£30,000 Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund

Sky Arts is once again offering five young artists aged 18-30 £30,000 each to fund their work for a full year as part of the Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund – in association with IdeasTap. The fund is designed to develop your creative practice and help take your work to the next level. We’ll pair you with a mentor from Sky to help you develop your networks, skills and knowledge in the arts and the commercial sector, and support you through Sky’s platforms. 

The fund is open to applications from the following fields: 

• Performing arts: theatre-makers including playwrights, spoken word artists, directors, puppeteers and live artists 

• Dance: dancers and choreographers 

• Music: musicians, composers, songwriters and conductors 

• Visual art: fine artists, sculptors, animators and video artists 

• Creative producing: do you bring together disparate parts of culture in exciting and innovative ways? This category is open to creative producers working in visual arts, theatre, film and performance/dance.

Find out more and apply by Wednesday 19 December. All applications must be made through IdeasTap – sign up for free at www.ideastap.com/register.