Lens Based

View listings on map
  • Northern Rock Foundation

    The Foundation’s trustees are reviewing the priorities for the 2013-2015 grant programmes and plan to tighten further the focus. Full details will be announced in January 2013.

  • Film London
    address
    Suite 6.10, The Tea Building, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6JJ
    telephone
    020 7613 7676
    fax
    020 7613 7677

    Film London is the strategic agency for the film and media sector in London. It is an amalgamation of the London Film Commission (LFC) and the London Film and Video Development Agency (LFVDA), which merged in April 2003. Film London will invest in film production, exhibition and education and in the economic and industry development initiatives across the capital. Included in the vast range of services Film London provide are an information database on hotel deals for filmmakers from outside of town, diary availability for crews and location managers, a filmmakers code of practice and a listing of London's film services. Various development schemes outlined on their website aim to nurture the capital's film, TV and animation professionals and support the training sector.

  • Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
    fax
    0117 987 6600
    telephone
    0117 987 6500
    address
    Whitefriars, Lewins Mead, Bristol BS1 2AE

    AHRC have a range of programmes supporting top-quality research and postgraduate training in the arts and humanities. From around 1500 applications to their seven Research schemes they make around 550-600 awards. From around 5500 applications to their Postgraduate schemes for funding people in Higher education they make around 1500 awards. 

  • Arts Council England - London
    telephone
    0845 300 6200
    address
    14 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 3NQ

    Arts Council England supplies funding through it's Grants programme.  Eligible projects include research and development, travel, networking events and independent projects promoting critical debate on the production and presentation of contemporary visual art.

  • Microwave
    website
    microwave.filmlondon.org.uk/get_the_funding/microwave/

    Microwave is a micro-budget feature film-making scheme of Film London. Aimed at commissioning the next generation of film-making talent in the capital. The scheme provides production funding, bespoke training and mentoring, Professional development, support from script to screen. They also provide various links to other organisations that provide funding.

  • Olympus Optical Co (UK) Ltd
    fax
    020 7250 4600
    telephone
    020 7253 2772
    address
    2-8 Honduras Street, London EC1Y 0TX

    Sponsors events and individuals involved in photography, and considers all requests. Contact Sarah Cubitt, Communications Manager.

  • Deutsche Borse Photography Prize
    address
    The Photographer's Gallery, their building on Ramillies Street is now closed to the public until Autumn 2011.
    telephone
    0845 262 1618

    The Deutsche Borse Photography Prize aims to reward a contemporary photographer of any nationality, who has made the most significant contribution (exhibition or publication) to the medium of photography in Europe in the previous year.

  • The European Association for Jewish Culture
    fax
    020 7935 3252
    telephone
    020 7935 8266
    address
    Lena Stanley-Clamp, Director, European Association for Jewish Culture, London Office, 79 Wimpole Street, London W1G 9RY

    The European Association for Jewish Culture is an independent organisation which funds visual arts exhibitions, theatre, documentary films and music which address the Jewish experience. This grant programme is designed to provide part-funding for new exhibitions of contemporary art by awarding grants to professional artists to produce new work for exhibition in a recognised cultural venue, and freelance curators for researching and organising an exhibition of contemporary art, which addresses the Jewish experience. The application should be submitted by professional artists or curators in association with an exhibition venue. Grants in the range of Euro 5,000 to 10,000 will be awarded to successful candidates in two instalments.

  • Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Art Grant
    address
    Central Library, Phillimore Walk, London, W8 7RX
    contact
    Janice Thorpe
    telephone
    0207 361 3844

    The Arts Grants scheme is for arts activities or projects (by organisations or individuals) which are undertaken within the boundaries of the Royal Borough and demonstrate that they meet at least two of its strategic objectives. Also offer free funding surgeries. Deadlines three times a year, in 2010 * 5pm, Friday 21 May 2010, by 5pm, Friday 24 September 2010, by 5pm, Friday 21 January 2011

  • Pavilion
    address
    Host Media Centre, 21 Savile Mount, Leeds LS7 3HZ
    telephone
    0113 200 7061

    Pavilion is a visual arts commissioning agency that invests in the talent of emerging photographers through national exhibitions, publications, critical dialogue, a website including an online gallery, events and participation. It also provides portfolio review sessions.

  • Prix Pictet
    address
    The Prix Pictet Secretariat, Candlestar, 8 Hammersmith Broadway, London W6 7AL

    The Prix Pictet is a major new global prize in photography that focuses on sustainability. With a single annual prize of CHF 100,000, the Prix Pictet will reward photographers and the images they use to tell stories of urgent global significance. Each year the Prix Pictet will focus on a distinct sustainability theme. Entry to the Prix Pictet is by nomination.

  • Sony World Photography Awards
    address
    World Photography Awards, 9 Manchester Square, London W1U 3PL

    Competition open both to amateurs and professionals, and with 12 different categories. Free to enter, first prize is $25,000 plus flights to Cannes to attend the Private View.

This article is from the Artlaw Archive of Henry Lydiate's columns published in Art Monthly since 1976, and may contain out of date material.
The article is for information only, and not for the purpose of providing legal advice.
Readers should consult a solicitor for legal advice on specific matters, and artists in London can get free online legal advice from Artquest