Happy Opportunity Tuesday!
4 March 2025
Hi pals
Hope everyone’s doing okay, considering! And hope there’s something exciting in the list for you this week.
Enjoy! x
Happy Opportunity Tuesday!
Every Tuesday (well, almost) I share 10 #artsopps, commissions, residencies, open calls and applications closing soon.
Always PAID (or free/cheap for training) and for a range of artists: emerging to mid-career, from 16 to 80+.
Here are this week’s…
For directors, writers, movement directors, and other performance artists:
Apply to be one of two Resident Artists with Company Three! Co-create performances with young people, lead workshops in schools, and work with young people to tell their own stories and make their own change. Paid £31,793 pro rata, 4 days per week.
DEADLINE: 16 MAR
For mid career arts professionals and artists:
Slung Low are hosting another Leadership Academy: a 5 day residential course in North Yorkshire exploring values-based leadership through outdoor activity, visiting guests and adventure training. It’s pay what you decide!
DEADLINE: 24 MAR
For theatre-makers:
Apply for Theatre Royal Newcastle’s Open Door programme to make new work. Get £2,500 commission, access to free space, plus mentoring and other support!
DEADLINE: ROLLING
For artists and researchers interested in social and political issues:
Apply for a fully funded two-month residency at 1646 in the heart of The Hague in the Netherlands. Experiment, research, and share your work through public events and guest lecturing. Get an artist fee of €2,000, a studio space of 5 x 3m, access to technical equipment, tools and workshop facilities, accommodation, travel expenses of up to €750, and feedback from the curatorial team.
DEADLINE: 7 MAR
For writers:
Other Cinemas are commissioning four writers to explore the connection between colonialism and the climate crisis, and the depiction of this connection in cinema. The final works will be around 1,000- 1,500 words, and the fee is £100.
DEADLINE: 6 MAR
For creative freelancers in Sheffield:
A cheeky one from my org…we’re hosting a series of skills workshops for creative freelancers throughout March - May 2025, and most of them are FREE! Workshops will be delivered by industry experts and cover a range of topics, from fundraising, to company structures, to artist wellbeing, to money management, to sustainability and much more. Some are in person and some are online, and the full day event on 4 April even includes a free lunch!
DEADLINE: ASAP
For outdoor artists:
Apply for the 2025 Blueprint Open Call to get up to £10,000 for R&D of bold, innovative ideas for new outdoor arts projects. Projects selected for Blueprint 2025 will also be eligible to apply for Commissioning and Touring by Without Walls in its 2027 programme.
DEADLINE: 10 MAR
For women artists:
The Society of Women Artists are open for submissions for their 164th Annual Open Exhibition in 2025! Win cash and other exciting prizes. Categories of work which are acceptable include painting, pastels, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, ceramics, glass, metal, and fine art printing methods. Free entry for members, £10 for non-member Young Artists and £20 for other non-members.
DEADLINE: 8 MAR
For early career creatives:
Apply for an internship with Tangled Feet, to work on their show Rave New World in Luton! Opportunities include Movement Director Assistant, Production Assistant, Design Assistant, Sound and Lighting Assistant, and Director’s Assistant. Paid £100 per day.
DEADLINE: ASAP
For artists of all disciplines:
Apply for free temporary studio and/or exhibition space in various meanwhile spaces across the country with Hypha Studios! Current opportunities are in Sheffield (very near me!), Kilmarnock and London. They will prioritise creatives who declare they are struggling – whether financially, mentally or physically, and those that cannot afford exhibition or studio space.
DEADLINE: 9 MAR/ROLLING
That’s it for this week!
Really hope it’s useful. It’s a tough time for artists (and, well, everyone) at the mo so please look after each other out there. Let me know if you’re successful with your applications - I love hearing from you! And as always if you enjoy Opportunity Tuesday please share to help it reach the folks who need it most. I started it to try to level the playing field a bit, and every little helps.
Opportunity Tuesday will always be free to access, but if you can afford to chip in a little something to support me to keep it going, that would be hugely appreciated - just click the button below to support with £1 per week. (I’m freelance too!)
Thank you for your support, and I have my fingers and toes crossed for you. Good luck!
P.S. The part you’ve all been waiting for - Chewie says hi
Please note: Inclusion in #OpportunityTuesday is not endorsement. I look far and wide for the most interesting and exciting paid opportunities I can find, and though I do my best to make sure they’re legit, I don’t always know the organisations well. If you have an issue with something on the list, please get in touch with the relevant organisation. You are very welcome to send me opportunities to include, but please note I will not be able to respond to every request, and I do not guarantee inclusion in the list - each week is curated to be varied and relevant. I don’t normally share ‘traditional’ salaried roles such as marketing, development, finance etc as they are often not relevant for artists. Thanks!