Annual · International
Global Children's Literacy & Art Initiative
An annual international open call. Children aged 6 to 18 share their writing and art, and selected works are exhibited, published and kept in the catalogue.
Visit GCLAYayasan Nalexa Birru Nusantara · Bengkulu, Indonesia
A foundation in Bengkulu that brings children together with books, art, literature, culture, and the people who make them.
Annual · International
An annual international open call. Children aged 6 to 18 share their writing and art, and selected works are exhibited, published and kept in the catalogue.
Visit GCLA26–30 December 2026 · Bengkulu
A five-day, four-night creative residency for 15 children aged 8 to 17. They live together, meet artists and writers, explore Bengkulu and make work of their own.
Explore the residencyComing soon
A new program by the foundation in Bengkulu. Details will be announced soon.
Learn moreGCLA
Children take part through their work. The work meets the public, is exhibited, and is given room to be seen and appreciated.
Creative House
Children take part in person. They live together, meet creators, explore, try things and work together, and go through the process before there is a finished work.
One celebrates the work. The other explores how the work can begin.
Nalexa Birru Nusantara works in art, literature, culture and literacy. Through its programs the foundation brings children together with books, art, writers, artists and creative experiences.
It was founded by Ira Diana, a writer and organiser of arts, literature, culture and literacy programs based in Bengkulu, and it keeps its doors open to collaborators from Bengkulu and across Indonesia.
NBN Foundation
Jl. Bhakti Husada No. 74, RT 1/RW 1
Kel. Lingkar Barat, Kec. Gading Cempaka
Kota Bengkulu 38225