The Trust offers about ten fully funded awards in the Arts and Heritage Conservation every year in order to give practitioners in these fields, at an early stage in their careers, a chance to gain wider experience and exposure or to study. The balance between Arts and Heritage Conservation varies from year to year depending on demand and performance at interview.
These awards cover international fares, accommodation and living costs in the UK and fees where they are payable.
Length of Awards
Awards are generally from three months to a maximum of one academic year.
Eligibility
Applicants should
- Be Indian citizens domiciled and resident in India
- Be aged between 25 and 38
- Have completed their first degree/diploma or professional qualification in their specialisation Preference is given to applicants with significant working experience.
- Not have received CWIT grant within the last 5 years
Applications should include
- Completed application form, including a statement of purpose stating clearly what they want to do in the UK and how they plan to put this to use on returning to India
- Supporting references
- Acceptance letter from the course or programme in the UK to which they have applied or evidence that progress towards acceptance has been made
- Demonstrate a good working knowledge of English
- Portfolio submission in either on CD/DVD, slide or in hard-copy format.
The Charles Wallace India Trust supports successful applications from practitioners working in the Arts to attend short courses or one year academic programmes of their choosing and in the following fields: visual arts, music, drama, dance, film, photography and design (with the exception of architecture).
In addition, the Trust supports two awards for artists residencies, one at Gasworks in London and the other at Spike Island in Bristol. .
Gasworks International Residency Programme In a partnership with the Charles Wallace India Trust the Gasworks International Residency Programme offers an annual residency in London for emerging Indian artists. This residency focuses on professional development, artistic exchange and the development of artistic process. Gasworks offers support and networks with the artistic community in ways which help the artist research and experiment with new work and take steps forward internationally. Recent Resident Artists from India were Abhishek Hazra Anup Mathew Thomas, Sharmila Shamant and Ranjani Shettar. Click here to Apply The application must be forwarded directly to Gasworks in the UK. Gasworks will select an artist for the residency and make a recommendation to CWIT. The last date for submission of applications is 31 March 2010.The successful candidate will be notified in April 2009.
Spike Island Residency Programme. A similar Residency is offered at Spike Island, a large complex of recently refurbished studios in Bristol. Recent Resident Artists there include Chintan Upadhyay and Sukanya Ghosh. Applications should be submitted direct to Marie - Anne McQuay at Spike Island in Bristol. Spike Island will select an artist and make a recommendation to CWIT
*Applications for these residencies should be made direct to Gasworks or Spike Island
The Charles Wallace India Trust supports successful applications from heritage conservation specialists for programmes of up to one academic year in the following fields:
Subjects covered include:
- Management of heritage projects or sites;
- Conservation of paintings and materials such as timber, stone, brick, metal (including metal structures), textiles, paper, armour, photographs and film;
- Management of museums.
Support for short term internships (eg. at the Tate Conservation Department <conservation.enquiries@tate.org.uk.) or programmes of visits can be considered but it is the applicant’s responsibility to make all professional and practical arrangements, including accommodation and travel in the UK.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview Delhi in March 2010. The results of these interviews will be announced by early April 2010.
The Trust also supports a key award in a specific area of practice:
Professional Placement in Museology – Curating, Museum Conservation or Archaeology
Nehru Trust for the India Collections & Charles Wallace India Trust
The Charles Wallace India Trust and the Nehru Trust for the India Collections joint-fund an annual fellowship for a curator, museum conservator or archaeologist to take up an attachment at the Victoria and Albert Museum or another agreed institution.
Contact the Nehru Trust to apply, please follow the Nehru Trust’s application procedure.
The application must be forwarded directly to the Nehru Trust in India.
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted directly by the Nehru Trust to establish dates for interview.
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