Heather Agyepong, ego death, 2022. Originally commissioned through the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards, supported by Jerwood Arts and Photoworks. Installation view at Jerwood Space. Photo: Anna Arca
Vicky Higginson, Coping Mechanism: to hear things left unsaid, 2021. Commissioned for Jerwood Art Fund Makers Open. Installation view at Jerwood Space. Photo: Anna Arca.
Independent funding for extraordinary early-career artists, makers, curators and producers to develop and thrive across the UK
Imaginative support, across artforms, disciplines and genres…
Through this fund, Jerwood Arts will build a UK-wide portfolio of innovative organisations that work in and across artforms and disciplines and can offer transformative, career-making opportunities for individuals at…
The Jerwood New Work Fund offers targeted project funding for early-career artists, makers, curators and producers who have recently completed a Jerwood Arts supported development programme. It enables us to…
Soojin Chang’s BXBY is a year-long performance project that merges forms of semi-fictional documentary and ritual practice, that follows Chang as a hybrid, shape-shifting being trying to learn to reproduce. Drawing…
Five new commissions by early-career artists and makers Anna Berry, Cecilia Charlton, Jahday Ford, Vicky Higginson and Francisca Onumah & Helena Russell, brought about through the biennial Jerwood Art Fund…
Following the launch of (Team) Work In Practice: Collective insights, ideas, and challenges to drive socio-economic inclusivity in your organisation, workshops will be held across the UK for people in…
Find out all about our experiment with random selection for the 1:1FUND including commissioned essays, evaluation resources and the recording of our In Conversation: On Random Selection event with the New Diorama Theatre, The Uncultured and Horizon Showcase.
Mediale has announced the latest cohort of creatives commissioned to take part in Immersive Assembly Vol 3, a multidisciplinary artistic residency bringing together a cohort of UK-based artists and practitioners…
We are excited to announce the three new partners for Jerwood Art Fund Makers Open: Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales as lead partner, Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery and York Art…
The V&A have announced the five winners of the inaugural V&A Parasol Foundation Prize for Women in Photography: an exciting new annual initiative dedicated to identifying, supporting, and championing innovative…
Horizon is one of four showcase programmes of work from the four UK nations at the Edinburgh Festivals. Selecting exceptional, stand-out performance created in England which is ready for international…
With three of our team moving on in their lives and careers over the coming months, we have a rare opportunity to build a new team. We are therefore excited…
West Yorkshire theatre designer Delicia Sorhaindo has been announced as the new Jerwood Resident Designer at Leeds Playhouse as part of a raft of career-boosting opportunities run by Leeds Playhouse…
As part of Jerwood Art Fund Makers Open’s presentation at Aberdeen Art Gallery, and with the support of Art Fund, Aberdeen Art Gallery hosted a curatorial development and networking event…
We’re delighted to share the news that Dickson Mbi, who was awarded the Live Work Fund in 2020, has won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance for his…
Over 2020-2022, the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries (WJCB) programme supported 50 salaried jobs in arts and cultural organisations across the UK, for individuals from working class/low socio-economic backgrounds. This new…
The Henry Moore Foundation has announced a £100,000 fund, which will be awarded directly to 50 artists across the UK. The grant aims to alleviate some of the financial pressures…
We support extraordinary early-career artists, makers, curators and producers working in one or more artform, discipline or genre from all backgrounds based anywhere in the UK. Our artists directory brings together all those we have supported and ways to find out more about their work.
Thirteen years ago I was handed the task of setting up this programme. It was the final days of the New Labour government, and Margaret Hodge, Minister of State for…
Written by Professor Dave O’Brien, this short paper was created alongside the launch of our new Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries Toolkit, (Team) Work in Practice. The paper reflects on the…
Practice makes progress These three words have been a guiding light throughout the creation of (Team) Work in Practice, as well as the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries (WJCB) programme that…
Introduction Over 2020-2022, the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries programme supported 50 salaried jobs in arts and cultural organisations across the UK, for individuals from working class/low socio-economic backgrounds. This new…
“Each one is efficiently and unceremoniously lifted by a neighbouring crane and then released into the ocean. After the initial splash, each car bobs up as water swells into its…
What is the Jerwood New Work Fund? The Jerwood New Work Fund (JNWF) is our funding pathway for extraordinary early-career artists, makers, curators and producers who have recently completed a…
Salena Barry is Jerwood Writer in Residence from July 2022 – December 2022. This is her response to Soojin Chang’s film BXBY, commissioned as part of Jerwood/FVU Awards 2022. As I ran…
Read the full text in the downloadable PDF at the bottom of this page. Salena Barry is Jerwood Writer in Residence from July 2022 – December 2022. This is her response to Michael.‘s moving…
Read the full text in the downloadable pdf at the bottom of this page or listen to a recording of it read by Salena Barry using the Soundcloud link above.…
Recent and upcoming projects across the UK
Collaborating with organisations across the UK enables our funding to reach as many artists and audiences a possible.