Apply now for the
Diasporas Now U.K. Tour
2023-2024

Open Call:
Diasporas Now U.K. Tour 2023-2024

Diasporas Now is looking for performance artists of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) backgrounds for the U.K. Tour in live events across autumn 2023 to spring 2024 in three locations: Humber Street Gallery in Hull, NN Contemporary Art in Northampton, and the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.

The deadline to apply is 15 September, 2023 at 23:00. 

Diasporas Now is a platform for expanded performance by and for artists of the global majority, opening up contemporaneous discourses on displaced identities and celebrating cross-diasporic solidarity.

Details on the Diasporas Now U.K. Tour 2023-2024:

For this Diasporas Now tour, we will be commissioning a total of 15 artists across three events.

The events will take place on the following dates:

The NN Contemporary Art (Northampton): 2 November, 2023 
Humber Street Gallery (Hull): 24 November, 2023
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (London): 13 February, 2024

For each event there will be a line-up of 5 artists, consisting of 3 local artists (living and/or working in the city where the event will take place) and 2 external artists (living and/or working in a different city from which the event will be taking place). The artist fee will be £150 for local artists and £270 (£150 artist fee + £120 to cover travel costs and accommodation) for external artists.

The selection panel will consist of the Diasporas Now team (co-founders Rieko Whitfield, Paola Estrella, and Lulu Wang), and a guest artist panel Harold Offeh and Michelle Williams Gamaker. 

For any questions or assistance on the application process, or for accommodation with additional access needs, please contact diasporasnow@gmail.com

The Diasporas Now U.K. Tour 2023-2024 is funded by the Arts Council England.