Visual Arts funding for individuals
Creative and Professional Development
Visual Artists Awards of £15,000
Residencies
Film and Video
Local Authority Visual Artist Awards
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Creative and Professional Development |
To assist individual artists with the costs of creating and presenting work, for example research, production of new work, materials or exhibition costs, as well as professional development.
Funding is also available to assist curators with professional development costs relating to curatorial practice. The maximum funding curators can apply for is £3,000.
There are three fixed levels of bursaries available:
£1,500, £3,000, £5,000 |
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Visual Artists' Awards of £15,000
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Up to 6 awards of £15,000 each are available for the financial year 1 April 2008 to 31 march 2009
Awards of £15,00 are available to visual artists to supplement or replace existing income in order to provide a period of time for exploration and experimentation. |
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Amsterdam Residency |
One bursary of £16,000 is offered for a 12 month residency with a rent free apartment in Amsterdam. The residency is intended to provide an opportunity for an artist to research and develop his/her work (commencing February 2009).
Please refer to the information sheet for the Amsterdam Residency for further details. |
The deadline for this fund has now passed |
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New Media Residency
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A bursary of £10,000 is offered to support an artist for nine months (October 2008 - June 2009) to research and develop their work at the University of Abertay, Dundee.
Please refer to the information sheet for the New Media Residency for further details. |
The deadline for this fund has now passed
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New York Residency
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An opportunity for a visual artist to spend five months (1 February 2009 to 30 June 2009) on the Location One international residency programme in New York.
Please refer to the information sheet for the New York Residency for further details. |
The deadline for this fund has now passed
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Artists' Film and Video |
The Artists' Film and video fund is run jointly by the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen to support the best innovative and experimental work by visual artists working in film and video.
Level of funds can be between £5,000 to £15,000
Please refer to the information sheet for the Artists' Film and Video fund for further details. |
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Some local authorities operate regional schemes for artists in partnership with the Scottish Arts Council offering grants up to a maximum of £1,000.
Please note: that you may apply to either the Scottish Arts Council or to your local authority for a particular project - you cannot apply to both simultaneously for the same project.
Further details about which local authorities operate regional schemes will be available to download shortly. Please contact the Help Desk for further details. |