Deadline: June 28, 2025
Applications are open for the GIZ Ghana Art Competition 2025. In celebration of 50 years of Ghana-Germany Technical and Economic Cooperation, GIZ Ghana is inviting passionate Ghana-based creatives to participate in a powerful new Art Competition. This initiative offers a unique opportunity to explore and reflect on the impact of development cooperation through visual storytelling.
Are you a visual artist, filmmaker, photographer, or research-based creative with a strong voice and deep connection to your community? This is your chance to produce bold, personal, and thought-provoking work that ignites conversation and deepens public understanding around development in Ghana.
Competition Theme: Development Cooperation through a Local Lens
Artists are encouraged to explore one or more of the following key themes of German-Ghanaian development collaboration:
- Sustainable Energy, Climate, and Environmental Protection
- Economic Development, Training, and Employment
- Governance and Peace
- Gender and Inclusion
Whether you choose to express your ideas through photography, film, painting, mixed media, or any visual medium—your perspective matters. The focus is on creative, community-rooted storytelling that highlights both the progress and challenges within these themes.
Benefits
- Grant Support: Five finalists will be selected by an independent jury and awarded a grant to produce their proposed artwork.
- Creative Freedom: Selected artists may use any medium of their choice that best reflects their concept and community context.
- Public Exposure: Final artworks will be showcased at public events and development-focused gatherings across Ghana.
- Professional Recognition: Gain visibility through GIZ Ghana’s national platform and networks, including potential features on social and traditional media.
Eligibility
- Open to Ghana-based visual artists, photographers, filmmakers, and researchers;
- Creatives who are passionate about visual storytelling;
- Artists with a strong interest in social impact and development issues;
- Individuals or collectives working within or with Ghanaian communities.
Application
Submit your art proposal (including your chosen medium) and a short motivation statement (max 300 words).
For more information, visit GIZ Ghana Art Competition.
