Funding Opportunity

Practice: Bradford

A focused, tailored intervention designed to accelerate the development and professional progression of early-career visual artists of Bradford

Selected artists will work with Yorkshire Contemporary and Bradford Producing Hub to develop their practice, through peer group and one-to-one development sessions, access to mentoring and skills workshops, and support to create a body of work for exhibition in Bradford city centre in September 2025.

Each artist will receive:

  • A fee of £4,400
  • A £500 research and development budget
  • A £800 mentor budget
  • A £1,000 production budget           

We encourage applications from artists who identify as D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent, come from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds and/or are of the Global Majority.

Requirements

Practice: Bradford is open to artists based in Bradford (or, who have a clear and demonstrable connection to the district) who work in contemporary visual art in any media or form/s such as moving image, book, print, painting, sculpture, performance, sound, etc.

We understand that ‘early-career’ can be a vague term. You can be ‘early-career’ at any age and this period can span many years – you may feel early-career for most of your artistic life!

When reviewing applications, we will prioritise those who have not received significant or institutional opportunities in the last five years.

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