CALL FOR ART - ART FOR CUBA

CALL FOR ARTISTS

ART FOR CUBA

Art exhibition · 26 – 30 October 2026 · BELLHAUS Atelier & Galerie, 18 Bell Street, Windhoek

Your art. Their lives. Let's paint for LIFE.

Cuba is in crisis, and we need your help. Lives are being lost as power cuts and medicine shortages hit health centres across the island. We are calling on every Namibian artist to submit artwork to the Art for Cuba exhibition at BELLHAUS, Windhoek. Every artwork sold helps save lives.

Why now

People are dying while they wait for care. Cuba's fuel and energy crisis has left health centres in the dark for hours at a time. Operations are stopped midway. Vaccines and medicines spoil. Doctors have the skills but not the power or the supplies, and patients are paying with their lives.

We cannot wait, and neither can they. Every artwork sold buys medical supplies and solar kits that keep health centres running when the grid goes down. Your art can be the difference between a life lost and a life saved.

Cuba never hesitated when Namibia needed help. Now we need you.

Why Namibia

Cuba stood with Namibia. Now Namibia stands with Cuba.

• At Cassinga on 4 May 1978, Cuban soldiers came to the defence of the refugee camp under air attack.
• Some 600 Namibian children who survived went on to study on Cuba's Isle of Youth, cared for by the Cuban people.
• Cuban soldiers fought beside Namibians at Cuito Cuanavale, opening the way to independence.
• Hundreds of Namibian doctors and nurses trained in Cuba, and Cuban health workers have served in the most remote corners of our country.

This exhibition is a thank-you from Namibian artists to a friend who gave so much.

Two ways to take part

Choose for each artwork you submit.

What we accept

• All mediums are welcome: painting, drawing, printmaking, photography (as a physical print), textile, ceramics, sculpture, mixed media and more.
• Not accepted: performance art, video and digital work.
• Up to SIX artworks per artist.
• Finished work, ready to hang or display (wire or D-rings fitted, or a stable base for sculpture).
• Your artwork does not have to be about Cuba. If you want a starting point: solidarity, healing, light, shared history, gratitude.
• Open to all artists living in Namibia, emerging or established.

How to submit

Deliver your artwork to BELLHAUS Atelier & Galerie, 18 Bell Street, Southern Industrial Area, Windhoek, by Thursday 22 October 2026 from 10 - 3 pm.

Bring the following with each artwork, or email it to hello@bellhaus.art beforehand:

1. Your name, phone number and town
2. A short bio of up to 500 words
3. Title, medium, size  (cm), year and selling price in N$
4. Your choice: donate or sell on commission
5. Optional: a line on what the artwork means to you

You'll sign an artist agreement when you deliver, with a condition report for each artwork.

Good to know

• You set the price. We're happy to advise if you'd like help.
• Artworks are sold at the exhibition and through the BELLHAUS online store during the week.
• BELLHAUS insures all artworks while they are on its premises.
• Unsold artworks are collected between Monday 2 and Friday 6 November.
• Artists selling on commission are paid by Friday 20 November.
• Money for Cuba goes to the national campaign Namibians in Solidarity with the People of Cuba

Key dates

Questions

Email hello@bellhaus.art or visit us at 18 Bell Street, Windhoek. www.bellhaus.art

Cuba stood with Namibia. Now Namibia stands with Cuba.

Art for Cuba supports the national campaign Namibians in Solidarity with the People of Cuba, led by the Namibia-Cuba Friendship Association and the Sam Nujoma Foundation and hosted by BELLHAUS Atelier & Galerie, 18 Bell Street, Southern Industrial Area, Windhoek. www.bellhaus.art