African Female Artist Mentorship Program 2026-2027 – YOA

Deadline: October 30, 2026

Applications are open for the African Female Artist Mentorship Program 2026-2027. Girl Child Art Foundation created the African Female Artist Mentorship Program in response to the necessity to empower and assist younger African feminine artists to achieve the inventive trade, offering further assist past GCAF’s profitable artwork workshops, exhibitions, and different artwork-primarily based instructional packages.

The AFA Mentorship Program is designed to assist the person creative strategies {and professional} ambitions of rising feminine artists in Africa by offering entry to the talents and expertise of chosen mentors. AFAM is a specialised artwork program developed particularly for feminine artists who’re clear about what they wish to be taught or these in search of a one-on-one lesson fashion.

Mentees are chosen primarily based on their demonstrated dedication to their observe, the readability and degree of ambition outlined of their targets for this system, and the power of the applicant to make the most of this system to its fullest potential.

Eligibility

• Mentees are FEMALE artists within the early phases of their careers as skilled artists; aged 19- 40 years; African.
• Individuals enrolled in put up-secondary study are ineligible to take part.

Application

Mentee artists should submit:

• A letter of application – Describe your expertise as an artist (artwork observe/ studio exercise )during the last yr. What are your targets for this program? How would your present work profit from this system? How will you dedicate enough time to the event of your work whereas balancing different commitments? What challenges do you could have in your observe, and what are you at the moment doing to beat these challenges? (max 2 pages)
• 10 JPEG photographs or 10 quick movies  (max 5 minutes every) with an accompanying annotated picture record (together with title, date, medium, dimensions). You can even submit any mixture of photographs and movies for a complete of 10 submissions.
• One letter of reference – from a longtime artist or curator with expertise along with your work. This letter ought to exhibit that you’re a good candidate for this system. Also embrace the names and make contact with data of further references who’ve expertise along with your work.
• A hyperlink to your web site or a resume/cv (max 2 pages)

Email a replica of your Application Proposal by October 30, 2026, to: [email protected]

For extra data, go to AFAMP.