More than 80 UK projects receive nearly £1.2 million in first ...
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A full list of first-round Immersive Arts funded projects is available on the Immersive Arts website. Funded projects include:
Bristol, England: The Whale by Sharon Clark (Raucous) and Jack Hardiker-Bresson (Office of Everyone) – awarded an Expand grant. [...] Almost £1.2 million has been allocated to 83 artist-led projects across the UK, including several in the Bristol and South West region, in the first round of Immersive Arts funding - a scheme supporting artists of all backgrounds and experience to work with immersive technologies. [...] Funding for Immersive Arts is provided through a collaboration between the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Arts Council England (ACE), the Arts Council of Wales (ACW), Creative Scotland and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI). Funding from Creative Scotland, ACW and ACNI is provided by The National Lottery.
This relates to:
Creative Industries Innovation Research
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13 November 2025
Eligibility
- ✓ Artists of all backgrounds and experience
- ✓ Projects that use immersive technologies
- ✓ UK
- ✓ dance
- ✓ theatre
- ✓ visual arts
- ✓ music
- ✓ games
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