The Space
Overview
To be eligible to apply you must be a UK-based arts/cultural organisation or artist aged 18 or over. Organisations can include museums and libraries if the proposal is primarily arts focused. They encourage individual artists to partner with a UK-based arts or cultural organisation.
The Space is able to 100% finance projects or partner with other funders and will typically provide up to £70,000 of finance. In exceptional circumstances they may agree finance over £100,000. In addition to financial investment The Space will provide advice and support including for project planning, production, online publication and audience development.
They plan to commission around 30 projects a year, with the majority coming from commissioning rounds run approximately every six months.
They are looking for projects that fall into one or more of three areas of interest:
• They use digital technologies, content and platforms to open up the arts to wider or more diverse audiences or which increase representation of different people, places, communities or points of view; and/or
• They are focused on dance or visual arts; and/or
• They are led by UK organisations or artists from outside London
Although particularly interested in dance or visual arts projects, proposals from organisations working in other art forms are also welcome if they meet one or more of the criteria outlined above.
There are 3 strands of work which The Space commission under -
Capture
Capture projects are those which digitally capture live arts performances, events, exhibitions or other experiences for wider distribution in order to increase audiences for existing work.
Extend
Extend projects are those which extend and deepen the audience experience of existing artists' work, arts events or activities through digital media, platforms and technologies.
Create Digital
Create Digital encompasses new works which have digital at the heart of the creative process. They explore new forms of digital storytelling, interactivity and participation.
Whilst successful applications might include some R&D activity, a clear plan to reach a significant online audience will be essential to their success. As The Space is also focused on developing digital skills in the UK arts sector, they are therefore particularly interested in projects that will give applicants new capabilities and provide insights that can be shared with other organisations and artists in the sector.
Successful projects can be viewed on their website here
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