Sky in £1.7m arts funding
TV channel to back artists and projects
Sky Arts has launched a £1.65m fund to develop arts projects and emerging artists over the next three years.
The Sky Arts Ignition fund will offer two complementary funding strands. The Sky Arts Ignition Series will invest up to £200,000 in each of six arts projects aimed at developing new work.
The Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund, is designed to support emerging talent. Each year, five bursaries of £30,000 will be available to individual artists at the start of their careers.
The broadcasting corporation will use its platform to bring the results to a wider audience. Sky’s chief executive Jeremy Darroch said he hoped the initiative would “come as a welcome boost to the arts industry”.
The Sky Arts Ignition fund will offer two complementary funding strands. The Sky Arts Ignition Series will invest up to £200,000 in each of six arts projects aimed at developing new work.
The Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund, is designed to support emerging talent. Each year, five bursaries of £30,000 will be available to individual artists at the start of their careers.
The broadcasting corporation will use its platform to bring the results to a wider audience. Sky’s chief executive Jeremy Darroch said he hoped the initiative would “come as a welcome boost to the arts industry”.