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ARTISTS
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:
Film / Visual Arts
INFO:
4 x £2,500 commissions for new moving image works
DEADLINE:
N/A
Peshkar Crisis Commissions
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
All disciplines
INFO:
£250/£500 digital commissions
DEADLINE:
N/A
Authors Emergency Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
writing
INFO:
Up to £2,000 for authors affected by covid-19
DEADLINE:
N/A
Stagehand: The PSA Welfare and Benevolent Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
theatre
INFO:
Small grants for emergency relief
DEADLINE:
N/A
Artists' General Benevolent Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
Visual Arts
INFO:
Funding available to support professional artists in need (+dependents) who cannot work or earn due to accident, illness or older age.
DEADLINE:
N/A
WGGB Welfare Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
Writing
INFO:
Up to £1,000 funding available for Writers' Guild members in financial difficulty
DEADLINE:
N/A
Support Freelance Musicians
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
Music
INFO:
£200 emergency funding for freelance musicians with evidence of cancelled work (1st come 1st served)
DEADLINE:
N/A
HOAX Online Platform
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
Writing
INFO:
£50 for written works to be shown digitally on HOAX site
DEADLINE:
N/A
Musical Union: Hardship Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
music
INFO:
Up to £200 available for Musical Union members
DEADLINE:
N/A
RAFTA Scriptwriting Competition
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
Writing
INFO:
£1,000 1st prize for a script that promotes tolerance and understanding in imaginitive ways
DEADLINE:
5:00 PM
LADA Open Call: performingbordersLIVE20
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
visual arts / contemporary arts
INFO:
Up to £200 for digital work by artists working in live art
DEADLINE:
4:00 PM
The Space: Low Cost R&D
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
All Disciplines
INFO:
Up to £7,000 to increase the digital reach of existing work/projects (organisations must apply - have you an existing project with one?)
DEADLINE:
12 NOON
Film Commissions: New Creatives
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
All Disciplines
INFO:
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:
N/A
St Helen's Art Service Commissions
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
All Disciplines
INFO:
Up to £1,500 commissions to develop your practice for creatives from/with links to St. Helens
DEADLINE:
8:00 AM
Dance Professionals Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
dance
INFO:
Emergency grants available for dance professionals
DEADLINE:
N/A
Grundy - Remote Work
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
visual arts
INFO:
£1500 fee & group exhibition for 5 artists
DEADLINE:
N/A
UnShut Festival Commissions
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
live art / performance
INFO:
1 x £1,000, 4 x £500 and 4 x £300 commissions to create live art / performance art
DEADLINE:
6:00 PM
Rapid Response for a Better Digital Future
Competition/Prize
DISCIPLINE:
All disciplines
INFO:
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:
11:59PM (Eastern Standard)
King Lear Prize
Residency
DISCIPLINE:
All disciplines
INFO:
£1,000 prizes in each catagory for non-professional artists over 70
DEADLINE:
N/A
New Light Prize Exhibition 2020/21
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
Visual Arts
INFO:
£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:
N/A
Digital Commission Opportunities, They Eat Culture
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
All disciplines
INFO:
£200-£1,000 digital commissions for artists living or originally from PR postcodes
DEADLINE:
5:00 PM
The Theatrical Guild
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
theatre
INFO:
Short term finanical help for backstage and front of house workers
DEADLINE:
N/A
Manchester Artists Coronavirus Hardship Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
all disciplines
INFO:
£200 for artists affected by covid-19
DEADLINE:
N/A
The Photography Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
photography
INFO:
£500 per person to support self-employed photographers
DEADLINE:
N/A
Royal Literary Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
Writing
INFO:
Grants and pensions to writers in financial difficulty
DEADLINE:
N/A
Royal Variety Charity
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
All disciplines
INFO:
The Royal Variety Charity assists those who've worked professionally in the entertainment industry and are in need of help.
DEADLINE:
N/A
Precarious Workers & Artists Hardship Fund
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
All disciplines
INFO:
Funds available for individuals impacted by the loss of jobs, gigs and illness due to Covid-19
DEADLINE:
N/A
Theatre MAD: Hardship Fund
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
theatre
INFO:
Up to £200 for theatre industry members facing financial dificulty
DEADLINE:
N/A
Sustainability First - Art Prize
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
Visual Arts
INFO:
£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:
N/A
A-N Busaries
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
visual arts / contemporary arts
INFO:
Bursaries available for artists and arts organisers
DEADLINE:
12 NOON
PBLIVE20 & Never Done: Curating Borders Residency
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
All Disciplines / Curator
INFO:
£700 remote residency opportunity to support a womxn or non binary curator/artist with curatorial practice and/or migrant background
DEADLINE:
12 NOON
Call for Artists & Photographers: Innovate Grant
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
Visual Arts / Photography
INFO:
$550.00 grants as financial support that ignite your creative development (*application fee $25)
DEADLINE:
N/A
Audio Commissions: New Creatives
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
All Disciplines
INFO:
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:
N/A
With For About 2020
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
all disciplines
INFO:
£300 per short films, interviews or descriptions. Call for contributors to #WithForAbout2020 a Virtual Conference about the responses to COVID-19.
DEADLINE:
N/A
PRS Foundation: Sustaining Creativity Fund
commission
DISCIPLINE:
music
INFO:
Up to £750 for music creators to sustain creativity
DEADLINE:
N/A
Metal: Remote Residencies
Competition/Prize
DISCIPLINE:
All Disciplines
INFO:
£1,000 remote residency opportunity for artists based in Liverpool with Metal
DEADLINE:
N/A
NEON: Indeterminacy / Share Commission
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
All disciplines
INFO:
£500 commission to support early career digital artists
DEADLINE:
N/A
Beam Public Art Commission, Barnsley
Commission
DISCIPLINE:
visual arts
INFO:
£16,400, £24,200 and £11,750 commissions for public art & wayfinding projects in Barnsley
DEADLINE:
9:00 AM
In-Situ - THE SUMMIT
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
socially engaged practice
INFO:
£5,000 fee for work starting Sept 2020
DEADLINE:
N/A
V&A Open Call: Jameel Prize 6
Emergency Fund
DISCIPLINE:
Visual Arts / Contemporary arts
INFO:
£25,000 prize for contemporary design inspired by Islamic tradition
DEADLINE:
N/A