Arts for Global Development, Inc.

🎨 Calling All Artists Ready to Lead the #CreativeEconomy We’ve received over 60 applications (and counting) for our upcoming 12-week online artist-led residency—and we’re just getting started. This isn’t just a residency. It’s a safe space for truth-telling, accountability, and systems change within the creative economy. We're looking for artists and creatives who want to: 🧠 Dissect the current conditions of the creative economy 🎤 Speak out on how institutions, festivals, and funders claim to support artists—yet fail to deliver ✊ Help build a real artist-led movement that shifts power, access, and leadership back into the hands of creators 💸 Explore how to redirect funding and support directly to artists through donors, foundations, and sponsors If you’ve ever felt tokenized, underpaid, or excluded from the decisions that affect your livelihood—this space is for you. Let’s stop asking for a seat at the table. Let’s build the new one—together. 🖋️ Apply now or share with someone who should be part of this movement: https://lnkd.in/dJj6MfVW #ArtistLed #CreativeEconomy #ArtsResidency #DirectToArtist #HipHop #ArtsFunding #ArtistsForChange #CulturalJustice #ArtAndActivism #MGoS Arts and Causes Artsy United Nations Hip Hop Caucus UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) International Labour Organization UNESCO Create2030 BRIC Arts & Media International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) DAP Decolonize Arts Platform Decolonize Arts Platform United Nations Joint SDG Fund United Nations Office for Partnerships

The Creativity Pioneers Fund Open Call 2025 is now live! Apply by April 7 for a chance to receive a 5,000€ unearmarked grant and join a global community of like-minded organizations using creativity and culture to address today’s most pressing challenges. How to apply: Click the link below to read the Open Call and fill out the application form. Available in English, Spanish, French, and Italian. A special thank you to the partners of the Creativity Pioneers Fund, a unique coalition investing in and promoting Creativity for Social Change. Don’t miss this opportunity! Apply now: https://lnkd.in/dGcXir8n #CreativityPioneers #OpenCall #FundingOpportunity #CreativeImpact #SocialChange BIC Promozioniservizi® - Gruppo CRIF Cherry Bank Fondazione Marcegaglia Porticus BASE Milano Hawthornden Foundation Healthy Food Healthy Planet Fondazione CON IL SUD Open Society Foundations MANE King Baudouin Foundation Nirox Sculpture Park Allianz Foundation The DOEN Foundation Conrad N. Hilton Foundation The Democracy & Culture Foundation Fondazione Italiana Accenture ETS KAOSPILOT Social Enterprise Open Camp Isola.Catania Fondazione OELLE Mediterraneo Antico Istituto Marangoni The African Leadership University Fondazione Pietro Pittini LAGO-COLLECTIVE Community Arts Network FROM – Moltiplichiamo valore pubblico European Cultural Foundation ODI Global Alterna British Council

Ahead of #InternationalWomensDay, UNESCO gives voice to Afghan girls and women and calls for their rights to be restored. Among the inspiring figures joining us is Shamsia Hassani, Afghanistan’s first female graffiti artist. Read more: https://unes.co/gkbzcd

Calling all climate storytellers! The Doc Society's Climate Story Fund is open for applications! They are supporting 6-8 film, podcast, or radio projects that tell powerful climate stories from around the world. 📢 What’s on offer? ✅ Grants of $50,000–$125,000 for production & impact activities ✅ Virtual Impact Lab participation to strengthen your impact strategy ✅ Ongoing support throughout your production and impact journey. ✅ For projects ready to launch by mid-2026 or earlier 🗓️ Deadline: March 10, 2025 📍 Apply now & find full details here: https://lnkd.in/g3MHMCKf #ClimateStoryFund #ClimateJustice

📢 Calling All African Storytellers! Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) is on the lookout for bold and transformative stories that amplify the voices of African women and girls. We are seeking narratives that explore sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and their intersection with politics, civic space, economic justice, and climate justice. We are particularly interested in untold, invisible, emerging, forgotten, or deliberately suppressed stories—narratives that educate, inspire, and drive change. Get Funding to Bring Your Story to Life! We are offering 10-15 storytelling grants ranging from $500 to $2,000 to support impactful storytelling in any format—articles, podcasts, videos, short films, photo series, poetry, and more. Stories that explore the interconnections between SRHR, civic space, economic justice, and climate justice will be prioritized. 📅 Deadline: March 7, 2025 📝 Pitch your story here: https://bit.ly/40tdw3u Please share widely! Let’s amplify African voices and reshape the narrative. #UntoldStoriesSRHR #MediaCall #AfricanStorytellers Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Alliance Uganda African Centre for Media Excellence - ACME FEMNET - African Women's Development and Communication Network Zamara Foundation

Global Artivism Conference Coordinator position available!! Passionate about the power of art to drive change with experience in conference organising? We’re looking for a dedicated individual to join our team as our Inaugural Global Artivism Conference Coordinator. View Job description and application link: English: https://lnkd.in/g6GzZsUy Portuguese: https://lnkd.in/gC-RX8UX Annual salary range: BRL 148,320 - 177,984 Last date to apply: 28 February 2025 (or until the position is filled) #Artivism #ConferenceCoordinator #JobOpportunity #ArtForChange #ApplyNow Global Commons Alliance Community Arts Network

📢 Here's our monthly round-up of opportunities for UK creative organisations, businesses and freelancers. If there is an opportunity we've missed, please do share in the comments. ⭐ Rising Stars. Arts charity New Ashgate Gallery’s programme to support makers as they launch their careers with a curated selling exhibition and audience development. Apply by 20 January. https://lnkd.in/eQUAFafr ⭐ Collaborative R&D: Creative Catalyst. UK businesses can apply to Innovate UK for a share of up to £2 million for projects that develop new innovative products and tools for the UK creative industry. Apply by 29 January. https://lnkd.in/eSjUkXuE ⭐ Film Forward 2025. ScreenSkills Film Skills Fund’s scheme provides training, networking and paid placements for deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent professionals with 3+ years of experience in virtual production, post-production, or VFX. Apply by 6 February. https://lnkd.in/e7ZVAGXk ⭐ BBC Creative U. Free 12-week masterclass for aspiring creatives from ethnic minority backgrounds. Apply by 12 February. https://lnkd.in/eYzUxiUd ⭐ Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition. A chance to see your work displayed in the world’s largest open-submission exhibition. Submissions close on 12 February (or when the entry limit is reached).  https://lnkd.in/eBwQsZKh ⭐ Made in the UK, Sold to the World Awards. The Department for Business and Trade’s annual awards scheme celebrating outstanding small businesses achieving international success includes a ‘Creative Industries’ category. Apply by 9 March. https://lnkd.in/ecGY_TNG