Sponsored Membership Programme

Since 2020

AWITA supports the next generation of professionals through mentorship, development and connection across our international network. Every two years, 15 fully sponsored two-year memberships are awarded to individuals from groups underrepresented in the visual arts sector.

"We believe that everyone deserves the chance to thrive in the arts, regardless of their background or identity," - Sigrid Kirk, Co-Founder at AWITA
Applications next open in summer 2027.


Tosin Adeosun, Curator, Researcher and Founder of African Style Archive
Lara Alake, Sale Coordinator, Modern and Contemporary African Art, Bonhams
Ghadah Alharthi, UAL Associate Professor and Cultural Consultant
Alayo Akinkugbe, Founder of A Black History of Art.
Melissa Baksh, Art Historian, Writer, Curator, Educator and Broadcaster
Ariel Collier, Programmes Assistant, Queercircle
Elizabeth Dellert, Membership Director at Cromwell Place.
Claudia Di Tosto, PhD Researcher
Aindrea Emelife, Independent curator and author of A Brief History of Protest Art.
Daisy Gould, former Curatorial Assistant at Tate, Hayward Gallery, and Southbank Centre.
Bengu Gun Unsal, Independent Curator, Arts Manager and Consultant
Amina Jama, Writer, Curator, Producer, and Facilitator.
Magdalena Kaggwa, Communications and Project Manager at the Yinka Shonibare Foundation.
Nora Laraki, Producer, Artsadmin; Researcher and Curator
Svetlana Leu, PR Leader, Europe, Gensler

Sponsored Members

Judith Le Roux, Artist, Curator, and Writer.
Shasti Lowton, Curator, Government Art Collection
Renee Mussai, Senior Curator at Autograph
Seren Metcalfe, Director and Founder, Working Class Creatives Database
Lindsey Mendick, Co-Founder and Director of Quench
Kami Naglik, Managing Partner at Kami.ko Ltd.
Kanaiza Onalo, Founder, Kanaiza Gallery
Péjú Oshin, Curator for Tate Young People’s Programmes, Co-Chair of Tate’s BAME Network, and Chair of Trustees at Peckham Platform.
Sim Panaser, Curator, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
Destinee Ross-Sutton, Founder of the Black Voices exhibition series and author of the Ross-Sutton Agreement.
Abi Shapiro, Assistant Curator at The Hepworth Wakefield.
Jennifer Shearman, Head of Collection (Curator), Queer Britain
Eleanor Stephenson, Founder of a nomadic art gallery.
Rakhi Talwar, Founder of RTalwar Compliance.
Xiaowen Zhu, Director, ESEA Contemporary

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