Artist Opportunities

The University of Cambridge Museums are inviting applications from creatives to create a touring Pop-Up Museum in 2024 inspired by the theme: Our Planet. The Pop-Up Museum will engage a diverse range of audiences and take the Museums and their collections out into the community. It should be interactive, allowing visitors to handle objects and take part in activities. It will travel to community settings across the city and region in August-October 2024, promoting the UCM. The organisation will deliver the equivalent of 10 full days with a minimum of 50 hours of face-to-face delivery.

Eligibility: We are open to submissions from creatives working in collaboration with other artists/ agencies/ groups with relevant experience. At UCM, we pledge to champion equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-racism, and accessibility and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

What you get: We will be inviting short expressions of interest until 9 am on 19th April 2024. Following this process, we will shortlist up to three successful applications to progress to the next stage. Each application will receive a fee of £1,000 for this stage where they will be required to attend a two-hour workshop with UCM staff to further discuss themes and objects, and develop a small project plan (including a provisional budget) before presenting their final idea to a panel. Fee Up to £7,700. The successful applicant will receive a fee of £3,200 for 10 days (70 hours) delivering the Pop-Up Museum, a budget of up to £2,500 for preparation, administration, meetings, travel, and evaluation time, and a budget of up to £2,000 for production costs (including replenishment).

Deadline 19 April 2024

Exciting opportunity for a local artist to create public art for the Purley Way Development in Croydon, London. We are not necessarily seeking artists with public art experience, rather we are interested in the quality of the contextual response and creative potential of the ideas put forward to us.

Eligibility: This opportunity is suited to both emerging and more established artists, preferably located in Croydon or with a connection to the area or site.

What you get: This is a great opportunity for artists with and without public art experience. Benefits include an Artist Fee of £12,500.

Deadline 23 April 2024

Tate Modern Lates x Swatch is proud to present a unique opportunity for emerging creatives to develop and deliver Swatch Social. This public space at Tate Modern Lates will foster collaboration, creative exchange, and social connection. We are looking for two forward-thinking creatives to develop a dedicated social space. This could be anything from an installation to a creative workshop, a listening experience, or any idea you think will best activate the space.

Eligibility: This is an open call and we welcome ideas from creatives of all disciplines. If you have a vision to activate this space, we want to hear from you. Please note you must be over 18 and able to work in the UK to apply.

What you get: Each selected creative will receive a total fee of £2,240 (inclusive of VAT or relevant taxes), a materials budget for each event, alongside production and curatorial support throughout.

Deadline 29 April 2024

rb&hArts is delighted to offer a commission to an artist to create a series of artworks for the canteen at Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, London. This commission is an exciting opportunity to re-brand and refresh the canteen, a busy space used by staff, patients and their families. We are looking for site-specific, integrated designs throughout the space.

Eligibility: Open to all, preferably London-based artists

What you get: The budget for this whole project is £7000 and must include the artist's fee and all materials and costs.

Deadline 30 April 2024

Dartford Borough Council is inviting expressions of interest from experienced artists, for the creation of a tribute to Len Goodman, professional ballroom dancer, dance teacher, dance competition adjudicator, Lecturer, and Examiner. This commission represents an opportunity for an artist to create an engaging artwork, which recognizes and celebrates the achievements of Len and his loyalty to Dartford.

This work will be permanent, and it is expected that the artwork will have a lifespan of at least 25 years.

Eligibility: Experienced artist. Current CV with evidence of up to 3 examples (maximum) of public artworks that have been undertaken in the last 5 years relevant to this brief. Link to website(s) profiling artistic practice with previous work relevant to this brief. Public Liability Insurance up to £5 million and Professional Indemnity Insurance to the value of £5 million.

What you get: Budget for public art commission: £25,000 including artist’s fee, materials, fabrication, and installation.

Deadline 03 May 2024

FLAMIN Animations is a commissioning program for early-career Black-identifying artist animators living in the UK, offering £3,000 to create a new short animation. Part of Film London Artists' Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), the program aims to support artist animators as they take their first steps into a career working with moving images, with development support and funding for a new work. FLAMIN Animations look to commission Black-identifying* practitioners as a considered acknowledgement of the underrepresentation of Black artists within the art, film, and animation industries.

Eligibility: Applicants must be 18-30 years old For Black-identifying* artists (*Artists and Creatives of African or Caribbean Descent, Black African, Caribbean, Afro-Latinx and African-American heritage, including those of mixed-Black heritage who identify as such). Applicants should have a UK address Current students are not eligible. No formal education in animation or art is necessary. FLAMIN is open to artists working in partnerships.

What you get: If selected, you will receive £3,000 to create a new animation as well as development support and advice from the FLAMIN Team. You will also be entitled to a bespoke workshop programme with animation professionals in the art and film industries. Artists will be featured in an ongoing profile and promotion through Film London's newsletter and social media channels as a FLAMIN alum.

Deadline 27 May 2024