Funding for arts exhibitions to launch this month
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Deadline
2026-04-27
About this grant
Grants of up to £30,000 will be available to UK-based, non-profit institutions, covering up to 50% of total project costs. Supported projects should take place between June 2026 and August 2027. They could incorporate visual arts, moving image or performance, and may include new commissions or the presentation of existing work, in solo or group exhibitions. They must foreground living artists from these regions.
Projects will be selected by a panel of arts leaders from the UK and Portugal, and
Eligibility
- ✓ Non-profit arts organisations and institutions
- ✓ Funding to show contemporary art from Portugal and Portuguese-speaking African countries
- ✓ UK
- ✓ visual arts
- ✓ moving image
- ✓ performance
How to apply
Applicants will be required to submit a short online form, providing key information as well as a project proposal, budget and a letter of engagement from the featured artist(s). Guidelines will be published alongside the form.
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