On his recent visit to Bahia, President Emmanuel Macron met Sacatar Fellows Salimata Diop and Beya Gille-Gacha at Casa do Benin (Salvador), while visiting the exhibition "I Am a Black Ocean", a project born at Sacatar. Photo credit: Thaís Seixas (FGM)

A Chamada Aberta Bahia Mundo ainda está no ar! Não perca a chance de se inscrever. Prazo: 20 de Novembro. opencalls.ai/opencalls/in...

Sharing Opportunity: Open Call for Latin American & Caribbean Artists We're pleased to share an opportunity by our colleagues at Pastrana Foundation and Delfina Foundation. Open call for artists based in Latin America for a residency in London in 2026. www.delfinafoundation.com/open-calls/c...

Our Open Studios will take place this afternoon, at Sacatar, in Itaparcia, Bahia! Our doors will be open for everyone to come meet our artists-in-residence, and get to know their works. During the Open Studios, Senegalese artist Nathalie Vairac will present the performance "The Voice of My Silence".

Sacatar Fellows Louise Mutrel and François Dufeil are giving a public talk about their artist collective and their individual practices at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Bahia, this Thursday!

This past weekend, TV Band, one of Brazil's biggest news organizations, came to shoot a special report about Sacatar. Some of our former Fellows joined us to share their experiences in the residency, turning the shoot into a wonderful reunion!

As part of our collaboration with the Secretary of Culture of the State of Bahia, we've recently launched an open call specifically for Bahian artists. aldeianago.com.br/chamada-aber...

Estão abertas as inscrições Bahia Mundo! Seis artistas da Bahia serão selecionadas/os para residências no Sacatar. Graças ao apoio da SECULT, há uma bolsa de aperfeiçoamento técnico-artístico e pesquisa no valor de R$8.000,00. Artistas de todas as disiplinas criativas podem se inscrever!

THANK YOU to everyone who applied to our Open Call! We've received 333 applications from 55 countries! Our two-stage selection process is underway, and applicants will be contacted directly with the results by the end of November. The range of artists wanting to engage with Bahia is thrilling!

LAST DAYS TO APPLY! ÚLTIMOS DIAS PARA SE INSCREVER!

We're proud to have partnered with the 36th São Paulo Biennial. The Biennial opened this weekend, including commissioned works of Sacatar fellows Hamedine Kane and Adama Fawundu. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO3d...

Sacatar joins the Year of France in Brazil! The current session includes Sacatar's collaboration with the Fondation des Artistes, and hosts the launch of the Bahian chapter of I Am a Black Ocean, a transnational project connecting France, Senegal, and Brazil. sacatar.org/en/artists/

As part of the opening of the Bienal de São Paulo, there will be a performance by Hamedine Kane. Hamedine was in residence at Sacatar during the month of April 2025 to prepare for his installation at the Bienal. He bought two boats while in Bahia which he will have de-constructed for the Bienal.

The Museu de Arte Contemporânea in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, features Sacatar in the first exhibition in a series about regional artist residency programs, showing how artists' residency experiences dramatically transform their work and/or impact the local community.

Sacatar + São Paulo Biennial Watch the video about the partnership that brought two artists participating in the 36th São Paulo Biennial, Hamedine Kane and Adama Fawundu, to Sacatar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO3d...

O SACATAR ABRE AS INSCRIÇÕES PARA A CHAMADA ABERTA 2026 Artistas de todas as disciplinas podem se inscrever! Mais informações: sacatar.org/residencias/

SACATAR'S 2026 OPEN CALL IS NOW LIVE! All artists are welcome to apply! For more information: sacatar.org/en/fellowshi...

Sacatar will be at the 2025 Res Artis Conference, hosted by FAAP, in São Paulo, in September! Our Executive Director, Felix Toro, is one of the featured speakers: www.faap.br/resartis/pal... Register to the conference here: events.humanitix.com/res-artis-co...

Acclaimed writer Richard Modiano published a moving piece about Sacatar, highlighting it as one of the few art institutions that understand that "artists don't just need space—they need context, conversation, stillness, and surprise." richardmodiano241931.substack.com/p/instituto-...

Attention UK-based artists, today is the last day to apply! recruitment.factoryinternational.org/jobs/6007149...

For the third consecutive year, Sacatar is partnering with the Institute for Diversity in the Arts of Stanford University to create a residency session focused on the African diaspora. This group has artists from various backgrounds, including three artists from Bahia. sacatar.org/en/artists/#...

Our Annual Report highlights not only the programs we ran and the people we welcomed, but also how we respond to a rapidly changing world. It’s both a record and a compass — mapping the shared urgencies that guide us, and pointing toward where we’re headed next. www.calameo.com/read/0076407...

A work by artist and Sacatar Board Member, Mark Steven Greenfield, is featured in this Guardian article. The article looks at how the exhibition "Ode to ’Dena" resists erasure of the Black community of Altadena after the recent fires in California. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Last days to apply! Últimos dias para se inscrever! Esta chamada aberta para artistas do continente africano se para residências no Sacatar, em Itaparica, Bahia, Brasil, tem apoio financeiro do Apoio à Ações Continuadas do Fundo de Cultura da Secretaria de Cultura do Estado da Bahia (SECULT).

Felipe Góes (Sacatar Fellow 2012) has an individual exhibition at Zipper Galeria -- if you're in São Paulo, be sure to see it! www.f-goes.com/ser-ilha

Um oásis chamado Instituto Sacatar: residência artística mais antiga do Brasil, na Ilha de Itaparica, já recebeu 500 nomes de 70 países .

Sacatar is featured in ProHelvetia's 2025 Guide to Residencies in South America -- see the full publication at prohelvetia.ch/en/whats-on/...

Come to our Open Studios on Friday, June 27th!

The graphic novel Sob o Signo Ancestral, a thriller set on Itaparica, will have its launch event on June 17 at 6:30 PM, featuring a talk at the Goethe-Institut Salvador. The author, Lucas Ribeiro, developed the project during his residency at Sacatar. Don’t miss it!

Journalist and current Sacatar Fellow Tiffany Higgins has published an article discussing the shortcomings of carbon credit policies in Pará and highlighting how traditional quilombola and indigenous communities are being sidelined in negotiations. www.climatechangenews.com/2025/06/08/p...

Sacatar is partnering with Factory International (UK) for a residency opportunity for artists of any creative discipline based in the North of England -- check it out: recruitment.factoryinternational.org/jobs/6007149...

Artists living in any African nation may apply for this residency+travel grant. As a US nonprofit with significant activities overseas, the ban imposed by President Trump against people of many African nations doesn't affect us. Creative Africans of all disciplines are MOST WELCOME to apply.

Chamada Aberta para Artistas Africanas/os Oferecemos residência artística financiada, incluindo passagens aéreas de ida e volta + bolsa no valor de R$ 3.000, para 2 artistas oriundas/os do continente africano, em sessões de residência no Sacatar em 2026. Saiba mais em sacatar.org/residencias/

Our future-looking Annual Report is out! sacatar.org/en/support/#... Credit of the cover: Design: Marcelo Thomaz Artwork: "Te Vejo" (2024), Beya Gille-Gacha. Wax, glass beads, resin, fabric, and pound with aquatic plants

Check out interviews with our fellows on our YouTube page! Below, filmmaker and Sacatar Fellow Tiécoura N'Daou (Mali) talks about his time at Sacatar and the connections he helped establish between cultural+religious manifestations in Mali and Bahia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrFj...