Current and upcoming international opportunities for artists, creatives, professionals and organisations
This page lists all opportunities open to UK applicants and overseas partners. Our opportunities are updated regularly and consist of global and regional call-outs.
UK only
Project Co-ordinator Venice Team, Arts
As Project Coordinator, for the Venice Arts team, your role is to provide efficient and reliable project assistance and financial administrative support to the team. You will be efficient at processes and systems to ensure the smooth running and satisfactory delivery of the British Council’s work in Venice at the Venice Biennale. This role provides administrative support to both the Senior Project Manager, Venice and the Venice Fellowship Manager in relation to all areas of their work within the Arts Directorate.
Contract type: Fixed Term role until approximately August 2024. (Maternity Cover).
Salary: Starting at £25,520 plus £3,300 for those based in the London area.
Deadline: Wednesday 11 October 2023, 23:59 (BST).
Global or multiple countries
Cultural Protection Fund small grants open call
Our Cultural Heritage Fund supports efforts to keep cultural heritage safe. If your organisation has a project to safeguard cultural heritage from risks relating to conflict, instability and/or climate change you can apply for up to £100,000.
Grant: up to £100,000.
Open to: organisations can apply from anywhere in the world, but must be working in one of the fund’s target countries or territories: Middle East and North Africa (MENA) – Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen; East Africa – Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda; South Asia – Afghanistan. If you are not based in one of the above countries or territories, you can apply but you must have a local partner where the project is taking place. Individuals and sole traders are not eligible to apply.
If you are not based in one of the above countries or territories, you can apply but you must have a local partner where the project is taking place. Individuals and sole traders are not eligible to apply.
Deadline: N/A.
Unlimited International Open Awards
We’re delighted to offer five awards for collaboration between UK-based and international disabled artists, in partnership with Unlimited.
The work must facilitate a meaningful collaboration with a disabled artist/collective based in one of the following Official Development Assistance (ODA) countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.
Open to: professional disabled artists aged 18+ and/or a disabled-led companies based in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, or Wales.
Deadline: Monday 2 October, 12.00 (BST).
Biennials Connect Visual Arts Grants
British Council Visual Arts is offering grants of up to £10,000 to UK and eligible international biennials/festivals to support visual artists’ participation.
Open to: UK biennials/festivals wanting to support contemporary international visual artists, and from international biennials/festivals wanting to support contemporary UK visual artists. See full eligibility in link above.
Deadline: Monday 23 October 2023, 11:59pm (BST).
Sustainable Challenge
Applications are open for the chance to join the Sustainable Challenge fashion design marathon in Barcelona, 2-5 November 2023, with the theme of 'gender perspective in fashion'. 30 fashion students will be selected to face the challenge of designing clothes using participatory design, with the aim of understanding new perspectives with the support of experts and mentors in the sector.
Open to: undergraduate and post-graduate fashion students studying at universities in the UK, Spain and the Netherlands.
Deadline: Monday 2 October 2023
Americas
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East Asia
Taiwan-UK Inclusive Arts Grants
Together with with Taiwan's National Culture and Arts Foundation, we are offering grants of up to £30,000 for arts organisations, collectives and artists to develop collaborative, inclusive arts projects between Taiwan and the UK. The projects should explore issues related to older people and can focus on supporting professional arts and cultural programs that engage the senior community.
Deadline: Monday 16 October 2023.
Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo (HKPAX)
Open call for international performing arts partners at HKPAX, which is taking place in Hong Kong 14-18 October 2024, and offers artists and performing groups a platform to showcase their work and make new connections.
The opportunities are to:
- showcase performances at HKPAX to international counterparts for touring and future collaboration
- take part in pitch sessions at HKPAX to pitch ideas and explore and nurture potential partnerships and appeal to funders for the collaborative development of new works.
Open to: artists and performing groups in dance, drama, multidisciplinary arts, music and Xiqu (Chinese opera).
Deadline: Monday 30 October 2023.
Connections through Culture
Connections Through Culture grants support new cultural collaborations between East Asia and the UK. We support artists and cultural organisations working across all art forms to create new connections and collaborative projects – with projects eligible at any stage of development and across artforms. The collaborative projects can include digital, face-to-face, and/or hybrid artistic projects.
Regional Information sessions will take place between 18 - 22 September. Register here.
Grant: £5,000 - £10,000.
Open to: Individual applicants should be East Asian nationals living inside any of the listed East Asia countries (Australia, New Zealand, China, Indonesia , Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and Thailand) or UK individuals based/living inside of the United Kingdom unless temporarily living but retaining a home address in the United Kingdom and defined by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs as ‘resident the in the UK’ for tax - see here.
Deadline: Monday 23 October 2023.
China Now
China Now is a digital hub offering insights, exclusive content, and opportunities for UK based creatives and organisations interested in working in China.
Opportunity: insights, content, and opportunities.
Deadline: N/A.
Open to: UK creatives and organisations.
Middle East and North Africa
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South Asia
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Wider Europe
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