Guest Artists Space Foundation (G.A.S.), in partnership with the Five Cowries Arts Education Initiative (FCI), is excited to announce My Story of Water: On The Farm, a one-week creative education programme for school teachers and students from St. John’s Primary School, Ikiṣẹ. Through a series of creative training sessions, the project aims to strengthen the participants’ artistic confidence while encouraging them to reflect on the importance of a balanced diet and deepen their understanding of where our food comes from.

Join us at G.A.S. Lagos on June 5th, 2025, for Residency Open Studio, a presentation and walkthrough of completed and ongoing photography projects by current resident Nengi Nelson. Driven by a genuine desire to connect with the local art community and gather meaningful feedback, Nengi invites reflection and conversations around her evolving artistic practice.

This month, G.A.S. Foundation is pleased to welcome Nina Gilbert and Savannah Woodson to G.A.S. Lagos for an eight-week internship, delivered in partnership with Spelman College and the Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective (AUC Collective). While this cohort joins us outside of the residency-based model, the initiative reflects our continued commitment to supporting the next generation of arts professionals through hands-on, work-based learning.

We are excited to announce that three G.A.S. Foundation alumni, Ofem Ubi (Nigeria), Evan Ifekoya (UK), and Leo Robinson (UK), have been commissioned to produce new work for Earth Rising, a major new project by Artangel. Released across streaming platforms on 20th June 2025 and composed entirely of new audio works, Earth Rising, Volume I is a cross-section of the human experience, expressing our enduring will to survive, our tangled relationship with love, and our drive to create.

Earlier this week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Nengi Nelson, an independent photographer and visual storyteller, to G.A.S. Lagos for her residency. Based in Lagos, Nengi’s practice spans photography and moving image and is deeply rooted in themes of identity, choice, vulnerability, and social acceptance. She approaches her work as a means of introspection, using visual storytelling to question notions of “being” beyond societal norms particularly within African contexts.