Art Centre – PAN!C

Kulungwana

Focus: Exhibitions, Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Photography, Video, Installation, Workshops, Education, Training, Research, Literature, Publishing, Biennales and Festivals, Contemporary Art, Curatorial Practice, Art Centre, Classical Music, Talks and Discussions, Visual Arts

Kulungwana – Association for Cultural Development, was officially registered on 23rd May 2006 in Maputo, Mozambique, and opened its Exhibition Space “Sala de Espera” at the Central Railway Station (CFM) in 2008. Since 2005, Kulungwana organizes the Maputo International Music Festival, and more recently, Xiquitsi, training project for orchestras and choirs. The gallery holds solo and group exhibitions, workshops and book launches.

KAS (Kin Art Studio)

Place: DRC

Focus: Residencies, Exhibitions, Video, Masterclasses, Artist Studios, Archives, Research, Knowledge, Critique, Public Art, Biennales and Festivals, Multimedia, Curatorial Practice, Art Centre, Library, Talks and Discussions, Workshops

KAS/Kin ArtStudio project Is a cultural, non–profit Organization, was founded in 2010, by the congolese visual artist, Mwilambwe Bondo, KAS is an artist initiative serves as a laboratory for developing talent on an national and an international level. which favors the creation or the innovation in the field of visual arts and other forms of contemporary artistic expressions in Kinshasa, DRCongo, in Africa and in the World.

Atelier Sahm

Place: Republic of the Congo

Les Ateliers Sahm opened in the fall of 2012 under the artistic direction of the Congolese artist and writer Bill Kouélany.
This arts center in Brazzaville focuses primarily on the plastic arts, but is also open to other forms of artistic expression such as literature, film, music, and theater.
Les Ateliers Sahm provides workspaces, materials, and practical instruction to a new generation of artists and designers, supporting them in the development of their artistic skills and in their critical engagement with their own work, and helping them make important contacts. Every year between September and December, international experts give workshops and seminars on painting, video art, and art criticism. This is followed by an exhibition of the works created in these sessions, which are awarded prizes in several categories. Along with its residency program, les Ateliers Sahm thus provides Congolese artists a platform for their art and a forum for exchange with international artists.

Focus: Critique, Residencies, Public Art, Exhibitions, Workshops, Library, Mediatheque, Artist Studios, Conferences, Art Centre, Talks and Discussions

Nafasi Art Space

Place: Tanzania

Focus: Residencies, Exhibitions, Masterclasses, Workshops, Artist Studios, Public Art, Biennales and Festivals, Art Centre, Library, Talks and Discussions

Nafasi Art Space is a young cultural centre in Tanzania, set up to improve the visual arts in the country. We have 15 artists working in 11 studios on a large industrial plot in Dar es Salaam, as painters, designers, illustrators and sculptors. Nafasi Art Space, started in 2007 as a Non-Governmental Organisation with support from the Danish Centre for Cultural and Development (DCCD). In a little over a year Nafasi became a vibrant place in Dar es Salaam, where artists work and the public can experience art.

Doual’art

Place: Cameroon

Doual’art is a contemporary art center based in Douala since 1991. As a research laboratory on the relationship between art and the city, it wants to push the boundaries of contemporary art. Its ambitions is to give a soul to a changing southern city, to reveal its emerging identities, to give a forum for public speech on specific issues as well as change the gaze on the aesthetics of its environment and, by the end, create an audience carefulness of contemporary art. To do this, doual’art exhibits and invites cameroonian and international artists, both in “Espace doual’art”, the white cube gallery space and outside in the public areas, where these creative people (visual artists, designers, architects,…) are invited to dialogue with urban practices. Since 2007, doual’art organizes the Trienal SUD-Salon Urbain de Douala, a public art festival whose purpose is to go and meet the inhabitants and enrich the city’s contemporary heritage.

Focus: Public Art, Exhibitions, Residencies, Video, Artist Studios, Archives, Research, Knowledge, Writing, Critique, Publishing, Biennales and Festivals, Multimedia, Curatorial Practice, Radio, Art Centre, Talks and Discussions, Workshops, Symposiums

Centre d’art Waza

Place: DRC

– Centre d’art Waza is an independent art space based in Lubumbashi, DR Congo. Established in 2010, Waza provides resources for artists and cultural practitioners of all disciplines to develop critical thinking through artistic research, exchange with local communities and international art professionals. Waza develops projects at the intersection of art, research and social engagement and has been working for years on complex issues such as the restitution of cultural property and paradigm shifts in donor relations.

Focus: Biennales and Festivals, Workshops, Writing, Publishing, Research, Public Art, Photography, Video, Talks and Discussions, Workshops, Residencies, Curatorial Practice, Exhibitions, Art Centre, Knowledge

Thapong Visual Arts Centre

Place: Botswana

Focus: Residencies, Exhibitions, Workshops, Artist Studios, Art Fairs, Art Centre, Talks and Discussions

Njelele Art Station

Place: Zimbabwe

Focus: Residencies, Exhibitions, Knowledge, Public Art, Art Centre, Talks and Discussions

Njelele is an independent project space located in downtown Harare. It focuses on contemporary visual art forms, such as photography, film, animation, sound, installation and performance art. Njelele is an urban laboratory for creative experimentation, erudition and encounters with everyday life.

B’chira Art Center

Place: Tunisia

Focus: Residencies, Exhibitions, Video, Workshops, Critique, Public Art, Biennales and Festivals, Multimedia, Curatorial Practice, Art Centre, Talks and Discussions

BAC Art Center, Tunisia, is an independent non-profit cultural association, located at the Bchira Art Center, Sabelet Ben Ammar, 2032, on the road of Sidi Thabet, Tunisia. By offering creators the means to perform in Tunisia and abroad, by supporting transversal artistic projects and by developing international proactive collaborations, the BAC association will contribute to democratizing contemporary art and opening up to new audiences.