Happy Opportunity Tuesday!
23 May 2023
Hi team - here are your artist opps for this week. Enjoy! x
Happy Opportunity Tuesday!
Every Tuesday 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 performance artists:
Theatre Deli are offering 8 artist residencies in Sheffield and London, including some that are open and some that are specifically for disabled artists, or artists from marginalised communities. Get up to £3k plus space and other resources and support!
DEADLINE: 9 JUN
For West Midlands based artists:
The amazing MAIA are looking for an Associate Artist to explore how cultural practice co-informs a world towards liberation. Get £5k bursary plus a £5k budget to co-curate a programme!
DEADLINE: 25 MAY
For writers:
Apply for the Woven Voices Prize for Playwriting to get £2,500 and a professionally produced production of their play at Jermyn Street Theatre in 2024. Up to three runners-up will receive dramaturgical support and offered public readings of their plays too.
DEADLINE: 1 JUN
For early career theatre-makers:
Take part in a series of FREE workshops led by Scrum Theatre Cooperative in London. Workshops include clowning, accessible artistry, drag devising, shakespeare, and more!
Find out more and sign up here
DEADLINE: ASAP
For producers:
Join award-winning Sheffield Theatres as their new Producer, on a £45k salary!
DEADLINE: 18 JUN
For storytellers (all forms):
Apply to the Richard Jenkinson Fund to get £10k and develop your work into a brand new theatre production in 2024. You could be a rap artist, comedian, playwright or anybody else with a special idea which could be turned into a narrative-driven script.
DEADLINE: 31 AUG
For dance artists and collectives:
FABRIC are inviting interest from independent artists/collectives (not NPOs) working in dance, movement and choreography and who are based in the Midlands to access in-kind studio space for the development of their creative practice.
DEADLINE: 1 JUL
For creatives based in/around Edinburgh:
The Creative Informatics Inclusive Innovation Working Spaces Fund provides professional working space for diverse and under-represented creative entrepreneurs and start-ups. Get hot desking space on a 6-12 month basis!
DEADLINE: 26 MAY
For performers:
Apply for a performance opportunity at Ferham Festival in Ferham Park, Rotherham on 15 July! Paid £250 plus travel and expenses.
DEADLINE: 31 MAY
For deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people of all ages:
Apply for Touretteshero’s brilliant Practical Intervention Fund, which provides small items related to wellbeing and relaxation for disabled people. This could include fidget and stim toys, massage chairs, air fryers, over-bed tables, roll-up beds, blackout curtains, weighted blankets, noise-cancelling headphones, trampolines, light projectors, or something else!
DEADLINE: 6 JUN
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 us 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 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!