Caribbean Culture Fund Information Session on US $250,000 in Available Grants Set for April 15

HAITI (April 14, 2024) – The Caribbean Culture Fund (CCF) invites creatives to an information session on its first round of available grants. The session is scheduled for Monday, April 15 at 10 a.m. ET; participants may register by emailing [email protected].

CCF is a new initiative to support individuals and organizations in the arts and culture sector across the Caribbean. Focused on promoting social and cultural justice and fostering intercultural dialogue, the CCF aims to support a wide range of artistic endeavors, including visual, literary, performing and festival arts; film; interdisciplinary art forms; architecture and design.

The first call for proposals opened April 1 and will close April 30. Eligible countries for this round include Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, and Haiti with plans to expand the reach in future calls. A total of US $250,000 will be distributed in this first round of grants.

Michele Pierre-Louis, Chair of the CCF Steering Committee, and Dr. Ayoka Wiles of Open Society Foundations, funders of the first round of grants, will address the interested applicants. The application form will be reviewed, and applicants will have the opportunity to ask questions about the process.

For more information or to submit proposals, interested parties are encouraged to visit www.caribbeanculturefund.org or email [email protected].

About Caribbean Culture Fund

The Caribbean Culture Fund seeks to enable an innovative, inclusive and socially transformative cultural ecology in the Caribbean and its diaspora, by supporting the arts and culture of the region in a manner which is respectful of tradition and cultural specificity but attuned to social and cultural change. The Fund aims to promote social and cultural justice and foster intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding. It provides financial resources and programs to support individual and collaborative projects led by artists and cultural organizations based in the region.

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