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A UK charity supporting African and diaspora artists and curators, fostering exchanges with global peers. Creating, facilitating and hosting international multi-disciplinary residencies and breaking down barriers of access, lack of infrastructure, education and opportunity.
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Situation
The barriers to access that exist in the arts and culture sector whether on the basis of privilege, wealth or education disproportionately affect those from the African Diaspora. Systemic inequalities and racial disparities continue to make it more difficult for them to access opportunities, find recognition and build a successful career in the art world. We want to address this issue by creating and offering a new Fellowship Residency to a UK based artist and curator from the African Diaspora.
Solution
We are currently opening two new purpose-built residency buildings located in Lagos and on a lush 54-acre farm in Ijebu, Nigeria. These spaces will become the hub of a new programme of fellowships and residencies for those working across both the arts and ecology. We already have a proven track record of running residency programmes both in the UK and digitally but want to foster cultural exchange and trans-continental working relationships. These will in turn build creative career networks between artists, institutions and cultural communities and provide dedicated opportunities for marginalised voices.
