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GOA OPEN ARTS is a platform for Goa based creative practitioners

05/09/2026

Goa Open Arts X Spacehouse Himalayas 2026 🌿

This year, Shilpa Mayenkar Naik was invited to spend time at Spacehouse Himalayas, an artist residency nestled in the quiet village of Satoli, Uttarakhand.

Reflecting on her experience, Shilpa shares: “The residency at Spacehouse was a beautiful trail to discover my further route in my art practice. The minimalist architecture of Spacehouse, the surrounding flora and fauna, and the stillness and silence of the mountains offered me a much-needed, rejuvenating time. The Spacehouse team was wonderful in making me feel comfortable in a new place. I especially valued the freedom the residency offered—there were no expectations or demands, allowing me to decide my own pace and schedule without interruption to my process. During my time there, I produced a series of watercolours inspired by the flora of the region.”

We’re happy to see Shilpa explore new ways of looking and working through this experience, and we’re excited to share the works that emerged from her time in the Himalayas.

08/08/2026

Meet the Artist: ENGAGE GRANT 🎭

Moumita Pal is an actor, theatre-maker, and Kathak practitioner whose practice centres on collaborative performance and community engagement. Through Goa Theatre Adda and the Academy of Performance Art and Culture, she creates spaces where people come together through storytelling, movement, and play.

As part of the Engage Grant, she will bring the Goa Theatre Adda process into Goa's correctional facilities, where participants will collectively devise an original theatre performance through games, movement, music, and shared authorship.

Welcome aboard, Moumita! 🤍

07/08/2026

Meet the Artist: CATALYST GRANTS 💻

Stuthi Vasudevan is a multidisciplinary creative practitioner working across visual design, illustration, spatial storytelling, and interactive media. Her practice examines how digital experiences shape the way we think, remember, and relate to the world around us.

As part of the Catalyst Grant, she will create a participatory project that questions our pursuit of frictionless technology, inviting audiences to engage with inconvenience, waiting, and deliberate dysfunction.

Welcome aboard, Stuthi! ⚡

06/08/2026

Meet the Artist: CATALYST GRANTS 🎬

Shruti Ranavade is a filmmaker, actor, and writer whose practice brings together cinema, performance, and visual storytelling. Drawing from theatre, movement, and folk traditions, she creates experimental works that blur disciplinary boundaries.

As part of the Catalyst Grant, she will develop an experimental hybrid film inspired by Therukoothu, combining movement, music, and cinema to explore environmental anxiety and our relationship with the natural world.

Welcome aboard, Shruti! 🌿

05/08/2026

Meet the Artist: CATALYST GRANTS 📷

Ruth Mascarenhas is an interdisciplinary artist and documentarian whose practice is rooted in preserving cultural memory. Working across photography, moving image, painting, and archival processes, she documents traditions and everyday practices before they disappear.

As part of the Catalyst Grant, she will document the fading Goan tradition of the Novena, preserving its rituals, preparations, and personal stories through photography and moving image.

Welcome aboard, Ruth! ✨

04/08/2026

Meet the Artist: CATALYST GRANTS 🛠️

Prajeesh AD is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans sculpture, photography, video, and design. Through sculptural forms, he explores memory, materiality, and the complex relationship between people and the objects they use.

As part of the Catalyst Grant, he will develop a new sculpture series exploring the personal histories of tools used by skilled workers in Goa, transforming them into forms that reflect labour, memory, and human connection.

Welcome aboard, Prajeesh! ✨

03/08/2026

Meet the Artist: CATALYST GRANTS 🌊

Mahija Mandalika is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice moves across painting, installation, and moving image. Her work explores the intersections of ecology, architecture, and speculative futures, tracing connections between deep sea, deep space, and the passage of time.

As part of the Catalyst Grant, she will develop a new body of work using painting and installation to create pillar-like forms that exist between sea and sky, where nature and infrastructure merge across imagined landscapes.

Welcome aboard, Mahija! ✨

01/08/2026

🎉 Congratulations to the recipients of the 7th edition of the Goa Open Arts Catalyst and Engage Grants 2026–27!

This year's cohort brings together artists working across sculpture, painting, installation, film, photography, design, theatre, and community-based practice.

Over the next six months, they will develop ambitious new projects through research, experimentation, and mentorship, culminating in exhibitions, performances, films, installations, workshops, and community programmes.

👀 Stay tuned as we introduce this year's grantees and follow their journeys over the coming months.

14/06/2026

✨ Still shaping your proposal? We've got some good news.

The deadline for applications to the 7th Edition of the Goa Open Arts Grants has been extended to 20 June 2026.

We’re inviting applications for two grant opportunities for the 2026–2027 cycle:

The Catalyst Grant
For Goa-based creative practitioners working across disciplines, including painting, sculpture, photography, performance, installation, film, new media, and more. The grant supports the development or continuation of an artistic practice, providing artists with the resources and space to experiment, deepen their inquiry, and advance their work.

The Engage Grant
For community-based, process-led projects that engage with specific communities, groups, or publics. This grant supports collaborative and socially engaged practices that foster dialogue, participation, and meaningful exchange. Applicants should demonstrate an existing relationship with the community they propose to work with.

Both grants will culminate in a public presentation of the supported projects and practices.

📅 New Deadline: 20 June 2026
📍 Open to individuals, groups, and collectives based in Goa
🌐 More information and application details: www.goaopenarts.com

05/06/2026

✨ We're already receiving some exciting proposals, and there's still time to send yours in.

With just 10 days left to apply for the Goa Open Arts Grants 2026–27, we're looking forward to hearing from artists across Goa and learning more about their projects.

🎨 Through the Catalyst Grant and Engage Grant, Goa Open Arts supports artistic and community-based initiatives across disciplines.

Whether you're developing a new body of work, exploring a question, conducting research, or creating a project with your community, we encourage you to apply.

📅 Applications close on 15 June 2026.

🔗 Apply via the link in bio or at goaopenarts.com.

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