Deadline:
May 10, 2018
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) has
announced the relaunch of the ACT Development Programme in 2018 and invites
applications in the category of visual arts until May 10, 2018.
After careful consideration and
consultation with partners, the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) has reimagined
the ACT Development Programme to support discipline-specific funding cycles.
The first half of 2018 will see the funding of visual arts projects and in the
second half of the year dance projects will be funded. Established artists or
organisations are eligible for one of three grants worth R80,000. Mid-level and
emerging artists or organisations are eligible for one of five grants of R30,000.
Over the years, the number of applications
received in each cycle has increased dramatically. Limiting the number of
applications received through discipline restrictions means that each
application will receive more attention.
ACT Chief Executive Officer Marcus Desando
says: “We are very excited about this new focus of our development programme as
we see the need to give an opportunity to those disciplines that have been
receiving the least of our grants in the past. But most importantly, we want to
foster a grant process that will allow more concentrated attention to single
disciplines at each cycle.” Nedbank has supported South African arts through
the programme for over two decades with funding totalling over R21 million and
hopes that these changes will increase the impact of the grants.
“From every part of our country,
phenomenally talented visual artists and dancers will have the opportunity to
enhance their craft and contribute to building our nation through their
respective disciplines. They are the next generation of artists who will take
South African arts and culture to even greater levels,” says Tobie Badenhorst,
Head of Sponsorships and Cause Marketing at Nedbank.
As in previous years, the development
programme seeks imaginative South African projects that will increase
organisational sustainability or individual skills, and have far-reaching
benefits for the arts or greater community. “Although we are limiting each call
for grant applications to one discipline, we don’t want this to be seen as
restrictive. We encourage applications for interdisciplinary or
multidisciplinary work with visual arts as a core component. We are interested
in the ways that new media and new forms of visual arts are developing, as well
as traditional arts,” explained programme manager Jessica Glendinning.
The second call for applications for this
year will be made public in August 2018, when applications for dance projects
will be invited. The two 2019 project cycles will focus on literature and
theatre respectively.
Application forms must be completed online.
For more information, application guidelines and the application form visit the
website at www.act.org.za
For a direct link to the development
programme page visit http://www.act.org.za/programmes/development-grants.html.
Applications open: April 16, 2018
Applications close: May 10, 2018
Three grants of R80,000 each will be
awarded to established artists or organisations.
Five grants of R30,000 each will be awarded
to mid-level or emerging artists and organisations.
Please note:
•Independent artists and organisations with
projects in the visual arts category are eligible to apply
•Projects must take place between July 1,
2018, and July 31, 2019.
•Projects should increase organisational
sustainability or skillset and have far-reaching benefits
•Only South African nationals may apply and
projects must take place in South Africa
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