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Discover residency opportunities for African creatives, researchers, artists, writers, journalists, and other professionals, with deadlines between August and December 2026

The S$1,500 SAM Residencies is a fully funded, international, and interdisciplinary program for global artists, curators, researchers, and educators to experiment, collaborate, and engage with the public in Singapore.

The €1,500 CitiesToBe Photo Award seeks applications from photographers and artist collectives for photographic projects exploring the theme of “third places”—informal social spaces beyond home and work that shape urban life. 

The €445,000 Connect & Create programme supports artists, cultural organisations, and artistic teams to expand live performance opportunities, music circulation, international networking, and cultural exchange between Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe

The R12,000 University of Johannesburg (UJ) Artists in Residence Programme is designed to advance arts practice as research.

The €3,500 Camargo Fellowship provides a unique international residency opportunity for artists, scholars, and thinkers seeking time for research, experimentation, and creative development.

The $1,000 ISC Innovator Award recognizes individuals, organizations, and collectives using contemporary sculpture to create social impact, innovation, and positive change.

The STIAS Artist-in-Residence Fellowship offers accomplished artists from around the world the opportunity to develop a clearly defined creative project within the interdisciplinary environment of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) in South Africa

The €50,000 LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize invites professional artisans from around the world to submit exceptional handcrafted works that demonstrate artistic excellence, innovation, and contemporary relevance.

The $3,500 BIC Art Master Contest invites artists from Africa to submit original artworks created with BIC Ball Pens. The theme, “Tomorrow in Your Hands,” encourages artists to express their creativity, hopes, stories, imagination, and vision for the future.