HumanRightsAreUniversalArtsFestival

Call for Artists - EAVA Residency 2026 What does belonging look like through your art? East Africa Visual Artists (EAVA) invites emerging and mid career visual artists in Uganda to apply for the Threads of Belonging Artists Residency 2026. This is your chance to explore identity, community, culture, and connection while growing your creative practice alongside fellow artists. 🖌️ Apply now: apply.eavisualarts.org 📅 Deadline: 15 March 2026 Tag an artist who shouldn’t miss this opportunity #EAVAArtistsResidency #ThreadsOfBelonging #HumanRightsArtsFestivalUg

Yesss it's Free Entry 💃💃💃 Celebrating 20 years of preserving and promoting Uganda’s rich cultural heritage Join us @CCFU_NGO as we mark two decades of impact, bringing together communities, partners, and culture lovers for a memorable celebration. Come experience the beauty, diversity, and stories that shape Uganda’s heritage. Let’s celebrate culture, identity, and community together. #CCFU20 #ROSÉ #sallandık #salı #AlertaSísmica #ChiringuitoMbappé #MainaAndKingangi #AlertaSísmica

March is Women’s Month a time to amplify women’s voices, stories and creative power. We encourage women visual artists across Uganda to apply for the 2026 East Africa Visual Arts (EAVA) Artists Residency. Under the theme Threads of Belonging, this residency is a space to explore identity, community and human dignity through art. Apply now: apply.eavisualarts.org #ThreadsOfBelonging

@ImaniMulungi Applications are now open for the East Africa Visual Arts (EAVA) Artists Residency 2026. This year’s theme, Threads of Belonging, invites emerging and mid-career visual artists in Uganda to apply Submit your application via: apply.eavisualarts.org Cc @eavisualarts ,@vinkyaba

On #ZeroDiscriminationDay, the Human Rights Are Universal Arts Festival stands for dignity, equality, and creative freedom across East Africa. United in diversity. Stronger together. #ArtForJustice

The #EavaArtistsResidency is looking for emerging artists who have something burning inside them,a subject they can’t stop thinking about, a story only they can tell.#Empowersocialjusticeartists Your magic deserves an audience. Let’s find it together. 👉 Apply now: apply.eavisualarts.org

Last year in October 2025, our first cohort of hashtag#EavaArtistsResidency broke silence with art that dared to name identity, gender, and civic freedom. The Uganda Human Rights Commission listened. The press carried their voices nationwide. Now, the second cohort is open. If you are a visual artist in Uganda with something to say this is your moment. @eavisualarts Apply:lnkd.in/dVu2jrgu

Each year, six artists join the EAVA Artists Residency to strengthen concept development, understand contracts, and build economic independence through their creative practice. Crossing from art school into the professional art world is challenging. Apply apply.eavisualarts.org

Generative #AI needs art to exist. But without strong #copyright protections, we lose more than jobs — we lose culture and innovation. Let's turn the internet into one big #NoArtistsNoArt billboard. Check out the @gaguildCampaign here:graphicartistsguild.org/NANA

🎥 Why Journalists must be protected #Journalist safety underpins informed citizens, social stability, and responsible media practice. UEG’s insurance scheme is a concrete investment in press freedom and democratic values—every day. 👉 Learn more ugandaeditorsguild.org/insurance-sche…

African storytellers, grants and funding opportunities are waiting for you! Who in your network should apply? Do you have a project capable of impacting education, culture, science, or communication? UNESCO is offering funding under its 2026–2027 Participation Programme. 👉🏾Funding up to 38,000 USD depending on national, regional, or interregional scope 👉🏾Support for initiatives that strengthen local capacity, promote international cooperation, and enhance civic engagement Deadline: Feb 27 🔗 ow.ly/6Qzy50YgGTY Are you an entrepreneur in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, or Benin and want to turn your idea into a sustainable impact solution? UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar and Polaris Asso are launching the LAB'ECD program. 👉🏾100% online training over 2 months (March – May 2026) 👉🏾Acquisition of key skills: strategy, financial management, fundraising, impact communication 👉🏾1,000,000 FCFA grant and personalized mentorship for winners Deadline: Feb 21 🔗 ow.ly/vHgQ50YgGTS #hotopportunities #africanofilter

FREE MR OBONYO PATRICK OF LIRA He called out the Anglican Church on many issues and he got arrested, charged & remanded in prison! We must apply special measures against @ODPPUGANDA to stop this travesty of prosecuting people on charges which are transparently pretextual.

Applications are now OPEN EAVA Artists Residency 2026 invites creatives to explore THREADS OF BELONGING , identity, community, memory, and connection through art. Apply now and be part of the journey apply.eavisualarts.org #EAVAResidency #ThreadsOfBelonging #ArtistOpportunities

We will always cherish the wonderful memories, Your presence was filled with love, laughter,@HumanRightsArts we will miss a friend, every year you showed up, with love. Your light lives on and your spirit will forever inspire us to keep creating, speaking, and standing for justice. Rest in power our friend.

Big congratulations to Agaba Hilary We’re proud to see one of last year’s EAVA Artists Residency participants featured in the LOOK ONE Group Exhibition 2026 at Xenson Artspace. This moment reflects the growth, dedication, and creative journey that began during the residency and continues to unfold. Wishing you a powerful exhibition and continued artistic success #HumanRightsArtsFestivalUg

EAVA Artists Residency 2026 is open. Threads of Belonging invites emerging and mid-career visual artists in Uganda to apply. A space for research, growth, and shared practice. Apply at apply.eavisualarts.org. Deadline: 15 March 2026.

EAVA Artists Residency 2026 is now open! Theme: THREADS OF BELONGING We invite emerging & mid-career visual artists in Uganda to apply. 🗓 Deadline: 15 March 2026 🔗 Apply here: apply.eavisualarts.org Please SHARE with an artist who should not miss this opportunity.

EAVA Artists Residency 2026 is now open! Theme: THREADS OF BELONGING We invite emerging & mid-career visual artists in Uganda to apply. 🗓 Deadline: 15 March 2026 🔗 Apply here: apply.eavisualarts.org Please SHARE with an artist: Radical imaginative art.

Human rights don’t belong only in board rooms, they belong to the people. Communities know their challenges best, and they hold the solutions. Our goal is to create platforms were people can express there ideas, without fear. Reimagining Citizens’ Demand for Accountability youtu.be/B5KMkX0UTvU?si… via @YouTube