Expired: OPEN CALL FOR ART AFTER BABY: INDEPENDENT NETWORK FOR CONTEMPORARY CULTURE & ART

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Deadline

22 November 2024

Opportunity Description

INCCA is pleased to announce the second edition of Art After Baby (AAB), which is again supported by the National Arts Council South Africa (NAC) Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP 5). Two successful artists will be selected to receive a living wage for two months, as well as their own solo exhibitions at Victoria Yards in Johannesburg in early 2025, mentorship and online promotion of their work through dedicated text.

We are excited to put out an open call and invite visual artists based in Gauteng, South Africa to apply. We are appealing specifically to those who are trying to juggle art-making with motherhood, caregiving or have been impacted by loss. This is one of the few projects in the province that acknowledges that artists are often “zero-hour workers” with a sporadic and unreliable income, and that many women carry the responsibility of being primary caregivers without the financial cushion to continue their practice. We also acknowledge that, whether they are parents/caregivers or not, countless women in particular are impacted by pregnancy, loss, and associated complications, and that this can have a deep effect on their ability to work.

Due to the grant window’s limited timeline – in which the project must be complete by 31 March 2025 – we are looking for artists who have a distinct body of work in progress, and are seeking support in order to complete and exhibit it.

How to Apply