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India Foundation for the Arts

Name: India Foundation for the Arts
Address: Apoorva Building, Flat No. 259 4th Cross, RMV, 2nd Stage, 2nd Block, Bangalore, 560094, IN
Telephone: +91 80 2341 4682
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IFA is an independent, nationwide not-for-profit organisation that makes grants & implements projects in the arts Learn more at http://www.theifaarchive.org/
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We believe that the arts and culture are essential to our individual and community lives, and for a more equitable and just world. As a facilitator, catalyst and provocateur in the field, we support critical investigations, explorations and experiments that push boundaries of knowledge and practice, and challenge dominant narratives

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cope and impact of our work. We seek your support and urge you to contribute generously to IFA. IFA provides a flexible channel for extending support to the arts in India. https://indiaifa.org/support/become-a-friend/donate-online.html

Donations to IFA qualify for exemption under section 80G of the Indian Income Tax Act and 501 (c ) 3 in the US. You can visit The IFA Archive to explore more about the many arts and culture projects supported by IFA over the last two decades. The IFA Archive is a space, with a website and physical site in Bangalore that houses the diverse outcomes of our work.

25/05/2026

We are delighted to welcome you back to the IFA Archive in June!

🗓️ June 08-12, 2026
📍 The IFA Archive https://bit.ly/43ivdFz
All the details here: https://tinyurl.com/yd93j3cv
🔗 Register here: https://forms.gle/wVK4pLQcmXbVzeUR7

To celebrate the International Archives Week, we have a series of public engagements - workshops, walkthroughs, film screenings and a talk - to stimulate interest in archives, how they work, and why they matter. In the last 30 years, we have implemented and supported 950+ projects, which are now housed at the IFA Archive in the form of books, films, games, websites, and much more. Through the week, our programmes highlight projects engaging with community histories, justice and memory. Drop by and take a look at our work as we mark 30 years of Grant and project implementation.

We look forward to hosting you!

21/05/2026

Project Showcase@IFA with Biswajit Das and Sarang Dutta

🍚 Love is on a plate and other stories: Making of a Comic Journal
🗓️ May 28, 2026 | 06:30 PM IST
🔗 Register on Zoom through the LINK in our BIO.

Join us to know about a group of artists that came together to ignite an independent comics movement in Assam!

Biswajit and Sarang will talk about their artistic collaboration in creating anthologies of one-page graphic stories about Assam. The comics in the six anthologies were created by young Assamese artists covering a wide range of themes: local food and kitchen stories, the identity crisis faced by city-dwelling artists, laments over tree cuttings, mini horror stories, anthropomorphic animal imaginations, and endearing stories about eating fish at home.

They will be in conversation with Programme Officer, IFA, unpacking their motivations, artistic processes and the value of collaborative processes in arts and art-making.

Title taken from a comic by Diksh*ta Das

Project supported by Pictures Entertainment Fund.

21/05/2026

Project Showcase@IFA with Biswajit Das and Sarang Dutta

🍚Love is on a plate and other stories: Making of a Comic Journal
🗓️May 28, 2026 | 06:30 PM IST
🔗Register on Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/4k74uc8h

Join us to know about a group of artists that came together to ignite an independent comics movement in Assam!

Biswajit and Sarang will talk about their artistic collaboration in creating anthologies of one-page graphic stories about Assam and its unique circulation method to foster a culture of reading and build a comprehensive archive of local narratives. The comics in the six anthologies were created by young Assamese artists covering a wide range of themes: local food and kitchen stories, the identity crisis faced by city-dwelling artists, laments over tree cuttings, mini horror stories, anthropomorphic animal imaginations, and endearing stories about eating fish at home.

Biswajit and Sarang will be in conversation with John Xaviers, Programme Officer, IFA, unpacking their motivations, artistic processes and the value of collaborative processes in arts and art-making.

This session is organised as a series of presentations to showcase, discuss and engage audiences with the diverse projects we support and implement.

The title is taken from a comic by Diksh*ta Das

Project supported by Sony Pictures Entertainment Fund.

21/05/2026

From the IFA Archive | Bhagath Singh A — Arts Research: 2017–2018

Bhagath Singh A, a research scholar in anthropology, studied the evolution and development of Gaana music culture in Chennai. Through fieldwork across neighbourhoods in North Chennai, he documented Gaana songs in their performance contexts and interviewed practitioners to understand their lives, spaces and practices. His research examined the history, content and socio-political dimensions of Gaana, highlighting its role as a powerful expression of marginalised urban communities. The project resulted in a series of essays in Tamil, along with video and photographic documentation.

