Kelola has started supporting performing arts since 2001 with Hibah Seni / Art Grants. After five years running this grant, Kelola found out that only less than quarter of the participants (applicants and grantees) are woman. This is where the program Empowering Women Artists tries to contribute to lessen this disparity. By giving women artists opportunity not only to grow their body of works but to learn by residencies and mentorship.
More than a decade later, Empowering Women Artists (EWA) program has evolved into Hibah Cipta Perempuan (HCP) and put on halt in 2018. That when the initiative to create this platform started. This Women Artists’ Platform serves as knowledge provider and support network for all the grantees of these programs. Moreover, this platform is designed to identify challenges and issues faced by these women artists and how to improve their resiliency through gender perspective.

Part of the workshop will focused on reflecting how they work after they completed their program with EWA or HCP and discussing their issues as an artists and challenges and what do they do currently. With direction from the facilitators and observer, they are encouraged to go beyond those problems then view themselves and the world in a more gender perspective. The challenge was to create novel approach and alternative perspective to see gender issues in a more critical and contextual.

This workshop facilitated by two main facilitators and 1 observer. They were Melati Suryodarmo, Ita Fatia Nadia, and Alia Swastika, respectively. The choice to deliberately combine two facilitators from different background is to enriched women artists participants’ insights both in artistic and gender perspective.

Women Artists Participants

• Ainar Tri Asita
• Citra Pratiwi
• Dwi Windarti
• Erlinda
• Gema Swaratyagita
• Gita Kinanthi
• Kurniasih Zaitun
• Nabilla Rasul
• Naomi Srikandi
• Retno Sulistyorini
• Sekar Alit
• Siti Ajeng Sulaeman
• Yola Yulfianti

Yayasan Kelola dan Dia.Lo.Gue bersama Ars Management dan Eko Nugroho menghadirkan Royo-Royo #1: Wayang Bocor.

Salah satu program yang digagas oleh Kelola untuk menggalang dana bagi keberlangsungan program yang memberikan ruang belajar, ruang berbagi pengetahuan, keterampilan, dan juga membangun jaringan bagi pelaku seni. ⁣
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Rangkaian kegiatan Festival Royo-Royo:⁣
– Pertunjukan “Permata di Ujung Tanduk” The Wayang Bocor⁣
– Pameran Arsip Pertunjukan “Bungkusan Hati dalam Kulkas” oleh Studio Eko Nugroho⁣
– Workshop Kreativitas bersama Eko Nugroho Art Class⁣
– Workshop Manajemen bersama ARS Management. ⁣

Hartati 

Rangkaian Video

Yola Yulfianti

Rangkaian Video

Southeast Asia Choreographers Network (SEACN) is a project of Kelola Foundation and made possible in part with a grant from the Asian Cultural Council and support from the Mandarin Oriental Foundation and the family of Sam Miller to advance international dialogue, understanding, and respect through cultural exchange in the arts.

SEACN was initiated to provide a platform which addresses the needs of choreographers in Southeast Asia for workshops, talks, presentations and studio visits through which the participants enhance their artistic visions and practice. The platform has also cultivated and nurtured a network among participants —opening more possibilities for mapping, collaborating, resource sharing, as well as collective knowledge production in the region.

At the same time, it aims and needs to broaden the network to various components outside the existing circle, by involving the many stakeholders that are part of the ecosystem of the performing arts. For its 2020 edition, we began recognizing iteration number (SEACN #3) to mark the continuation of the platform; to help the participants, mentors, organizers, funding sources and other stakeholders trace its trajectories; and to evaluate and formulate each meeting. Hence, the two previous SEACN meetings in 2019, has become a strong foundation for this edition.

SEACN #3 moved to an online platform due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since there would not be any in-person meeting, we decided to invite mentors who facilitated two previous SEACN. They were Arco Renz (mentor for SEACN #1), Daniel Kok and Helly Minarti (mentors for SEACN #2). By doing so, both mentors and participants were not only familiar with each other, but also would have a chance to continue their conversations from the previous SEACN meetings.

Download the publication about this network “Context, Connection, Collaboration: Southeast Asia Choreographers Network”, 2021 here.