Call for artists: Chale Wote Street Art Festival in Ghana

The event, which is the brainchild of Accra[dot]Alt, was first held in 2011 and serves as an alternative platform for art and performance. The programme operates with the goal of bringing music, art, dance and performance out into the streets and serves as an interface for exchange between local and international artists and patrons.

Running under the theme, Stargate to Africa, this year’s Chale Wote Street Art Festival also marks the return of an in-person programme following a virtual edition in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The open call is extended to musicians, visual and installation artists, interventionists, makers, photographers, performance artists, filmmakers, thespians, poets, architects, fashion designers, graphic designers, scholars and more. The festival will also accept proposals for talks, workshops, panel discussions and film screenings. It will accept existing and new works that are in accordance with this year’s theme.

International artists

This is an independent, community-based festival and support for participation is limited. International artists are encouraged to seek private and public sources to fund participation (travel, lodging, food, transportation and production costs).

Ghana-based artists

As Chale Wote is an independent, community-based festival, support for Ghana-based artists is limited. The festival is only able to provide a production stipend to a selected number of artists who will present works at the festival. All other artists are encouraged to seek external means of support for production.

List of activities during the festival:

• Music concerts
• Photo exhibitions
• Street painting
• Graffiti murals
• Interactive installations
• Street boxing
• Movie screening
• Procession of cultures
• Design labs
• Movie screenings

Interested participants can send an email to [email protected].

The application deadline is 15 May.