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ARTIST SUPPORT
Emergency Artist Support
The Covid-19 crisis has turned the art world upside down. With doors to our venue closed, we are still here for you.
We want to support artists in the local area to access as many opportunities as possible. Along with Wigan & Leigh’s creative community, we are contributing to a live, working document that lists current opportunities and helpful groups for artists of all disciplines which you can access here. Feel free to add your own resources that you feel could help others.
Our passion for supporting artists locally and nationally is as strong as ever and we’ve therefore been working hard to find out what support is available. Check our list below for current emergency fund and commission information.
FVU: BEYOND commission, Film and Video Umbrella
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
Film / Visual Arts
4 x £2,500 commissions for new moving image works
DEADLINE DATE:
18/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Peshkar Crisis Commissions
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
All disciplines
£250/£500 digital commissions
DEADLINE DATE:
Rolling deadline
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Authors Emergency Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
writing
Up to £2,000 for authors affected by covid-19
DEADLINE DATE:
(No deadline stated)
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Stagehand: The PSA Welfare and Benevolent Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
theatre
Small grants for emergency relief
DEADLINE DATE:
(No deadline stated)
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Artists' General Benevolent Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
Visual Arts
Funding available to support professional artists in need (+dependents) who cannot work or earn due to accident, illness or older age.
DEADLINE DATE:
(No deadline stated)
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
WGGB Welfare Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
Writing
Up to £1,000 funding available for Writers' Guild members in financial difficulty
DEADLINE DATE:
(No deadline stated)
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Support Freelance Musicians
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
Music
£200 emergency funding for freelance musicians with evidence of cancelled work (1st come 1st served)
DEADLINE DATE:
(No deadline stated)
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
HOAX Online Platform
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
Writing
£50 for written works to be shown digitally on HOAX site
DEADLINE DATE:
(No deadline stated)
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Musical Union: Hardship Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
music
Up to £200 available for Musical Union members
DEADLINE DATE:
(No deadline stated)
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
RAFTA Scriptwriting Competition
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
Writing
£1,000 1st prize for a script that promotes tolerance and understanding in imaginitive ways
DEADLINE DATE:
01/11/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
5:00 PM
LADA Open Call: performingbordersLIVE20
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
visual arts / contemporary arts
Up to £200 for digital work by artists working in live art
DEADLINE DATE:
07/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
4:00 PM
The Space: Low Cost R&D
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
All Disciplines
Up to £7,000 to increase the digital reach of existing work/projects (organisations must apply - have you an existing project with one?)
DEADLINE DATE:
07/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
12 NOON
Film Commissions: New Creatives
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
All Disciplines
Creatives between 16-30 apply to develop an original concept into professional short film: looking for strong ideas for short-form films (*talent development, unpaid opp)
DEADLINE DATE:
07/06/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
St Helen's Art Service Commissions
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
All Disciplines
Up to £1,500 commissions to develop your practice for creatives from/with links to St. Helens
DEADLINE DATE:
08/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
8:00 AM
Dance Professionals Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
dance
Emergency grants available for dance professionals
DEADLINE DATE:
11/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Grundy - Remote Work
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
visual arts
£1500 fee & group exhibition for 5 artists
DEADLINE DATE:
15/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
UnShut Festival Commissions
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
live art / performance
1 x £1,000, 4 x £500 and 4 x £300 commissions to create live art / performance art
DEADLINE DATE:
19/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
6:00 PM
Rapid Response for a Better Digital Future
Competition/Prize
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
All disciplines
12 x $5,000 grants for artists to generate ideas and actionable projects that enact solutions for rebuilding digital systems, and improving the overlap and interplay between them and lived, social experience.
