Legacy Arts
Legacy Arts
Foundation
Foundation
Legacy Arts
Foundation
Legacy Arts Foundation exists to ensure that artistic talent in Africa is not lost to circumstance, but supported with intention, continuity, and care.
Legacy Arts Foundation exists to ensure that artistic talent in Africa is not lost to circumstance, but supported with intention, continuity, and care.
Legacy Arts Foundation exists to ensure that artistic talent in Africa is not lost to circumstance, but supported with intention, continuity, and care.
How We Support
Scholarship
Mentorship
Fellowship
Grants
Our Foundation
Founded in Lagos in 2021, Legacy Arts Foundation (LAF) grew out of years of close engagement with artists, educators, and cultural practitioners working within Nigeria and across the continent. What began as individual acts of patronage has evolved into a deliberate effort to build structures that support artists over time.
Today, LAF works across education, practice and patronage guided by
the belief that African art and artists thrive best when supported by systems designed to endure.
"A future where African artists are supported not by chance, but by design." — Niyi Adenubi, Founder
"A future where African artists are supported not by chance, but by design." — Niyi Adenubi, Founder
The Legacy Collection
The Legacy Collection
Our Programs
Supporting Artists, Building Their Careers
Scholarships
Financial support for talented art students across Africa
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Scholarships
Financial support for talented art students across Africa
Scholarships
Financial support for talented art students across Africa
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Grants & Artist Support
Provides flexible funding to artists and cultural organisations to enable production, exhibitions, research, and critical opportunities.
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Grants & Artist Support
Provides flexible funding to artists and cultural organisations to enable production, exhibitions, research, and critical opportunities.
Grants & Artist Support
Provides flexible funding to artists and cultural organisations to enable production, exhibitions, research, and critical opportunities.
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Ecosystem Support
Brings together artists, curators, patrons, and institutions through workshops, exhibitions, convenings, and other efforts that strengthen the wider arts ecosystem.
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Ecosystem Support
Brings together artists, curators, patrons, and institutions through workshops, exhibitions, convenings, and other efforts that strengthen the wider arts ecosystem.
Ecosystem Support
Brings together artists, curators, patrons, and institutions through workshops, exhibitions, convenings, and other efforts that strengthen the wider arts ecosystem.
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Cultural Stewardship & Collection
Manages and activates cultural assets, including the Adenubi Family Collection, to support visibility, preservation, and institutional engagement.
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Cultural Stewardship & Collection
Manages and activates cultural assets, including the Adenubi Family Collection, to support visibility, preservation, and institutional engagement.
Cultural Stewardship & Collection
Manages and activates cultural assets, including the Adenubi Family Collection, to support visibility, preservation, and institutional engagement.
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Philosophy of Support
Philosophy of Support
Legacy Arts Foundation’s approach to support is shaped by the realities of making art in Nigeria and across the African continent, where talent is abundant but access to resources is uneven.
Before LAF existed as an institution, artists often reached out directly to our founder when they needed help, whether to pursue a fine arts education, access materials, or take up an opportunity. From inception through 2024, LAF’s giving was largely responsive, grounded in trust and proximity, and focused on practical needs.
In 2025, this approach became more structured. While responsive support remains important, LAF is now focused on building systems that can sustain artists and institutions over time, without losing the flexibility that first defined its work.
At its core, our philosophy reflects a simple belief: that culture is sustained through expression, but also through consistent support, shared responsibility, and care across generations.
Legacy Arts Foundation’s approach to support is shaped by the realities of making art in Nigeria and across the African continent, where talent is abundant but access to resources is uneven.
Before LAF existed as an institution, artists often reached out directly to our founder when they needed help, whether to pursue a fine arts education, access materials, or take up an opportunity. From inception through 2024, LAF’s giving was largely responsive, grounded in trust and proximity, and focused on practical needs.
In 2025, this approach became more structured. While responsive support remains important, LAF is now focused on building systems that can sustain artists and institutions over time, without losing the flexibility that first defined its work.
At its core, our philosophy reflects a simple belief: that culture is sustained through expression, but also through consistent support, shared responsibility, and care across generations.