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Jerwood Makers Open
Developing Your Business
21 Aug 2016 - A commissioning initiative offering time, curatorial advice and logistical back up for early-career makers to develop their ideas and further their practice.
Developing Your Business
21 Aug 2016 - A commissioning initiative offering time, curatorial advice and logistical back up for early-career makers to develop their ideas and further their practice.
David Canter Memorial Fund
Funding Opportunities
4 Jul 2016 - The David Canter Memorial Fund offers awards to give financial assistance to those working in the crafts.
Funding Opportunities
4 Jul 2016 - The David Canter Memorial Fund offers awards to give financial assistance to those working in the crafts.
Calling all makers! Apply for the 2016 Etsy Awards
Funding Opportunities
9 Apr 2016 - Calling all artists, designers, makers, doers, and dreamers! We’re searching for the best Etsy sellers and products from across the UK and Ireland for Etsy Awards 2016.
Funding Opportunities
9 Apr 2016 - Calling all artists, designers, makers, doers, and dreamers! We’re searching for the best Etsy sellers and products from across the UK and Ireland for Etsy Awards 2016.
Introduction to Crowdfunding talk by Pete Mosley
Developing Your Business
5 Mar 2016 - Pete Mosley will explain and demystify the crowdfunding process
Developing Your Business
5 Mar 2016 - Pete Mosley will explain and demystify the crowdfunding process
The Jameson Works Bursary - Funding Open For All Creative Disciplines
Funding Opportunities
23 Feb 2016 - Apply for a bursary of upto £4000 at The Jameson Works - an opportunity for makers of all creative disciplines to find funding and support for you idea.
Funding Opportunities
23 Feb 2016 - Apply for a bursary of upto £4000 at The Jameson Works - an opportunity for makers of all creative disciplines to find funding and support for you idea.
Free online training - Crowdfunding for Artists
Developing Your Business
16 Nov 2015 - “Crowdfunding for Artists” is running a live online training which you can join for free from the comfort of your own computer.
Developing Your Business
16 Nov 2015 - “Crowdfunding for Artists” is running a live online training which you can join for free from the comfort of your own computer.
Applications are open for the Next Seasalt Apprentice at The Leach Pottery
Residencies
13 Jul 2015 - Leach Pottery and Seasalt are offering another individual the enviable opportunity to train and study at the famous St. Ives studio as part of the Seasalt Bursary.
Residencies
13 Jul 2015 - Leach Pottery and Seasalt are offering another individual the enviable opportunity to train and study at the famous St. Ives studio as part of the Seasalt Bursary.
Adam Reynolds Memorial Burasary 2015/16 - Submissions Open
Funding Opportunities
14 Jun 2015 - The Shape Arts Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary (ARMB), set up in memory of sculptor Adam Reynolds to support mid-career disabled artists, is now open for submissions.
Funding Opportunities
14 Jun 2015 - The Shape Arts Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary (ARMB), set up in memory of sculptor Adam Reynolds to support mid-career disabled artists, is now open for submissions.
Bursary Awards for Crafts People, Makers & Artists
Developing Your Business
10 Jun 2015 - A week of in-depth creative practice plus a lively programme of artists talks
Developing Your Business
10 Jun 2015 - A week of in-depth creative practice plus a lively programme of artists talks
Val Stoddart Textile Fellowships
Funding Opportunities
1 May 2015 - Northumberland National Park Authority (NNPA) is offering two 2-month fellowships for textile artists during 2015.
Funding Opportunities
1 May 2015 - Northumberland National Park Authority (NNPA) is offering two 2-month fellowships for textile artists during 2015.
Crafts Council's Injection programme: Call for applications
Developing Your Business
26 Apr 2015 - Injection is a year-long programme which provides makers with the tools to develop their aspirations for growth and embed sustainability and resilience within their business practice.
Developing Your Business
26 Apr 2015 - Injection is a year-long programme which provides makers with the tools to develop their aspirations for growth and embed sustainability and resilience within their business practice.
Irish Design 2015 Open Calls
Funding Opportunities
10 Mar 2015 - Irish Design 2015 is underway with an exciting, evolving programme of design events and activities. The second round of Open Calls for Funding to add to that programme is now open.
Funding Opportunities
10 Mar 2015 - Irish Design 2015 is underway with an exciting, evolving programme of design events and activities. The second round of Open Calls for Funding to add to that programme is now open.
Paying Artists campaign launches surveys for artists and curators
Developing Your Business
4 Mar 2015 - You can now take part in an online survey as part of the continuing Paying Artists Campaign consultation process to make sure that your views are represented in this discussion.
Developing Your Business
4 Mar 2015 - You can now take part in an online survey as part of the continuing Paying Artists Campaign consultation process to make sure that your views are represented in this discussion.
Masters Funding at University of the Arts London
Funding Opportunities
17 Feb 2015 - The world’s leading specialist creative university, spread across six unique London Colleges, and host to the largest postgraduate arts and design community in Europe.
Funding Opportunities
17 Feb 2015 - The world’s leading specialist creative university, spread across six unique London Colleges, and host to the largest postgraduate arts and design community in Europe.
Exhibition Oppotunity For Emerging Designer Makers
Competitions
4 Feb 2015 - Applications are invited for designer-makers, qualified since May 2012 to apply for one of ten only, fully sponsored exhibition spaces, at A Festival of Living Crafts
Competitions
4 Feb 2015 - Applications are invited for designer-makers, qualified since May 2012 to apply for one of ten only, fully sponsored exhibition spaces, at A Festival of Living Crafts
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship
Awards & Prizes
20 Dec 2014 - QEST fund talented people, whether at entry level in to the industry via our QEST Apprenticeship Scheme, or when they are trying to reach a level of excellence further in to their career, via their QEST Scholar awards.
Awards & Prizes
20 Dec 2014 - QEST fund talented people, whether at entry level in to the industry via our QEST Apprenticeship Scheme, or when they are trying to reach a level of excellence further in to their career, via their QEST Scholar awards.
The Bank of TMC
Funding Opportunities
14 Oct 2014 - Aged 16-25 and live in Leicester, Oadby or Wigston? You can apply for business support from The Bank of TMC.
Funding Opportunities
14 Oct 2014 - Aged 16-25 and live in Leicester, Oadby or Wigston? You can apply for business support from The Bank of TMC.
Artists' Benevolent Fund
Funding Opportunities
20 Sep 2014 - Artists' Benevolent Fund has developed a grant scheme to assist artists in developing their careers.
Funding Opportunities
20 Sep 2014 - Artists' Benevolent Fund has developed a grant scheme to assist artists in developing their careers.
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