AFRICA HAS A STORY. WHAT WILL YOU CREATE?

Your perspective matters! Your creativity matters! And the world is ready to see it!

AL for the Arts, in partnership with Google Arts & Culture, invites emerging African artists to apply for a groundbreaking digital art exhibition celebrating African creativity, culture and imagination. All coming to life through an immersive exhibition showcase in February 2027.

Apply Here to Showcase
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Through this programme, selected creatives will be supported to develop a body of work around the exhibition theme, while gaining experience in concept development, creative production, curation, storytelling and presenting their work to wider audiences. Participants will engage in a structured professional process that includes mentorship, feedback and iteration, culminating in work that forms part of a collective digital exhibition celebrating contemporary African perspectives.

Are you an Artist? This is your Chance!

If you are an artist, storyteller, game designer, or creative thinker ready to explore new ideas, experiment with your craft, and contribute to how Africa is seen, experienced, and imagined, this is your moment. Bring your perspective, your creativity and your story, and be part of an exhibition that takes African art beyond borders.
 
AL for the Arts, in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture, invite you to apply and become part of the 2027 exhibition.

About AL for Arts

The Creative Arts sector and the talent in Africa is enormous and is significant to the economic development of many countries in Africa. The network encompasses the entirety of the creative economy, a term that encompasses the core individual artistic disciplines of visual arts, design, writing, theatre and performance, music as well as their related sub-industries, e.g. advertising, publishing and distribution, in addition to arts and culture management and policy-making. This is to enable a holistic and thriving creative economy development approach with avenues that showcase Africa’s rich heritage and culture. Additionally, the network aims to develop data and document stories of how art can be a force for development in Africa, through its envisioned shared success.

What is required to be successful

  • Must be an African national;
  • Must be a student or graduate of the African Leadership Academy (ALA) or a student/graduate of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program;
  • Must at least be a university student
  • Must demonstrate passion for the arts