Awards and Bursaries: Visual Arts - Crafts
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Below is a list of organisations which offer awards or bursaries in crafts. Click on the title for more details.
See also Competitions and Prizes: Visual Art - Crafts
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UK
Inches Carr Trust Decorative Arts Bursaries
Deadline: May
Award: £4,000
Further Information: Awarded for a period of study in the decorative arts.
Commonwealth Arts and Crafts Awards
Deadline: March
Award: £3000 - 6000
Further Information: Award scheme for young people and craftspeople.
Ernest Cook Trust
Deadline: rolling
Award: £3000 (maximum)
Further Information: Particularly interested in applications which provide opportunities for young people.
Crafts Council Development Award
Deadline: March, June, September, December
Award: various - see website
Further Information: Helps craftspeople set up a creative practice.
Crafts Council 100% Design Bursary
Deadline: see website
Award: various - see website
Further Information: Helps designers to exhibit at 100% Design. There are five crafts council bursaries
Embroiderers' Guild Scholarship
Deadline: see website
Award: £1000
Further Information: Awards to develop the practice of embroidery. There is also an art of the STITCH award.
The Glass Seller's Prize and Student Award
Deadline: May
Award: £4000 (maximum)
Further Information: Recognises originality and talent in the use of glass as a medium of artistic expression.
HI-Arts Makers Awards Scheme
Deadline: rolling
Award: £500 (maximum)
Further Information: Established to support crafts workers and makers based in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland by helping them to meet the costs of a range of activities.
The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust
Deadline: see website
Award: £2000 - 15 000 (maximum)
Further Information: Established to support crafts workers and makers based in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland by helping them to meet the costs of a range of activities.
Scottish Arts Council
Deadline: see website
Award: various
Further Information: The strategy states that all crafts, including Scottish indigneous crafts, should make a dynamic contribution to contemporary culture and the economy.
International
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts (USA)
Deadline: see website
Award: $5,000
Further Information: The Foundation offers fellowships and scholarships plus a one-year residency to a ceramic artist.
Jean A. Chalmers Fund for the Crafts (Canada)
Deadline: March
Award: $50,000 (shared)
Further Information: The Chalmers Fund enables the Visual Arts Section to assist non-profit Canadian visual arts organizations to undertake projects that contribute to the advancement and understanding of the fine crafts in Canada. Individual fine craft professionals, such as artists, curators, critics and writers, are also eligible to apply to the Research Assistance component of the program. Priority consideration is given to projects designed to foster a climate of analysis, evaluation and dialogue.
Evelyn Shapiro Foundation Fellowship (USA)
Deadline: March
Award: $500 p/m
Further Information: The Clay Studio offers the fellowship as a one-year artist residency.
Tasara, Centre for Creative Weaving (India)
Deadline: see website
Award: $750 p/m
Further Information: Institution dedicated to weaving.
Women's Studio Workshop (USA)
Deadline: various, see website
Award: various
Further Information: Mission is to operate and maintain an artist's workshop that encourages the voice and vision of female artists.
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