The objective of the award is to support professional visual artists or independent curators at any stage of their career to develop their practice.
It provides artists or curators with the time and resources to think, research, reflect and critically engage with their work. It is intended to enable you to take this time when you’re at a critical stage in your practice.
This bursary is a one-year award. It is not a multi-annual award.
The Visual Arts Bursary Award is intended to support the development of artistic practice. It is not designed to support costs directly associated with the public presentation of work. For example, costs relating to transport, installation, exhibition, etc.