Support Us

Cemeti welcomes support from individuals, foundations, and institutions wishing to contribute to specific programmes or to the long-term sustainability of the organisation.

Donations can support areas such as artist residencies, exhibitions, public programmes, education initiatives, and the development of a sustainable trust fund for Cemeti’s future.

We seek to build meaningful partnerships with supporters who share our belief in the importance of independent art spaces and cultural infrastructures. Your contribution provides Cemeti with the resources to continue nurturing artists, expanding dialogue, and developing new possibilities for art and society.

EXAMPLE OF SUPPORTS:

• Artist Residency Fund — supporting annual residencies for artists.
• Cemeti Unconditional Trust — providing flexible, long-term support for organisational sustainability.
• Programme Support — contributing to specific exhibitions, public programmes, and learning initiatives.
• Friends of Cemeti — be part of the growing circle of the Friends of Cemeti, with contribution starting from €650 per person through our annual benefit. Contact: manager@cemeti.art if you wish to be on the list of our prospective friend.

Throughout its history, Cemeti has grown through collaboration with networks, foundations, and cultural institutions that recognise the importance of independent artistic ecosystems.

We have been supported through partnerships with organisations and networks including Afield Network, Mondriaan Fund, Prince Claus, Japan Foundation, Institut Français d’Indonésie, and many others. These collaborations have enabled us to develop artistic research, international exchange, residencies, and public programmes while maintaining our independence.

We welcome partnerships with institutions that share our commitment to supporting experimental and socially engaged artistic practices.

Since its founding, Cemeti’s greatest patrons have always been people.

In Indonesia, contemporary art has historically developed through informal, collective, and community-driven infrastructures. Independent spaces, artist initiatives, and cultural organisations have often survived through networks of trust, friendship, generosity, and shared commitment.

Cemeti is part of this ecosystem. Our history is built not only through financial support, but through the many artists, audiences, collaborators, volunteers, and communities who have contributed their time, knowledge, care, and energy.

We believe that people are the most important infrastructure of art. Every relationship, collaboration, and act of support helps sustain the possibility of independent artistic practice.

Our greatest commitment—and our true patrons—are the people who have made Cemeti possible: the artists, communities, collaborators, audiences, and friends whose trust, care, and generosity have sustained this institution since its beginning

Since its founding in 1988, Cemeti Institute for Art and Society has been committed to maintaining an independent space for artistic experimentation, critical reflection, and social engagement. Cemeti’s values include a commitment to artistic freedom, social justice, environmental and social responsibility, respect for human rights, cultural diversity, solidarity, decolonial practice, and amplifying the voices of communities affected by injustice. Our commitment to these values informs how we are funded, how we programme, how we act, and how we build and mantain relationships.

We recognise that financial support and partnerships enable Cemeti to sustain its programmes and support artists. We also recognise that the sources of cultural funding and the relationships we maintain carry meaning and responsibility. This is why we value financial support and partnerships built on trust, transparency, and mutual respect. Value alignment and artistic independence are fundamental to preserving our freedom to address difficult social and political questions, challenge dominant narratives, and imagine more equitable futures.

As a result, we welcome financial support from, and partnerships only with, individuals, foundations, institutions, and other organisations that (1) have values and conduct aligned with our values and (2) allow us to retain our full artistic and operational independence by not seeking to interfere with such autonomy. To uphold these values, we systematically conduct due diligence reviews of prospective funders and partners to ensure that any arrangement aligns with our values, protects everyone’s credibility, and enables genuine rather than performative change.