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Light Up The North - SPARK 2025 - Early Career Artist Programme
Are you ready to explore light as your creative medium? Light Up The North’s SPARK Early Artist Programme 2025 is now open for applications! SPARK nurtures emerging artists passionate about light-based and digital work. Get a £300 bursary + up to £800 for travel/accommodation.Two inspiring weekends at Light Up Lancaster (7–9 Nov) & Nightfall Middlesbrough (28–30 Nov). Tailored workshops, talks & networking. Support from a community of creative producers and artists. A chance to share your practice, grow your skills, and light up your career. Deadline to apply: Friday 23rd May, 5pm.
British Council - Connection Through Culture Grants 2025
The British Council’s Connections Through Culture (CTC) Grants support artistic collaboration between the UK and select countries in the Asia-Pacific and Europe. The grants support collaborative projects between artists, creative practitioners and arts organisations, fostering cross-cultural exchange and lasting relationships. For 2025 we’re excited to expand the programme to include new countries, providing more opportunities for a broader range of international partners. There will be approximately 90 grant awards available, ranging between £5000-£10,000. Deadline to apply: 23rd June 2025
The Dukes Playhouse Ltd - Marketing & Communications Officer
We are looking for a passionate, motivated and eager individual who works well as part of a team and wants to learn, to join our experienced Marketing team. Development, feedback and training opportunities are available to help you progress or step-up into this role. The successful candidate will have proven experience in marketing, strong IT skills and experience of managing digital assets including social media. For more information on how to apply please follow the link to our website.
Lightpool - Open Call - Lightpool
We are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for creatives as we open a call for expressions of interest for the highly anticipated Lightpool Festival 2025. We warmly invite talented individuals and teams from across the UK to present their innovative proposals for an engaging light artwork that has the power to captivate and inspire audiences of all ages. Successful applicants will receive an artist fee of £5,000, support from Lightpool and Lightworks to realise the idea and production/materials/fabrication costs up to £15,000. Application deadline: Friday, 30th May 2025
Future Everything - Artist Opportunity: Stockport Creative Campus Artwork #2
FutureEverything is looking for a Greater Manchester-based artist or artist collective to co-create a site-specific digital artwork with communities in Stockport! This will be the second artistic commission under the Stockport Creative Campus initiative, supported by CDF and GMCA Spirit Funding. We are inviting artists to respond to two key questions. The opportunity includes the delivery of participatory workshops delivered with community groups in Stockport during the development and realisation of the artwork. Total budget: £30,000. Application Deadline: 5pm on 19th May
Lancashire County Council - Lancashire Artist of the Year 2025
Lancashire County Council is on the lookout for our county’s best landscape artists. We want to see paintings, sketches or collages depicting a Lancashire vista in either spring, summer, autumn or winter. Our panel of judges will pick their favourites from each season and create a shortlist. The shortlisted artworks will then be open to an online public vote. Closing Date: Wednesday 4th June 2025.
National Festival of Making - Call Out - Volunteering Opportunities
The National Festival of Making will return to Blackburn town centre, Lancashire, on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th of July 2025! Each year we look for volunteers to help MAKE the National Festival of Making weekend. There are lots of benefits to volunteering. If you're interested in all things 'making' then help support our programme and events across the weekend. Register your interest for our 2025 festival.
Film Hub North - Creative Producer Lab
Creative Producer Lab is back for 2024 for its 6th year, to help develop a new wave of emerging producers in the North and Midlands. Running from mid-September through October, culminating at Aesthetica in November, the Lab takes 8 early-career filmmakers from the North and 8 from the Midlands through a 6-week online training programme. The ideal Creative Producer Lab candidate will have good communication skills, a commitment to storytelling and the ability to work collaboratively. Applications close Friday 16th August 2024.
Achates - Community Bursary Programme
Achates Community is a leadership and personal development programme for cultural sector professionals responsible for income generation. Designed for fundraisers, income innovation professionals, producers, artists, Executive Directors, and CEOs, Achates Community offers a holistic, purpose-led and audience-informed approach to all of the elements needed to support successful income generation - from audience consultation to programme design and evaluation, working with Boards, best practice approaches to all of the areas of contributed income as well as new income sources.. Deadline 31 July.
