Deadline: 11-Jan-22
The Spike Island is accepting call for its Research and Development Fellowships to transform Bristol and the West of England into a place where the visual arts can thrive, providing critical opportunities and support to enable diverse local artists, curators and young people to develop their careers and achieve their potential.
West of England Visual Arts Alliance (WEVAA) is invested in supporting exceptional visual arts projects to grow, across the West of England region. All partners are committed to inclusivity and developing more equitable practices. They consider diversity a strength and are keen to ensure more representation of the different backgrounds and experiences that make up their communities.
They seek visual art projects that have considered how their work contributes to and develops the broader visual arts community in the West of England region. This could be projects in the early stages of development, for which time, space and support is needed in order to progress to a scale that has lasting benefits for other artists and the region. You may need the opportunity to focus on research, gathering insight and input from other artists and communities.
Funding Information
- The selected Fellows are each awarded £10,000 for one year, and all projects have to be completed within twelve months. As this opportunity is funded by Arts Council England, applicants cannot seek match funding from Arts Council England (through Projects Grants or similar).
Eligibility Criteria
- They particularly welcome applications from people who are currently underrepresented in the UK arts sector, including those who identify as D/deaf, disabled, neurodivergent, LGBTQIA+, those from lower socio-economic backgrounds or living or working in areas of socio-economic deprivation, and those who experience racism.
For more information, visit https://www.spikeisland.org.uk/programme/artist-development/open-call-research-and-development-fellowships/