Art funding in Europe: a guide for artists
About this grant
Wales Arts International has two funds. The purpose of theInternational Opportunities Fund is to encourage Wales’ professional arts practitioners and arts organizations to develop their practice internationally and to strengthen international artistic engagement within Wales. It offers grants to both individual artists and professional arts organizations from Wales.
Eligibility: individual artists and arts organizations based in Wales.
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust [...] Eligibility: artists, cultural managers, and non-profit arts organizations from the U.S. or from the eligible countries listed here.
Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation
The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation offers a Small Grants program, which is available to individuals, societies, associations or other bodies in the UK or Japan to promote and support interaction between the two countries. The grants can cover all fields of activity, including art projects. [...] Eligibility: Artists of all disciplines and in all types of working practice, who have made a contribution to artistic activities in Northern Ireland for a minimum period of one year within the last five years.
The British Council
The British Council provides a series of funding opportunities for UK design professionals, particularly to those who wish to develop their research and skills overseas.
Eligibility: depending on the grant program.
Creative Scotland - Open Project Funding
Eligibility
- ✓ Both individuals and organisations
- ✓ Funding opportunities for artists of all disciplines
- ✓ Europe
- ✓ visual arts
- ✓ music
- ✓ dance
- ✓ theatre
- ✓ Any
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Last verified: 29 March 2026