The Nilaya Residency program serves as a valuable platform for emerging artists to foster their creativity, hone their skills, and showcase their work to a broader audience, all while receiving support, resources, and promotion from Prayukti Arts. The residency accepts 1-2 artists per cycle through an application process.
What we ask of the artist
- Applicants must submit a concept or idea for a piece they are currently working on or intend to (re)work on
- The program encourages artists who require a physical space for their artistic explorations, particularly those whose creative pursuits center on movement and physical expression.
- Artists must reside in or be able to commute to the Bay Area to utilize the provided studio time.
- Once accepted, artists are expected to document their creative process during studio sessions for Prayukti archives and online promotional material.
- We require that artists are willing and able to present an in-studio work-in-progress showcase at the conclusion of the residency, which may be included as part of our upcoming Mukta series or presented independently, depending on the artist’s preference and comfort level.
- Applicants must demonstrate an intent to publicly present the entire work developed over the residency within one year of the Nilaya program.
what artists can expect
- Accepted artists receive 50 hours of access to our studio space over a three-month period to explore and refine their artistic concepts or projects.
- We will either find a mentor or connect artists to a mentor of their choice to help develop the work through one-one sessions, with funding provided by Prayukti.
- We will also curate one mid-residency feedback session with a panel of artists curated by Nilaya
- Prayukti Arts will promote the selected artists and their work on our website and social media platforms.
- Artists will have the opportunity to showcase their work-in-progress at the end of Nilaya.
- We are also able to offer a modest honorarium to each artist, contingent upon funding availability.
We would love to support
- practitioners of South Asian movement-based art forms
- artists deeply committed to their practice and have a track record of past work
- artists who identify as people of color, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, are from marginalized communities or any kind of under represented minority
- artists who have difficulty in finding resources in creation of art
Nilaya has supported the following artists and their work in 2024
1. Ganesh Vasudeva, Life of Pi presented at the IDIA Dance Festival, Bay Area
2. Kasi Asyola and Archana Raja, Kuchipudi duet presented at Dancing Gods festival in New York
At this time, even though we are unable to offer the Nilaya program at its full capacity due to limited funding, we are happy to support full-time artists on a case-by-case basis based on availability at subsidized costs. If you are a performing artist or creator looking for a rehearsal space, write to us at admin@prayuktiarts.org