Funding in Africa
Triangle Art Trust
Trianle Trust initiates and finances an international network of artist led workshops and residencies, with an emphasis on Africa and the Caribbean.
www.trianglearts.orgArt Moves Africa
Art Moves Africa (AMA) is an international none for profit organisation aiming to facilitate cultural and artistic exchanges within the African continent. AMA offers travel funds to artists, arts professionals and cultural operators living and working in Africa to travel within the African continent in order to engage in the exchange of information, the enhancement of skills, the development of informal networks and the pursuit of cooperation.
www.artmovesafrica.orgAVA's Artreach fund
Artreach fund financially assists visual artists from South Africa working in a variety of media. AVA's Artreach programme primary aim is to broaden the existing opportunities open to visual artists working in South Africa by encouraging art education, by promoting through exposure, and by advancing cultural production.
www.ava.co.zaBASA
Basa Fund founded the 'SupportinGrant' Scheme with funding from the South African Department of Arts and Culture, and aims to encourage and increase business sponsorship of the arts. It is designed as an incentive scheme for business sponsors (so not as another source of public subsidy for arts organisations). www.basa.co.zaPro Helvetia Cape Town
Pro Helvetia Cape Town is one of the Pro Helvetia representations abroad, set up at the beginning of 1998. Although Pro Helvetia Cape Town has its office in the heart of Cape Town, it is set up with the characteristics of a mobile office to cover the whole of Southern Africa.
Pro Helvetia Cape Town fosters cultural interaction between Southern Africa and Switzerland, and also supports local capacity building and encourages cultural interaction between Southern African countries. www.prohelvetia.org.zaYatfund
They facilitate cultural exchanges in Africa for individual artists and cultural operators, and cultural organizations and encourage artists and cultural operators to exchange experiences, information and ideas towards shared projects and artistic collaborations.
www.yatfund.org
