A grant of Rs 40 Lakh set aside to support the winning entries. Aims to unearth undiscovered creative talent across artistic domains
Mumbai (India CSR): Hyundai Motor India Foundation (HMIF), the CSR arm of Hyundai Motor India Ltd, (HMIL) today announced the names of 25 artists and 10 art collectives who have been selected for the grant, in the second edition of its one-of-a-kind CSR initiative ‘Art for Hope 2023’. These grantees pan diverse fields of Visual, Digital, Performance & Folk and Traditional Art& Craft.
The second edition received over 200 entries from across 87 cities and 25 states in India. Out of these, 50 artists were shortlisted after a stringent evaluation process. Adhering to an equitable evaluation criterion, the jury arrived at the final list of 25 individual artists and 10 art collectives. Total grant of Rs. 40 Lakh will be disbursed amongst the grantees.
Commenting on the announcement of the grant, Puneet Anand, AVP & Group Head, Corporate Affairs, Hyundai Motor India Ltd. said, “Art is an integral part of India’s tradition and folklore. Guided by our global vision of ‘Progress for Humanity’, this industry first initiative ‘Art for Hope’ is a step towards empowering the artist fraternity from across the country. Patronage of art is limited and is considered a privilege of only a few. We wanted to unshackle these beliefs and make it accessible for all; at the same time providing a platform to little known talents and proponents of dying art forms. This program opened many doors for our last year’s grantees and brought in new and unconventional audiences. I am sure this year will be no different. I wish our grantees good luck and am quite confident that this exposure will become a stepping stone in their career.”
The entries were judged by an eminent jury panel of Aditya Arya, an acclaimed photographer, curator and the founder of Museo Camera, Centre of Photographic Arts (Gurugram), the largest photography museum in Southeast Asia, Jagannath Panda, a popular visual artist, curator and the founder of Utsha Foundation for Contemporary Art (Bhubaneshwar), and Dr. Rathi Jafer, Director of InKo Centre, Gautam Mukherjee, Group Head, Channel Strategy, HMIL, and Mr Mukundan M.S., Unit Head, Production Support, HMIL. The jury members will also mentor and train the grantees in areas of promotion, financial management, communication etc.
Two exhibitions will be held to display the artwork and provide a stage for the performances. The first will be in Delhi towards the end of Feb/ Early march and the other will be held in Chennai towards the end of March / Early April, which will be open to the public.
List of Winners for ‘Art for Hope 2023’:
| S.No | Name | Category | City | State |
| 1 | Connect Signal | Traditional Arts & Culture | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| 2 | Kalakriti Foundation | Visual Art | Delhi | Delhi |
| 3 | ReDesign Design Cell | Functional Innovative Art & Crafts | Silchar Cachar | Assam |
| 4 | Kattaikkuttu Sangam | Traditional Arts & Culture | Kanchipuram | Tamil Nadu |
| 5 | Kottapuram Integrated Development Society | Functional Innovative Art & Crafts | Thrissur | Kerala |
| 6 | Daricha Foundation | Traditional Arts & Culture | Kolkata | West Bengal |
| 7 | Auro Apaar | Digital Art | Puducherry | Pondicherry |
| 8 | Datri Foundation | Traditional Arts & Culture | Pune | Maharashtra |
| 9 | Steffi E, Abhinav C | Digital Art | Kannur | Kerala |
| 10 | Access For All | Visual Art | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| 11 | Ishita Chakraborty | Visual Art | Kolkata | West Bengal |
| 12 | Nayanjyoti Barman | Functional Innovative Art & Crafts | Kokrajhar | Assam |
| 13 | Vishnu M | Performance Art | Palakkad | Kerala |
| 14 | Kumar Pandurang Missal | Visual Art | Kolhapur | Maharashtra |
| 15 | Imon Cheta Phukan | Visual Art | Baroda | Gujarat |
| 16 | Sarika Goswami | Visual Art | Bhilai | Chattisgarh |
| 17 | Tapan Moharana | Visual Art | Delhi | Delhi |
| 18 | Payal Goswami | Visual Art | Silchar Cachar | Assam |
| 19 | Sreelakshmi K S | Visual Art | Nileshwar | Kerala |
| 20 | Arindam Manna | Visual Art | Ghitorni | Delhi |
| 21 | Tamsin Noronha | Functional Innovative Art & Crafts | Panjim | Goa |
| 22 | Chandraprakash Hiraman Kumare | Digital Art | Nagpur | Maharashtra |
| 23 | Umesh Singh | Visual Art | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh |
| 24 | Ramkumar Kannadasan | Visual Art | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| 25 | Sayantan Samanta | Visual Art | Dankuni | West Bengal |
| 26 | Shubhi Audichya | Visual Art | Udaipur | Rajasthan |
| 27 | Tarun Sharma | Visual Art | Delhi | Delhi |
| 28 | Manasi Kishor Mankame | Visual Art | Thane | Maharashtra |
| 29 | Binoy Paul | Visual Art | Silchar Cachar | Assam |
| 30 | Himani Khurana | Performance Art | Faridabad | Haryana |
| 31 | Kanika Nagpal | Visual Art | New Delhi | Delhi |
| 32 | Priyanshu Chaurasia | Digital Art | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh |
| 33 | Prasad Shrikant Mestri | Visual Art | Palghar | Maharashtra |
| 34 | Preeti Singh | Visual Art | TEHSILE PALAMPUR | Himachal Pradesh |
| 35 | Geeta Vaishnavi – J & K Arts Foundation | Visual Art | New Delhi | Delhi |
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