Biyi Bandele, Noo Saro-Wiwa, 2 others win Bellagio Centre residency
Four African artists have been named winners of the
2017 AIR – Bellagio Centre Artist In Residency program. They are Biyi Bandele
(Multidisciplinary) Nigeria, Mona Eltahawy (Literature) Egypt, Noo Saro-Wiwa
(literature) Nigeria, and Sisonke Msimang (Literature) South Africa..
The residency award
is granted to applicants whose work and process align with the Africa Centre
and Rockefeller Foundation’s shared goal to catalyze art that progresses the
wellbeing of humanity and advances positive social change.
The program is a collaboration
between the Africa Centre and the Rockefeller
Foundation to support mid to late career African artists by
offering residency opportunities at the Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Italy.
Applications for the
2018 Artists In Residency Program will open on July 1st, 2018.
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