Arterial Network is a dynamic Pan-African, civil-society network of artists, cultural activists, entrepreneurs, enterprises, NGOs, institutions, and donors active in Africa’s creative and cultural sectors. Established as a member-based, non-profit organisation, Arterial Network operates all across the continent in both English and French, and is led by an elected Steering Committee which represents the five regions of the continent. Arterial Network's five core focus areas to support the arts are advocacy (through the Artwatch Africa project), capacity building, market access, knowledge management and information dissemination. Its Continental Secretariat is now based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, as of the 1st of February 2017.
VISION
The vision of Arterial Network is of a vibrant, dynamic and sustainable African creative civil society sector engaged in qualitative practice in the arts in their own right, as well as in a manner that contributes to development, human rights and democracy and to the eradication of poverty on the African continent.
MISSION
Arterial Network's main objective is to facilitate partnerships within civil society, beyond national borders and between African and international partners to develop a sustainable creative sector. The input of Arterial Network is often sought after by major international platforms on topics related to arts, culture and development. The network plays a key role in propelling the African creative agenda on the world stage.
Arterial Network was born from strong convictions, expressed by several cultural actors and African civil society, that putting culture at the heart of public policies is the sine qua non condition for a fair and perennial development of the African continent.
Arterial Network was born from strong convictions, expressed by several cultural actors and African civil society, that putting culture at the heart of public policies is the sine qua non condition for a fair and perennial development of the African continent.
AIMS
1. to build effective, sustainable in-country, regional and continental networks within and across arts disciplines to play advocacy and lobbying roles within countries, regions, on the continent and internationally as appropriate.
2. to collect and distribute relevant information, data and documents to empower civil society arts and culture organisations in African countries and regions to plan and take informed action in their interests.
3. to provoke debate, discussions and theorising around arts, culture, creative industries and contemporary arts and culture discourses and to develop African positions and leadership on such issues.
4. to help to build national, regional, continental and international circuits (festivals, outlets, etc.) to distribute African cultural goods and services and enable African artists to tour their works and to generate income through their creative output.
5. to facilitate the training and development of human resources required to practice, distribute and market the arts and creative goods and services of the African continent.
6. to mobilise local, regional, continental and international resources in support of the development, promotion and distribution of African creative goods and services
7. to improve the working and living conditions, and to defend the rights of artists and creative practitioners on the African continent.
2. to collect and distribute relevant information, data and documents to empower civil society arts and culture organisations in African countries and regions to plan and take informed action in their interests.
3. to provoke debate, discussions and theorising around arts, culture, creative industries and contemporary arts and culture discourses and to develop African positions and leadership on such issues.
4. to help to build national, regional, continental and international circuits (festivals, outlets, etc.) to distribute African cultural goods and services and enable African artists to tour their works and to generate income through their creative output.
5. to facilitate the training and development of human resources required to practice, distribute and market the arts and creative goods and services of the African continent.
6. to mobilise local, regional, continental and international resources in support of the development, promotion and distribution of African creative goods and services
7. to improve the working and living conditions, and to defend the rights of artists and creative practitioners on the African continent.
MEMBERSHIP
Full membership is open to any African artist or cultural NGO or enterprise based in Africa that subscribes to Arterial Network’s aims and agrees to abide by its principles. Membership applications may be completed here. There is no membership fee. Associate membership is available to partners and to Africans living abroad.
Arterial Network members can be found across the continent working across all arts disciplines and fields.
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