Deadline: 3-Sep-21
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) is South Africa’s premier independent arts and culture funding and development non-profit organisation. It is inviting applications for Thuthukisani Programme.
Thuthukisani addresses the lack of capacity and opportunity for small to medium organisations and artists to develop new projects with mentorship, training and investment towards a sustained participation in the creative economy.
The name of the programme, Thuthukisani, is a call to action taken from the Zulu word thuthukisa (a verb), meaning to develop.
Details
The structure of Thuthukisani will encompass:
- Master classes
- Professional and peer-to-peer mentoring
- Potential monetary investment towards selective projects from the programme cohort
Thuthukisani is a programme to empower a selected group of artists to complete their chosen projects in a professional way. A total of 63 successful applicants, seven from each province in South Africa, will get this training. After thorough training and mentorship some participants will then pitch their projects for the opportunity to receive monetary investment.
Benefits
- Training and Mentoring
- Online training and development and one on-one professional mentoring to develop your business plan
- Business Plan Pitch
- Pitch your business plan to receive a monetary investment and one-on-one mentoring for your proposed project
- Selection
- Selection based on most viable business plans
- Only 3 projects per province will be selected
Selected projects to receive a monetary investment and one-on-one mentoring whilst implementing their business plan
Provinces that may apply: North West, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
Eligibility Criteria
- Only South African nationals may apply and projects must take place in South Africa.
- The allocation of programme slots is at the discretion of the ACT board of trustees.
- The decision about all applications for participation is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
For more information, visit http://act.org.za/thuthukisani/