Southern Africa

This Call for Proposals seeks to select more than 16 heritage organisations to lead ‘Narrative Clusters’, collaborating with interdisciplinary groups of artists/creatives to develop innovative stories that increase the visibility and contemporary relevance of their heritage.

The Wits Innovation Centre (WIC), in partnership with the Machine Intelligence & Neural Discovery Institute (MIND) at Wits University, invites applications for AI & African Music, a pilot supporting new music initiatives that put African creativity at the centre of artificial intelligence.

After a successful first iteration in 2024, Création Africa South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi is back to support and scale up cultural entrepreneurs in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi.

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is calling for applications for its 2026 Artists in Residence Programme. This programme is designed to foster arts practice as research and is aimed at artist-academics across various disciplines.

The Goethe-Institut Project Space (GPS) programme grants seed funding to three artistic projects that are realised in rural and peri-urban parts of South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini between February and November 2026.

Akademie Schloss Solitude, together with the National Art Gallery of Namibia and the Goethe-Institut Namibia, has announced the continuation of its bilateral residency programme, which promotes long-term cultural exchange between Namibia and Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

S+T+ARTS Afropean Intelligence (#AI) opens a call for artists to support 10 artistic residencies in Nigeria, Egypt, Tunisia, South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The project will support 10 African artists in their creation process, by providing digital tools and Afro-European transversal expertise; encouraging them to reshape narratives that promote social justice, inclusivity and challenge racial paradigms.

Apply now for the Wits Innovation Centre Artist-in-Lab Residency at the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience. This nine-month, fully funded opportunity is open to practicing artists with a Master’s degree who are ready to turn cutting-edge science into meaningful art.

The New Dimensions Lab is now in its 7th edition and accepting applications from African artists. The Lab takes place from 23 to 30 November 2024 in South Africa, where artists engage in discussions and masterclasses, and workshop their creative projects.

Through this grant the Goethe-Institut supports art professionals from across South Africa who collaborate with cultural or public spaces and engage with the people in the areas where these spaces are located in South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho.

Cassava Republic is calling for African women editors at all stages of their careers. From 28 August to 8 September 2024, they will be facilitating a 10-day residential workshop in South Africa for African women editors based on the continent.

The ‘Fluid Boundaries International Residency Programme: The Interplay of Water, Art, Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems’ is now accepting applications for three residencies, of which the first part will take place from March to May 2025. In autumn 2025, the second part of the residency (Third Space Residency) will be taking place with all participants in the Southern Part of Switzerland.