The 2019 V-A-C Foundation Travel Grant beneficiaries

We are honored to have the V-A-C Foundation as one of CIMAM Travel Grant sponsors for the second consecutive year! They are supporting 2 professionals residing in Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan), to attend the CIMAM Annual Conference.

CIMAM’s Travel Grant Program supports individuals’ curatorial and research development through their attendance at the Annual Conference where the most current concerns on contemporary art practices are being discussed.

Awarded professionals will attend the CIMAM 2019 Annual Conference The 21st Century Art Museum: Is Context Everything? that will be held in Sydney, Australia 15–17 November 2019 hosted jointly by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.

- Oksana Kapishnikova, Senior Scientific Researcher, The Gapar Aitiev Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

- Florin Bobu, Curator, 1+1 and tranzit.ro, Iasi, Romania

Read the grantees' bios following the link below.