Current Funded Projects & Programmes

All areas of activity
1:1 FUND: Commissioned Responses
Independent arts funding of the kind Jerwood Arts offers is a privilege that comes with a complex set of responsibilities. The impact...
1:1 FUND: Commissioned Responses
1:1 FUND
The 1:1 FUND offers awards of £2,000 for 42 pairs of early-career practitioners (artists, curators and producers) to connect, experiment, learn from...
1:1 FUND
1,243 Voices: Live Performance Artists Experiences of Covid-19 and Hopes for the Future
When we invited people to apply for the Live Work Fund in autumn 2020, we also asked them to fill in an...
1,243 Voices: Live Performance Artists Experiences of Covid-19 and Hopes for the Future
Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowships
Support for individual artists whose practice encompasses poetry in the broadest artistic and cultural sense
Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowships
Another Route
The project is designed and led by a new consortium of independent artists and companies from across the UK who bring to...
Another Route
NDT Broadgate
NDT Broadgate will be one of the biggest rehearsal complexes in London: 20,000 sq ft, 29 high quality rehearsal spaces, meeting rooms,...
NDT Broadgate
Coventry City of Culture: BBC Contains Strong Language
Jerwood Arts is supporting a programme of commissions and career development support for 15 emerging poets from the West Midlands, forming part...
Coventry City of Culture: BBC Contains Strong Language
Development Programme Fund
A range of organisations from Glyndebourne to Milk Presents that work across the artistic spectrum have been allocated funding through the pilot...
Development Programme Fund
Jerwood/Photoworks Awards
A biennial commissioning opportunity for artists working with photography in partnership with Photoworks.
Jerwood/Photoworks Awards
Live Work Fund
The £660,000 Live Work Fund is supporting 33 exceptional individuals over 12 months with awards of £20,000 to adapt their approach to...
Live Work Fund
FACT
Meaningful, career-enhancing opportunities for trans-disciplinary artists, film-makers, creative technologists and critical thinkers
FACT Jerwood FACT Fellowships Programme
Somerset House
A transformational experience for five artists to develop expertise in spatial sound and work at the forefront of this new immersive sound technology
Somerset House Sonic Terrains
Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Intensive support for eight artists to develop their knowledge and understanding of presenting music in unusual spaces and new formats, culminating in eight newly-commissioned works
Cheltenham Jazz Festival Jerwood Jazz Encounters
Apples and Snakes
Space, time and creative support for selected poets to create new work in an environment which respects the integrity of spoken word
Apples and Snakes Jerwood Arts | Apples and Snakes Poetry in Performance
Jerwood Bursaries 2020-2021
Jerwood Bursaries provide funding to help artists explore and develop their next steps, whether through supporting skills and knowledge development and/or supporting the first stage development of a new idea.
Jerwood Bursaries 2020-2021
PRS Foundation’s Composers’ Fund
A development opportunity for composers with a strong track record; giving direct access to funding at pivotal stages in their careers
PRS Foundation’s Composers’ Fund
Jerwood New Work Fund
Support for artists, artistic groups and artist-led organisations to undertake the research, development and creation of new work to enable a step-change in their practice and profile
Jerwood New Work Fund
Jerwood Bursaries 2019
Support to help artists explore and develop their next steps, whether through supporting skills and knowledge development and/or supporting the first stage development of a new idea
Jerwood Bursaries 2019
Exhibitions and Events
A national exhibitions and events programme supporting visual arts practice
Exhibitions and Events
Pacitti Company
Sonia Hughes first major public realm commission exploring hospitality a time where borders are being moved and contested, breached and erected and when who is entitled to claim land and citizenship is a hugely vexed question
Pacitti Company SPILL Festival of Performance 2020
Activate
Two new site responsive works in the rural landscape as part of Activate's biennial festival Inside Out Dorset
Activate Inside Out Dorset 2021
Prime Cut
A  significant opportunity for Northern Irish artists to create, to make and to develop their practice
Prime Cut Reveal 2.0
National Centre for Circus Arts
Expanding the creative practice of artists and companies; advancing the art form of circus; and producing work that will attract and develop audiences for circus
National Centre for Circus Arts Jerwood Circus Residencies
Whitstable Biennale
A significant opportunity for three artists to develop their practice, exploring new ideas and taking the risks that have the potential to transform practice and career
Whitstable Biennale Jerwood WB Artist Attachments
Royal Court Theatre
Three commissions for new writing and a range of bespoke research and development opportunities at the Royal Court, for writers at an early stage in their career
Royal Court Theatre Jerwood New Playwrights
The Gate Theatre
Support for three designers and three design assistants each year to work on a professional production at the Gate
