Following Kehinde Wiley and the Black Rock programme in Dakar, a new residence is opening in Marrakech for "visual artists, researchers and curators from the African continent and its diaspora, whose research or production project is connected to the continent".
The programme launched by the contemporary art museum MACAAL (Musée d'Art Contemporain Africain Al Maaden) will offer stays lasting from one to three months. Applications can be submitted until July 15, 2019, for residency between August 2019 and July 2020.
Applicants must be over 21 years of age and speak English, Arabic or French. As well as a work space, the four residents selected by the MACAAL's curatorial team or a guest jury will have their travel paid for and will receive a grant.
Inaugurated in 2016 by real estate magnate Alami Lazraq, the MACAAL underwent a "second birth" in 2018 as their influence grew. The institution is currently holding an exhibition titled "Material Insanity", bringing together works by Alexandra Karakashian, Igshaan Adams, Bronwyn Katz, Jeremiah Quarshie, and Moffat Takadiwa — in other words, the best and brightest of the continent and its diaspora's emerging scene.
