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As one of the institutional supporters of International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art CIMAM since 2022, SAHA also supports CIMAM within the Travel Grant.

2024’s conference, entitled "Sustainable Futures: How? When? For Whom?", will engage colleagues at the forefront of the field who are thinking anew about the intersection of museological practice, climate/social change and contemporary art, and forging new models of sustainable practice in the cultural sector, to explore sustainability from an integrated and holistic perspective, beginning with our desire to respond to climate change by reassessing policies around collection care and conservation; rethinking the buildings we occupy and the cities we are part of; while also exploring innovative models for economic sustainability and community building.

This event will be jointly hosted and organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), the Hammer Museum at UCLA, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) between 6-8 December 2024.Esra Özkan and Deniz Kırkalı will attend the conference with the support of SAHA.

CIMAM offered over 50 travel grants to support the attendance of modern and contemporary art curators, directors, and museum professionals at CIMAM’s 2023 Annual Conference titled "The Co-Creative Museum: Social Agency, Ethics, and Heritage" from 9 to 11 November 2023 hosted by the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina, the first Conference to offer simultaneous translation to and from Spanish. Amira Akbıyıkoğlu and Eda Berkmen attended the conference with the support of SAHA.

Titled The Attentive Museum. Permeable Practices for a Common Ground, the conference was held in Palma de Mallorca, in Spain, between 11 November - 13 November 2022. Ulya Soley, Naz Cuguoğlu and Ayça Okay from Turkey were among the 41 people who are awarded the grant in 2022.

The aim of the CIMAM Travel Grant Program is to support the curatorial and research development of applicants through their attendance at the Annual Conference where the most current concerns on contemporary art practices are being discussed. 

About CIMAM
CIMAM ( International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art, est.1962 ) is a largely volunteer-driven organization and relies heavily on the generous support of individuals and organizations. CIMAM members are directors and curators working in modern and contemporary art museums, collections, and archives. CIMAM’s vision is a world where the contribution of museums, collections, and archives of modern and contemporary art to the cultural, social, and economic well-being of society is recognized and respected.