Deadline: 1 June 2011
The Africa Centre, together with artist in residency programmes in Australia, Brazil, Ethiopia, Finland, Netherlands, Turkey and the United States of America have partnered to launch a new Artist in Residency Programme (AIR). The programme has been conceived to support artists from Africa who are provocative, innovative, relevant and highly engaged with both social issues and their art forms.
The conditions to participate in this residence are that applicants must be over 21 years of age, have a valid passport and must be African or be residing permanently in Africa.
AIR manifests through existing artist-in-residency partnerships around the world that are prepared to select an artist from a short list provided by the Africa Centre, created from a Continental search, for one of their 2011 or 2012 residencies. The costs of the residency and roundtrip airfare are included in each residency award made as part of this programme.
Each of the seven residencies on offer have different durations, structures and requirements. They are taking applications between 1 April and 1 June 2011. The Africa Centre will select three candidates for each of the 7 residency awards on offer from the applications received. These shortlisted candidates will be forwarded to their various Residency Partners; it is from these lists that they will select the 7 artists to be granted the Artist in Residency Awards. The Africa Centre will announce the recipients of the Artist in Residency programme on the 1 July 2011.
Participating Residency Programmes:
* Bundanon Trust
* Instituto Sacatar
* Zoma Contemporary Art Center
* KulttuuriKauppila
* Caravansarai
* Thamgidi
* 18th StreetArts
To apply or to find out more about the seven residency programs, visit the Africa Center website.
Contact:
Robin Jutzen
The Africa Centre
1st Floor, 44 Long Street
Cape Town 8000, South Africa
+27 21 422 0468
robinj@africacentre.net
http://www.africacentre.net
