Call for applications: African Culture Fund

The funding is intended for African artists and interested artists can apply here.

The application deadline is 12 October.

Performing arts

The projects involved in this call are activities and projects of creation, production and dissemination of works and capacity building in the field of the performing arts, such as music, dance and theatre.

Visual arts

The projects involved in this call are activities and projects of creation, production and dissemination of works and capacity building in the field of visual arts. This call concerns the traditional visual arts, photography, digital art, decorative arts (textile art and design) as well as all pre-production, production, post-production, distribution and distribution activities. The following cinematographic and audio-visual disciplines are also welcome: fiction/animation (short films, medium-length films, feature films or series), documentaries (unitary or in series) and video art.

Application guidelines

Applicants should:

• Be an African artist or cultural actor or from the African diaspora, an artistic or cultural organisation or association established in Africa or cooperating on African projects with at least one African organisation and having at least three years of experience.
• Have a structure or be a member of an artistic or cultural organisation or association.
• Have a legal status (organisations).
• Present a structuring project in response to the call for projects.

“For any request made in this call, the maximum budget is $10 000,” the ACF said. “Projects must be completed for a period not exceeding 18 months. The ACF does not grant mobility grants. However, travel expenses can be covered when they are part of the implementation of a project.”

For more information about this call email [email protected] or call +223 2020 4345 or +223 8211 0127.

View the original call here.