Ignite Culture Grantee: Nafasi Art Space

Ignite Culture EA
2 min readAug 29, 2022

Nafasi Art Space, is a contemporary, multidisciplinary art centre based in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania. It provides a platform for artistic exchange including artist residencies, exhibitions, workshops, studios, meeting spaces, community art outreach, and dedicated mentoring and development programmes for Tanzanian artists.

Nafasi’s granted project — Sanaa Pamoja (togetherness in arts), seeks to strengthen and vitalize Tanzania’s creative industries by supporting the training, empowerment, and amplification of Tanzanian artists’ voices, and building appreciation for the arts across society. They have so far held workshops and events such as Tukutane Dar Arts Week, Tukutane Nafasi Artists Monthly meetup, Nafasi Film Club Filmmakers workshop etc., targeting young aspiring artists from vulnerable backgrounds especially women and including upcoming and established artists as well to provide a wide range of talent showcased.

An artist at the Sanaa Pamoja Launch in May 2022. Image courtesy of Nafasi Art Space
The Sanaa Pamoja launch, May 2022. Image courtesy of Nafasi Art Space
Panel discussion concerning the role of research in contemporary art, July 2022. Image courtesy of Nafasi Art Space
Nafasi academy mentorship session with Morgan Craig. Image courtesy of Nafasi Art Space

Nafasi has plenty more activities taking place in the coming month including the monthly Artists’ meetup — Tukutane Nafasi and the Wikiendi Live concert taking place on the 10th and 24th of September respectively. If you currently reside in or are going to visit Dar es Salaam soon and looking for things to do; look no further than the Nafasi Art Space!

Updates on their project progress will be updated here so stay tuned!

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