Grants for mobility and promotion abroad

Call for grants to support the external projection of the visual arts of the Balearic Islands for the year 2024

(This text is a summary of the grant rules published in the Official Bulletin of the Balearic Islands no. 29, February 27, 2024. See the full official text in Spanish here.)

Link to telematic application (only for Spanish residents).

Budget: € 250,000

How to apply

Foreign applicants have to send the application and required documentation by certified post to Institut d'Estudis Baleàrics, c/de l'Almudaina 4, 07001 Palma, Spain.

Aim of the call

To promote the national and international projection of the visual arts of the Balearic Islands through professional activities corresponding to the period between September 16, 2023 and September 15, 2024.

Grant lines:

a) Mobility

Support for the mobility of visual arts artists and cultural agents of the Balearic Islands.

b) Promotion abroad

Support for visual arts activities of the Balearic Islands held abroad.

Projects that are subsidized

Activities aimed at promoting visual arts:

- Art exhibitions outside the island of residence.

- Participation in visual art fairs and festivals outside the island of residence.

- Attendance and participation in specialised training sessions outside the island of residence.

- Artist, research or curatorial residencies outside the island of residence.

Minimum requirements

- The venues for the activities must be spaces for the dissemination of contemporary art, with a stable annual program of exhibitions and cultural activities in the field of visual arts.

- Artists must have at least one individual exhibition in their professional career or have participated in at least three group exhibitions of visual arts in the Balearic Islands.

- Cultural agents must have organized or promoted at least three cultural projects.

Beneficiaries

a) Mobility: For mobility of artists and cultural agents in the field of visual arts of the Balearic Islands (point 1.2.a of the bases of the call), the beneficiaries are companies, creators and cultural agents that produce and organize exhibition projects and artistic activities related to creators from the Balearic Islands. The beneficiaries must be related to the visual arts sector, or they must have as a corporate purpose the development of professional activities in the sector of visual arts.

b) International promotion: For support of activities held abroad in the field of visual arts (point 1.2.b of the bases of the call), companies and organizations in the field of visual arts that produce and organize exhibition projects and artistic activities related to creators from the Balearic Islands. These companies and organizations can have tax residence inside or outside the Balearic Islands. The beneficiaries must be natural persons registered in the self-employed regime in sections related to the visual arts or legal persons whose corporate purpose is the development of professional activities in the visual arts sector.

Eligible expenses

a) Mobility

Exclusively included, up to the maximum amounts foreseen, the expenses derived from:

· Travel

· Accommodation

· Shipment

· Registration or accreditation fees at fairs, festivals, professional conferences and/or visual arts residencies

Maximum amounts considering destinations

b) Promotion abroad

You can include, up to the maximum amounts foreseen, the expenses derived from:

· Travel expenses of artists and cultural agents from the Balearic Islands. Only tourist class tickets are accepted.

· Accommodation costs

· Shipment

· The production of art work linked to the activity. A maximum of 50% of the production cost is subsidized, up to a maximum of € 7,000 (seven thousand euros). Only the production costs of the work of Balearic artists are subsidized.

· Framing of work, construction of bases, furniture and preparation of the stand at a fair, up to a maximum of € 1000 (thousand euros)

· Nail-to-nail policy

· Assembly and disassembly

· The rental of the exhibition space

· Accreditation fees and / or stand rental at fairs

· The fees and hiring of professional services

· The edition and translation of graphic and promotional material. In case of publishing a catalog, the host space must assume a minimum of 50% of the cost of the publication.

· Medical insurance in the case of artist, research or curator residencies

Eligible expenses are awarded based on the maximum amounts and the assessment criteria established in the bases of the call.

Maximum amounts

The maximum annual amount that can be granted per beneficiary is € 25,000 (twenty-five thousand euros).

The maximum amounts per project that can be granted to mobility are established according to the geographical destination (Balearic Islands, mainland Spain, the Canary Islands and Europe, outside Europe) and the number of participants (up to 3 artists, more than 3 artists).

The maximum amount per project that can be awarded to external promotion activities is € 25,000 (twenty-two five thousand euros).

Maximum number of requests

In Promotion abroad, only one application can be submitted per project.

Application submission deadline

September 16, 2024.

Documentation when applying for grants

(see Point 8 of the call)

The grant application (Annex 2) must be submitted completed, dated and signed, along with all the administrative and technical documentation required: Annex 3, copy of the applicant's DNI, company documentation (statutes, foundation deed, NIF), project report with all the supporting documentation for the evaluation criteria, detailed budget, project financing plan, communication and dissemination plan, etc.

The forms can be downloaded from the column of Adjoint Documents and are also available online at the electronic portal from the Autonomous Community Illes Balears.

Documentation when justifying the grant

(see Point 19 of the bases of the call)

The supporting account must be presented (annex 8), together with the activity performance report and, where appropriate, graphic records that document it; the financial report (excel), with the invoices and the corresponding payment vouchers; the graphic and promotional materials edited or published on the occasion of the activity; and the minimis annex.

The annexes can be downloaded in the Attached Documents column and are also available online at the electronic portal from the Autonomous Community Illes Balears.

Submission of applications and justifications

Applications or justifications must be submitted through the electronic portal of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands. The submission of documentation electronically is mandatory for all legal persons with tax residence in Spain (companies, cooperatives, civil societies, associations and foundations) and recommended for natural persons (individuals, persons registered in the special regime for self-employed workers and communities of assets).

Individuals and legal persons whose tax residence is outside of Spain can also present the documentation in person at the IEB Registry (Ca'n Oleo - calle de la Almudaina, 4, 07001 Palma), at any official registry or by administrative mail.

 

THIS TEXT IS AN INFORMATIVE SUMMARY. SEE THE OFFICIAL CALL: BOIB

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