Happy Opportunity Tuesday!
15 October 2024
Hi lovely pals!
Thanks for bearing with me while I had a much-needed little holiday in Scotland last week. Keeping the intro short as life/work continues to be chaotic now I’m back, but it’s nice to be sharing opportunities again! I hope that some of this week’s are useful for you - and see you again next week :)
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 artists from under-represented backgrounds:
Creative Access is offering up to £1,000 for individuals to cover essential career development costs such as training courses, equipment, software, relocation expenses and more.
DEADLINE: 4 NOV
For London-based dance artists:
English National Ballet have opened applications for the Space Scheme! Get FREE development space at the Mulryan Centre for Dance to explore and enrich your creative practice. 3-day or 5-day residencies available.
DEADLINE: 18 OCT
For artists of all disciplines:
Apply to be an Associate Artist with the Albany! They’re looking for artists who are excited to connect with one or more of their areas of focus: library, music, garden and the climate emergency, elders and intergenerational work, and a wild card. Get £1,000 cash support, in-kind space, co-working space and more.
DEADLINE: 15 NOV
For writers:
Applications are open for The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, the largest playwriting competition in Europe! They’re looking for scripts that are original and unperformed, by writers of any experience over the age of 16. Every play is read anonymously and judged purely on the work alone. Win up to £20,000!
DEADLINE: 9 JAN
For artists based in the North East, North West, Yorkshire and Humber:
The Land We Walk On is an art, archaeology, and climate change residency at Roman Vindolanda Fort and Museum. Stay at the Roman site and engage in R&D for a new piece of work reflecting on the theme of EARTH, and taking inspiration from their collection that has resulted from decades of excavation and research.
DEADLINE: 18 OCT
For actors with lived experience of migration:
Projekt Europa and Dash Arts are seeking actor musicians for an R&D in Oxford in December. Songs of Solidarity is a bold, interdisciplinary project uniting artists, researchers, and refugees to co-create a powerful music-theatre performance.
DEADLINE: 31 OCT
For theatre-makers and performance artists:
The Glitch, a bar/cafe and performance space in Waterloo, is programming for Spring! They’re looking for work suitable for a 55-seater space, for 1-3 week runs. Get up to a 70/30 box office split with a £500 minimum guarantee, plus other support.
DEADLINE: 15 NOV
For composers, writers and librettists:
Mahogany Opera and Dunedin Consort are creating a new Snappy Opera, which draws inspiration from Baroque music in a fun, exciting way. Apply to be part of a small, collaborative creative team and create the work with primary school pupils. Get £3,500 fee for composers and £2,000 fee for librettists, plus access costs, travel, accommodation and reasonable expenses.
DEADLINE: 5 NOV
For poets, comedians and performers:
B arts are offering two micro-commissions for scratch work to be presented at a Scratch Night on 22nd November. They’re looking for new work or work in progress across theatre, stand-up comedy, spoken word, poetry, readings and sketches/skits. £250 fee per micro-commission.
EVENT: 20 OCT
For creative practitioners:
Arts and Culture University of Exeter is inviting applications for two Creative Fellowships. Each will be a 4-5 week exploratory placement, working in an interdisciplinary context and opening up new approaches and conversations with the University hosts. This year’s fellowships are themed around food citizenship, belonging and homemaking through food, with the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and Centre for Kurdish Studies; and wills as windows into past lives, led by the Archaeology and History and Material Culture of Wills teams. Get £6,000 to cover fees, travel and accommodation, production costs and documentation.
DEADLINE: 3 NOV
For early career directors:
Birmingham Rep are looking for an Assistant Director for their January production of ‘COMMUNITY’, a coming-of-age comedy drama set in inner-city Birmingham which explores identity, belonging, and friendship. The show will premiere at The Rep before going on a 2-week community venue tour. £3,193.55 fee in line with UK Theatre/Equity rates.
DEADLINE: 25 OCT
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 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!