Deadline: 12-Sep-22
The Art Fund is seeking applications for the Reimagine Grant Programme to inspire creativity and increase stability in the sector.
It supports organisations to develop or refresh their work in response to their current situation. They want to encourage curiosity, openness and reflection through the programme, based on the principle that they all learn best when they acknowledge their successes and their failures.
Funding Information
Through this programme they can offer project grants of £10,000 up to £50,000 for:
- Creative or innovative
- Context-specific
- Impactful
- Engaging
What they will fund?
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This year, there is one key aim for the Reimagine programme. They want to fund projects that will:
- help organisations reimagine their approach to engagement.
- When they refer to engagement, they are talking about it in the broadest sense. They are interested in your audiences and communities, but also in how engagement relates to other areas of your work.
Eligibility Criteria
- Their funding is available to formally constituted, not-for-profit organisations. This could include charities, CICs and CIOs. Most organisations they support will hold collections, which may include fine and applied art and design, archaeology and/or social history. They will also be committed to delivering activity that increases public access to these collections, which has public benefit and aligns with Art Fund’s charitable objectives.
- Organisations without collections need to be committed to delivering activity that increases public access to the visual arts more generally. These activities must provide public benefit and align with Art Fund’s charitable objectives.
- Organisations may include, but are not restricted to, museums, galleries, historic houses, archives and libraries, agencies, and festivals.
- You can apply as a single institution, in a partnership, or with a collective. They will ask you to identify a lead applicant if two or more organisations are applying together.
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Your organisation(s) should:
- Operate to standards of best practice and/or have a strong track record in delivering high quality public activity. You could demonstrate this through accreditation schemes (such as those managed by Arts Council England), endorsement by partners, successful past projects, or awards you have received.
- If you are a non-accredited museum, they may seek advice from trusted sector partners (such as Museum Development UK) to better understand your organisation and needs.
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They can also support Subject Specialist Networks (SSNs) and other professional networks through this programme. They define ‘professional networks’ as:
- Communities of museum and arts professionals that share interests in curatorial specialisms, collections and/or exhibition-based practices.
- Networks can be established or emerging. However, they must have a mission statement and/or clear long-term objectives.
- Networks should be formally constituted and not-for-profit. If this is not the case with your network, you must identify a formally constituted organisation to act as the grant recipient.
- If your organisation is long-established or you have worked with them before, they will expect your project to substantially develop your practice or deepen relationships. They will also be keen to hear that you are telling new stories or building up smaller or underserved groups.
For more information, visit Art Fund.
For more information, visit https://www.artfund.org/supporting-museums/programmes/reimagine-grants