Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna

Fueling creative resilience in Kaduna, Nigeria by supporting artists who transform adversity into collective healing and civic imagination.

The Artists Village Fund champions creative resilience in Kaduna—backing artists who use dance, color, storytelling, and performance to build bridges across divides. In a region where resources are scarce and expression is often stifled, this fund supports cultural interventions that offer joy, safety, and solidarity. By empowering local creators to gather, imagine, and act together, we invest in a future shaped by artistic courage and communal care.

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Eligibility

This fund supports artists and organizers in Kaduna who use their creative practice to foster resilience, inclusion, and positive change. To qualify for this fund, projects must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Be based in or deeply connected to the artistic community in Kaduna, Nigeria.
- Center creative resilience as a core theme—using art to respond to political, social, or economic adversity.
- Welcome diverse participation, including intergenerational and cross-sector collaboration.
- Use accessible mediums—like dance, performance, painting, music, or games—to engage broad audiences.
- Demonstrate tangible plans for impact, feasibility, and sustained community involvement.
- Prioritize inclusion of voices often marginalized in Kaduna’s creative or civic life.

Projects (38)

19 submitted · 14 curated · 5 funded

Project	Status	Raised
EncompassWell	funded	$13,033
Akubo: The Town Cryer	funded	$91
RooTed	funded	$8,986
Re:IMAGINED	funded	$1,215
International Artists Project	funded	$462
Healing Through Art: The Wellness Workshop	curated	$1,522
Game Con Kaduna	curated	$897
Dancing Villages	curated	$82
Project Level up	curated	$1,232
Community Story Telling	curated	$674
CodeBridge Africa: Open Technology Education for the Next Generation	curated	$1,105
AJO - Community Finance	curated	$1,461
The International Artists Project Documentary	curated	$563
Banta Boiz	curated	$10
Element of Chawaza	curated	$1,356
Lit. is Life	curated	$554
World Changers Community Initiative	curated	$999
Manure 2 Gold	curated	$2,097
Altered Frequencies	curated	$1,352
Zazzau Books and Arts Festival	submitted	$0
NORTH YOUR STYLE FESTIVAL	submitted	$0
adopt a tree	submitted	$14,777
GameCom	submitted	$372
Transgenerational movement archives	submitted	$0
Founders x UX Designers	submitted	$0
AI graphic Design Training	submitted	$1,334
Regenerative Ecosystem	submitted	$2,683
Labour Union of Higherdimensional Shapeshifters	submitted	$360
Live or Die	submitted	$0
Grind By Faith Distribution	submitted	$0
Famoux NG	submitted	$1,159
Becoming HER	submitted	$10
I DID IT AGAIN: Funding the Visuals	submitted	$0
Origin	submitted	$6,553
Voices of my Community: Anthology Project	submitted	$0
Lines of us	submitted	$942
In Bloom, A Macro Study	submitted	$4,751
Beyond the Game: Football Through the Lens of Health	submitted	$60