First Floor, Rochelle School, Arnold Circus, London E2 7ES - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7033 0275
Fax: 020 7033 0276
Email: info@thisisliveart.co.uk
Website: www.thisisliveart.co.uk
Website: www.thisisliveart.co.uk/prof_dev/one_to_one/index.html
The Live Art Development Agency's Study Room is a free, open access research facility used by artists, students, curators and scholars as well as many other arts professionals. Over the last five years the Study Room has grown into an invaluable resource and now contains over 2500 items, including 700 publications, 700 videos and 400 DVDs and CD-ROMS. All the materials have a Live Art focus and all are listed at www.thisisliveart.co.uk/resources/study_room.html. As well as providing an archive, advice and information and research and training opportunities, Live Art Development Agency also broker partnerships with venues and institutions to expand exhibiting opportunities for the Live Art sector. One to One Individual Artists Bursaries in Live Art aim to provide artistic and professional development opportunities for individual practitioners bases in London who work in Live Art, new performance and time based media. Awards range from £6,000 to £10,000 and are awarded to artists to undertake self-determined artistic and professional development strategies that will stimulate new processes, support different ways of working and ultimately enhance their artistic practices. As part of their One to One Bursaries Scheme, LADA offers professional development and one to one advice sessions. Their informal, occasional newsletter mainly provides information on opportunities provided by them or their partners in the Live Art CPD Network (ArtsAdmin and New Work Network). Send an email to info@thisisliveart.co.uk and ask to be put on the mailing list.
Listing ID: 287
2 Pear Tree Court, London EC1R 0DS - Google Maps
Tel: 0845 300 6200
Fax: 020 7608 4100
Minicom: 020 7608 4101
Website: www.artscouncil.org.uk
London's Government-funded visual art and crafts funders, Arts Council England supplies monies via its Grants for the Arts programme, recently cut by 35% in the face of money being redirected by government to the Olympics, making this even more competitive. They run free seminars to answer your questions, and their website (above) provides further advice. In 2003/04, Grants for the Arts distributed £1.78 million to individual artists working in London through 316 awards (and £7.4 million to organisations through 445 awards, and £4 million for touring through 97 awards). In all, ACE received 2,500 application, including some that were ineligible. ACE are currently working to encourage more applications from freelance curators, project organisers and critics, who are currently under-represented in the funding allocation. Eligible projects include research and development, travel (including international), networking events and independent projects. They are also keen to support activities promoting critical debate on the production and presentation of contemporary visual art; for example, events, seminars, conferences, publications (paper based / electronic), periodicals, catalogues and artists' books.
Listing ID: 1952
Whitefriars, Lewins Mead, Bristol BS1 2AE - Google Maps
Tel: 0117 987 6500
Fax: 0117 987 6600
Email: a.henry@ahrc.ac.uk
Website: www.ahrc.ac.uk
AHRC have a range of UK-wide programmes supporting the highest 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. In addition, AHRC manage on an agency basis for HEFCE (the Higher Education Funding Council for England) almost £10 million to fund museums, galleries and other collections in English HEIs (Higher Education Institutions).
Listing ID: 1969
The Wellcome Trust, 183 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BE - Google Maps
Tel: 02 7611 8888
Fax: 020 7611 8545
Email: j.brookman@wellcome.ac.uk
Website: www.wellcome.ac.uk/soss
The Science on Stage and Screen award seeks to engage the public's interest in biomedical science or human health, through the support of new drama, film/video and television and multimedia productions. Creative project proposals may receive grants awards of up to £40,000 to realize their production.
Listing ID: 2017
Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7611 7222
Email: arts@wellcome.ac.uk
Website: www.wellcome.ac.uk/arts
The Wellcome Trust believes the arts are an effective way of stimulating debate and engaging people with biomedical science. Visual art, music, moving image, creative writing and performance can reach new audiences which may not traditionally be interested in science and provide new ways of thinking about the social, cultural and ethical issues around contemporary science. Funding can be applied for at two levels: small to medium-sized projects (up to and including £30 000). Funding can either be used to support the development of new project ideas, deliver small-scale productions or workshops, investigate and experiment with new methods of engagement through the arts, or develop new collaborative relationships between artists and scientists. Large projects (above £30 000), the funding can be used to fund full or part production costs for large-scale arts projects that aim to have significant impact on the public's engagement with biomedical science. There is a deadline in January for the large Award scheme and four deadlines a year for the smaller Awards.
Listing ID: 2045