Deadline: 14-May-25
The Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health in partnership with Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth Program by the British Council is inviting applications for the Braid Arts and Culture Fund to support the health of the art, culture and cultural heritage sector and its contributions to wider society.
The fund offers grants to innovative practitioners of art and culture projects in East Africa.
Goal
- The goal of this fund is to increase the value assigned to art and culture by supporting innovations of cultural and arts practices and/or spaces to widen and deepen connections among practitioners and the wider community.
Grant Categories
- Collaboration Grant: To support creative projects involving collaborations between different generations of artists or cultural practitioners and/or between different art/culture disciplines.
- Completion Grant: To support creative projects that are close to finishing but need a little more funding to complete the work.
- Continuation Grant: To support Braid partners with the next chapter of their projects (this is only available to previous Braid grantees)
Funding Information
- Grant amount: up to 750K KSH (5,000 USD)
- Duration: 6 Months
Expected Outcomes
- They hope to realise the following outcomes:
- Art and culture practitioners discover and share innovative ways to reach wider audiences with their work.
- Stronger relationships and skills developed across art/culture practices and generations
- Increased knowledge and understanding of the value of arts and culture disciplines, practitioners and spaces.
Eligible Countries
- The Braid Fund currently supports practitioners and projects in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Eligibility Criteria
- The grants are accessible to:
- Art and Culture Practitioners
- Artists and Artisans of Urban and Rural Communities
- Art and Culture Organizations
- Cultural practitioners who want to work together
- Applicants who are willing to document and share their work online
- While they are open to all art or culture practitioners and all mediums/disciplines, they will be giving priority to:
- Early career practitioners
- Rural practitioners
- Women and gender nonconforming peoples
- Community-based projects
- People living with disabilities
- Practitioners from disciplines or spaces usually not represented in large-scale art/culture programs.
For more information, visit Braid Fund.