Art Exchange: Moving Image Programme 2026

The Art Exchange: Moving Image Programme is a collaborative curatorial development programme for early to mid-career visual arts curators from Sub-Saharan Africa who engage with moving image. It combines mentorship, skills development, and curatorial experimentation across African and UK contexts, offering networking opportunities, access to a public art collection, and a fully funded research trip to the UK, culminating in a final exhibition in participants’ home countries.

Mentorship, online professional development, access to the British Council Collection, a fully funded UK research trip (May 2026), a grant to deliver a home-country exhibition, and networking opportunities across Sub-Saharan Africa and the UK.

Applicants must be 18+, based in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda or Zimbabwe; not enrolled in full- or part-time formal education; an early to mid-career visual arts curator; proficient in English; have an interest in working with moving image; currently hold a valid passport (until at least 30 November 2026) and be available to travel to the UK in May 2026.

Submit an online application form with required documents (CV, curatorial proposal, and letter of support).