For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA which will engage fourth and sixth grade students of Government Higher Primary School in Maraluru, Gouribidanur taluk, Chikkaballapura district with the project titled Nelagamalu (Fragrance of the Ground). Students will engage with the translation of folk songs from Telugu to Kannada connecting it to their curriculum in languages and social science. Students will also be involved in practising the folk dance form jade kolata. The outcome of this project will be a performance and a publication. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will include a copy of the publication, still and video documentation of the process and the performance. Project funds will pay for contract fees, performance, materials, documentation, printing, and travel and living.
For a series of arts-based exploratory learning modules at the High School section of the SSEA Government Pre-University College, Gauribidanur, Chikkaballapura district. The project will involve ninth-grade students in various visual arts and theatrical activities centred on the struggles for independence, and later, for land, that were witnessed in Vidurashwatha and Nagasandra villages in 1938 and 1984 respectively. The outcome of the project will be a performance and a publication.The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be a copy of the publication, photographs and video documentation of the project. Grant funds will pay for honorarium, workshop, performance, professional fees, travel, documentation, printing and publicity, and an accountant’s fee.
This Grant was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.
For a series of art-based experiential learning modules at the Kuvempu Centenary Government Higher Primary School, in Cheemangala village in Chikkaballapura district. With many in this region having histories of migration, students will document and analyse their own families’ journeys through interviews with community elders. They will also be encouraged to make geographical maps of these journeys to understand their impact on local history. The outcome will be a workbook comprising these stories and maps. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a copy of the workbook and photographs and the video documentation of the entire project. Grant funds will pay for printing costs, documentation costs, professional fees, honorarium, stationery and photocopying costs and an accountant’s fee.
For a wide-ranging engagement with students of the Government Primary School, Sulthanpet village, Devanahalli Taluk, Chikkaballapura District to explore how the school can become a centre for reflections on local traditions, through activities such as plays, storytelling and performances at the Kalyani or sacred pond of the temple. This project, in collaboration with Jayant Gopal, is an extension of Meeta’s earlier project titled Sense of Placeness, also supported by IFA. The outcome will be an exhibition and a public performance.The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the Final Report will be audio-visual documentation of the workshops, images, and a 10-12 minute video documentation. Grants funds will pay for costs towards an honorarium, professional fees for resource persons, a workshop, travel, an exhibition, and an accountant’s fee.
This Grant was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.
For the creation of an archive of lost traditions and rituals, through a mapping of the history and culture of Sulthanpet village. This project will be undertaken, in collaboration with Bakul Jani, with the children of the Government Primary School, Sulthanpet village, near Nandi Halli, Chikkaballapura.
