Art Fund: Student opportunities
Overview
The aim of this funding is to help museums, galleries and visual arts organisations provide paid opportunities for full-time university students to gain meaningful, developmental work experience that enables them to explore their interest in the arts, and related future career options. In turn, museums, galleries and visual arts organisations gain skilled and accountable resource to help realise projects important to them.
Applications are assessed on quality of opportunity, the scope of professional development and evidence of the impact on your organisation. They will also take into consideration the location of the venue. They encourage applications that benefit as many students as possible.
They encourage applications that focus on facilitating public engagement with art – whether that be online or in real life.
Their student membership represents a diverse academic background, with approximately 75% arts and humanities students and 25% STEM students. To reflect this diversity, they are committed to ensuring that all paid opportunities are accessible to students regardless of their field of study.
They will fund the costs associated with paying students for the time they spend supporting your organisation in delivering projects. This is based on the current national and London living wage rates.
Who can apply?
They will consider applications from UK public museums, galleries, historic houses, libraries, archives, agencies and other visual arts organisations that:
- have a public presence (e.g. a building open to the public) or a public outcome (e.g. a festival or public art programme)
- can demonstrate that they operate to standards of best practice within the sector (e.g. through Arts Council England Accreditation)
Please note that all participating students will be contracted to work for you, the partner organisation, via your HR team.
All grant recipients will be asked to sign our conditions for paid opportunities.
Who can apply
They will consider applications from UK public museums, galleries, historic houses, libraries and archives that:
- have a public presence (e.g. a building open to the public) or a public outcome (e.g. a festival or public art programme)
- can demonstrate that they operate to standards of best practice within the sector (e.g. through Arts Council England Accreditation)
Please note that all participating students will be contracted to work for you, the partner organisation, via your HR team.
All grant recipients will be asked to sign their conditions for paid opportunities.
Art Fund exists to support museums and galleries. They can only accept applications from organisations whose primary purpose relates to objects and works of art. As a registered charity they can only pay grants to organisations who are registered for public interest, these include:
- Charities –
- Community Incorporated Organisations (CIO)
- Community Interest Companies (CIC)
- Charitable Community Benefit Societies
What they'll fund
They encourage applications that focus on facilitating public engagement with art – whether that be online or in real life.
They will fund the costs associated with paying students for the time they spend supporting your organisation in delivering projects.
Please base your hourly wage rates on the most up to date figure for the relevant Living wage for your area or the National Living wage, stating in your budget where you got the figure.
Funding size
- They will consider applications for up to £10,000.
- They will consider 100% funding towards the costs associated with paying students for their time to help cultural organisations deliver projects.
- Applicants should demonstrate the commitment their own organisation is making to the activity, in cash or in kind.