Fundraising Toolkit - Arterial Network

Its priority has been to attempt to conceptualize possible models for the proposed African Fund for Arts and Culture informed by a broad contextual analysis of the field.

In 2011, Arterial Network, in partnership with Africalia and the African Arts Institute, issued out a call for projects relating to the decentralisation of the arts on the African continent. The purpose of decentralising the arts is two-fold: firstly to build new audiences –or market- forthe arts; and secondly, to assert the right of all, as per Article 27 of the Universal Declarationof Human Rights, to participate freely in the cultural life of the community and to enjoy the arts. Dece...

"This publication seeks to frame an African response by providing a platform for ongoing debate and dialogue. It aims to raise awareness, spur to action, and strengthen and build an African civil society network of all those engaged in promoting cultural development on the African continent." - Mike van Graan