In the summer of 2020 we launched a GoFundMe to support Black LGBTQ+ creatives and raised £25,000. I can’t believe that was nearly two years ago, time flies when you’re in a pandemic. We pledged £10,000 of funds raised to award 10 Black LGBTQ+ creatives to create a project of their choosing. The first 5 […]
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AZ Creative Fund Recipient Kandace Siobhan Walker On Being a Writer and Filmmaker
Recently, I had the honour and the delightful experience to speak with Kandace Siobhan Walker, award winning-writer, filmmaker, and a recent recipient of AZ Mag’s Creative Fund. Kandace is funny, honest, insightful, and inspiring. Our interview touches on themes of creativity, inspiration, artistic practice, and craft, winning awards and her new short film Cleaning Ladies. […]
AZ Creative Fund Recipient James Indigo Drops ‘Van Gogh’ Music Video
Last year AZ announced our first ever creative fund. The first five fund recipients were announced in June and amongst them was budding techno-rap musician, James Indigo. Today, James releases the brand new video to his single, Van Gogh- an experimental dance track with drum and bass-inspired beats, bolstered by beautifully bizarre visuals that give […]
AZ Magazine Creative Fund 2020 Recipients
After the success of the Creative Fund fundraiser and the hundreds of applications AZ Magazine received, five recipients have been selected. They will each be awarded £1,000 to create a work of art. In our continued collaboration with DJ Mag they’ll be sponsoring and mentoring one recipient, Xilhu Ese – to create a Dance music […]