Arian Moayed’s Waterwell has teamed with nonprofit Nimruz to launch a grant program to assist rising Iranian creatives to inform their tales.
Underneath the moniker Unseen Iran Artist Grants, the initiative will present rising and established artists from the higher Iranian diaspora communities with funding, mentorship and a platform for his or her works throughout narrative disciplines like movie, theater and past, notably these whose works discover Iranian id, cultural variety and up to date points. This system will provide three to 5 grants starting from $10,000 to $25,000. Purposes are due Sept. 15, and grantees can be alerted on Nov. 15.
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“A lot about Iran’s tradition, humanity and artwork has been stripped all the way down to nothing greater than misinformed headlines and damaging stereotypes that don’t want repeating. For many years and a long time, we hardly ever see Iranians telling our tales with out the Western lens dominating the narratives,” defined Succession star Moayed in an announcement. “These Unseen Iran grants give a voice to our Iranian storytellers to create artwork on their very own phrases, all of the whereas, constructing a neighborhood and community of artists from our personal various Iranian communities.”
Added Nimruz govt director Sepanta Mohseni: “We’re searching for tales that discover id, solidarity and the various voices inside our neighborhood, notably these which can be underrepresented. By investing in these tales, we hope to foster cultural therapeutic and unity, and to assist artists who mirror the depth and breadth of the Iran of as we speak.”
Information of the grants comes on the heels of a collaborataion between Waterwell and Nimruz in January that noticed the organizations develop programming to assist Blind Runner at St. Ann’s Warehouse. Created by the Iranian troupe Mehr Theatre Group, the manufacturing was produced as a part of Underneath the Radar Pageant and carried out for 3 weeks.
Extra data on the grants are right here.
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