SIAP Minority Ethnic Residency & Mentoring Programme

14 July 2022

The Support for Individual Artists Programme have released the Minority Ethnic Residency & Mentoring Programme which aims to support individual artists and creative practitioners from minority ethnic backgrounds and migrant backgrounds at every stage of their career.

Programme Aims:

• Support workforce skill development and career pathways for artists of all ages from minority ethnic and migrant backgrounds.
• Inspire excellence through the support of high-quality, ambitious, innovative and imaginative opportunities for artists to collaborate with others.
• Increase the capacity and opportunities for artists to take professional and creative risks.
• Contribute to a vibrant and diverse workforce across the breadth of the creative and cultural industries.
• Increase opportunities for young and emerging minority ethnic artists

Who can apply?

• Individual artists of all artistic disciplines and all types of working practice from minority ethnic and migrant backgrounds, including people in need of international protection.
• Creative practitioners and arts administrators from minority ethnic and migrant backgrounds
• Artform areas can include, but are not limited to the following: visual art, craft, public art, theatre, drama and dance, literature, music, opera and traditional arts, community/participatory arts and arts in health.
• Employees of statutory bodies (including Universities), undergraduates and postgraduates are eligible to apply but they must prove that their proposal is not properly the concern of their employer and/or are not related to their academic study.

Applicants must also:

• Be living in Northern Ireland
• Have made a contribution to artistic activities in Northern Ireland for a minimum period of 1 year within the last 5 years.
• Be aged 18yrs old or over

What you can apply for?

• Project assistance
• Art materials/equipment
• Buying time for own practice/creation of new work
• Fees for training courses
• Artistic fees of Mentors
• Artistic or technical fees including those towards production or post-production costs associated with presentation or exhibition of work
• Venue hire e.g. rehearsal space
• Technical equipment related to the project/proposal
• Translation costs
• Documentation costs
• Childcare costs
• Travel Grants
• All travel, mileage costs of 25.7p per mile, commuter and air travel
• Residencies
• Subsistence costs @£15 per day
• Accommodation costs

Find out more about this opportunity and how to apply here.

The deadline for applications is Monday 22nd August 2022 at 12pm