Standard Bank Young Artist Award
Standard Bank
This funder selects by invitation or nomination; there is no open application.
- Award
- Award and development support; new work premiered at the National Arts Festival (cash value not disclosed)
- Deadline
- Timing varies — check the funder’s page for current calls
- Open to
- South Africa
The Standard Bank Young Artist Award is a long-running (40+ years) annual South African honour recognising exceptional emerging artists across the visual, performing and other arts. Recipients are selected by nomination through the National Arts Festival process — there is no open public application — and each awardee develops new work that premieres at the festival. The cash value is not disclosed. It is listed here as a notable recurring award to follow; you cannot apply to it directly.
Saving keeps this on your shortlist. It isn’t a funding application.
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- Application status:
- By invitation / nomination only
- Status confirmed on the funder's page:
- 12 October 2026
Amounts, deadlines and eligibility are the funder’s own; always confirm on their page before applying.