Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund offers £30k each to five young artists
Howard Lake | 6 December 2012 | News
Sky Arts is again offering five young artists aged 18-30 £30,000 each to fund their work for one year as part of the Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund in association with IdeasTap.
The funding is designed to help an artist develop their creative practice and take their work to the next level.
Those selected will receive mentoring from Sky to help develop their networks, skills and knowledge, and support through Sky's platforms.
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Applications are open in relation to:
· Performing arts: theatre-makers including playwrights, spoken word artists, directors, puppeteers and live artists
· Dance: dancers and choreographers
· Music: musicians, composers, songwriters and conductors
· Visual art: fine artists, sculptors, animators and video artists
· Creative producing: do you bring together disparate parts of culture in exciting and innovative ways? This category is open to creative producers working in visual arts, theatre, film and performance/dance.
The closing date is 19 December 2012 at 17.00.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.