A-N Artist Bursaries 2020 award for IMPACT 11 Printmaking Conference in Hong Kong, September 2020.
I am delighted to announce that I am the recipient of an A-N Artist Bursary 2020. In September I will be presenting the collaborative project [ carriage return ] at IMPACT 11 in Hong Kong.
‘Announcing the recipients of this year’s a-n Artist Bursaries, which offer awards of £500-£1,500 to a-n Artist members wishing to undertake self-determined professional development over the coming year. We take a look at some of this year’s funded projects and hear from successful applicants.
158 artists based throughout the UK have been awarded a share of £201,649 to fund their professional development in the latest round of a-n Artist Bursaries. The awards of £500-£1,500 offer a-n artist members the chance to invigorate and expand their practice, and initiate a step change in their career.
This year bursaries will be used to fund a wide range of activity enabling recipients to learn new skills, travel internationally, undertake research trips, build networks and collaborate within and outside of the visual arts. Aimed at supporting artists at a crucial time in their practice, the a-n Artist Bursaries programme received 638 applications of an exceptionally high quality this year.
Speaking about the bursaries, Chair of the a-n Board Jayne Knight said: “We know that direct, light touch investment in artists is vital. We have worked hard to make this part of our annual budget and part of the way that we work directly with our members.”
Diana Ali, who was a member of this year’s Artist Bursaries selection panel along with a-n’s CEO Julie Lomax, Programmes & Partnerships Manager Wing-Sie Chan, and independent curator Lucy Day, added: “It was an honour to be asked to be part of this year’s panel. It was exciting and engaging to read proposals from artists from all over the country and which covered so many disciplines within the visual arts.
“It really does get me thinking about my own practice. I’m proud to see so many diverse and confident artists out there. The selection was tough but choices were made based on the hard work artists did to sought out contacts, networks and ambitions to sustain their practice. It highlights the strengths artists have to keep going and make work for communities and for the richness art can offer.”
Since 2013 a-n has awarded £781,149 to over 803 members through its bursary programmes.’