A Paid Residency Opportunity for Early-Career Artists in Bristol

Creative Futures is offering 4 early-career artists a £500 commission & a 3-month residency each to develop new art, music, sound &/or performance works. Creative Youth Network will provide commissioned artists with a structure of support, mentoring, artist-to-artist creative exchange & workshops to develop their creative practices, producing skills, professional networks, and artistic community - ending with a public showcase of the commissioned artist’s works at The Courts in Bristol’s city centre.

The residency runs from Tues 6th Oct 2026 - Tues 26th Jan 2027. Commissioned artists will receive:

• A £500 commission to create a new piece of work
• A 3-month residency at The Station, Bristol – including access to creative, dance & recording studio space
• A showcase at The Courts, Bristol
• Mentoring personalised to their creative practice
• Creative workshops
• 1-2-1 producing professional development sessions from CYN’s Creative team
• A structure of facilitated artist-to-artist creative exchange
• Support broadening their network
• Opportunities to form a creative community with fellow Creative Futures artist

We are looking for artists working across all creative disciplines, with two of the four places will be reserved for musicians and sound artists.