Grants
Our annual Catalyst and Engage Art Grants support Goa-based practitioners by offering monetary assistance, mentorship, and regular feedback on their artistic practice. These grants also provide an opportunity for public presentation of their work. The Engage Grant specifically focuses on artists working on community-based art projects.
Grantees 2024-25

Divyesh Undaviya
Divyesh uses charcoal on paper to create dramatic landscape drawings reflecting on his personal experiences of living and working in Goa.

Kiran Tamboskar
Kiran blends art and technology to create immersive new-media projects which reflect on our human psyche and inner emotions, in an age of voyeurism and media spectacle.

Pragya Bhagat
Pragya is a poet and writer, who explores narratives of witchcraft, magic and feminist stories from the margin through her multimedia project.

Shilpa Mayenkar Naik
Shilpa attempts to capture the disappearing cultures of Goa, often depicting plants, flowers and everyday objects. She works with ceramics to create a sculptural installation of the ‘ovala’ flower.

Shyam Pahapalkar
Shyam utilises natural materials like tree gum, bark and wood apple pulp to create relief sculptures that explore Goa’s hidden stories and syncretic histories.

Sumit Naik
Sumit is a highly skilled charcoal artist who creates large scale photo-realistic portraits. His project pushes his drawing towards paper sculpture, experimenting with form, volume and sketching.
Studio Button
Engage Grant
Studio Button works with stop motion animation as a form of art therapy to empower troubled or displaced communities. Their project ‘Manu and the Golden Fish’ was created in collaboration with the girls of Isha Kripa Sadan - a shelter home for girls in distress.
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Meet the artists mentors for the 5th edition of the Catalyst and Engage Grant.
The Mentors

Q
Q is a filmmaker, rapper and entrepreneur, popularly known for addressing complex socio-political issues through films like Love in India, Gandu and Garbage.
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Subodh Kerkar
Subodh is an artist and activist whose practice includes visual art, video, performance and land art. He is the Founding Director of Museum of Goa (MOG).

Nandita Kumar
Nandita is a new media artist who works at the intersection of art, science, technology and community to create interactive installations.