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Création Africa – Mobility grants for artists and culture professionals 2027
Création Africa (Institut français, Goethe-Institut, Expertise France; EU-funded) · France
EU-funded mobility grants for artists and culture professionals across visual arts and other disciplines, prioritising Africa-to-Africa travel between 1 January and 31 August 2027. Applications in English closed 16 September 2026.
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Who can enter
- Location
- Africa
- Age
- No age limit
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Any medium
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- Artists and culture professionals based in sub-Saharan Africa (Africa–Africa mobility prioritised); European applicants only in partnership with African counterparts. Applications in English.
About
Création Africa, a programme of the Institut français, the Goethe-Institut and Expertise France funded by the European Union, offers mobility grants for artists and culture professionals. The scheme primarily supports short-term Africa-to-Africa mobility for practitioners in sub-Saharan Africa, with European artists and organisations eligible when partnered with African counterparts.
Eligible fields include visual arts, performing arts, music, literature, film, media arts, cultural heritage, design, architecture and fashion design. The grants cover mobility of all kinds taking place between 1 January and 31 August 2027; grant amounts are set out in the full guidelines and were not stated on the page read.
Applications were submitted in English through the Création Africa platform by 16 September 2026. The scheme has run in successive rounds, so a further call is likely.