Happy Opportunity Tuesday!
1 April 2025 (not an April Fool, I promise)
Hi team!
Hope you’re all doing okay, and welcome as always to the folks who have just joined. It really felt like Spring today in Sheffield! I hope it did where you are too. The sun came out, the daffodils swayed in a warm breeze, and I even wore a t-shirt (which admittedly was a little too soon, but still).
The lighter evenings and warmer weather are welcome, as I know it’s been a tough few weeks for so many. News of disability cuts, NPO delays, scarce funding, creeping censorship, climate catastrophe and too many other things to list. It’s not much, but I hope this week’s OppTues list offers a bit of usefulness in a tricky time. Big love xx
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 disabled artists:
Liberty are looking for bold, innovative, and thought-provoking work by disabled artists for Liberty Festival 2025 in September, which will take place in venues across Wandsworth, with Battersea Arts Centre as the central hub. Commissioned work could include creative performances presented live to audiences, screenings, interactive events, exhibitions or installations, talks, workshops, and discussions. The minimum amount that you can apply for is £500 and the maximum is £20,000.
DEADLINE: 1 MAY
For early career writers and directors:
The team behind the Visual Sauce production of POSITIVE by Temi Majekodunmi at Southwark Playhouse are offering several exciting paid opportunities, including paid week-long and day-long shadowing or trainee placements in the rehearsal room, and six commissions for writers to write short response plays. Plus a series of free creative and writing workshops!
DEADLINE: 7/23 APR
For socially engaged creatives, writers, producers and textile artists:
Art With Heart are looking for creative collaborators for an upcoming podcast and public artwork project taking place with communities across Salford, celebrating 100 years of city status.
DEADLINE: 4 APR
For artists who work with photography:
GRAIN Projects are looking for artists who want to make new work about people and/or place in the West Midlands region, responding to the theme of 'Resistance'. You’ll get £4,500 fee, inclusive of materials and travel costs, plus mentoring and support with professional development and practical logistics.
DEADLINE: 30 APR
For Global Majority artists aged 25+:
Culturally Mindful is inviting applications for a paid professional development opportunity combining training, action learning, and a creative health residency designed to help tackle health inequalities. Artists from all disciplines are welcome to apply. Get up to £4,000 plus support!
DEADLINE: 13 APR
For artists of all disciplines:
Cove Park’s residency programme is open for applications for 2025 and 2026! The fully funded Awarded Residencies can be for up to 3 months in duration (average length 4 weeks). You’ll receive £750 per week fee, travel allowance, private self-catering accommodation suitable for individuals or for those working in collaboration or attending with children, access to private studios, shared workspace and meeting space, unlimited access to Cove Park’s 50-acre rural site, access to a range of tools and equipment including a 60-litre kiln, and the full support of Cove Park’s team.
DEADLINE: 11 APR
For artists interested in water:
Apply for the COAL Prize, responding to the theme of Freshwater: a call to protect it, to play our part in restoring its natural cycles, to repair places that have been damaged, in solidarity with humans and non-humans who are irreparably affected. Get up to 12,000 Euros and a creative residency.
DEADLINE: 20 APR
For freelance content creators, photographers and videographers:
The Local Storytelling Exchange are looking for someone who can creatively tell stories about energy, climate, and nature, to work alongside a team of journalists. There is up to £18,000 available for work to be delivered over the next 12 months.
DEADLINE: 7 APR
For young musicians aged 18-25:
Quench Arts are looking for 6 freelance Young Guest Performers aged 18-25 for their InSync programme in Birmingham. You’ll get paid training and performance opportunities, including an original piece of work.
DEADLINE: 13 APR
For designers:
Two exciting - and very different - opportunities! Work with Liberty Festival to create A Place to Rest, a care/quiet space responding to the need for people to move away from the bustle of the festival and stop, rest a tired or painful body, reduce (or increase) levels of stimulation and sensory input, take space, and breathe. Up to £1,200 fee plus up to £2,000 budget. Or work with Thackray Museum of Medicine to transform their exhibition gallery into a ‘playful poo lab’! They need someone who can imagine and realise interactive ideas to help answer children's pressing questions about poo. Up to £12,000 budget available, to include fees and materials.
Liberty opp here / Thackray opp here
DEADLINE: 1 MAY / 22 APR
Plus a cheeky bonus one this week…for Creative Freelancers:
My company RivelinCo are hosting a series of FREE workshops for creative freelancers in/around Sheffield at the mo. There are just three left now, and I’d love to see some of you there!
Creative Freelancers Toolkit and Strategy Day with me, Mark Pollock, Remi Harris, Nikki Disney, Amanda Smethurst and Auriel Majumdar - Fri 4 April
All About Audio Description, with Quiplash - Mon 14 April
Designing Inclusive Workshops, with Grace Darbyshire - Thurs 15 May
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 legitimate and not problematic, 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 directly. 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!