Senegal

The Dëkandoo Artistic Residence is a production residency for artists of Spanish or Equatoguinean origin who wish to develop a research and artistic creation project linked to the commune of Gandiol and the Natural Park of the Langue de Barbarie. The residency will run for five weeks, starting 1 November 2023.

Academie voor Theater en Dans (AHK) in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Ecole des Sables in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal are currently seeking applications for Africa-based dancers to participate in a residency exchange. The residency will take place at Ecole des Sables, Toubab Dialaw from 25 February – 26 March 2023.

This year, the African Union celebrates its 20th anniversary since the organisation’s establishment at the Durban Summit of July 2002. As part of this commemoration, the African Union (AU), in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is hosting a residency programme at Loman Art House in Dakar, Senegal from 7-28 November 2022 for established visual artists from across Africa to produce a piece of work that celebrates the unity and potential of the African continent.

We Make Books invites independent publishers from Africa and its Diaspora to participate in a two-day programme during the African Art Book (AABF) Fair in Dakar on 19 & 20 May 2022. The programme supports the creation of a dynamic network of art publishers on the African continent and the participants are invited to become part of a group of publishers engaged in a continuous exchange on art book making in 2022 and 2023.

Dance Base Scotland and Ecole des Sables Senegal unite to create Source, an exchange project celebrating African Contemporary practice through Germaine Acogny’s Technique. Artists based in Scotland can apply for the eight-month programme, which includes a digital exchange from September 2021 - April 2022, as well as a 2-3 week in-person residency at Ecole des Sables in Senegal in May 2022.

Le Fonds de mobilité «Culture au Sahel» soutient la mobilité à l’intérieur de la zone du G5 Sahel, et en direction de la Côte d’Ivoire et du Sénégal. «Culture au Sahel» est ouvert aux artistes et aux professionnels de la culture résidant dans l’un des 5 pays du G5 Sahel : Burkina-Faso, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger et Tchad. La période et la durée de la mobilité sont à la libre appréciation du candidat mais la mobilité doit être effectuée avant le 31 janvier 2022.