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Why £1,000 grants?
Countless artists’ careers are kick-started by an invisible, middle-class, leg-up. The gift of money, permission, time or equipment from a family member or personal networks.
Our £1,000 grants mimic a small part of this transformative opportunity to those who don’t have access to it. Over the years we’ve collected countless stories of what £1,000, timed right, can do for artists.
Why artists of colour?
The combined impacts of ethnicity and class continue to have significant impacts on who gets to be an artist in the UK:
- Only 2.3% of named artists in GCSE Art exams are from Black or South Asian backgrounds
- Just 3% of the workforce in museums, galleries and libraries are from minority ethnic backgrounds
- Black and minority ethnic people in the UK are still 2.5 times likelier to be living in poverty
(Data sourced from a combination of research by the Runnymede Trust and Freelands Foundation)