2022/2023 Access Bank ART X Prize for Early-Career African Artists
Suitably qualified Early-Career African Artists who are creative and looking for grants to advance and perfect their artistry career are invited to submit application for the 2022/2023 Access Bank ART X Prize which seeks to set up successful applicants on their highest level of success with a grant worth about $10,000.
The Access Bank ART X Prize is an initiative funded by Access Bank to award early-career artists from Africa and its Diaspora with opportunities to develop their practices, with the aim of setting them up for the highest level of success on the global stage and a grant worth about $10,000 to perfect and place their artistry career on the peak of success.
Access Bank is a Nigerian multinational commercial bank founded in 1989, owned by Access Bank Group. It is licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria known as the national banking regulator. The bank’s technology teams take on the continent’s biggest financial and data challenges for over 40 million customers, building the platforms and partnerships that affect millions of people every day. Customers are at the forefront of everything they do, ensuring customer’s concerns are addressed as it is vital to the success of the Bank. After its merger with Diamond bank which has over 42 million customers, the Bank became the largest bank in Africa by customer base, and the largest bank in Nigeria by asset. Aside from its numerous assets and achievement, the bank is very well committed to the development of Early-Career Artists from the African continent.
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Eligibility for the 2022/2023 Access Bank ART X Prize for Early-Career African Artists:
- Applicants must be from the African continent.
- Applicants must be emerging artists from Africa and its Diaspora.
- Applicants must have the hunger for success and development of their artistry career.
Benefits of the 2022/2023 Access Bank ART X Prize for Early-Career African Artists:
Winners from Nigeria will receive:
- Gasworks UK Residency Award
- Exhibition at ART X Lagos
- Grant worth about $10,000
- An opportunity for cultural exchange
Winners from African / Diaspora will receive:
- Yinka Shonibare GAS Foundation NG Residency Award
- Exhibition at ART X Lagos
- Grant worth about $10,000
- An opportunity for cultural exchange
Interested applicants are to submit their application before the application deadline as every application will be judged fairly by the Jury.
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Application Deadline: November 6, 2022
