African

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 […]

Organizer Information The call is organised by the Prince Claus Fund — an independent cultural foundation. Historically, the Fund supports socially and politically engaged artists and cultural practitioners working in regions where cultural expression is under pressure. Through its awards and programmes, the Fund aims to foster creativity, free expression, and cultural change in diverse […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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, […]

Short Description The African Design Centre (ADC) at MASS turns insights from our projects into sustained movements for change. As a hub for innovation, the ADC fosters a commitment to upholding Africa’s unique heritage and culture—ensuring that architectural education and practice in Africa are deeply rooted in Indigenous knowledge, local narratives, and craft traditions. The […]

Organizer Information: Tender Photos is a digital platform for African photography and visual storytelling, co-founded by Emmanuel Iduma and Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀. Our aim is to contribute to nuanced and layered perceptions of the continent by publishing narratives about the people, places, and events pictured in photographs, while promoting the work of visual storytellers and photographers. Title […]

Sharjah Art Foundation, in collaboration with Alkazi Foundation for the Arts, Asia Art Archive and Contemporary And (C&), invites emerging and mid-career art writers living and working in Asia and Africa to apply for PARA, a fellowship programme supporting the development and publication of new critical writing about contemporary art.  PARA explores what it means […]