Deadline: September 22, 2024
Applications are open for the British Council Biennials Connect Grants 2024. The Biennials Connect Grants support visual artists to participate in UK and international festivals and biennials. The grants directly benefit artists by facilitating opportunities for travel, the production of new work, networking, skills building and showcasing. The programme also promotes cross-cultural exchange by providing opportunities for artists and biennials to connect, collaborate and build meaningful partnerships across the globe.
Applications are welcome from UK biennials/festivals wanting to support contemporary international visual artists, and from international biennials/festivals in selected countries wanting to support contemporary UK visual artists. This is the third round of the Biennials Connect Grants.
Grant
- Eligible biennials/festivals can apply for grants of up to £5,000 and £10,000 to support visual artists’ participation in their festival.
Eligibility
Organisations applying must:
- Be either:
- UK biennials or festivals supporting international visual artists’ participation,
- international biennials or festivals supporting visual artists’ participation from the UK,
- or other visual arts organisations collaborating with a biennial/festival.
- Be based in UK or an eligible international country.
- Be primarily a visual art biennial or festival. Multi-arts biennials and festivals can apply but they must demonstrate a focus on visual arts within their programme.
- Be supporting artists over the age of 18. If artist travel is included in the project, the artists must be able to travel internationally on valid passports (organisations must arrange travel, transport, accommodations, insurance and visas themselves).
- Be supporting artists you have either not previously worked with or supporting new projects with artists you have worked with before.
Application
Application deadline is September 22, 2024 at 23:59 British Summer Time (BST).
For more information, visit British Council.
