Deadline: 4-Jan-23
Applications are now open for scoping grants in preparation for a proposed UK/Poland season in 2025.
In order to start developing potential activity, which are offering grants of £2,500 to start conversations and establish partnerships.
Themes
- The working title of the Season is ‘Super-Nova’, signifying something bright, new, an explosion of creative activity. they are inviting institutions, large and small, to apply for seed funding. The season will focus on the following themes:
- Debate: Their season can celebrate successes and it can also tackle topics that trouble us, the ideas that threaten division among us. Trust will help us deal with pressing issues in education, trade and cultural relations to help us assure mutual prosperity.
- Digital innovation: Their season will have digital at its core, with every activity having it as an element. In doing this they support new practices, and/or boost accessibility.
- Diversity and inclusion: Their season will celebrate the diversity of Their artforms and creators, and the full spectrum of Their countries.
- Diaspora: Their season will give voice and space to diaspora communities including, for example, Poles in the UK and Ukrainians in Poland.
Funding Information
- There are 25 grants of £2,500 each. This can cover international travel, accommodation, and research.
What are the grants for?
- The grants are primarily* for travel-related costs (flights, train, accommodation). To support travel related costs for representatives of UK and Polish organisations in the arts and creative industries to undertake scoping visits to each other’s country. They are keen to support the creation of new work, new collaborations, and innovative activity. All applicants should have a clear project in mind which would then be collaboratively developed through this exchange. The project must be for ultimate presentation in Poland, or in Poland and UK, but not UK only.
- In late 2023 and 2024 they are hoping to offer additional funding to support the strongest collaborations, those which best meet the aims of the Season as described. Projects should be delivered by at least one UK-based organization and at least one organisation based in Poland. Only one of the two organizations can apply for the grant. They will not fund legacy activity or recurrent costs on existing projects. There are a total of 25 grants available this year. The travel should take place between February and May 2023.
- In certain circumstances, they might consider a non-travel application if there is strong evidence that the grant would be put to good use in developing the project idea without physically visiting the country.
Types of Project
- Thought-provoking public engagement events that will appeal to general audiences, such as artistic performances; exhibitions, conferences, symposia; panel discussions; talks; workshops; interactive installations; and student facing culture events.
- Interactive activities which will attract and inspire younger audiences through innovative use of digital technologies and ICT, such as augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR).
- Proposals must address at least one of the thematic areas: debate, digital innovation, diversity & inclusion, and diaspora. They welcome proposals from any artform and they are interested to receive joint projects which are interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary or cross-disciplinary projects (i.e. combining art, science, technology, education). Proposals that clearly address more than one thematic area will be favoured.
- Cross-cutting themes of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), gender and equitable access (via digital and/or education technologies) should be addressed and embedded in all proposals.
- Proposals can be for face-to-face or digital and/or an innovative combination of the two.
Eligibility Criteria
- The grants are open to arts and cultural organisations, large or small, in both UK and Poland. If the proposed project is clearly shared between two organizations then only one of the organizations can apply for the grant. The grants are not open to individual artists, although a curator may be considered if the project is strong enough.
For more information, visit Arts Scoping Grants.