Open call: Grants for artists and creatives (Southern Africa)

The initiative invites participants to engage with heritage narratives from the region and reinterpret them through contemporary artistic practice. Selected applicants will receive funding and take part in a structured collaborative process leading to new creative works.

Key details

• Grant value: €6 000 (about $7 000) per selected participant
• Programme duration: Six-month Heritage Narrative process phase
• Outcome: Co-produced creative works developed with Heritage Narrative Clusters
• Application deadline: 29 May
• More information: www.goethe.de/aepc

Who can apply

Applications are open to:

• Artists, creatives and artistic practitioners
• All artistic disciplines
• Applicants based in the following countries:
  • Botswana
  • Eswatini
  • Lesotho
  • Namibia
  • South Africa
  • Zimbabwe

Programme overview

• Selected participants will work collaboratively with Heritage Narrative Clusters
• The focus is on reinterpreting heritage themes through contemporary creative approaches
• The process culminates in three co-produced artistic outputs per selected participant/group
• Application information
• Full call for proposals available via PDF document (via official application portal)
• Applications must be submitted through the Goethe application portal

Context

The grants form part of wider cultural cooperation between Africa and Europe aimed at supporting artistic exchange, collaborative production, and the development of new narratives rooted in heritage and contemporary expression.

View the original call here.