ACF Solidarity Fund for African Artists and Cultural Organisations

Deadline: 5-Dec-21

The African Culture Fund (ACF) has launched its fourth call for Solidarity Fund for African Artists and Cultural Organisations (SOFACO).

Categories 

For this fourth call “Special Covid-19 / Individual Artists “, ACF supports requests in the following two categories of projects:

• Category 1: Applications for subsistence grants: These relate to food grants, health grants and professional grants
• Category 2: Requests for assistance to creation: These requests relate to artistic creation or innovation projects adapted to the context of Covid-19 in Africa

Funding Information

• The present Call covers all African continent countries.
• For any request made within the framework of this call, the amount to be granted by the ACF is 3,000 (Three thousand) Euros per individual artist.
• The funding covers a period between 4 months minimum and 6 months maximum.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible, candidates must meet the following requirements:

• Individual Artists
  • Be an artist with at least five years of experience, practicing and residing in Africa;
  • Demonstrate a situation of vulnerability (or a shortfall) arising from the Covid-19 health crisis;
  • Submit a project request for subsistence (food grant, health grant or professional grant) OR for assistance to creation (artistic creation or innovation within the context of Covid-19).

For more information, visit https://www.africanculturefund.net/en/call-for-proposals-6-acf-batch-n4-special-covid-19-artists-individuals/