IMPART Artist Grants

QAIC is pleased to announce its third annual IMPART Artist Grant Award Open Call. “Connecting Creatives” and artist empowerment are central tenets of QAIC’s philosophy. Three promising artists will receive the 2023 IMPART Artist Grant, which provides a $5,000 grant to support the artists’ ability to create a new body of work and an opportunity to exhibit and speak about their work at QAIC.

This year QAIC is pleased to announce five esteemed jurors for the IMPART Artist Grant Award. Learn more about them below.

Diane Drubay

Founder, We Are Museums

Diane Drubay has been working towards the transformation of museums and the

Dr. J.R. Osborn

Co-Director, Georgetown Technology and Design Studio

Associate Professor, Communications, Culture and Technology, Georgetown University, and Co-Director, Georgetown Technology

Maxime Laprade

Producer, We Are Museums

Maxime Laprade has been working in the digital and audiovisual industry in

Shane Guffogg

Artist, TV host and contemporary painter

Shane Guffogg was born in Los Angeles, California and raised on an

Sheikha Shaikha Al-Thani

Deputy CEO of Digital Experience and Audience Engagement, Qatar Museums

Shaikha Al-Thani is the Deputy CEO of Digital Experience & Audience Engagement

Theme

This year’s grant invites emerging and mid-career visual artists to explore our 2023 theme of Technology & the Arts. As a cultural institute, our mission is to cultivate artistic expression, invite dialogue and serve as a vital hub for diverse cultural, artistic and creative communities.

Our year-long exploration is an invitation to foster innovation and dialogue about the growing relationship between technology & the arts. Technology has not only redefined how people communicate with one another, but how art is created and shared. Visual artists of all mediums whose work addresses this intersection and engages technology, old or new, are encouraged to apply.

Application requirements

Artists are invited to submit their application containing the following via Submittable.com:

Artist’s name, email address and relevant website information

Artist’s résumé or CV

A detailed proposal of the project they intend to pursue with the grant

Visual references to their work

Applications are reviewed by QAIC staff for completion of the requirements. Applications missing any of the listed requirements will be rejected without further review. All completed applications will be reviewed by an independent jury of subject matter experts who will select the three (3) winning recipients.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, via Submittable.com. Deadline extended through Friday, April 21, 2023. In addition to the grant, selected artists will be asked to speak and exhibit their artwork at QAIC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 2023. Winners will be notified and announced after May 15, 2023.

Eligibility & application terms

Must submit an original proposal and create work that is wholly your own. The proposal should include the artist’s résumé or CV, and reference images. Incomplete proposals will not be passed on to the review committee. Artwork may not contain or be comprised of hazardous materials. Artists will be responsible for transporting the artwork to and from QAIC’s Washington, D.C. headquarters for the exhibition.

Please click below to find more application terms.

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If you are interested in applying for the IMPART Artist Grants, please submit your application through the following link

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The 2023 IMPART Artist Grant is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Washington, D.C.

Past IMPART Grant Winners

IMPART Grant Winners 2022

QAIC is excited to announce the recipients of our 2022 IMPART Artists Grants: Roger Mokbel, Hoesy Corona and Nura Dhar.

We were humbled by the large number of applications from various artists in Qatar, America and beyond. We are grateful to all who submitted their proposals.

The selected grantees will share their artwork to be exhibited as part of our IMPART Artists exhibition in May of this year. Once again, we congratulate the three recipients of the 2022 IMPART Artist Grants on this achievement and opportunity.

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IMPART Grant Winners 2021

We are excited to announce the recipients of our 2021 IMPART Artists Grants: Nia Alexander Campbell, Josh Berer and Patricia Daher.

“Connecting Creatives” and artist empowerment are central tenets of QAIC’s philosophy, and in that vein, and for the first time, QAIC established its IMPART Artist Grants initiative for artists to receive funding to help support them for their artistic venture in the year to come. We were humbled by the large number of applications from various and prolific artists in Qatar, America, and beyond, and we are grateful to all who submitted their proposals.