Call for applications: Art-ivist in Residency Tanzania

This year's residency programme is themed Refugees, Returnee and IDPs and will run from 29 April to 30 May.

The residency seeks to bring together activists who use art as a medium of change to raise awareness or advocate for social and human rights justice at the grassroots level. Artists are expected to spend time with each other while addressing a common agenda, which celebrates the power and role of art in movement building and grassroots mobilisation.

The residency also serves as a masterclass for artists to acquire more knowledge or content through audiovisual material. In support of the artists’ ongoing work, the residency provides a platform for conscious art to be showcased and published on mainstream media.

The application deadline is 30 March and interested artists can access the online application form here.

The following areas will be covered during the residency:

• Introduction to content sharing.
• Film screening and book reading.
• Ideation and conceptualisation.
• Visiting professionals/anchors.
• Implementation/production.
• Presentation.
• Exhibition.

Eligibility

The AiR programme is open to emerging and mid-career artists from around the world who are provocative, innovative and highly engaged with social issues using the following art forms: 

• Music
• Writing
• Photography
• Film
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Illustration

For more information, visit the MS TCDC official website.