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And then there were 15…

Africa Centre, Project Story
February 21, 2017
Posted by Wanjiru Koinange
Tags: Africa Centre African Artists AIR2016 Bellagio Centre residency programmes Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center

In 2015, we added a layer to our Artists In Residency competition that specifically awarded residencies to mid to late-career African artists who lived on the continent and its diaspora. The response to this addition was encouraging and affirmed the need to cater to this group of artists. As a result, five artists have since completed residencies at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Italy.

We are glad to present the shortlist for the 2016 competition. These fifteen exceptional artists were selected from over 120 applicants from various countries across the continent and beyond. They are:

 

  1. Amina Benbouchta | Visual Arts | Morocco
  2. Doreen Baingana | Literature | Uganda

  3. Godfried Donkor | Visual Arts | Ghana/UK

  4. Héla Ammar | Visual Arts | Tunisia

  5. Jennifer Makumbi-Morris | Literature | Uganda

  6. Judith Adong | Multidisciplinary | Uganda

  7. Katia Kameli | Film | Algeria/France

  8. Leila Aboulela | Literature | Sudan/UK

  9. Marie – Laure Edom | Performing Arts | Zimbabwe

  10. Mark Gevisser | Literature | South Africa

  11. Mshai Mwangola | Multidisciplinary | Kenya

  12. Njabulo Ndebele | Literature | South Africa

  13. Phillippa Yaa de Villiers | Literature | South Africa

  14. Victor Ekpuk | Visual Arts | Nigeria/USA

  15. Yaba Badoe | Film | Ghana/UK

 

We are grateful to ALL the artists who took the time and effort to send us their proposals. Congratulations to these fifteen shortlisted artists.

The finalists will be revealed in May 2017.

 

 

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