Established in May 2024 in Kampala, Uganda, BlackBox Africa is on a quest to offer much needed support for the proliferation of arts in East Africa and beyond. To achieve this, its institutional residency programme provides emerging and mid-career artists space, materials, mentorship and finance to research and expand their vocabulary.
It’s three-tiered programme meets the needs of different categories of artists at specific points in their career. The programme spans six weeks to nine months based on artist-specific needs.
BlackBox Africa was founded by Ghanaian cultural producer and multimedia practitioner, Marie-Franz Fordjoe – who is on a quest to contribute her quota to the proliferation of art on the African continent.
With applications open all year, BlackBox Africa invites its Fellows to produce a portfolio of works which are ultimately exhibited in group or solo shows. BlackBox Africa is committed to nurturing African artists’ creative process, while acting as a pillar for their introduction and development within a flourishing local subculture and global contemporary art scene.
Deeply informed by the African sociocultural context, and globally minded, BlackBox Africa is positioning itself as both a participant in, and a catalyst to the emergence of a striving local subculture. More than a space for creative development, the residency works hand-in-hand with other cultural outlets, both public and private.
Paired with its profound curatorial concern, it emerges as a commercially aware residency programme: one actively looking to both support the longevity of its artists’ careers within a competitive art market and strengthen a growing local collectorship.
Contact Information
Marie-Franz Fordjoe
+256 78 525 4900
mfranz@motiv.africa
