2024 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

Art Hub Studios x The Collective Makers
Free Studio Award 2024

Part funded by the Royal Borough of Greenwich for Black History 365

As part of Art Hub Studios commitment to creating inclusive and affordable art opportunities, we offer an annual free studio to a resident from the Royal Borough of Greenwich, who identifies as Black-African, Black-Caribbean, Mixed-Heritage or from the African Diaspora.
The free studio is part of our Studio Support Pledge, started in 2021 as a reaction to covid-19 and the disproportionate effect this had on people working in the arts. Since then we have invested £7000 providing free studios to Greenwich residents.

This opportunity is aimed at someone who has an invested interest in making and exploring art through drawing, painting, sculpture, illustration, graphic design, collage or a mixture of everything. Whoever you are, we want someone who is going to use the studio to its full potential and actively engage with our community of creative practitioners. 

You don’t need to have any formal art education to apply.

Deadline: Friday 12 January 2024, 12am (Midnight)

Why we do it.

Currently 23% of our Studio Members identify as people of colour with 20% identifying as coming from a low socio-economic background. As a studio group we have identified diversity within our studios as an area we can improve. The free studio is part of this ongoing improvement. In order to help us target and discover creatives who would benefit from this opportunity we collaborate with local organisation The Collective Makers. TCM are a black led organisation who campaign to improve diversity within the art sector, to raise artist profiles and to seek new platforms and partnerships in the art industry.

What’s Included.

• Free studio from March 2024 - February 2025 with 24/7 access

• Mentoring programme with The Collective Makers

• A free place on any course (subject to availability) + 10% discount on other courses

• Access to ceramics, carpentry, printmaking facilities (depending on experience)

• Final exhibition and podcast production

• Opportunity to deliver workshop(s) to fellow artists and the wider community

• £500 materials voucher (kindly offered by CASS ART)

• Fibre Wifi

How To Apply.

• Read the T&Cs below.

• Fill in the Diversity and Inclusion monitoring form using the red link below.

• Put together an application, including the following information:
  - Tell us about yourself, your artistic practice and what having a free studio would mean to you (up to 300 words / 2 mins audio)
  - Provide a short proposal outlining how you will use the free studio, it could be the continuation of a project or a whole new project. (up to 200 words / 1.5 mins audio)
  - Provide examples of your work, these can be embedded or links to youor social media or website.

• Your final application can take any form you like. It could be a PDF, a video or an audio recording, so long as it represents you and can be viewed easily.

• Send your application to steph@arthub.org.uk

Open Day.

Thursday 14 December, 11am -12pm (midday)

Come and visit the studios and ask any questions.

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Email: steph@arthub.org.uk

Terms & Conditions

• The free studio runs from March 2024 - February 2025.

• Applicants must be 18 or over and living in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

• Applicants must identify as Black-African, Black-Caribbean, Mixed-Heritage or from the African Diaspora. Applicants must fill in a Diversity & Inclusion Monitoring Form.

• Successful applicants will be invited to attend the studio from the week commencing 22nd January 2024, where they will meet representatives from Art Hub Studios and The Collective Makers. Don’t worry, it’s not an interview, just a friendly chat and a chance for us to learn more about you.

• Our studios are for visual based arts only.

• Unfortunately we cannot accommodate a person who requires step free access.

• The successful applicant will be required to sign the studio Licence Agreement and adhere to Art Hub Studios Policies and Procedures.

• The successful applicant will be required to pay a £25 key deposit.

• At the end of the year, the studio must be left in the same condition.

• The successful applicant will be asked to document their time at the studios. This can be anyway you want. For example: A written diary, social media updates, photos, daily/weekly drawings, voice recordings - Whatever works for you.

• Regular meetings with The Collective Makers have to be attended.

• You must use the studio at least 5-6 times a month. If you feel you are unable to commit to using the studio on a regular basis this opportunity may not be for you.

• You must take part in the annual Art Hub Open Studios event (September 2024).

Deadline: Friday 12 January 2024, 12am (Midnight)