Deadline: 15-Sep-2025
The Goethe-Institut is pleased to invite applications for its Project Space Programme to support art professionals who collaborate with cultural or public spaces and engage with the people in the areas where these spaces are located.
The GPS programme is supporting artistic projects that are engaging with communities outside the big urban centres and are focusing on the production and/or facilitation of artistic content. They also welcome projects that deliberately foster collaboration and exchange between rural and urban spaces, and projects that seek to build partnerships with a specific community or arts space.
Funding Information
- The GPS programme grants seed funding of up to R 105,000 per project to three artistic projects that are realised in rural and peri-urban parts of South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini between February and November 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only artistic projects of a non-commercial nature that take place between February and November 2026 will be considered.
- Only projects that take place outside the big urban centres (e.g. Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban) will be considered.
- Project locations can be in South Africa, Lesotho and/or Eswatini
- The proposed space has an established track record, operating for at least 2 years and professionalism is evident in their work. The profile of the space must be such that realisation of proposed project is viable.
- A clear and viable realisation/project plan is mandatory.
Evaluation Criteria
- The project demonstrates artistic quality and cultural relevance and demonstrates rootedness in the respective local community.
- The project application has met the deadline and documentation is complete.
- Realisation plan, budget outline and partners/infrastructure are coherent and realistic for achieving the aims of the project.
- The project is feasible within the time period and takes place in 2026.
- The work is appropriate for the space and audience and reflects what the artist/project team is aiming to achieve.
- The proposal illustrates that both, artist(s) and the space where the project will take place, are able and willing to support the project from start to finish.
Application Requirements
- The following information and materials should be prepared by you in order to fill in the application:
- A short synopsis of your project (max. of 200 words)
- A detailed project description (max. 1000 words)
- A short paragraph about the projects’ objectives and means how they will be met (max. 200 words)
- A project timeline including realisation plan and promotion strategy (max. 500 words)
- Short biographies/descriptions (max. 500 words) of all involved parties (artists, collaborators, space/venue etc.)
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