Calls Southern Africa

OPEN CALL: GRANTS FOR CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC PRACTITIONERS

  Deadline: Monday, 5 October 2026

This Call for Proposals seeks to select 99 creative and artistic practitioners, who will be allocated to 11 Narrative Clusters .Each cluster is led by a Heritage Organisation, which was selected through a separate open call.

Selected practitioners will receive a €6,000 grant and participate in a six-month heritage narrative development process phase led by heritage organisations, culminating in three co-produced creative works.

Who can apply?
Artists and creatives who:

• Are 18 years or older
• Have at least 3 years of professional artistic or creative practice
• Are resident in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa or Zimbabwe