Summerhall Arts and Unlimited partner to offer UK Award
We’re partnering with Unlimited to offer an award of £20,000 for any artform.
Who can apply?
This award is open to:
- professional disabled artists, or disabled artists leading the creation of work within disabled-led companies
- based in Scotland
- aged 18 plus
- not in full-time education
Criteria
These criteria will be used by our selection panel to assess your application. We’re looking to invest in work that will have a life beyond the initial commission. We expect all the work we fund to reach multiple audiences, as part of our wider work to challenge and change the world.
- High quality
- Disabled-led
- Innovative and ambitious
- Touring or exhibition potential to reach diverse venues and audiences
- Artist and/or company has a track record of creating work and reaching audiences
Summerhall Arts Criteria
- Primarily visual arts, though we will consider applications from artists working in any medium.
- Applications encouraged from artists working with physical or sculptural forms.
What will you get with this partnership?
- Free use of studio space for a week.
- Three check-ins with Summerhall team offering producing support for gallery sharing.
- Exhibition space for the final output.
Summerhall Arts is deeply committed to combating underrepresentation in the arts, and it is an honour to be working with Unlimited in offering this commission opportunity. It is vital there is a cultural and political shift with regards to opportunities offered to disabled individuals and it is imperative that our work contributes to this in any way it can.
Samantha Chapman, Visual Arts and Cinema Curator, Summerhall Arts
This award is made possible with the support of The National Lottery through Creative Scotland.