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The Open Fund for Music Creators supports the development of outstanding music creators of all genres and backgrounds at different stages of their career with grants of up to £5000. Previous recipients include Young Fathers, Afrodeutsche, Jasdeep Singh and Ruth Lyon In order to be eligible Musi...

Up to £5,000Closes in 15 days (7 September 2026)Not stated

The Youth Music Trailblazer fund offers grants of £2,000 to £30,000 to organisations in England to run projects for children and young people (25 or under) to make, learn and earn in music. The project should trial work or test a new way of working, sustain a grassroots programme or disrupt the s...

£2,000 – £30kCloses in 5 days (28 August 2026)Not stated

The aim of the Agar Trust is to address some of the challenges faced by young people resident in rural Scotland, who demonstrate exceptional musical ability or potential, and wish to further their musical education beyond their local area. Who can apply? You will be aged between 8 -21 on the clo...

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EMERGE is a year long artist development and music production programme for young people between 16-125 who are serious about developing their creative practise, building their industry knowledge and growing as producers and collaborators. The programmes is Free and based at World Heart Beat's w...

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Supporting high quality music making opportunities for young people aged 0 – 25 yrs.

Amount not publishedCloses in 17 days (9 September 2026)Scotland
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Updated: 23 July 2026 The Photographers’ Gallery invites applications for a new residency in Derbyshire. Based at Wigwell Lodge, this two-month residency in February - March 2027 is for artists working with expanded photography and digital practices. This is an opportunity to research, experiment an

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Updated: 16 July 2026 We are looking to commission a short solo or duet created for children and tourable to primary schools, festivals and other public spaces around the country. We welcome applications from dance artists as well as artists from other disciplines who use movement in their practice.

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Learning Through Making Fund

Freelands Foundation

Updated: 18 June 2026 Applications are open for Learning Through Making, a new fund from Freelands Foundation that provides grants of up to £25,000 for visual art education projects that creatively engage audiences with the process of making and exploration of materials. Freelands Foundation welcome

Up to £25kCloses in 19 days (11 September 2026)Not stated
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Updated: 06 August 2026 Light Up The North (LUTN) is launching ILLUMINE 2, an exciting commissioning opportunity for Black and People of Colour (POC) artists. As a positive action initiative, ILLUMINE 2 aims to address the underrepresentation of Black and POC artists at light festivals by supporting

Up to £8,000Closes in 19 days (11 September 2026)Not stated
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Updated: 23 July 2026 The WRG Digital Call-Out invites emerging artists and designers to respond to a theme and create an animation/artwork for the White Rabbit Gallery website landing page. There will be two digital call-outs each year, with each round’s theme aligning with a new exhibition at the

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NPA 2026 Open Call

newplatform.art

Updated: 20 August 2026 newplatform.art invites applications from UK-based artists working in any medium to join our free 2026–27 Professional Development Programme. The PDP supports artists to build the practical knowledge, confidence and networks needed to develop sustainable careers. We’re lookin

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INHABIT Artist-in-Residence (fully funded)

Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics

Updated: 23 July 2026 Call for Applications: INHABIT Artist-in-Residence at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics Who can apply: Focus: time-based arts (performing arts, film, sound/music). What you get: fully funded residency, collaborations with scientists, different facilities, produc

Amount not publishedCloses in 9 days (1 September 2026)Not stated
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Updated: 16 July 2026 SYNO invites Cypriot and Cypriot diaspora artists to apply to its Open Call. Shortlisted artists will receive dedicated public profiles on the platform and will be featured through editorial formats, including dialogues with internationally recognized curators and critics. Fina

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Updated: 23 July 2026 This supported residency offers an opportunity to research, experiment and create a new project that responds to the question: How do we tell the story of a place? Over the Bridge, in partnership with Fountain Arts, is seeking an emerging (or re-emerging) photographer to develo

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Updated: 06 August 2026 Aspex Portsmouth is looking for an experienced and ambitious Curator to shape the contemporary visual arts programme. Working with the Director and wider team, you'll develop and deliver exhibitions, artist residencies and artist support initiatives, creating ambitious, engag

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Updated: 14 August 2026 Rose Choreographic School is an experimental research and pedagogic project based in Sadler’s Wells East, London, UK. We propose a postdisciplinary approach to the question of the choreographic, and use an expanded notion of a school to frame our explorations. There is no set

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Updated: 23 July 2026 Everything Then is Now II: PLATFORM 0, presented by CAM – Casoria Contemporary Art Museum and SPIRA9 ART as part of London Design Festival 2026 and Othering London 2026, invites artists, designers, architects, performers, and interdisciplinary practitioners to respond to the th

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Open Call: Culinary Residency

DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam

Updated: 20 August 2026 The culinary residency invites chefs, artists, food designers, and those with interdisciplinary practices to explore the history of the former terrace restaurant or new, contemporary forms of communal dining. During the residency, the recipient will develop their own project

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Updated: 06 August 2026 An exciting opportunity for sculptors in the heart of London’s historic Mayfair in partnership with Stoneman Collins, Art Advisors, curators of the project for The Beaumont Mayfair. The Beaumont is seeking sculpture for the four plinths at the corners of Brown Hart Gardens, o

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Updated: 16 July 2026 AMADEUS Festival Vienna launches its fifth International Design Competition 2026/2027, inviting emerging visual artists and graphic designers to create the official 2027 festival poster. The competition supports fresh talent and celebrates creative perspectives inspired by clas

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