Funding

We all hate talking about money when it comes to art, but unfortunately we live in a world that cannot function without it.

In this section, you will find ways of supporting your practice through grants, proposal writing and fundraising, along with tips to managing budgets and numbers so that you don’t run into trouble. Remember that funding opportunities are constantly changing, particularly in a receding economy, so please check funding websites for the most updated information.

Words of Advice

Keep applying, keep making better work, keep making better applications.

– Haroon Mirza, Artist

In a time of recession with massive cuts to public subsidies, artists are increasingly needing to finds new ways to support their practice. This section will look at funding opportunities, as well as emerging models for supporting your practice.

Save the Arts
Save the Arts is a campaign to resist cuts to arts funding in the UK. The website has also become a resource for finding alternative and collaborative models for supporting creative work.

Sponsume
Sponsume is a online funding platform based in the UK that helps you promote your ideas and projects and fund them through social networks.