEOR/éTica | Costa Rica | | closed |
| Troca-Trocas | Brazil | | closed |