Samuha (www.samuha.in) is an avant-garde art project in Bangalore, India that was born in November last year. It is an autonomous collective of 28 artists which aims to own and run a shared exhibition and community space. Suresh Kumar G initiated this project while Shivaprasad S and I are Co-initiators and Facilitators. The participating artists represent the broad spectrum of the Bangalore art scene.
Over the last 6 months and as the end result of a long, unfruitful search for a built space to house the activities of this collective, we have started working in collaboration with Urbanology (www.urbanology.org) to build an experimental temporary structure.
Freeman Murray (www.samuha.wikidot.com/collaborators) has granted us a $15,000 start-up funding for this endeavor providing we are able to pass it through an FCRA 501c approved organization and get a program for art up and running.
In the last few weeks we have approached several institutions and government orgs in our hunt for the right home for the project (www.samuha.wikidot.com/space) and we are hoping that something will come through.
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hey, whats an FCRA 501c?
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501(c) is a provision of the United States Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)), listing 26 types of non-profit organizations exempt from some federal income taxes. Sections 503 through 505 list the requirements for attaining such exemptions. Many states reference Section 501(c) for definitions of organizations exempt from state taxation as well.
sounds awesome. good luck with it. you seem so involved in the art scene - its great.
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