Artlife Matters
Artlife Matters (ALM) is a Ghanaian nonprofit that uses the arts as a tool for social transformation, cultural preservation, and sustainable development. Through creative education, public engagement, and international collaboration, the organisation empowers marginalised communities, particularly women and youth, to express identity, revive heritage, and address environmental challenges through art.
Expanding its international footprint, ALM engages in projects such as unfolding cultural heritage, decolonising heritage, and re-contextualising African narratives within global artistic discourse—creating space for dialogue, research, and co-creation across borders.
ALM is open to collaborating with institutions, artists, and organisations that share our vision for a more connected, sustainable creative ecosystem.
Activities
- Advocacy/policy-related work
- Art education and/or other educational activities
- Artistic production/promotion
- Community and civic activities
- Consultancy (e.g. legal advice)
- Evaluation (e.g. of projects, structures or other)
- Event management
- Information/awareness-raising
- Internationalisation and mobility
- Networking
- Project management
- Research/data collection
- Socio-cultural activities and cultural mediation
- Training/Lifelong learning
Artistic disciplines
Topics covered
- Climate change and environment
- Cultural policy
- Cultural rights
- Digitalisation
- Disabilities and inclusion
- Human rights and democracy
- Intangible cultural heritage
- Interculturality and migration
- Non-urban culture
- Participation and audience engagement
- Tangible cultural heritage
- Tourism
- Working conditions of cultural professionals/labour rights/human resources