Short Term Consultancy for the ForumCiv Artivism Fellowship at ForumCiv Kenya

• The goal of ForumCiv Artivism Fellowship is to contribute to empowering citizens and promoting democratic values, human rights and fundamental freedoms through the innovative use of art, culture and technology to advocate for democracy, good governance, human rights, gender equality and climate justice in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
• The ForumCiv Artivism Fellowship is designed to achieve the following objectives:
• To enhance the capacity of creative sector actors leveraging on art, culture and technology for social change and justice.
• To contribute to a favourable policy and operating environment for creative sector actors towards a thriving creative sector.
• To nurture the entrepreneurial culture of creative sector actors towards improving their livelihoods.

Assignment, purpose, aims and objectives.

• ForumCiv seeks to procure the services of a qualified and experienced institution/consultant to co-create and co-implement the Artivism Fellowship.
• The Artivism Fellowship aims to empower individuals to use artistic expression as a catalyst for positive social change.
• The aim of this call is for the recruitment of an institution/consultant to support with:
• The recruitment of Artivists
• Design and execute the residency program looking at both the content and the methodology.
• Coordinate the post-residency activities including mentorship, coaching and the selection of projects for seed granting.
• Execution of the final showcase for the artivists projects.
• Document the journey of artists in their ideas and projects executed.
• To this end, the consultant(s) will analyze, evaluate, curate and propose special tailor-made course material for the residency and post residency activities.
• It is proposed that the Artivism Fellowship take a residential form during the training Period for all the artivists to foster an environment that encourages collaboration, creativity and critical thinking. The mentorship will be an hybrid of physical and virtual sessions tailor made based on participants needs and managed by the Consultant.

The assignment is to consider and analyze the following key areas:

• A rigorous recruitment process encompassing gender balance, regional balance, inclusion parameters and committed artists. Consider designing a process to audition the participants with a partial panel.
• A comprehensive curriculum outlining the topics, activities and resources for the workshops.
• Engaging residency and post residency sessions that include practical exercises, discussions, and collaborative projects.
• Impactful mentorship sessions with artivists and artists from different genres
• Co-ordinated artivists projects curations from the seed grants support.
• Resources and materials for participants to continue exploring artivism beyond the workshops.
• Final reports highlighting the impact and effectiveness of the residency and post residency activities