Art in Manufacturing Open Call: Crown Paints & Fox’s Burton’s Companies UK
27 October 2026
Deadline: November 23, 2026
The National Festival of Making invites applications for two paid artist residencies with manufacturers in Lancashire as part of Art in Manufacturing, its headline commissioning programme. Each residency offers the opportunity to develop new work through research and collaboration within a distinctive manufacturing setting.
The residencies will take place between January and June 2027, with completed work presented at the National Festival of Making in Blackburn on 25-27 June 2027, marking ten years since the festival’s founding.
Each residency has a commission budget of £8,000 covering artist fees and the making of the work, plus VAT where applicable, with an additional allowance of up to £600 towards travel and accommodation. Applications are welcome from UK and Ireland based artists and makers working in any art form, as individuals or collectives.
More information can be found here.
Please submit your expression of interest to applications@festivalofmaking.co.uk