Northern Africa

Within the framework of its Call for Residency Hosts, Halaqat provides financial support to legal entities interested in hosting three artists for a residency project in Jordan, Lebanon or Morocco.

Located in Marrakech, the Montresso Art Foundation supports contemporary creation by offering artists a unique residency setting conducive to experimentation and artistic production.

Common Stories are looking for seven Europe-based performing artists to take part in the next edition of CommonLAB.

Babbasawt Sound Lab residency offers a fully funded opportunity for musicians, sound artists, and multidisciplinary artists working with sound, currently residing in Europe. The residency takes place from 6 January to 7 February 2025, in Tunis, Tunisia.

Within Arab Arts Focus’ (AAF) framework, and during the 12th edition of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) organised by Orient Productions, ‘Cairo Calling: Emerging Performing Artists from Egypt, the Arab World, and the UK’ is now open for applications.

Jiser presents a new edition of the Creative Residencies 2024–2025. This residency is aimed at young visual artists and cultural agents based in Spain, Tunisia and Algeria.

The Global Cultural Relations Programme (GCRP), the Cultural Relations Platform’s flagship training programme, is a unique opportunity that brings together practitioners from around the world to create meaningful connections and discuss cross-cultural collaborations. The 2024 edition of GCRP is open to cultural and creative professionals OR participants working in fields of creating safer societies.

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 Summer Sessions are short-term international art and technology residencies for emerging artists and designers, from July to September 2024, in the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Italy, Croatia or Egypt.

The European Commission has launched a new regional cultural programme for the MENA Region: ‘Support to Cultural Actors Addressing Global Issues’. The global objective of this call for proposals is to improve human development and the quality of life in the Southern Neighbourhood region through culture.

The Contemporary Dance Night (CDN) team announces the launch of a call for choreographers to present proposals for a two-month residency in Egypt, between early October and mid-December 2024, working with Egyptian dancers, ending with public sharing of new creations to be presented in Cairo, Alexandria and Upper Egypt.

In 2024 the British Council is launching the Festival Connect Fund, which enables new and innovative ways for connections, mobility, and exchanges and showcases contemporary arts between festivals across Africa and internationally.