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2025/12/14

Creative Tandems Grant in Performing Arts

Short Description Connect and Create – Cultural Partnership is a programme funded by the European Union up to €8 million, which aims to strengthen cultural links between sub-Saharan Africa and Europe through equitable, inclusive and sustainable cooperation. It is implemented by a consortium made of the Goethe-Institut and Expertise France, in collaboration with Institut français […]

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2027/09/15

Goethe-Institut: Mobility Grants for Artists and Culture Professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe

Short Description The Sub-Saharan Component, Connect & Create of the Africa-Europe Partnerships for Culture programme is implemented by the Goethe-Institut in partnership with Expertise France and Institut français. This €8 million programme runs for 42 months (2025-2028) and promotes equitable dialogue and cooperation between African and European cultural actors, fostering co-creation, exchange, and mutual understanding. […]

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2025/11/01

Commonwealth Short Story Prize

Short Description The Commonwealth Foundation is an intergovernmental organisation mandated by its member countries to advance the interests of Commonwealth civil society.Upholding a firm commitment to the principles and ideals of the Commonwealth, the Foundation seeks to nurture the growth of vibrant and free societies: championing the active and constructive participation of people in all […]

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2025/09/29

Gasworks Residency for Artists Based in West Africa

Short Description This residency open call is for an artist based in West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo) who has already presented their work in several venues. The eleven-week, fully funded residency will take place at Gasworks […]

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2025/09/10

Prince Claus Fund: Building Beyond Mentorship

Short Description The space in a city, framed by the various scales of the built environment, is often conceived according to logics of the control of the body. Space in the city is designed and built to control the location, behaviours, and relationships of bodies with each other. African cities are experiencing dynamics such as […]

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2025/07/31

Cultural Management Bootcamp for Practitioners in North Africa

Short Description As part of its ACF-Academy program, the African Culture Fund (ACF), in partnership with AFREXIMBANK, is launching its sixth call for applications targeting cultural managers and artists from North Africa, as part of the activities of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2025) in Algiers. This initiative aims to support the emergence, professionalization, and networking of young talents in the fields of cultural management across […]

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2025/08/10

Delfina Foundation Residency for Artists based in East Africa

Short Description Delfina Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to facilitating artistic exchange and developing creative practice through residencies, partnerships and public programming.With support from Delfina Foundation’s Network of Africa Patrons, we welcome applications from artists based in East Africa* for a twelve-week residency in London, taking place from 6 January to 27 March 2026.Each […]

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2025/07/24

IMIYENZI Exhibition in Houston

Short Description IMIYENZI Exhibition in Houston is a community-rooted exhibition in Houston, Texas, USA, exploring East-African traditional healing practices, resilience, and cultural memory. We are inviting artists of East-African descent to submit digital work related to these themes.  We are inviting artists of East African heritage—across the continent and the diaspora—to submit digital artworks for IMIYENZI, […]

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2025/07/20

Dubai Design Week: Abwab Pavilion Commission

Short Description Abwab, meaning ‘doors’ in Arabic, is a programme that supports practitioners from across West, South and East Asia, as well as the African continent, through the commissioning of pavilions that are thematically remodelled each year to reflect timely global and regional contexts. To date, over 180 designers from across the region have participated in Abwab, […]

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