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Arts Council of England

  • Arts Council of England, Grants for the Arts.
  • Open applications throughout the year.
  • Grants may range from £1,000-100,000. The average grant made to visual artists in 2015/16 was £17,486.00.
  • The artist’s activity must take place mainly in England. There are some exceptions to this, when artists from England are involved in activities in other countries.
  • The proposal is appraised across four main areas:
    Artistic quality – the quality of the activity and the quality of effect the activity will have on the people experiencing it, or its ongoing effect on artistic practice (or all of these)
    Public engagement – how the public will engage with the activity, immediately or in the long term
    Management – how the activity will be managed and its ongoing effect
    Finance – how realistic the activity is financially and its future effect
  • Grants for the Arts are for activities carried out over a set period and which engage people in England in arts activities, and help artists and arts organisations in England carry out their work.
  • http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/grants-for-the-arts

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Arts Council of Ireland

  • Arts Council of Ireland.
  • Open applications throughout the year.
  • Grant sizes vary depending on the fund.
  • Arts Council of Ireland’s strategic context for the support of visual arts has five priority areas: the artist; public engagement; investment strategy; spatial and demographic planning; and developing capacity.
  • Visual arts include a range of media such as painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, live art/performance, film, video or other digital imaging media.
  • www.artscouncil.ie/available-funding/?searchQuery=Visual arts

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Arts Council of Wales

  • Arts Council of Wales and Creative Wales Awards.
  • Open grants are available to any type of artist and ranged from £12,500-25,000 in 2015/16.
  • Applicants should live in Wales and the proposed project should happen in Wales.
  • Arts Council of Wales believes ‘in the power of the arts to transform people’s lives, and to change communities; that everybody in Wales should have access to quality arts experiences and have the opportunity to take part in and enjoy the arts; that artists need to be supported to develop their talents, and should have the opportunity to develop their careers’.
  • www.arts.wales/funding

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Cnuas Stipends

  • Administered and funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
  • Only available to members of Aosdana. A member may apply for a Cnuas at any time.
  • The Cnuas is a stipend that is available to Aosdana members under certain conditions. It is provided by the Arts Council to assist Aosdana members to concentrate their time and energies on the full time pursuit of their art. A Cnuas is granted for a five-year term. In 2011, the value of the Cnuas was €17,180 per annum.
  • Only members of the Aosdana artistic community can apply for a Cnuas. Membership of Aosdana is limited to 250 individuals. In order to be eligible to receive the stipend, the earnings of the applicant cannot be in excess of one-and-a-half times the value of a Cnuas. Membership of Aosdana is by peer election and candidates must be Irish/Northern Irish or have been resident in the Republic of Ireland/ Northern Ireland for five years. They must have produced a distinguished body of work.
  • The purpose of the Cnuas is to allow artists to immerse themselves fully in their work.
  • Eligibility is based primarily on financial need, as set out above.
  • http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/Cnuas.aspx and http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/

Tags: 5 - 20k | IRE / NI | Various   -   Category: Visual Arts   -  

ING Discerning Eye

  • Discerning Eye, ING and Parker Harris (organizers of annual exhibition).
  • Annual.
  • Sponsor’s prize of £5,000 and Founder’s prize of £2,500. Various other monetary awards down to £250. A key reward for this scheme is the exhibition of work in the Discerning Eye exhibition at the Mall Galleries.
  • Open to all British artists or those resident in the UK.
  • The programme is advertised as providing a unique opportunity for works by lesser-known artists to be displayed alongside those by internationally known names.
  • Combination of invited artists and open submission of works. Six selectors – two artists, two collectors, two critics – curate their own separate exhibitions, taking a minimum of 25% of their final selection from the pool of submitted works.
  • http://www.discerningeye.org/exhibition/intro/intro.php

