Building Arts Foundation
17 December 2024
Deadline: January 16, 2025
The Building Arts Programme aims to inspire a future generation of artists, craftspeople, designers and makers to create a built environment which draws on a vast array of different skills, materials and processes.
Through practice-based learning, the Building Arts Programme looks to explore the physical, temporal and symbolic connections which can be conveyed through our buildings and places.
Location:
The Building Arts Programme runs from March to October 2025, and includes interdisciplinary workshops, industry placements and culminates with a final project. The programme takes places across The Dumfries House Estate in East Ayrshire, Scotland, the Highgrove Estate in Gloucestershire, England, as well as placements with master craftspeople across the UK.
Costs:
The programme is fully funded supported by the King’s Foundation, QEST and donations from trusts, foundations and individuals.
All participants will be awarded a full scholarship covering the course fees and a monthly bursary of £1,400.
Please note, participants are required to arrange and pay for their own travel, accommodation and living costs while on the course.
The majority of materials needed for the course will be provided.
Eligibility:
The King’s Foundation and QEST welcome applications from individuals working across a broad range of craft disciplines. However please note that the Building Arts Programme is not an entry level training course and therefore applicants must be able to demonstrate a high level of proficiency in their individual area of practice to date.
Each year the programme hosts up to a maximum of eight participants.
Candidates working in areas like the following are welcomed to apply, (this list is not exhaustive):
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN – Interiors, Structures, Engineering, Landscape Design, Planning
BUILDING CRAFTS – Carpentry, Joinery, Stonemasonry, Plasterwork, Metalwork, Brickwork, Natural Building
DECORATIVE AND APPLIED ARTS – Glasswork, Ceramics, Painting, Print, Illustration, Sculpture, Textiles
Important Dates:
Applications close on the 16th January at 5pm.
Please see here for more information on how to apply, the programme overview and more.