Art Exchange: Moving Image Curatorial Professional Development and Exhibition Programme 2026 fo[...]

On the Move; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A cultural institution is offering a unique curatorial development program for early to mid-career visual arts curators from Sub-Saharan Africa. The program includes a fully funded research trip to the UK in May 2026, along with personalized mentorship and grants for exhibitions. Participants will gain essential skills and networking opportunities to enhance their practice in visual arts, particularly with moving image works from the British Council Collection.

Benefits

Fully funded research trip to the UK

Grants for local exhibitions

Qualifications

• Early to mid-career visual arts curators with a focus on moving image.
• Demonstrated interest in working with moving image.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a structured, year-long mentorship program.
• Deliver an exhibition and program for local audiences.

Job description

Art Exchange: Moving Image Curatorial Professional Development and Exhibition Programme 2026 for Sub-Saharan Africa Artists (Online / UK)

Art Exchange: Moving Image is a collaborative, cross-cultural curatorial development programme designed to strengthen the practice of early to mid-career visual arts curators from Sub-Saharan Africa who are engaging with moving image as a medium.

Supported by the British Council, and delivered by Breinstorm Brand Architects, a strategic design and storytelling firm, and IQOQO, a digital platform connecting creative and cultural sector professionals, the Art Exchange: Moving Image programme combines mentorship, skills development, and curatorial experimentation across African and UK contexts.

Up to six curators will be selected to participate in a structured, year-long programme that offers personalised mentorship, professional development workshops, networking opportunities, and a fully funded research trip to the UK in May 2026 (provisional dates 15 – 25 May 2026). Participants will gain access to moving image works from the British Council Collection and receive financial and logistical support to develop and present a final exhibition in their home country.

It is open to early to mid-career visual arts curators based in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda or Zimbabwe who have a demonstrated interest in working with the moving image. The programme welcomes applications from D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent individuals.

The programme includes:

• A fully funded research trip in the UK in May 2026 (provisional dates 15 – 25 May 2026)
• A grant to deliver an exhibition and programme for local audiences, of artworks from local artists and the British Council Art Collection (late 2026 and March 2027)