FONDART

FONDART

Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cultural y las Artes
Art and culture sponsorship fund overview
Jurisdiction	National and Regional
Headquarters	Plaza Sotomayor, Valparaíso 33°2′18.48″S 71°37′43.56″W

FONDART^[1] or “Fondo Nacional para el Desarrollo Cultural y las Artes” (English: “National Fund for the Development of Culture and the Arts”), is a Chilean public program of the governmental agency Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes (English: National Council of Culture and Arts) which provides public funding for projects dedicated to the promotion of arts, culture, and heritage. The Council headquarters are located in Plaza Sotomayor, Valparaíso.

Administration

FONDART allocates funding through a public bidding system for projects that aim to educate, create, promote and preserve art in the areas of:^[2] visual arts, photography, new media, drama, dance, circus arts, craft, design and architecture. Two separate funds are awarded every year, a national fund and a regional fund. The application process, known as called “Ventanilla Abierta” (English: “Open Counter”), is open to any Chilean individual or organisation.

FONDART is managed by the board of Chile’s Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes^[3] (English: National Council for Culture and the Arts), or CNCA, which meets every year to agree the requirements of the competition. The CNCA has a department dedicated to the administration of the fund, the Secretaría de FONDART, which is part of the CNCA’s "Departamento de Fomento de las Artes e Industria Creativa"^[4] (Department of Promotion of the Arts and Creative Industries). The Secretaría de FONDART runs the bidding competition for the two funds and pulls together the national and regional results. Each of the artistic areas sponsored by the fund has its own manager overseeing it.

Legal background

FONDART was created in 1992, along with the Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes under Law Nº 19,891^[5] with the aim of promoting art and culture and conserving Chile’s cultural heritage.

Decree Nº144, of April 4, 2011, established how Law Nº 19,891 would operate and how the national fund for the development of culture and arts would be administered. It replaces the 2004 Decree Nº 65.^[6]

Other relevant legal texts

• Law N°19,889^[7] regulates the working and hiring conditions of artists and entertainment technicians.
• Article 8 of Law N°18,985^[8] regulates donations for artistic projects.

See also

• National Council for Culture and the Arts

References

1. FONDART http://www.fondosdecultura.gob.cl/ Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes retrieved on April 29, 2014
2. Artistic areas sponsored http://www.fondosdecultura.gob.cl/ Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes retrieved on April 29, 2014
3. Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Arte cultura.gob.cl retrieved on April 30, 2014
4. [1] Archived 2014-05-14 at the Wayback Machine El Dínamo, el dinamo.cl retrieved on May 12, 2014
5. Full text of the 19.891 law of 1992 http://www.fondosdecultura.gob.cl/ retrieved on April 30, 2014
6. Full text of the Decree 144 of April 04, 2011^{[permanent dead link‍]} http://www.fondosdecultura.gob.cl/ retrieved on April 30, 2014
7. Law N°19.889 that regulate the working conditions of artists and technicians of the world of the show business http://www.fondosdecultura.gob.cl/ retrieved on April 30, 2014
8. Article 8 of the 18.985 law, regulate the donations that fund artistic projects. http://www.fondosdecultura.gob.cl/ retrieved on April 30, 2014

External links

• FONDART Official web
• Consejo nacional de la cultura y las artes