Misk Art Institute invites applications to Misk Art Grant

The Misk Art Grant theme for this year urges artists from the Middle East and North Africa to investigate conceptions of tradition, of an Arab society’s inherited rituals, practices, stories, and ways of thinking that have altered over time. How do we keep our traditions and historical rituals alive in the modern world?

In recent years, social and cultural rules have evolved and adapted to shifting socioeconomic and environmental conditions. Artists are encouraged to investigate traditions that rely on a knowledge of the interplay between the region’s greater shared history and the dynamic regional and local identities that make this a culturally rich and diverse region of the world.