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Find experimental artist residencies in Africa encouraging risk-taking, unconventional approaches, and creative experimentation without pressure for finished products. These programs value process over outcome, supporting artists testing new ideas, failing productively, and exploring uncertain territories. From interdisciplinary experiments to medium-defying projects, discover residencies offering freedom to play, prototype, and pursue creative curiosity without commercial or exhibition pressures constraining artistic exploration.

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Ubuntu Art Residency | Masindi Uganda

Ubuntu Art Residency | Masindi Uganda

Bikonzi, Masindi, Uganda
Pets: Not Allowed
€ 37,00 / night
Photography, Performing Arts, Literary Arts, Film/Video, Multimedia/Digital, Curators, Ceramics, Visual Arts
2 weeks to 3 months
On-site Housing

A description of your practice and how you work (around 300 words)

An outline of the project, question or direction you would like to pursue at Ubuntu, and how it connects to the residency’s three axes — environmental, community and interdisciplinary practice (around 500 words)

A short note on why Ubuntu and the Bunyoro-Kitara region interest you in relation to your practice (around 200 words)

Portfolio and work samples — links to your website or a digital folder showing recent work. Please share a selection rather than everything: around 10–15 works. Writers, sound artists and researchers are welcome to submit text, audio or documentation instead of images. For filmmakers and performers, please include video documentation links.

At least one professional reference—name, email and relationship to you

Your preferred dates and duration (minimum two weeks; practitioners based in Uganda and East Africa may apply for one week where a longer stay is not possible)

How you plan to finance your residency, and if applying for funding, which body and when you expect a decision

Applications are submitted through our website at ubuntuartresidency.com.

Uganda
Masindi
Rural/Countryside, Near Nature Reserve/Park, Agricultural Area, Historic District

Ubuntu Art Residency is located in Bikonzi, on the Hoima–Masindi road, 14 km from Masindi town in western Uganda, surrounded by rolling hills, mixed farmland, tree cover, and rich biodiversity. The setting offers a quiet environment for reflection, inquiry, and interdisciplinary practice.

Within reach of major ecological and cultural sites—Murchison Falls National Park, Budongo Forest, Lake Albert, Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, and the heritage sites of the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom—the residency provides access to diverse ecosystems and rural contexts. Entebbe International Airport is approximately 4 hours 45 minutes away by road, and Hoima City is 45 km away.

Ubuntu supports artistic inquiry, site-responsive practice, and environmentally grounded creative work in a space removed from urban production pressure.

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