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2025 AFOZM grant
 
 

for a US-based Curator to attend the 2025 Zeitz MOCAA Curated Art Tour to Rwanda & Uganda 
 

The second annual nominated grant award provides a curator with an access and research opportunity to join the annual Zeitz MOCAA Curated Art Tour to an African country, a program originated by Zeitz MOCAA’s Executive Director and Chief Curator Koyo Kouoh (1967-2025). Koyo imagined the art tour experiences as an in-depth look at the creative communities of each city, including visits to institutions, artist studios as well as introductions to fellow curators and art practitioners. The trip also provides culinary and cultural experiences unique to each destination. The intimate nature of the trip allows for curators to closely interact with Zeitz MOCAA patrons, team members as well as art trip hosts, artists, art professionals and business leaders whom we visit. 

The 2025 AFOZM Grant is made possible with support from Diane and Charles Frankel and American Friends of Zeitz MOCAA. This 2024 AFOZM Grant for a US-based Curator was awarded to Erin Christovale. This grant was made possible with support from Michael Silver & Stephanie Thomas and American Friends of Zeitz MOCAA. 

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2025: Rwanda/ Uganda
2024: Ghana: Accra and Tamale

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The 2025 Winner: Lauryn Lawrence

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American Friends of Zeitz MOCAA (AFOZM) awards Lauryn Lawrence the 2025 Curator Grant for a US-based art curator to attend the 2025 Zeitz MOCAA Curated Art Tour to Rwanda and Uganda from September 15-19. 

Lauryn Lawrence is a Jamaican and Dominican-American curator based in Miami whose work explores the intersectionality of Caribbean and African artistic practices. We are thrilled to have her joining this experience.

Lauryn shares, "My curatorial practice deeply focuses on the intersectional ways that practicing artists reflect on memories to inform their work and create conversations that speak to home, culture, and vulnerability."

Learn more about Lauryn Lawrence.
 

Read about Lauryn's experience

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READ LAURYN'S ARTICLE HERE. 
 

The annual grant process

Our 2025 jury

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Thato Mogotsi
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Renaud Proch
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Monetta White
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Erin Christovale
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Rosie Gordon Wallace

The AFOZM Grant for a US-based curator is by nomination by our independent jury. Outside submissions are not considered.  The nominees are then invited to apply with a motivation as to why the experience would be beneficial for their own curatorial line of research and professional growth prior to the jury selecting a winner. 
 

Zeitz MOCAA Curator
Cape Town
Independent Curator’s International (ICI)
Executive Director
New York
The Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD)
Executive Director, San Francisco and AFOZM Board Member
Hammer Museum Curator, Los Angeles
2024 AFOZM Curator Grant Awardee
Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator Miami and The Caribbean, Founder

American Friends of Zeitz MOCAA
74 Oak Road
Katonah, NY 10536
United States

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Zeitz MOCAA is located at the V&A Waterfront Silo District Cape Town, South Africa. 

American Friends of Zeitz MOCAA is a 501(c)(3) organization with an IRS ruling year of 2017 and donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Artwork included on this website are by Goldendean, Mary Evans, Unathi Mkonto and Zandile Tschabalala as part of Zeitz MOCAA’s exhibition program. Photos are by Bruno Rosa unless otherwise specified. All images courtesy of AFOZM and Zeitz MOCAA.

 

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