Sub-Saharan Africa

The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) invites applications for up to two Artists in Residence for three months each at the University of Ghana (in the Academic Year 2025/2026).

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.

The Wits Innovation Centre invites applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowship, which will advance interdisciplinary research innovation at the University of the Witwatersrand, one of the leading research universities in Africa.

To promote the development of cultural and creative industries, the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) is calling for applications for cultural events from organisations based in Union of the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Mozambique. The grant aims to support inter-island exchanges and collaborations but also to promote access to regional markets, while strengthening the ICC value chain. Priority will be given to projects that have an impact on equality by promoting the full participation and inclusion of women.

The AléVini Regional Mobility Assistance Fund aims to support inter-island exchanges and collaborations but also to promote access to regional markets, while strengthening the ICC value chain.

The Creative Europe-funded project CONTESTED DESIRES: Constructive Dialogues (CDCD) is calling for applications from visual artists who are passionate about unravelling colonial legacies and who are based in Tunisia, Ghana, Hungary, Chile, Portugal, Italy, Cyprus, Spain, the Netherlands or the UK.

The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) and the University of the Western Cape (UWC) have announced an open call for a year-long museum fellowship programme, developed to educate a new generation of art and museum professionals in Africa.

Emptyroom in Marracuene, Mozambique, is calling for appliations from visual and multidisciplinary artists from Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe.

MAISHA has launched a call for applicants for the positions of dancers, choreographers and artistic director, for a three-week residency in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1–24 May), in preparation for a performance in Addis on 25 May 2024.