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Jarman Award

  • Film London, Channel 4 and The Whitechapel Gallery.
  • Annual.
  • One award of £10,000 and a broadcast commission from Channel 4, worth £20,000.
  • Any mid-career film-maker from the UK can be put forward for the prize.
  • Focus on innovative artist film-making – ‘…the award is a means of recognizing artists who are changing the rules of the game’.
  • Ten artists shortlisted for a single prize. Winner chosen by a jury of five, including representatives from The Whitechapel Gallery and Channel 4.
  • http://flamin.filmlondon.org.uk/jarman_home/jarman_intro

Tags: 5 - 20k | Film | UK   -   Category: Visual Arts   -  

Jerwood Drawing Prize

  • Jerwood Visual Arts.
  • Annual.
  • First prize of £8,000, second prize of £5,000 and two student awards of £2,000 each. Between 60–70 artists are also selected for an exhibition.
  • Open to all artists resident or domiciled within the UK.
  • The country’s leading award in drawing, and the largest and longest running annual open exhibition dedicated to drawing in the UK.
  • Selection by panel – artists are invited to submit their works though regional collection centres.
  • http://www.jerwoodvisualarts.org/projects/jerwood-drawing-prize-2016/

Tags: 5 - 20k | Drawing | UK   -   Category: Visual Arts   -  

Jerwood Makers Open

  • Jerwood Visual Arts.
  • Annually for three years.
  • £7,500 for makers submitting proposals for new work. The work will then be exhibited in London before touring the UK.
  • Open submission.
  • Focus on recognising making practices within contemporary visual arts. It offers crucial support in the early stages of their careers, enabling the selected artists to develop their creative ideas independently of specific commissioning structures.
  • Recipients selected by a panel of three.
  • http://jerwoodvisualarts.org/jerwood-makers-open

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Jerwood Painting Fellowships

  • Jerwood Visual Arts.
  • Annual.
  • £10,000 bursary and a six-month period of professional development support.
  • The Jerwood Painting Fellowships are specifically for UK artists who are within five years of graduating or setting up their practice.
  • They cannot have committed gallery representation, or have had a UK solo show at the time of applying.
  • Selection panel and subsequent interview.
  • http://www.jerwoodvisualarts.org/3467/Jerwood-Painting-Fellowships

Tags: 5 - 20k | Painting | UK   -   Category: Visual Arts   -  

Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize

  • Lynn Foundation and Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers.
  • Annual.
  • First prize of £15,000, five runner-up prizes of £1,500, young artist award of £2,500. There is also a £5,000 prize for works of the human figure (for artists 30 years or under). Complemented by an exhibition at The Mall Galleries, London, SW1 featuring a wider range of paintings from the field of submissions.
  • Open to all UK based artists over 18 years of age.
    The purpose of the prize is to encourage creative representational painting and promote the skill of draftmanship. All work must be for sale, except commissioned portraits
  • http://www.lynnpainterstainersprize.org.uk/

Tags: 5 - 20k | Painting | UK   -   Category: Visual Arts   -  

Mark Tanner Sculpture Award

  • Standpoint Gallery and the Mark Tanner Charitable Trust.
  • Annual.
  • MTSA intends to support the creative work of the recipient over one year. The financial award to assist in the production of a new body of work is £8,000, made in 3 payments over the course of the year, at the end of which there will be a solo exhibition at Standpoint Gallery. All reasonable costs incurred for this exhibition will be met by Standpoint, including publicity, transport and hospitality.
  • Candidates must live and work in the UK. There is no age limit – ‘…we seek to give the award to an artist who demonstrates the development of a mature practice, but to whom the prize would make a considerable difference’. Candidates must have graduated at least one year previously from formal art education.
  • MTSA is aimed at emerging/mid-career sculptors making outstanding work within contemporary fine art practice. The award is particularly interested in work that demonstrates a commitment to process and material.
  • Shortlisting by written application and digital submission of work via a panel including two guest selectors. Final selection through presentation and interview at Standpoint.
  • www.standpointlondon.co.uk/mtsa/

