Deadline for applications: 3 December 2021 at 10am
Are you an artist based in Newham or wider east London? Are you a champion of socially engaged practice?
Take your next step and apply for Rosetta Arts’ competitive Artist Accelerator scheme – now in its second year.
Since I started on the programme I can definitely say that my confidence in my work and as an artist has grown. The group has been such a great source of support. I enjoyed the business sessions, the visit to the Barbican and delivering workshops. I also got some of my work exhibited and was featured in the local press. It was a great experience and a great opportunity to network with local artists – Sylvie, Artist Accelerator Alumni
What is the Artist Accelerator?
The Artist Accelerator supports local creative practitioners who are skilled and want to strengthen their practice in collaborative and participatory arts. Drawing on Newham and neighbouring boroughs, the artists we choose will have specific under-represented communities that they are already work with or are interested in working with.
Each artist will each receive a bursary, bespoke mentoring, professional development workshops, networking and paid work opportunities to strengthen their contribution to different local communities, providing creative responses to specific community needs. We particularly welcome applications from practitioners from ethnically diverse backgrounds.
Funded by Get Living, and Rosetta Arts, with support from Erasmus+, the creative practitioners will already have experience of working collaboratively with local people, using creativity to generate engagement and commitment, especially among people who have least contact with the arts.
Rosetta Arts will provide financial support for those practitioners who need it most, foster individuals’ personal development and enhance their future careers. They will receive specific commissions and receive training in developing arts-led Social Action Projects, creating a method that can be used well beyond Newham, providing the artists with experience of working with international organisations as well as very local ones.
All local socially-engaged practitioners, regardless of their circumstances, are encouraged to apply to this 12-month programme.
What does the programme include?
- Studio space in Rosetta Arts for 12 months
- Access to Rosetta Arts team as advisors
- 6 x 2 hours mentoring sessions with selected professional as mentor
- 6 masterclasses on topics related to shared needs of selected practitioners
- Bursaries up to a maximum of £1,600, to cover materials, travel and tech support
- A commission to work in a local community, designing and delivering a range of arts-based Social Action Project activities in the community, coached and mentored by Rosetta Arts practitioners (mandatory)
- Additional ad hoc arts commissions (optional)
- Access to Rosetta Arts networks
- Exhibition of work as part of an arts trail in East Village
How do I apply to the Artist Accelerator?
See the full Artist Accelerator brief.
To apply for one of the six places on the 2022 programme, send a CV and a statement (no more than two pages A4 plus annexes if you want to provide examples of work) telling us:
- why this is the right time in your career for you to be part of the Artist Accelerator
- how you will use it to develop your practice in order to benefit the community.
Email it to info@rosettaarts.org with the subject line ‘ARTIST ACCELERATOR APPLICATION’.
Deadline for applications: 3 December 2021 at 10am
Interviews will be held in December.
Six successful applicants will begin the 12-month programme in February 2022.
