Open Call for Neighbourhood-Artist Residency!
Govandi Arts is community-led arts and culture movement that reclaims, transforms and celebrates the socio-spatial narrative of marginalised neighbourhoods in Mumbai’s Govandi.
It is a celebration of the spirit, resilience and culture that thrives in marginalised neighbourhoods through sustained creative interventions. These interventions are in the form of art-led programming at Under One Sky, the youth arts mentorships, neighbourhood-artist residencies, and processions, culminating into a one of its kind community Festival.
About the Festival
With the aim of encouraging meaningful engagement between Mumbai-based artists and the Govandi community, we host artist residencies that support creative practices across diverse mediums.
Over a period of four months, participating artists are encouraged to embed their work within the Govandi neighbourhood, drawing from its socio-cultural and spatial context to inform their practice and produce site-specific, and contextually rooted art.
This year, we will select 4 artists for a four months residency in the Govandi neighbourhood. The artists will showcase the outcomes of the residency at the Govandi Arts Festival from 12th - 16th November, 2025.
Areas of artistic engagement should be through the following mediums - writing, sound, animation, textile, game design and more in collaboration with the community.
We encourage proposals that explore themes of food, climate change, gender and identity, though artists are welcome to work beyond these themes.
Production budget upto 1,30,000 INR including travel and daily allowance
