Culture

Creative Industries Eunic © Goethe-Institut

We promote cultural exchange, education and social discourse

We foster bilateral cultural exchange programs between Germany and Namibia. We initiate film series, exhibitions, concerts, seminars and festivals, always with the goal to facilitate artistic production, reception and reflection involving actors from both countries.

Funding for Arts and Culture

Art

Henrike Grohs Art Award

In memory of Henrike Grohs, the Goethe-Institut and the Grohs family have initiated a 20,000€ prize dedicated to artists living and working in Africa.

Henrike Grohs Art Award © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

-change in African museums

MuseumFutures

The pan-African project “MuseumFutures Africa” promotes a conceptual change – away from European museology, with its partially colonial approach.
 

Museum Futures © Goethe-Institut Johannesburg © Goethe-Institut Johannesburg

-African Artist Residency

LAPA Pan

The Goethe-Institut South Africa invites African artists to apply for their multi-resident arts space LAPA (@lapa_brixton) in Johannesburg! Two artists as an artistic duo or pair can apply for their Residency Season II. 

 LAPA Pan-African Artist Residency © Goethe-Institut Johannesburg LAPA Call for applications © Goethe-Institut Johannesburg LAPA Call for applications

Worldwide

Arts funding and residencies

The Goethe-Institut promotes art and culture in a variety of projects in Germany and abroad. You can search by genre, funding type and duration.

Arts funding and residencies © Unsplash/Matthieu Comoy © Unsplash/Matthieu Comoy

Our Projects

Creative industries

Relying on its global reach, the Goethe-Institut has sought to provide support in a way that connects Namibian creatives to international players in the same industries.

Creative Entrepeneurship Eunic © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

Arts x Nature

By integrating arts (film, design, drama) into conservation endeavors, the Goethe-Institut Namibia fosters a deeper connection with nature among the public, instilling a profound sense of responsibility and care for the environment.

Art & Nature © Christo du Toit © Christo du Toit

Remembrance and Shaping

Over the years, the Goethe-Institut Namibia has been dedicated to fostering dialogue and understanding about Namibia’s and Germanys complex and painful history, our colonial past and the process of decolonization and reconciliation through the art-based initiatives.

Decolonization © Gift Uzera, Muningandu Hoveka, Nicola Brandt © Gift Uzera, Muningandu Hoveka, Nicola Brandt

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