the Africa Centre

Application Deadline: September 30th 2015

Each year, the Africa Centre, provides artists with the unique opportunity to spend four to six weeks fully dedicated to developing their craft. This year through partnerships with residency programmes in Australia, Brazil, India, Italy, Kenya, Spain, Tanzania and the United States we are proud to offer thirteen unique residencies for its 2015 AIR programme.

PARTICIPATING RESIDENCY PROGRAMMES

The Artists In Residency (AIR) Programme is seeking applications from high caliber African artists who are provocative, innovative, socially engaged and stretching the boundaries of their artistic practice.

The AIR partners select an artist from a short list provided by the Africa Centre, for one of their 2015 or 2016 residencies. The costs of the residency and round-trip airfare are included in each residency award made.

The residencies are available to artists in different stages of their career development (from emerging to late career) across all disciplines: visual arts, performing arts; creative & literary arts; film; music & curatorial practice. Each residency offers a distinct structure, set of requirements and duration

The Artists In Residency (AIR) Programme accepts submissions from emerging,

mid-career and senior level artists across artistic discipline i.e. visual arts, performing arts, curatorial practice, performing arts, music, creative writing and literature who are either self taught or formally trained in their respective discipline.

RESIDENCY CRITERIA

Applicants must:

• Be over 21 years of age;

• Have a valid passport;

• Be from the African continent and must minimally reside in Africa for six months of the year, and

• Display a high proficiency in English

Selection Process:

Applicants are shortlisted by a panel of AIR staff, strategic partners and seasoned art practitioners (curators, collectors, and art critics) who form part of the extensive Africa Centre network.
Artists will be shortlisted based on the quality of their work/portfolio, written narrative (i.e the ability to adequately process and respond to the application questions) as well as their previous experience and history of developing artistic work that advances social change and transformation in their communities

APPLICATION METHODS

Applications can be made through the following avenues:

1. Visit Africa Centre AIR website to apply via the Online Application Form.

2. E‐mail Application:

Download the application form from www.africacentre.net and send your application directly to [email protected]. Please ensure that all attachments are less than 5MB. Be sure to add the artistic discipline you are applying under i.e. visual arts/performing arts; music, etc followed by a dash and your full name in the email subject fields

3. Submitting via Post:

If you cannot use any of the above methods, you can post your application directly to us after downloading the form. Be sure to include an e‐mail address and phone number where we can contact you.

Postal Address:

THE PROJECT MANAGER: ARTIST IN RESIDENCY PROGRAMME

C/O THE AFRICA CENTRE, 5TH FLOOR

THE EXCHANGE BUILDING

28 ST. GEORGE’S MALL

CAPE TOWN, 8000, SOUTH

AFRICA

Download the Application Form

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Africa Centre Artists In Residency (AIR) Programme

2015 Africa Centre Artists In Residency (AIR) Programme for Emerging African Artists. (Fully Funded)