Sanskriti Foundation
Anandgram, Mehrauli Gurgaon Road
New Delhi 110 047
India
- Targetgroup: International
- Discipline: Ceramics, Drawing & Painting, Literature, Music, Woodcraft
- Founded: 1979
- Duration: From 1 to 12 weeks. In exceptional cases, extensions may be granted. While the residencies are available all through the year, applicants are advised that the period from September to April is cool and pleasant and the period from May to August is hot and humid in Delhi.
Description
Sanskriti Pratishthan, is an Indian not-for-profit cultural organisation based in New Delhi. Sanskriti literally means 'the process of cultivating,' and the Pratishthan (or Foundation) was set up in 1979, initially to help cultivate an environment for preservation and promotion of India's artistic and cultural resources. Since then, Sanskriti has grown organically and embraced a wider variety of activities and creative endeavours not only from India but all over the world. As an institute our watchword is to conserve and perpetuate a tradition that is vital and vibrant, as ancient as it is contemporary, as beautiful as it is functional, as elegant as it is simple and as Indian as it is universal. Sanskriti is rooted in the soil of life and its inexorable and intrinsic sense of beauty. Its faith is in culture as a catalyst and as part of everyday life and not as an exclusive ivory tower concept.
Technical Information
Reference library, Recording studio, Film, slide and over-head projectors, audio and video playback equipment, computers. Art Gallery and an Ampitheatre/ Conference Hall.
Accommodation Information
8 furnished residential studios for artists and writers and 4 dormitory style accommodations which can each house 5-6 people.
Paid by host
Accommodation and studio
Paid by artist
Health insurance, Board, food. Boarding consisting of vegetarian meals (morning tea, breakfast, lunch, evening tea and dinner) and other services are charged at a subsidised rate of US $20 per day. The Kendra has a full-fledged kitchen to provide an excellent range of simple, nutritious vegetarian meals. The meals are served buffet-cum-sitting style in the dining room, or if the weather permits, on the lawns outside.
Location
The Sanskriti Kendra is located approximately 10 km south of New Delhi. Located on the Mehrauli Gurgaon Road, the Kendra is spread over seven acres of land on the foothills of the Aravali hill range. The India Gandhi International Airport is located 12 km from the Sanskriti Kendra. When travelling by train, arrivals at the New Delhi Railway Station or the Old Delhi Railway Station, are about 20 km from The Kendra.
Deadline
October 31 for UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries
Application Criteria
Sanskriti invites both established and upcoming scholars, artists, writers and craftspersons.
Application address
Anandgram, Mehrauli Gurgaon Road
New Delhi 110 047
India
Telephone +91 11 26527077
Telephone +91 11 26963226
Fax +91 11 26853383
E-mail
info@sanskritifoundation.org
www.sanskritifoundation.org