DEADLINE DATE:
21/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
11:59PM (Eastern Standard)
King Lear Prize
Residency
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
All disciplines
£1,000 prizes in each catagory for non-professional artists over 70
DEADLINE DATE:
26/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
New Light Prize Exhibition 2020/21
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
Visual Arts
£10,0000 award (+others) for wall-hung work by artists born, based or who have studied in the North (*entry fee £20 for 1 artwork, £40 for 2, £10 per subsequent works)
DEADLINE DATE:
31/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Digital Commission Opportunities, They Eat Culture
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
All disciplines
£200-£1,000 digital commissions for artists living or originally from PR postcodes
DEADLINE DATE:
08/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
5:00 PM
The Theatrical Guild
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
theatre
Short term finanical help for backstage and front of house workers
DEADLINE DATE:
(No deadline stated)
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Manchester Artists Coronavirus Hardship Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
all disciplines
£200 for artists affected by covid-19
DEADLINE DATE:
(No deadline stated)
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
The Photography Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
photography
£500 per person to support self-employed photographers
DEADLINE DATE:
(No deadline stated)
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Royal Literary Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
Writing
Grants and pensions to writers in financial difficulty
DEADLINE DATE:
(No deadline stated)
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Royal Variety Charity
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
All disciplines
The Royal Variety Charity assists those who've worked professionally in the entertainment industry and are in need of help.
DEADLINE DATE:
(No deadline stated)
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Precarious Workers & Artists Hardship Fund
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
All disciplines
Funds available for individuals impacted by the loss of jobs, gigs and illness due to Covid-19
DEADLINE DATE:
(No deadline stated)
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Theatre MAD: Hardship Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
theatre
Up to £200 for theatre industry members facing financial dificulty
DEADLINE DATE:
(No deadline stated)
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Sustainability First - Art Prize
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
Visual Arts
£1,000 1st prize (+others) for art work that responds to the question ‘How do we build from the current corona crisis towards a more sustainable future?’
DEADLINE DATE:
01/06/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
A-N Busaries
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
visual arts / contemporary arts
Bursaries available for artists and arts organisers
DEADLINE DATE:
07/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
12 NOON
PBLIVE20 & Never Done: Curating Borders Residency
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
All Disciplines / Curator
£700 remote residency opportunity to support a womxn or non binary curator/artist with curatorial practice and/or migrant background
DEADLINE DATE:
07/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
12 NOON
Call for Artists & Photographers: Innovate Grant
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
Visual Arts / Photography
$550.00 grants as financial support that ignite your creative development (*application fee $25)
DEADLINE DATE:
07/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Audio Commissions: New Creatives
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
All Disciplines
Creatives between 16-30 apply to develop an original concept into professional audio work: looking for works that represent creative storytelling in its broadest sense (*talent development, unpaid opp)
DEADLINE DATE:
07/06/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
With For About 2020
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
all disciplines
£300 per short films, interviews or descriptions. Call for contributors to #WithForAbout2020 a Virtual Conference about the responses to COVID-19.
DEADLINE DATE:
08/06/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
PRS Foundation: Sustaining Creativity Fund
commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
music
Up to £750 for music creators to sustain creativity
DEADLINE DATE:
11/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Metal: Remote Residencies
Competition/Prize
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
All Disciplines
£1,000 remote residency opportunity for artists based in Liverpool with Metal
DEADLINE DATE:
15/05/2020 (3 deadlines: 15 May/12 June/10 July)
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
NEON: Indeterminacy / Share Commission
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
All disciplines
£500 commission to support early career digital artists
DEADLINE DATE:
20/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
Beam Public Art Commission, Barnsley
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
visual arts
£16,400, £24,200 and £11,750 commissions for public art & wayfinding projects in Barnsley
DEADLINE DATE:
26/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
9:00 AM
In-Situ - THE SUMMIT
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
socially engaged practice
£5,000 fee for work starting Sept 2020
DEADLINE DATE:
30/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A
V&A Open Call: Jameel Prize 6
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
INFO:
Visual Arts / Contemporary arts
£25,000 prize for contemporary design inspired by Islamic tradition
DEADLINE DATE:
31/05/2020
DEADLINE TIME:
N/A