The Africa Center Artists In Residency (AIR) Programme

The Africa Centre have announced that applications for the 2015 Artists In Residency (AIR) Programme are now open.

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 our 2015 AIR programme.

AIR 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 our Online Application Form.

2. E-mail Application:
Download the application form from here 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 field.
If your attachments are larger than 5MB, you can upload it using http://www.wetransfer.com. This is a free service that will allow you to upload your file directly to us. Please be sure to add the discipline under which your application should be considered i.e. visual arts/performing arts; music, etc followed by your full name and in the wetransfer message field. The email address for delivery is: [email protected].
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


Read the application guidelines for further information about the thirteen residency opportunities and apply today.


Deadline for application submissions is 30 September 2015.

Download the Application Guidelines.

Download the Application Form.