AMA is pleased to announce the grantees of Session 28 (August 2015) of its mobility grants programme. This session was one of AMA’s most competitive, with 165 eligible applications received. A total of 17 artists and cultural practitioners (including 3 groups) were awarded grants: 1. Maison Hussein Abo El Naga, Dalia Basiouny Hassan and Helal Mostafa…
AMA grantee Denver Breda is currently in Zanzibar, Tanzania, to participate in the Zanzibar International Film Festival, taking place between July 7 and 26. Mr. Breda is an independent Khoisan indigenous filmmaker, scriptwriter, photographer, actor and social activist based in the Cape Flats. He is the CEO and founder of the Cape Flats Creative Collective,…
AMA grantee Mitchelle Opado is currently in Zanzibar, Tanzania to produce a film about the Zanzibar International Film Festival (July 17 – 27). Mitchelle is a member of Afro Art Media (http://afroartmedia.com/), an online platform dedicated to showcasing African visual art. Besides displaying the works of leading African graphic designers, painters, animators and filmmakers, the…
Today, AMA grantee Marie-Florine Demosthene travels from Accra, Ghana to Johannesburg, South Africa, to begin a 6-week-long residency at Gallery MOMO (July 4-August 16). Born in New York and raised in Port-au-Prince, Haïti, Marie-Florine Demosthene is a visual artist working across the media of painting, installation and performance. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts…
Today, AMA grantee Soufiane Ouissi travels from Tunis to Kinshasa to participate in the 6th edition of the international arts festival Connexion Kin, which is being held between July 2 and 12. Sofiane Ouissi is a choreographer, dancer and curator based in Tunis. He completed his initial training in dance at the Conservatoire de musique…
Today, AMA grantee Happiness Peter Kulwa Majige travels from Mwanza, Tanzania to Toubab Dialaw, Senegal, to participate in a two-week workshop on the Germaine Acogny dance technique at the École des Sables. Ms. Majige is a professional dancer. She has been working professionally since 2008, working with various choreographers both within Tanzania and internationally (including…
Last weekend, AMA grantee Achiro Patricia Olwoch travelled from Entebe, Uganda to Cape Town, South Africa, in order to participate in the Women Playwrights International Conference (June 28-July 4). Born in exile in Nairobi and raised in the UK, Achiro Patricia Olwoch is a novelist, editor, screenwriter and playwright now based in Gulu, Northern Uganda.…
Alexandria-based AMA grantee Amany El-Sawy travels to Cape Town today to participate in the Women Playwrights International Conference (June 28-July 3). Amany El-Sawy is a lecturer in the English department at the Faculty of Education of Alexandria University. Her field of specialization is contemporary British theatre. While her career has to date been focused on…
AMA is now accepting applications for projects taking place between September 15, 2015 and January 15, 2016. Interested applicants can find the application guidelines and form here. **Please note that the application form has changed.** Deadline for applications: July 15, 2015, 6 pm WAT (West African Time) Candidates will be notified of the results on August…
AMA is pleased to announce the grantees of Session 27 (March 2015) of its mobility grants programme. Of the eighty grant applicants, twenty were awarded grants: • Ms. Ada Jeanne Umugwaneza (dancer, Rwanda): Ms. Umugwaneza will be travelling from Kigali to Toubab Dialaw, Senegal, to participate in “Du geste à la danse,” the first module…
