Apply for a grant now until 30 July 2025

A call for proposals offering bold ideas where art and design meet nature and technology

2025 Call for Proposals

Through the theme, Extension of Nature, we seek creative responses at the intersection of creativity, technology, and nature that respond to the urgent realities of climate change and ecological instability.

The Benilde Open calls on designers and artists to reimagine sustainability, material use, and our collective role in shaping a balanced relationship between invention and the environment.

EXTENSION OF NATURE

Tips on writing your proposal

Here’s how to put your best foot forward in applying to Benilde Open and Best of Benilde.

The Benilde Open Design + Art supports unrealized projects by creative practitioners both within and beyond the Benilde community.

Benilde Open
10 GRANTEES
Production grant up to 300,000

Best of Benilde
5 GRANTEES
Production grant of 50,000.00

Envisioning the Future of Design and Arts

Benilde Open Design + Art is facilitated by a working team of convenors who are faculty, associates or consultants in service of the school together with Benilde President, Br. Edmundo Fernandez FSC, a visual artist.

Dindin Araneta
Arts Manager
Br. Edmundo fernandez fsc
Visual Artist
Joselina cruz
Curator
gabby lichauco
Industrial Designer
ayi magpayo
Communication Practitioner
rita nazareno
Designer
Dindin Araneta
Arts Manager
Joselina cruz
Contemporary Art Curator
Br. Edmundo fernandez fsc
Visual Artist
gabby lichauco
Industrial Designer
ayi magpayo
Producer
rita nazareno
Designer

Envisioning the Future of Design and Arts

Benilde Open Design + Art is facilitated by a working team of convenors who are faculty, associates or consultants in service of the school together with Benilde President, Br. Edmundo Fernandez FSC, a visual artist.

De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde
Design + Art Campus
950 P. Ocampo Street, Malate, Manila, 1004 Philippines

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