The Gate Theatre Jerwood Designers Programme
Young Vic
Mentorship, training and paid positions within the team for five emerging directors
Young Vic Jerwood Assistant Directors Program
The Tetley
Commissions for three artists or curators based in the North of England, offering the opportunity to develop a significant body of work or curate a group exhibition, with support of a mentor, a research and development budget, and production resources
The Tetley The Tetley Jerwood Commissions
Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange
Opportunities for artists to work within the organisation, exploring and developing their own practice in response to the wider mission of the Gallery
Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange The Jerwood Newlyn Residency
Glyndebourne
Support for aspiring soloists from the Glyndebourne Chorus to access career-changing support and professional development over a full Glyndebourne Festival season
Glyndebourne Jerwood Young Artists Programme
Heart n Soul
Responsive and sustained support to five learning disabled artists who are at a breakthrough moment in their development, working in visual art, music, performance or across other art forms
Heart n Soul Don't Step On My Burger
g39
An intensive 10-week residency and professional development scheme at g39, during which the organisation will foster a strong studio community for five artists
g39 UNITe 2020
Dance4
An action-research project, seeking to build capacity with independent producers to realise the research, development and production of new work for the gallery
Dance4 Re-Framing Dance
Fierce
Support for four of the UK’s most promising early-career Live Artists over a 30-month period to catalyse a step change in their practice and career
Fierce Fierce Further Jerwood Commissions
Milk Presents
A development programme for LGBTQIA+ identifying artists entering the industry and starting out in theatre and performance
Milk Presents Making An Entrance
Imaginate
A career-changing programme for Scotland-based theatre or dance artists in the first 10 years of practice, making innovative contemporary performance for children and young people with a range of additional support needs
Imaginate Jerwood Fellowships
Jerwood Collaborate!
A major new group exhibition presenting commissions by early-career artists working in collaborative and collective practices based across the UK
Jerwood Collaborate!
Jerwood Writer in Residence
A paid, publishing opportunity online for outstanding arts writers with an open brief around our exhibitions and events
Jerwood Writer in Residence
Jerwood Solo Presentations
Critical and curatorial support to make a new body of work for a solo presentation at Jerwood Space, London
Jerwood Solo Presentations
Survey
An artist nominated survey exhibition of the most dynamic early-career artists from across the UK
Survey
Jerwood/FVU Awards
A major commissioning initiative for moving image artists, in partnership with Film and Video Umbrella
Jerwood/FVU Awards
Jerwood Art Fund Makers Open
A commissioning initiative supporting self-directed projects in the applied arts
Jerwood Art Fund Makers Open
Terrestrial
Commissions and bespoke artist development for five socially engaged artists/ collectives in Weston-Super-Mare
Terrestrial Weston-Super-Mare
Animate
A two-year practice development programme supporting four animation and moving image artists
Animate WORK
Phoenix Dance Theatre
A structured programme of development for eight artists, four choreographers and four composers to share practice and develop material
Phoenix Dance Theatre Choreographers and Composers Lab
ARC Stockton
Support for an interdisciplinary collective to make the shift from small to mid-scale work
ARC Stockton 154 Collective
OTO Projects
Two-three night residencies by music artists, programming their work and influences at Cafe OTO
OTO Projects UK Artists Development Fund
Marlborough Theatre
12 month development programme supporting five LGBTQ+ artists from the theatre's grass-roots networks
Marlborough Theatre Queer Connections
Pavilion Dance South West
A sector-changing three year professional development programme for dance artists to work with producers and promoters
Pavilion Dance South West Surf the Wave
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
A pioneering performance coaching programme that will support up to 25 musicians contracted by the orchestra yearly, across three editions
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic  Elite Performance in Professional Musicians
London Symphony Orchestra
A programme supporting emerging composers to create and manage their own opportunities to present work in the Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s
London Symphony Orchestra LSO Jerwood Composer+
London Sinfonietta
A showcasing opportunity for five early-career composers
London Sinfonietta Writing the Future
Magnetic North
Long-term professional development support for two artists
Magnetic North Artist Attachment Programme
Manchester International Festival
Supported placements for six Manchester based artists and commissions for MIF 2017
Manchester International Festival Jerwood Creative Fellows
Camden People's Theatre
Production support from conception to stage for establishing companies
Camden People's Theatre Home Run