Guide to the Best Artist Grants and Opportunities in 2025
About this grant
The Black Artists Grant (BAG) is a no-strings-attached financial support initiative by Creative Debuts aimed at assisting Black artists in the UK. Recognizing the systemic under-support of Black artists within the art world, this grant provides recipients with £500 to use as they see fit, whether for artistic development or personal needs. The grant is awarded monthly, with recipients selected from ongoing applications. There is no age limit, and the grant does not require any specific outcomes [...] Application Form, CV and 5-10 recent work samples to (/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection). If your medium is written then they would ask you to send at least one excerpt from a recent work. [...] Open to Black artists (those with Black heritage who identify as Black); not open to those identifying as politically Black, POC, or BAME., Applicants must be based in the United Kingdom All artistic disciplines welcome
Ongoing
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Eligibility
- ✓ Open to all artists internationally
- ✓ Visual arts projects
- ✓ International
- ✓ Craft/Traditional Arts
- ✓ Photography
- ✓ Drawing
- ✓ Film/Video/New Media
- ✓ Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline
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