Art Funds in Great Britain
There are few institutions from which you can get art funds in Great Britain. Some are more well known than others, but if art funds are what you need, then hopefully the following information will be helpful.
Arts Council England distributes public money from the lottery and from the government. It is the national development agency in England specifically for the arts. Between 2008 and 2011 they plan on investing 1.6 billion pounds of government and lottery money in the arts. At present they are supporting channel 4’s “The Big Art Project” which is commissioning communities to create new works of public art. In March of 2009 they started the Artists taking the Lead program, which is offering commissions of up to 500,000 pounds to 12 artists to produce new works of art across the country. 59 artists projects are still in the running out of over 2000 original applications,and winners will be announced in October of 2009.
They are now accepting applications for their “art in empty spaces campaign”, which is a 500,000 pound initiative in which artists or arts organizations will turn vacant shops into artistic venues. This will provide the communities with something all of it’s people can enjoy, as well as filling up empty retail units. One can get more details about this program and how to apply by simply visiting their website.
Another art fund, which is actually a prize, is the 100,000 pound Art Fund prize for museums and galleries. The Wedgewood Museum, which also won the People’s Choice Award, is a museum dedicated to the world-famous pottery company and was the 2009 winner.
There may be other places to find art funds in Great Britain, but they are not so readily found. It seems the best plan of action to take to secure art funds in Great Britain is to try and get a grant from the Arts Council England foundation. This is a great place to start as they have grants available that one may qualify for, and if they cannot help they may be able to get some information for the individual on who may be able to assist them.
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Hello,
I would like to get in touch with a Representative in regards of Art Funding for my Contemporary Art project,called “REFLECTIONS” who can assist me to get some information and some direction about the Funding.
This project contains interdisciplinary practices from photography to paintings,from poetry to performance art supported with audio visuals as well as the direct interaction with the people that they can see,touch,feel,smell and hear the Art. There will be approximately 20 different themes,separate from each other and the themes ,individually, are the combinations of my paintings,photography of the images in my head (taken by professional expressionist Photographers) ,fashion design, filming etc.
I am currently studying my MBA degree in London at European School of Economics and working on the realization of my Art Project.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Kind Regards,
Hande Sadic
I been studying all my life and now I am qalified and I also have dislexsic. I Would like to frame my pictures.But I just dont have the money.Please can you help me