AFOZM Curator Grant | American Friends Of Zeitz MOCAA

2025 AFOZM grant

for a US-based Curator to attend the 2025 Zeitz MOCAA Curated Art Tour to Rwanda & Uganda led by Koyo Kouoh.

The second annual nominated grant award provides a curator with an access and research opportunity to join the annual immersive Zeitz MOCAA Curated Art Tour to an African country led by Zeitz MOCAA’s Executive Director and Chief Curator Koyo Kouoh. Koyo provides an in-depth look at the creative communities of the city, including visits to institutions, artist studios as well as introductions to fellow curators and art practitioners. The trip also provides culinary and sightseeing to experience each select destination holistically. The intimate nature of the trip allows for curators to have time with Koyo to draw on her experience as a leading contemporary art expert from the continent.

The 2025 AFOZM Grant is made possible with support from Diane and Charles Frankel and American Friends of Zeitz MOCAA.

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

The Process

Our Jury

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Thato Mogotsi

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Renaud Proch

Monetta White

Erin Christovale

Rosie Gordon Wallace

The AFOZM Grant for a US-based curator is by nomination by our 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. The jury selects a winner in May/June.

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

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.