Call for applications: National Arts Council of SA funding

Only one application will be supported from both a natural person (individual) and a juristic person (organisation/company). The call is designed for projects that demonstrate the ability to be sustainable over a period of time. It is aimed at practitioners who are active in the disciplines of music, craft, dance, literature, multidiscipline, theatre and visual arts.

In each of the seven arts disciplines above, the project must have the capability to address at least four of the six critical focus areas below:

• Social cohesion and nation-building.
• Unearthing marginalised and indigenous arts in rural areas.
• Addressing social ills such as xenophobia and gender-based violence.
• Supporting the involvement of women, youth employment opportunities and people living with disabilities.
• Creation of new works through digital media.
• Capacity building and arts entrepreneurship.

Proposed projects must demonstrate impact and value for the communities in which they operate. The minimum budget allocation for applications is R50 000. The maximum amount applied for should not be in excess of R350 000. The allocation will be in line with redress and transformation imperatives of the NAC.

Read the assessment criteria and funding guidelines here and here.

Note: Late and incomplete applications will not be considered and no exceptions will be made. Applications requesting less than the minimum funding budget allocation, or more than the maximum allocation budget, as indicated above, will also not be considered.

How to apply

Applicants can register and complete the online application form here.

Manual applications can be requested via email at info@nac.org.za. This manual service is reserved for applicants with limited access to internet services.

The submission deadline is 3 September and outcomes are expected on 5 December.

“The NAC encourages the arts community to respond with agility to new ways of developing, promoting, selling and creating art,” the council said. “This includes reimagining audience interaction with the arts, as well as the creation of new paradigms for viewing and understanding the place of the arts during this time.”

View the original call here.