This project was supported by Titan Company Limited.

This and more such projects are available at our in-house Archive (open to visitors!) in Bangalore or online at www.theifaarchive.org

The IFA Archive is built with support from SP Lohia Foundation

20/05/2026

OPEN CALL - Request for Proposals: Arts Research programme

Arts Research recognises the value of different and flexible approaches to research in the arts. We seek to implement projects that explore forms of knowing and thinking that are rooted in creative, scholarly and/ or cultural practices, and bring out diverse perspectives on histories and expressions of artistic practice in India.

🔗 Read all guidelines here: https://bit.ly/4jJKOD0

Deadline: August 10, 2026

✍️ You can write your proposal in any Indian language including English. For queries and submissions, write to Harsh*ta Bathwal at harsh*[email protected] with the subject line: Project Proposal for Arts Research

18/05/2026

Heard our podcast yet? This is where we dive deep into The IFA Archive and its vast repository of materials from the outcomes of various projects implemented by IFA. In each episode, artists and scholars share their own experiences of working with archives, unpacking its myriad meanings in the ever-evolving artistic world and bringing to life a space that is at once informative and historical as well as enigmatic and fluid.

Streaming on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and Castbox.

https://indiaifa.org/platforms/the-ifa-archive/podcast.html

14/05/2026

📣 Looking for collaborations with public archives and museums in India! For the year 2026-27, we are looking to collaborate with institutions interested in creative public outcomes in collaboration with us. Our Archives and Museums programme is dedicated to energising these spaces, and creating artistic intervention opportunities for scholars/artists/practitioners.

Swipe to read about the programme and get in touch with us!

✍️ Write to Ritwika Misra at [email protected] for queries/details.

Image Credits (in order of appearance):

Moomal | Archives at NCBS
Madhushree Kamak and Brian Neizil DSouza |
Conflictorium
Aishwarya Kirit |
Chandernagore College Museum
Vintage Hub
Phindarishisha Kharkamni and Nathaniel Majaw | Ever Living Museum
Apoorva Iyengar | Bihar Museum
Pakhi .sen | The Marg Foundation
Raj Kumar Maurya | Bastion Bungalow
Iyesha Geeth Abbas | Archives at NCBS

14/05/2026

📣 Calling all public archives and museums in India!

For the year 2026-27, we are looking to partner with institutions interested in creative public outcomes in collaboration with us. Our Archives and Museums programme is dedicated to energising these spaces as platforms for dialogue and discourse, and creating artistic intervention opportunities for scholars/artists/practitioners.

Swipe to read about the programme and get in touch with us! More details here: https://indiaifa.org/programmes/archives-and-museums.html

✍️ Write to Ritwika Misra at [email protected] for queries/details.

Image Credits (in order of appearance):

Moomal | Archives at NCBS
Madhushree Kamak and Brian Neizil DSouza | Rani Abbakka Tulu Museum
Conflictorium
Aishwarya Kirit | Star of Mysore Archives
Chandernagore College Museum
Vintage Hub
Phindarishisha Kharkamni and Nathaniel Majaw | Ever Living Museum
Apoorva Iyengar | Bihar Museum
Pakhi | The Marg Foundation
Raj Kumar Maurya | Bastion Bungalow
Iyeasha Geeth Abbas | Archives at NCBS

30/04/2026

Welcome to Project [email protected] session is organised as part of the Project Showcase@IFA, a series of online presentations to showcase, discuss and engage audiences with the diverse projects we support and implement across programmes.

30/04/2026

📖 Staying Connected | Thirty Years of IFA

Our 30th newsletter is out! It tells you about the projects we have implemented, the festival we hosted in Namma Bengaluru, reports from a conference and an impact study, and how you can support IFA in our endeavours. This year is also a special one: we mark 30 years of making grants and projects. Three decades of being witness to projects that traverse boundaries of knowledge and knowledge making, and most importantly, question existing frameworks of the arts and culture landscape.

🔗Read it through the LINK IN OUR BIO.

28/04/2026

Join us to listen to Aishwarya Kirit in conversation with Shobha Telangala about a project that Aishwarya worked on in collaboration with the archives of Star of Mysore, in which she created a series of heritage walks in Mysore, inspired by the newspaper's reportage on built heritage.

Newspaper, Narratives and Nostalgia
🗓️April 30, 2026
🕡06:30 PM IST onwards

🔗Register here: https://tinyurl.com/3dmnhp5w

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