OCA ANNOUNCES AN UPCOMING DEADLINE
FOR APPLICATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
DATE: 15 SEPTEMBER, 2008
International Support
The Office for Contemporary Art was created to stimulate visual arts and contemporary production from Norway and to strengthen the international position of contemporary visual arts and production. One of the primary means by which OCA pursues this goal is to offer financial support to enable international institutions and international curators to work more comprehensively and thoroughly with individual artists, art groups and professionals to convey the critical initiatives behind their production. OCA also finds it important to provide artists, art professionals, curators, and cultural producers the possibility to network professionally within the international arts community. OCA also stimulates research, programme development and initiatives that further invigorate the interest in contemporary art production taking place within Norway and by Norwegian artists working abroad.
OCA accepts applications on four designated deadline throughout the year. In 2008, the upcoming deadlines are set as 15 September, 2008 and 15 November, 2008. Applications are accepted from non-for-profit entities, and priority is given to exhibitions taking place in premiere international art institutions and project spaces. Support is also extended to solo exhibitions and group exhibitions initiated by international curators as well as to Norwegian art professionals organizing exhibitions and projects abroad. Norwegian artists and international artists with permanent residence in Norway may also apply for support. The objective for support is to foster the professional consideration and exhibition of Norwegian art abroad, innovative artistic production, and a creative process of dialogue and collaboration within the spectrum of contemporary cultural practice.
03–funding
OCA has also been allocated O3–funds to frame a programme of support underwritten by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for enhancing collaboration in the contemporary art field with professional artists in the countries designated by the MFA. The list of countries may be accessed here. The purpose of the O3–funds as allocated to OCA is to further develop cooperation and professional networking between OCA and the constituency of artists, independent cultural producers, and organizations that are located in designated countries or associated with these countries. This includes but is not limited to 'professional research visits by cultural producers, artists, and curators', 'short-term residencies for cultural producers and artists', 'the development of seminars, conferences, art projects, workshops, etc. that focus on the further development of professional exchange and networking between and among countries', and 'project development (and pilot projects) on an international scale.'
The funding for International Support is allocated to OCA by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.