Tags: 5 - 20k | London | Sculpture   -   Category: Visual Arts   -  

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants

  • The Pollock-Krasner Foundation (USA).
  • No deadlines – rolling application programme.
  • Grants of varying amounts.
  • Eligibility limited to painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper.
  • The Pollock-Krasner Foundation’s dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal or both.
  • Mission of the grants is to aid those individuals who have been working as professionals for a significant period of time.
  • Artists are required to submit a cover letter, an application, and images of current work.
  • http://pkf.org/our-grants/#pollock-krasner-foundation-grant

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Royal Society of Sculptors Awards

  • Royal Society of Sculptors Awards
  • The Royal Society of Sculptors offers three awards: The Gilbert Bayes Award, First@108, and Spotlight.
  • Gilbert Bayes Award supports early career sculptors (previously the Bursary Awards) and is given annually by the Society to a small group of outstandingly talented sculptors.
  • First@108 is open to any artist working in three dimensions, providing a unique and rare opportunity for the winner to build a track record in the competitive arena of public art.
  • Spotlight is an annual collaboration between the Royal Society of Sculptors and the William Benington Gallery which awards a Society member with a solo exhibition in a commercial contemporary gallery in London.
  • www.sculptors.org.uk/awards

Tags: 5 - 20k | International | Sculpture   -   Category: Visual Arts   -  

St Hugh’s Arts Awards

  • The St Hugh’s Foundation.
  • Annual.
  • Award between £1,000–£15,000 in our area of benefit (the City of Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (including North and North East Lincolnshire)).
  • Applicants must be resident and regularly working in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire East Riding or the City of Hull. Projects considered in any art form.
  • ‘The Foundation aims to help established arts practitioners and producers to develop their professional careers in the arts, and in doing so, to contribute their own knowledge and experience to the wider growth and dissemination of arts practice in the region.’
  • Initial application by form downloaded from website. Candidates are then shortlisted and interviewed by the trustees for the final decision.
  • http://www.sthughsfoundation.co.uk/awards

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Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize

  • Taylor Wessing and National Portrait Gallery.
  • Annual.
  • First prize of £12,000, second prize £3,000, third prize £2,000, fourth prize £1,000. National Portrait Gallery exhibition of the work of 60 artists. Elle magazine commission for the winner.
  • Any photographer of any nationality may enter, as long as they are over 18. In 2009/2010, 2,500 photographers submitted more than 6,700 pieces. Each artist can submit up to six photographs.
  • Aims to ‘…showcase the work of the most talented emerging young photographers, photography students and gifted amateurs alongside that of established professionals’.
  • A panel of six whittles down the entries to 60 for the exhibition. The prizewinners are then chosen.
  • http://www.npg.org.uk/photoprize1/site14/index.php

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The Arts Foundation Futures Awards

  • The Arts Foundation.
  • Annual.
  • Up to six £10,000 awards, each for a practitioner of a different art form. Categories rotate each year. In 2016, the categories are Arts in the Urban Space, Children’s Theatre, Producers of Live Music, Jewellery Design, Literary Translation and Materials Innovation.
  • Eligibility limited to artists living and working in the UK. The award is given to emerging artists who have achieved some professional standing. Selection based on both talent and need.
  • Aims to provide artists with stability to explore new forms at a critical stage and to facilitate cross-artform networking.
  • Shortlist for prizes drawn up by nomination. ‘The Foundation uses leading practitioners and experienced professionals whose key positions enable them to identify the most talented and deserving artists.’
  • www.artsfoundation.co.uk/

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The Leverhulme Trust Arts Training Bursaries

  • The Leverhulme Trust.
  • Next call for applications will be in spring 2018.
  • The aim of these awards is to provide training opportunities across the whole range of artistic disciplines in the fine and performing arts. Arts Scholarships may be in the form of (a) Bursaries to enable individuals to develop their talent and/or (b) Innovative teaching awards to provide new and original training opportunities for the students concerned.
  • Individual scholars or students may not apply directly to the Trust
  • https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/grant-schemes/arts-scholarships

Tags: 5 - 20k | UK | Various   -   Category: Visual Arts   -  


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