HELVETIA GRANT APPLICATIONS

Call for Grant Applications from Swiss Arts Council.

Pro Helvetia Cape Town, the Swiss Arts Council, is inviting applications for grants to support art projects that are innovative, professional and contemporary in any of the disciplines and that support arts and culture exchange between Switzerland and South(ern) Africa (the Pro Helvetia mandate) or exchange between the countries of the SADC region through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) mandate.

The deadline for Pro Helvetia applications for projects involving exchange between Switzerland and South(ern) Africa is February 28, 2009.

The deadline for SDC applications for projects involving exchange between the regions of South(ern) Africa is February 28, 2009.

The deadline is January 15 for Pro Helvetia and SDC residency applications for residencies in Switzerland, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Harare or Maputo in the disciplines of music, visual arts, performing arts, translation, literature and arts administration.

Download and carefully read the different application forms at http://www.prohelvetia.org.za/