Institute of Contemporary Art
Since 2014 the Open Culture Foundation has closely collaborated with the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). Established under the auspices of a group of artists, art critics and art historians; the Institute provides professional postgraduate education for art practice
Since 2014 it has been a two-year course.The Educational course 'New Art Strategies', exhibition organisation, conference and symposium organisation, summer schools, and publishing programme of the Institute were developed to integrate art into the structures of international art world.
Since 2014 it has been a two-year course.The Educational course 'New Art Strategies', exhibition organisation, conference and symposium organisation, summer schools, and publishing programme of the Institute were developed to integrate art into the structures of international art world.
Fully supporting the aims and objectives of the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Open Culture Foundation offers four grants for the students of the Institute living. Thanks to this programme, talented artists are able to get second professional education in contemporary art.
The Open Culture Foundation intends to continue its grant programm to promote the education of students, enhancing permanent communication between the center and the regions.
The project, which had been developed for a number of years, had a certain impact on the arts. It is worth mentioning that most artists who made themselves known lately in the contemporary arts scene were ICA graduates, including: Vicktor Alimpiev, Alina Gutkina, Anya Zhelud, Arseny Zhilyaev, Elena Kovylina, Taus Makhacheva, Diana Machulina, Rostan Tavasiev, Anna Titova, Haim Sokol, and Stanislav Shuripa, among many others.
The ICA graduates participate in international exhibitions: Taus Makhacheva, Haim Sokol, Rostan Tavasiev, Vicktor Alimpiev, Irina Korina, Diana Machulina, Alina Gutkina participated in the International Biennale. Anna Titova took part in the main project of the 2011 Venice Biennale. The only artist who took part in the main project,Document 13,was Alexandra Sukhareva.
Apart from grant support, the Open Culture Foundation supports the broadening activities of the ICA and its further development. The priorities of the ICA includes rental of studios for students where the theory could be put into practice; the permanent provision of educational needs with all necessary materials and educational space rental for the second-year students. Furthermore, the ICA intends to develop partnerships with arts colleges in the west broadening the map of its partners. Currently, the ICA has partnership programms with Goldsmiths College, University of London and the University of Applied Arts Vienna.