Western Africa

MAISON PERRIER is launching the first MAISON PERRIER Art Prize, an international artistic competition open to emerging artists from around the world.

As part of the Goethe-Institut commissioned project, GamesConnect AFRICA, A MAZE., Goethe-Institut, and Leti Arts are pleased to announce an open call for the PLAYFUL OBSCURA – Arthouse Games Residency, a three-week artist residency will take place from 13 April – 1 May 2026 in Accra, Ghana.

Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora (LOATAD), in collaboration with the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity (UK), invites applications from writers and visual artists across West Africa for a landmark creative residency.

From 11 to 16 March 2026, the Centre national de la musique (CNM) and the French Embassy in Côte d’Ivoire will collaborate with the Ghanaian–British company rain.Labs to organise five days of songwriting sessions bringing together French and West African talent in Accra, Ghana.

Hub Festival Grants selects six major West African festivals to become regional leaders, each anchoring a transnational cluster in different cultural sectors. Hub festivals will develop and implement internationalisation strategies while supporting smaller festivals across the region to grow their international reach.

dot.ateliers | south labadi, an initiative founded by artist Amoako Boafo, has an open call for artists to participate in the 2026 Artist Residency Programme. This opportunity invites mark makers to immerse themselves in an inspiring and supportive environment in the heart of Accra, Ghana.

As part of their work to promote culture, the OEI and DGARTES have joined forces to launch this new programme of scholarships for artistic exchange and improvement in the geographical areas of Ibero-America and the CPLP, with the aim of promoting and enhancing artistic exchange, without forgetting the importance of supporting internationalisation.

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.

In partnership with Villa Karo, the Finnish Institute for West Africa, the British Council is supporting two designers—one UK-based and one West African-based (from Nigeria or Ghana)—to spend eight weeks at Villa Karo in Benin from 23 March to 17 May 2026.

Zeppelin University (Germany) and the University of Cape Coast (Ghana) are organising the international project ‘Reframing Colonial Legacies’ funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) from 2025 to 2026. They invite international Germany alumni from countries in Africa and Europe (not based in Germany) to apply for 22 places.

Co-Cr8 is a four-week experimental cross-disciplinary residency that brings together six artists from various disciplines, including fashion design, photography, painting, textile design, dance, and poetry. The residency is from October to November 2024, in Kaduna, Nigeria, and will include local and international artists.

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).