Art Exchange: Moving Image programme is a collaborative and cross-cultural curatorial professional development and exhibition programme for early to mid-career visual arts curators from Sub-Saharan Africa working with the moving image. The programme is supported by the British Council and organised by LUX, the UK agency for the support and promotion of artists working with the moving image and Guest Artists Space Foundation (GAS), Nigeria.
The programme is open to early to mid-career visual arts curators based in Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe who are able to commit to a monthly online workshop series with LUX and GAS from September 2023, travel to UK for 1 week in autumn 2023 and work towards an exhibition programme in their home country from late 2023 onwards. The organisers expect to offer up to 6 places.
Applicants must have a proven track record of curatorial activity in the visual arts field and an interest in working with the moving image and be proficient in speaking/writing in English.
The programme is fully funded and includes:
- A curatorial fee.
- Grant for staging costs of the final exhibitions.
- Professional development support from LUX and GAS.
- A one week funded programme of networking, tours, and visits in the UK including travel to and from airport, accommodation and a daily stipend for meals/local travel.
- Access budget to support childcare, D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent participant needs.
