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UC Berkeley South Asia Art Initiative Annual Prizes

Type: Awards, Grants, Fellowships [View all]
Posted by: University of California, Berkeley
Deadline: Fri, December 30th, 2022

The South Asia Art Initiative at UC Berkeley invites submissions for its two annual prizes: The annual UC Berkeley South Asia Art & Architecture Dissertation Prize, for recent PhD dissertations, and the UC Berkeley South Asia Artist Prize, for recent MFA graduates. Each prize comes with a $1,500 award. The deadline for submission is December 30, 2022. For more details: https://southasia.berkeley.edu/art-awards

UC Berkeley South Asia Art & Architecture Dissertation Prize

The prize will be awarded to an outstanding doctoral dissertation on the art, architecture, or visual cultures of South Asia and its diasporas from any discipline in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. The dissertation may focus on any time period from the prehistoric to the contemporary. Ph.D. dissertations submitted for consideration must have been filed between September 2, 2021 and September 1, 2022 at an accredited university in North America or Europe. The submission package must include the following:

A pdf abstract (< 1000 words) A pdf curriculum vitae (please include your contact information) A pdf copy of the dissertation A confidential letter from a member of the dissertation committee that speaks to the merits of the dissertation with respect to the current state of the field and the innovation that the work attempts

DEADLINE: The submission package including the dissertation must be in English and submitted via email to Puneeta Kala <pkala@berkeley.edu> by December 30, 2022. Late submissions will not be accepted.The result for the 2022 prize recipient will be announced on the South Asia Art Initiative website on February 14, 2023. The winner will give a talk in conjunction with an expenses-paid award conferral ceremony at UC Berkeley on April 20, 2023.

The 2022 Prize Committee: Atreyee Gupta (Chair, University of California, Berkeley), Susan Bean (Independent Scholar + Curator), Monica Juneja (Universität Heidelberg), and Jinah Kim (Harvard University).

UC Berkeley South Asia Artist Prize

The South Asia Art Initiative at UC Berkeley invites submissions from Master of Fine Arts (MFA) students for the annual UC Berkeley South Asia Artist Prize. The prize will be awarded for an outstanding body of work by an artist of the South Asian diaspora or by those whose work addresses the politics and cultures of South Asia. Applicants must have filed their Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree between September 2, 2021 and September 1, 2022 at an accredited school in North America or Europe. The submission package must include the following, and with each file size a maximum of 15MB:

A pdf Artist Statement (< 1000 words) A pdf curriculum vitae (please include your contact information) 20 images in a single pdf file and/or Links (and password) to Vimeo for up to 15 minutes of time-based work A confidential letter of support from a faculty member

DEADLINE: The submission package must be in English and submitted via email to Puneeta Kala <pkala@berkeley.edu> by December 30, 2022. Late submissions will not be accepted. The result for the 2022 prize recipient will be announced on the South Asia Art Initiative website on February 14, 2023. The winner will give an artist talk in conjunction with an expenses-paid award conferral ceremony at UC Berkeley on April 19, 2023.*

The 2022 Prize Committee: Asma Kazmi (Chair, University of California, Berkeley), Allan deSouza (University of California, Berkeley), Siddharth V. Shah (Amherst College) and Padma Maitland (California Polytechnic State University).

All inquiries regarding the UC Berkeley South Asia Art Initiative Prizes should be directed to Puneeta Kala <pkala@berkeley.edu> at the Institute for South Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Posted on Mon, November 14th, 2022
Expires on Fri, December 30th, 2022

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