Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards: Dundee 2020/21 is now live and open to applicants!
Bursaries are being offered of £750 to established artists and £500 for new graduate or emergent artists – based in Dundee.
In partnership with Creative Scotland, the Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards: Dundee has been established to support Dundee-based visual artists and craft practitioners in their creative and professional development.
The awards are intended to encourage artists to live and work in Dundee and to ensure that the arts play a vital and lasting role in the city.
Apply here by 17:00 BST on Tuesday 10 November 2020
or by 17:00 BST on Tuesday 2 February 2021
In place of usual VACMA awards this year fixed bursaries are available to in recognition of the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on individual artists and makers. The scheme acknowledges the limitations placed on individual practices and the opportunities that are currently available. The VACMA scheme offers two levels of bursaries for both their Autumn and Winter Deadline:
- Bursaries of £750
- Bursaries of £500 for New Graduates / Emerging Artists. Applicants must have less than 5 years’ experience outside of education or training or to have graduated in 2015 or later
VACMA: Dundee is part of a national scheme and Creative Scotland have organised two information sessions for applicants, which you can book here for free.
