Happy Opportunity Tuesday!

12 November 2024

Hope you’re all doing okay! Got some crackin’ opps 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 outdoor artists:

101 Outdoor Arts is supporting up to 10 artists to develop creative projects focused on natural landscapes, exploring themes of heritage, environment, and public space, for Seedbed 2025. Project ideas can be installation, performance, participation-based, or a combination. Get £2,500 plus residency time, tech support, producing advice and more!

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 16 DEC

For writers under 30:

Submit your script to the Bill Cashmore Award to be in with a chance of getting a paid opportunity for your one-act play to be professionally produced at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, plus a package of development support!

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 23 DEC

For poets and spoken word artists:

Havering Changing are inviting proposals to respond to ‘Changing Communities’ opportunities, including a spoken word commission. Local people must be involved in the design and delivery of the project, and it must reach people who may not normally have this kind of creative opportunity. Apply for up to £5,000 to develop an inaugural spoken word project reflects established and developing audiences in Rainham.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 24 NOV

For artists interested in science and tech:

Apply for Collide, a fully-funded two month residency split between CERN in Geneva and Copenhagen Contemporary. Produce a new artwork, conduct research, and foster exchanges with scientists, engineers, and staff in both locations..

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 13 DEC

For storytellers, performers, directors and participation practitioners:

Discover Children’s Story Centre is looking for three artist/directors to co-develop an early years storytelling project to enhance language, literacy, and communication skills in children aged 2-5. Engage in a 5-day collaborative co-creation process to develop a 25-minute storytelling piece that will be delivered at nurseries across East London. Paid £200 per day.

Find out more and apply here

EVENT: 24 NOV

For circus and physical theatre artists:

Apply for a three week residency at Chamäleon Berlin! Get free rehearsal space for up to two artists, financial support, travel and accommodation expenses, mentoring and development support, and a public work-in-progress sharing. The residency wants to support courageous projects which aim to shed light on social, political and ecological issues.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 28 NOV

For illustrators:

Experience12 want to commission an artist or designer to create a visual image with pop culture highlights of the year featured in it. £2,500 fee.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 4 DEC

For artists in the West Midlands:

Solihull Council is seeking to commission up to 30 artists to develop a new artwork or series of new artworks to be exhibited as part of the ‘Surreal Solihull’ exhibition. Artists are free to use their imagination and interpret the theme ‘Surreal’ as they see fit. There is no set medium of form the work needs to take. Paid £500 per artwork.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 17 NOV

For musicians in Manchester:

Apply to be considered for the Greater Manchester Artist Programme at The Great Escape 2025! Selected artists will get a performance slot plus industry mentoring, networking, and travel and accommodation expenses. Open to all genres.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 4 DEC

For photographers and lens-based artists:

Photoworks are commissioning a new image to mark and celebrate the start of 2025: a playful opportunity to experiment and create a non-conventional image that indicates the start of a new year. The image will be shared with curators, editors, artists and industry professionals, and printed as a postcard. £500 fee.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 25 NOV

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 - Mabel says zZz

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!