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FLAMIN
FLAMIN supports London based artists working in moving image and administers the Jarman Award in association with Channel 4 and the Whitechapel Gallery. This award offers a £10,000 cash prize and a Broadcast Commission for a series of short…
The John Ruskin Prize
The Campaign for Drawing, in collaboration with the Guild of St George, announces a new art award: The John Ruskin Prize. The prize will be awarded to the best wall mounted artwork on the theme A…
World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS)
WALS is a database of structural properties of languages gathered from descriptive materials such as reference grammers by a team of 55 authors.
Crowdfunder
Dedicated to the creative industries in the UK but does not seem to be as popular as the other sites; if the target is not raised no money changes hands. The site deducts 5%.
IndieGoGo
International site, well established. IndieGoGo charges a 4% fee on the money you raise when you meet your funding goal. (The fee is 9% if you do not meet your funding goal, but it will allow to keep the…
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is the most successful site at present – $340m for 70,000 projects since 2009 – and has a huge audience. They charge 5% fees on successful projects. Pledges accepted from anywhere in the world, and support recently added…
Mary Ward Legal Centre
Mary Ward Legal Centre is a registered charity based in Holborn WC1. The Legal Centre provides free legal advice, casework and representation in the main areas of social welfare law to people who live or work…
Alison Branagan Creative Consultancy
Alison Branagan is an author, visual arts and creative industries consultant, and an associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins, UAL. Over the last decade she has written several business start up and enterprise books using different…
John Moores Painting Prize
The Prize is held every 2 years, in partnership between National Museums Liverpool and the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition Trust. The prize is open to all painters in the UK, and ir remains true to its founding…
Arte Laguna Prize
The Italian Cultural Association MoCA (Modern Contemporary Art), in collaboration with Arte Laguna, organises the yearly prize. Work accepted in the following medium:paintings, sculpture, photographic art, video art and preformance, virtual art. There are a number of…
Asia Art Archive
Collections of material on the recent history of art from Asia, available from their website and onsite library, located in Hong Kong.
Contemporary Visual Art Network
Network of arts organisations in England that create a collective agenda for policy change across the visual arts. Campaigns for the sector to be valued and recognised by policymakers and Government. Conducts research and holds network…
Cove Park
Rural artist residency in Scotland supporting research, experimentation and artistic and professional development. Accommodation, catering facilities and a private studio provided.
Project Gutenberg
Free epub and Kindle eBooks to download or read online. A focus on works for which USA copyright has expired. Digitized and proofread by thousands of volunteers.
RBC Canadian Painting Competition
The goal of the competition is to support and nurture Canadian visual artists in their early career by providing them a forum to display their artistic talent to the country and hopefully open doors to future…
Cog Design
Digital design agency working exclusively in arts and culture. Branding, campaigns and editorial.
Rijksakademie
The Rijksakademie provides a residency programme for around 25 artists from around the world each year. Open to young international visual artists with some years of professional experience after arts education. The initial work period is January to December,…
Rockfeller Foundation – Bellagio Centre
The Foundation seeks applicants who are able to demonstrate a history of significant achievement in their respective artistic disciplines. Individuals from developing countries and young artists with significant accomplishments — exhibitions, publications, performances — are…