Call for applications: Nigerian Art and Culture Projects 2019

The call will cover Nigerian artists and initiatives working in a variety of fields including music, contemporary dance, photography, documentary, cinema, theatre and visual arts.

The call also covers artists invited to German festivals but without sufficient funds to join. "We regard this support as a very crucial and important one in order to give young and upcoming people in the cultural landscape of Nigeria a chance to be heard and seen," the institute says.

Since 2018, in order to facilitate the application procedure and to make it more transparent for all artistic and cultural initiatives in the country, an invitation to submit project applications has been extended to persons or groups that would like to enter into a professional partnership with Goethe-Institut Nigeria.

To benefit from the project, please read the guidelines below.

Target group and requirements

• Individuals, who already received an official invitation to a German cultural festival.
• Artists and cultural initiatives (no individuals) that work professionally (at least 3 years of experience), who want to organise a cultural project in Nigeria.
• The project idea has to be already developed and has reached a certain level of preparation.
• The project has to be implemented in the second half of the year 2019, latest by 10 December 2019.
• Only completely and correctly filled out application forms will be considered.
• The budget request may not exceed €2 000.
• The initiative has to be registered and must have a bank account.

Timeline

• Application deadline: 1 March 2019
• An independent jury will select the projects by end of April.
• Project implementation: 1 September – 10 December 2019.
• Submission of a project report: by the end of February 2020.

Applicants will need to submit the following documents:

• An application form, which can be accessed here.
• CV of the project leader.
• Copy of passport.

All documents should be sent to Aderinsola Ajao's email. More information about the project is available here.