Studio Bursary Opportunity for Bloomberg New Contemporaries Alumni

New Contemporaries is delighted to be offering again this year a studio bursary in partnership with SPACE at Deborah House, Hackney from 1 April 2018 - 31st March 2019. Previous recipients of the studio bursary are Matt Copson (2015), Anita Delaney (2016) and Andrea Zucchini (2017).

The opportunity to apply for a free studio is open to all Bloomberg New Contemporaries Alumni from the last 5 years (2013 to 2017 inclusive).

To be considered please read the application requirements and criteria below.

Bursary dates:
1st April 2018 - 31st March 2019 inclusive.

Criteria:
• You must have exhibited as part of Bloomberg New Contemporaries between 2013 and 2017 inclusive.
• The bursary is for studio space only and does not cover any living costs.
• You must agree to produce a minimum of 4 blogs for our website over the year describing your experience of having the studio. Any other possible digital content can be discussed and agreed with New Contemporaries.

Application Requirements:
To apply please submit one PDF document set in 11 point font containing the information below presented in the following order:
1. Artists CV containing contact details. No more than 1 page of A4.
2. Short statement of no more than 300 words about your work.
3. Summary of no more than 300 words explaining how the opportunity will benefit your practice. For artists applying that are not currently based in London, it would be useful to understand how you are going to support yourself, as living expenses are not included in the bursary.
4. The year in which you exhibited in Bloomberg New Contemporaries.
5. A maximum of 5 images of your work. Including title, year of completion and medium of work. Please note that these works must have been completed within the last 2 years. We are unable to view moving image work as part of this application process, but you are more than welcome to include stills.

Send PDF application to opportunities@newcontemporaries.org.uk by no later than 10:00am Monday 12 March 2018.

Please number the pages and put your name on each page. Please entitle your PDF document in the following way: FirsnameLastname_SPACEStudio2018

Regrettably only applications submitted in the format above will be considered.

We will let you know if you have been successful by 20th March 2018. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer feedback on unsuccessful applications.