Deadline: 27-Aug-21
The Youth Arts Fund: Bursary Programme is now open to provide funding to organisations to host up to 5 bursaries for early career artists and creative practitioners aged between 18 and 24, who have a lack of accessible support to develop their creative careers, to create new or develop existing work.
The host organisations will support the artists and creative practitioners to build contacts, create and present ambitious work, build experience, identify ongoing opportunities and plan for next steps beyond the bursary.
Organisations can apply for funding to offer bursaries to these artists, to help them develop and produce work.
Fund Priorities
They will prioritise applications from organisations that can demonstrate that they will:
- Support early-career artists and creative practitioners aged between 18 and 24 who face barriers in accessing opportunities, are underrepresented in the arts and creative workforce, or who do not see themselves as reflected within it .
- As well as assessing the projects against the set criteria They will aim to support a range of projects across art forms and creative industries and to achieve a geographical spread of host organisations across Scotland.
Funding Information
- The overall budget for this fund is at least £300k . £50k of this will be used to support music bursaries.
- grants will be between £5,000 and £30,000.
What will the fund support?
The fund will support between 10 and 25 arts/creative organizations based in Scotland:
- To host up to 5 bursaries lasting up to 12 months.
- To support the artists and creative practitioners they host in the development and sharing/presentation of work and their next steps beyond the project.
- To reflect on and diversify their own programmes.
- To learn from working with young early-career artists and creative practitioners.
The selected host organisations will be expected to run an open callfor artists and creative practitioners between December 2021 and February 2022. These should be for individuals who:
- Are aged between 18 and 24 (or, aged over 24 if they are disabled and/or care experienced).
- Are based in Scotland.
- Are working in art forms and practices which could include but not limited to: multi-art form, craft, creative learning, dance, design (including fashion and architecture), literature, music, theatre,visual arts, traditional arts, Gaelic language and culture, Scots, film,digital (including computer games design), socially or community engaged practice.
Organisations should consider:
- How those with one or more protected characteristics will be supported to apply. This includes young artists and creative practitioners who are: from low socio economic backgrounds;disabled people; care experienced; black and ethnic minority; young parents; LGBTQI+ as well as young people who live in a rural location.
- How those not in Further or Higher education and who might face other potential barriers to a career in the arts, screen, or creative industries will be supported to apply.
Eligibility Criteria
The fund is open to organisations based in Scotland whose work involves the arts, screen and creative industries. This can include Creative Scotland Regularly Funded Organisations as well as third sector organisations who can demonstrate their capacity to deliver a supported bursary programme for early-career artists and creative practitioners aged between 18 and 24.
For more information, visit https://www.creativescotland.com/funding/funding-programmes/youth-arts-fund/youth-arts-fund-bursary-programme
