Deadline: 30 June 2017
Shape Arts, under its project National Disability Arts Collection & Archive (NDACA) is inviting UK-based emerging disabled artists for its Research and Development Grants aimed at supporting four emerging disabled artists selected through applications.
The purpose of the grant funding is to enable applicants to develop their artistic practice. There may be skills that applicant wish to develop by attending training, or there may be research that applicant wish to carry out which requires funding for travel or accommodation costs.
NDACA will provide advice and support on how to create fully accessible artwork, including subtitling audio work and providing audio description for visual work. In addition to funding, mentoring, accessibility advice and support, the emerging artists will be profiled by and have their work promoted through NDACA’s online platforms, facilitated by Shape Arts. They will also be invited to attend an event celebrating the launch of NDACA in April 2018.
Funding Information
Each of the awarded artists will receive a grant of £1,000 to make new work as part of their ongoing artistic practice, and will be mentored by one of four key artists who were involved in the ‘Golden Age’ of the Disability Arts Movement.
Eligibility Criteria
UK-based emerging disabled artists across all art-forms are encouraged to apply.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit their following information via email at the address given on the website.
- Personal Statement (approx. 500 words or 3 mins of video)
- detail applicant’s art practice
- give examples of applicant’s previous work; this can be any of the following: images (JPEG), documents (PDF), video (MP4), links to websites
- Proposal (approx. 500 words or 3 mins of video)
- detail how applicant intend to spend the grant award and how this will enable applicant to enhance your artistic practice.
- summarise how applicant’s think applicant would personally benefit from the mentoring sessions. Applicant can specify which of the artistsfrom the list above applicant would like to work with, but please note that artists are not necessarily matched to mentors by art form, and applicant may not be assigned to applicant’s first choice.
Eligible Country: United Kingdom
For more information please visit Shape Arts.