Deadline: 17-Jan-22
‘a space’ arts is pleased to announce submissions for the Lucky Dip Bursary Scheme 2022 to provide financial support and positivity by enabling ten local artists to make new work.
After a successful launch in 2021, ‘a space’ arts is continuing the Lucky Dip Bursary Scheme in 2022 to support local visual artists to make new work. The grant programme offers ten artists in the SO postcode £500 to fund the creation of a new artwork or activity.
Objectives
- To fund new and exciting works of art or artistic activity.
- To encourage artists to experiment and take risks.
- To get more money directly to local artists to make work.
- To support artists in the city from a variety of communities.
- To remove the barriers created by conventional application and selection processes and reduce discrimination towards artists who find funding applications lengthy and difficult.
The Artwork
- The outcome could be an artwork or an art activity.
- It must be completed by 25th July 2022.
- The work, or documentation of the work, must be available for a group exhibition in August – September 2022 in God’s House Tower, Southampton.
Funding Information
In order to support as many artists as possible, the bursaries are capped at £500. Artists will be expected to work within this budget.
- Artists will receive £400 upon signing an artist agreement in February 2022.
- Artists will receive £100 once they have contributed to the evaluation in October – November 2022.
Criteria
- a space’ arts is committed to becoming an anti-racist organisation and as part of this work five of the Lucky Dip Bursaries will be offered to global majority artists.
- Please note, this bursary scheme is only open to artists aged 18+.
For more information, visit https://aspacearts.org.uk/events/artist-opportunity-lucky-dip-bursary-scheme-2022