Ecologies of Culture
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Ecologies of Culture supports cultural practitioners and collaborators through locally rooted projects, cross-sector experiments, and artistic circulation to address social and environmental challenges.
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Ecologies of Culture is now closed for applications for this cycle.
Funder: Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
Due Dates (Anticipated): April 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Support for 60 projects across three pillars during the 2025–2029 program
Summary: Ecologies of Culture supports cultural practice, cross-sector experimentation, and circulation of artistic work to address interconnected social and environmental challenges.
Key Information: The program supports projects across Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, and Tunisia.
Description
Ecologies of Culture is a four-year program (2025–2029) led by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), co-funded by the European Union, and delivered in partnership with Oxfam, Megaphone, and Echos Electrik. It explores how artistic and cultural practice can help understand and respond to interconnected challenges, including gender inequality, climate change, and digital transformation.
The program invites participation from inside and outside artistic practice, bringing cultural practitioners into collective thinking and creation alongside other fields. It approaches culture through relationships with place, memory, technology, land, language, and community. Its three pillars support locally rooted projects, experimentation across sectors, and the movement of cultural work between places, languages, and people.
