Deadline: September
30, 2016
Since its inception in 2011, the Africa Centre’s Artist in
Residency Programme (AIR) has successfully awarded 39 African artists the
chance to take up residencies across the globe. Through continued partnerships
with residency programmes in Australia, Brazil, India, Spain, China and the
United States, they are proud to offer eight new residency opportunities
through the 2016 edition of this programme.
Last year, they added another layer to their residency
programme by launching a separate competition for seasoned, mid-late career
artists, allowing them to apply for artist-in-residence positions at the
Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Italy. They are delighted to
announce the second installation of this competition that will award an
additional five residencies for Africa’s more experienced artists.
AIR is seeking applications from high calibre African
artists, in different stages of their career development (from emerging to late
career), who are provocative, innovative, and are stretching the boundaries of
their artistic practice.
The residencies are available to composers, fiction and
non-fiction writers, playwrights, poets, video/filmmakers, curators, visual and
performance artists as well as artists of other forms whose work is inspired by
or relates to global or social issues and promotes the well-being of humankind.
The AIR partners select an artist from a short list provided
by the Africa Centre, for one of their 2017 or 2018 residencies. Each residency
offers a distinct structure, set of requirements and duration. The costs of the
residency and round-trip airfare are included in each residency award made.
Artists interested in a Rockefeller Bellagio Center
residency may read the application guidelines for further information about
this residency and the various application methods available – visit http://www.africacentre.net/air-applications-open/
For further queries email: airsubmissions@africacentre.net
Applications close on September 30, 2016.
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