Freelands Foundation – Learning Through Making Fund
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UK-wide
Applications
Rolling (always open)
This fund supports visual art education projects in North West England. Your project must creatively engage people with making and exploring materials. It should be exploratory, collaborative, and open to new ideas. The fund encourages organisations to challenge assumptions about materials and the creative process.
Who can apply:
Key requirements:
- Project must be based in North West England
- Must focus on visual art education
- Project must engage audiences with making and material exploration
- Project must be exploratory, collaborative, and iterative in nature
This grant is for organisations in North West England running visual art education projects. Your work should focus on hands-on making, material exploration, and creative collaboration. It is not suitable for projects outside the North West or those without a clear visual arts education focus.
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Full details from Freelands Foundation
Aims/priorities: The funding is for UK-based visual art education projects that creatively engage audiences with the process of making and exploration of materials.The aim is to support exploratory projects that embrace openness, collaboration and iteration, enabling organisations 'to work in an expansive way with materials, unpicking and challenging preconceptions…
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