Palestinian ticketing platform Tzkrti has just announced the launch of a grant scheme designed to champion up-and-coming “artists, organizers, and creative spaces shaping the future of Arab culture across the SWANA region and the diaspora.”
With two grants of $3000 on the table — available twice each year — the program is open to independent artists and collectives, from the region and its diaspora, involved in the realms of music, live performances, festivals, and multidisciplinary arts. The roadmap also includes plans of introducing public voting and building advisory partnerships with cultural stakeholders from across the Arab World and beyond.
“It is well known that the cultural field is complex and faces major challenges, particularly its reliance on individual funding to bring projects to life across all cultural disciplines. Generally, this sector depends on support from donor and funding institutions. We believe there is a responsibility on us as founders of Tzkrti to establish the Impact Fund to support independent artists, especially as we serve as a link between audiences and cultural practitioners. Our aim is to strengthen independent cultural initiatives so they can rise, thrive, and continue,” Rogeh Khleif, Tzkrti Co-Founder and CEO, said.
“The idea behind founding Tzkrti was to make organizing cultural activities accessible and easier. Our ultimate goal has always been to strengthen and build a free, independent Arab cultural scene, and to provide grants and support to organizers, artists, and everyone contributing to the cultural field,” Elias Khleif, Tzkrti’s co-founder added.
Applications are now open, and are expected to run up until Feb. 28 through this link. The two first winners are scheduled to be announced after Ramadan, in early April.
Tzkrti is the first digital ticketing platform to come out of Palestine. Founded in 2011, since its inception, the platform has grown from a local solution into a pivotal regional infrastructure, selling hundreds of thousands of tickets and operating through pandemics, shutdowns, and repeated conflict without ever losing momentum.